Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-08
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arm through Bic and patted her hand,
quite brotherly; and with q thrill
perhaps Of melancholy orisin-fslt her
The seller Of adventures, having fol.
lowed them from tho theatre. did not
pursue them as they climbed the ele.
waited station steps. He was content.
This would be the girl when the time
came. He laughed and turned away.
Jeremiah would find another knife. this
door. Rank theatricality; but nth Tie = point int
was to keep the boy in q constant state
Of expectation, until the real trap could
9s sprung. Disposins Of the Bolivian
Emerald Company was not an easy
task: money was tight. Meantime,
jeremiah must be amused. Stewart
burst into laughter again, his cheeks
wrinkled sardonically.
Nancy began 10 count--the adver.
tising. signs In the car, the people. the
electric signs In the air, the number Of
lighted windows on the level with the
rails, not an uncommon way Of fighting
OH insistent thought. She was fairly
successful; but intermittently she heard
the car wheels inurmur: Tomorrow.
tomorrow, tomorrow! The day Of
OAce ueT urttnmetlC was interrupted
BY thought which more or less trans.
,ated this passage OF madness. Before
daddy bowman's death she had never
been subject to moods 30 violently per.
verse In character. She knew now she
had hoped against hope that. fearing
ne might lose her, he was holding back
the truth until his death: who she was,
who her parents were. A box Of Jaipur
cnamelcl brass and q little gold chain,
no more evidential than a blade OF
straw; a founding, with no hone at all
Of ever being anything else. And atop
OF this, to learn that her ambition was
bottles! Her bitterness had this day
eliminated In cold rage against
mocking fote-anf she had flung her.
self into this abyss % But the solution
OF her mood In no wise mitigated the
appalling shame that burned In her
heart.
BY and BY Jerry reached down and
tapped her hands. which were folded
listlessly In her lap. He rose.
I'VE are there?' ?''-her first SPOKEN
"'!f: as: fss'ss E. ssd On pstn: sas tss'. .
"Yes. How about cup Of coffes," b.
y want to 90 to sleep, Jerry, n I
80" IAN right"
As they started down the station
stairs, he drew her arm through his
again, but there was no pressure from
hers. Together they made the street.
A desire shot into his blood and took
possession Of him before he could repel
Ito kiss her as he had kissed Jenny
But this act was not on the knees OF
the gods. There wns a dark alley in
between. He. was half way past this
alley, when he heard a scutter Of feet,
and understood instantly what was
is run. ~ !sSp1i Ssncy! RUM" h. cried.
battle. the avalanche Of human beings
fell upon him.
'.. Revelations
Nancy then witnessed one Of those
Instances Of which she had often read |
but never dreamed Of seeing. During |
the initial phase she looked upon the \
scene a. she would have looked upon |
an interesting picture In an art dealers |
window. Four men, with gray patches
TOR faces. swarmed over Jeremiah and |
obliterated him-temporarily. Almost !
there came an upheaval
and Jeremiah stood free.
He was tho reincarnation Of that
amiable rufian whom we know as Ajax, |
who challenged all Troy daily to como |
put Of its walls and fight him. Homer
doesn't mention this 70 particularly, |
su2posing, no doubt. that It would Be |
Lords exsited-fousht because SIs soui @
and body demanded It for ali he had
suffered that day. He had no other |
notion. It wasn't to protect bis lady |
or his wallet in which were several |
thousand dollars and a sprinkling OF
cmeralds. No; 1t was the lust Of battle,
the pride Of flesh: In an instant he went
back several thousand years. The plop
Of bis fist In face or against a chest |
was to him, what the thump of the
Eympanies 10 to q symphony orchestra
the basic color.
The men. weaving and waving over
him, presently brought him down once
more; but again he bore up and through,
aging about LASTLY. Whenever he saw
ne right opening. he let 60 his boot
oSat no aSrS chysry w:Fi f 10 RUE: 5: e tn"
Iie could have puiverised any two % Of
hese unmanly rats--but -four! One Of
,is eyes was closing, hts lips were pulp,
lis nose was bleeding, and there was
dagger. hurt in the small ribs,
3ut he was giving mark for mark. hurt
or hurt. i
1t was when, for q second, Nancy
aw his face, bloody and battered, in
he street light which hung obliquely
rom the alley that she came out OF her
She rushed into the melee
u a ,tigress after her whelp. With
uriOus hands she seized one of the
'ufians BY the collar and dragged him
'ack. When he saw that it was n
he snarled. wheeled. gave her
buffet on the mouth that smothered
md stunned her. The male animal will
lot fight the female Of the species; but
here are male humans who like moth.
ng better than to pommcl tho soft ilesh
{ woman.
The blow did not take the fight out
{ Nancy, but II made her reasonable.
|he turned and ran dizsily down the
treet-for help. She never thought to
~ out. That was one Of the peculisr
hases Of this battle against odds; there
iere no sounds above the painting lungs,
he thud Of bu6ets and the scui1ing OF
eet. 80
As tho Homeric enthusiasm BEGAN 70
oxe out OF him and civilization edged
b way back, Jerry found himself
Drely put to keep from going down Tor
hs third time, which 10 guessed would
0 the last. 10 now the notion cana
, him to take to his heels; but Il came
10 late. A blackjack descsndsd upon
10 skull, and after singular consteila
lon, not to be found upon any chart
II BY Copsrnicus. Q soothing velvet
lacknSss took lall Jssry's palms and
'oublon oWoY, ~ g'A tfF