Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

s:SS ~, me little, il you want TO knOW,"
Vnat pitiful letter! All, all alone,
s.. sno no wsy Of letting people under.
miser! They called him miser, and |
1ae Q miser'c son. My father! On, I
Eons tms g., care what happens now" rails.
n"i'ii t:ii you what. .on; vel, TAX.
Iosenes lantern and chuck Il into the
. lishtnsss he did not fsci. "rSs voria
10 full Of innocent bystsnders. Il ri.
ways has been, and siwsys viii be y.
Judge actions without ths least concen.
t lion OF the motives that enersise them.
But 1t sesms pretty tough that Johnny
Jones, Of South Dakota. perfectly con.
tent 90 q cowhand, shouid reet his bonss
in the A!rfcnns, simply because one
William Hohensoliern had srsndiose
opinions Of HE importance. innocent
father, his friend" end '"'' 0''n 0n:' your
Bancroft jumped up and cleared bis
eyes. He PUT the letter Into an In.
ne. pocket.
".What are you going to do, sonp'
I'm going to hunt up the other
poor devil Of q bystander-catch him
eefore no does something he'll always
be sorry for. God save him from
teoden'ns his hands with my fathers
blood. There's no doubt now that
ne entered this window 60 kill my
fotner. I've an idea I'd better hurry"
,.n! 900 q, with you! OF course, I
But Bancroft did not t,nd stewsr,
az nis lodgings. Stewart had moved
OUT though his belongings, neatly boz.
60, Were still In evidence. Nor did
bnancfoft fnd him at the Office Of the
bsd ,oh,.s IA Emerald ,, Company. Stewart
Bancroft S's; eempreh.nd.d q. one. .h.
blow-somethinG fantastic and incse;ii.
ble-was shortly to fall. There vouid
be no way Of ANTICIPATING Il: he would
have to await Il. But II the NOR mad.
man struck from behindI-snd never
learned the truth? That was Ban.
croft's one anxiety: he was nrena ared
Tor anything but blow from behind.
For al! that. his new found buoyancy
carried him to q pathway among the
stars. and he stepped, one to the other.
indifferent to the immeasurabie abysses
between. He had now what he had
previously imitatcd-confidence In him.
self. IN the future. He no longer n.
gretted that he was without creative
genius. That his future was cut and
dried did not distress him. His father
by the stransest sacriAce-had Great.
ed these millions: bis son would ad.
minister them. turn them loose in pro.
ductive sa!lies upon a broken world,
build up little communities Of wage
earners. create Jobs az other men Great.
ed music. literature, art. Why, there
was nothing finer in all this drah
earth than to make oneself q useful
citizen. That would be his business
He went to the theatre that 'nieht,
His applause was thundcrous; he could
not keep still In bis chair: his face was
like beacon. He did not exactly
annoy any one, but be attracted some
amused attention. People smiled in.
Girl in the show" They could even
was concerned, he was all alone in
the orchestra and Nancy was all alone
He left Bis chair at the beginning ol
the finale, begging pardens BY The
Wholesale a. he Unanswered past the
cramped knees. He trod on one gentle.
mans foot.
i hope your oysters choke your'
Snarled the victim.
"That's remarkable. sir. How did
you know that had oysters In mind ~
surrendering to hashlisht. heated
you trod on my foot"
%! beg your pardon. I'm sorry. But
would you mind telling me Just how
that would suggest Oysters2"
Get out, get out! Before you step
on the other foot -
Roses for Two Girls!
bancroft reached the aisle without
infiicting upon the remnant Of the row
anything more serious than 0bstructed
view. He hurried of to the nearby
florist. who. he remembered. was al.
ways open late O. nights. He purchas.
ed two dosen American Beauties and
had them separately boxed. Next, he
ran around 10 the stage entrance and
boldly entered-for the first time. He
paused before the cubbyhole Of the
ancient :!;.nt ! csrSsrS9s,;, ndsS,9,;,
"a pencil? You can't get BY here.
young man," said the watchdog, feeling
his dignity grossly afronted. A pen.
ell! q "Whadda Nv y. yuh think this IL. .
pO6tOmCeG
"1'l give you $5 for q pencil!" with
a gesture. and tone perhaps not unlike
that used aforctime by the desperate
Richard. seeking to evade tho wrathful
Lancaster.
well, Of Course"
A stub was produced and paid for.
On each box Bancroft wrote: "suppsr
please deliver these" he said.
"All right. But I've dumped more
roses in the ashcan for Miss Bowman
than you got hairs on your head. !
never saw you before"
And you may never see mo again.
That's the sad part Of life. Here to.
day, and gone tomorrow
"Wsl!, III take the flowers in; but
they'll Be heading for the ashcan. II
I know anything" =.
These two boxes Of roses met odd 10.
ceptions. Jenny frowned. Nancy
, Jenny touched the soft petals, eysins
them with that fixity Of gaze knoVn Of
the crystal gazer; indeed, ahe could
penetrate the future to the extent OF
an assurity that these would b the
first and last roses she would ever -.
ccivs from jeremiah the Queer. - she
suddenly dubbed Bancroft; not par.
tlcularly happy over the sift. certain
that Nancy would possess the like OF
better. All right; she would wear them,
shc would 20 to the Rita; but she would
also give the theughtless nut . piece Of
her mind for not tipping her Of % she
could have dressed for the. part.
Nancy sighed; but with happineesL
Here wero roses she might keep. She
held them to her face and inhaled thu