Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-15

!lnncitts alone IN barely furnished
illisabeth sighed. .and let her arms
fall to her sides. Whnt was the use
Cf Rrete,nains? ,, sls Ind A. only MY to TO-, lOva
Iriy aackiins With but a poor. chance
Of ever farming into A swan.
But the following afternoon when she
and Walter Sheath and MI. Junker.
the lawyer, were sitting together In the
tlihSy dining room downstairs. her heart
beat SO fast that she thought 1t would
choke her.
She tried to tell herself that It was
madness to cxpttt anything from the
will which lay cracking IN the stiff.
ness Of It's parchment on the table,
and vet A,e knew that she was hoping
With every fibef Of her body as she sat
IN the Bis chair. hands tightly clasped
IN lier lap, her eyes fxed on Mr..
Junkef's e&pressiohless face.
Once she looked Mt Walter, and, was
surprised at the sadness OF his fnse;
she smiled tremulousiy at him as Mr..
Junkcr cleared his throat and began
Elizabeth could not follow what he
was reading; 1t all sounded senseless
and stupid to her, and she was
trembling from head to foot.
In fhe Nnisn acrnss &kn rond tha
rranohhonc Which Ind n,ovpd ,nsi
i,igKt was playins again ~ and the
same waltz tune It seemed to Eliza.
beth as II the next few moments would
decide once ana for all what her fu.
| ture was to be.
That waltz tune and all that 1t stood
for In her mind lay before her In a
golden future; It was either to be that
| nv I.nL e. Il kLA - ,S,A,
ty years.
she lost herself IN dreaming: Mr..
Junktr's voire so,,ndei n I'm. iis.
Iance of II Was nSiv rber T. cessed
altogether lint sbe cSmo hack to The
present with a start
Walter Ind riscn md wos sto,d,py
beside hcr his hand on bcr orm there
was An odd cxnrpssinn In hi. eves--
glaaaness, was III?
h,it ne r,s. so,Hr ,,.l rusnea s 10 her race; she
",vo,it ~ oi,5 ~, ieJ. IT,. t. g., .,,,,,,.
bo,rI "tMMcl I,iu,. ,S.nu ,wMnat Is Hi .t u,un
Al ."'I H., ,,,. She cou'd hot ~ o"'
I" ..Sa.hiu o.., snc neuru MI c
7 49,, No,n,ms ,n f9f soq. MISS CohSemrsL, Sm.,.,
= % h,',J..y ,u y uii my g Uest' Cn,S ;,
if.'uitu Hfs T puunasIh1th'ns nos, ~; else ,. ~.
:, "r. Junner saiu iot more aDout u1l
e".h,n om ntsn Pecuiarlties; M inere was
cndnraIe T., "Doui ,., Peu ia. TsH ui,t.,, ~ ~
Lnr,,,,. Ls.s nosp.ai. g"t Hi%aoe'"
"",u'' nea'u Ut unuerstoou.
She had sunk back into the chair
her heart cold with the bitterness ol
disappointment.
Nothing for me-. she whispered
After all-hothing for me !"
Inc two men stood looking at hel
si,em..S shran.S tneh Nr. 'uhRers cleared Ill
~ nm ro.. ,... u ,,,. ..,,
,odr :, an y. seia eia eVs, "..s,. my IeuT ioun,
that ramn mv s",u. , vesy sor,s .,pe' nope.
iH"' tiS ,,;,I ;"Ii .s,t,, ums "Iu,u nave cnunse'
hno.i, aS hr ,.ia y, oul Ior MS Suaue'
mot tc,, "r r,,, mIu hn,,. nanr .Ian,, uo. su "
"oi i,,;na.. t.n, .ou nom "eepia 4 ret[et -.
'p' "''e ""''e'
Elizabeth Loses a Fortune
"We,l--I sunpos. On, work - sh
psaid with nm rffort "Cythcr nconi
have to. md oftSr .,i b,,nSra,
! mounds Is n lot Of money ;sn't ;tS' Sh
looked from ono mnn tn the othe
! boncfully but ncitbcr ~ them M
swercd avon Walter srsstb tnem. vhs
; littjo wav a bundred uo,,nds vii
.. 20 when il is al, the can,taj one nos
!, scsses '
Rut A. wos n fortune IN Eli,abeth
I who oniv once IN bar iife nod had evo
, fvc no,,ttjs ~ hor o,vn and aftar tb
. iirst b;ttor mo,,,cnt "f d;sannointme an an
u she bepan to take rourasc
4 hundred I,omnds Its spendin
n capacities seemed infinite to her IL
norance. After all. she argued, sh
r might have had nothing at all, an
/ then what would she have done?
, When Mr.. Junkers had gone. Wal
ter Sheath shut the door and cam
+ back to where she sat-a. pathetic littl
l figure in her black frock.
She looked up at him and for tn
hrst time recognized something OF rea
mastery In his race as he spoke.
ana no" Eilzapetn, want m
answer. Iherc is h9tnlns TO wait FOR
II Mr: Conyers had Icft you grea
ueai VI hohey or even shoHsn 70 NV
upon, i uoh suppose l should nav
!, ,n ,aa tme luz. courage 10 asN you TO inaI.
thn.bt c, It as So ,oir, M ,t .Ioe ;mto pear .h
, :, % anousn' y, .ou Sung ou. in.J ..,,t tne Wori
among nn m;fo s,r"nsefs' =" Dear' Will you u
r Tharo wos . doc, earnos,,.s. II =;
ovas nnd lie ro,co w.s nmt ",';ta stnoar M 4.
uni ad MS hS 'I,er heud vas nUs hsr qte
n ho srnLo and fol+ tbat Sho or shro a
= hersotH he sPTH"S; S;s to"cb u ie'' 'na' sue snran
+ ivan "Yo" dc don't , lovo mo T knou" h
ssid "but nt least wa ore good Friends
n and think sometimes frienJshin 10
Q better basis for married life than
Il than-iust romantic love"
i L,,,,nh.., ah,oL ho. hooa. ,h, ,,,..
II down " a. III. % houd anJ % a~av '"u aa.in iO'"e
sbort So,aro % % hand ' j. wos ""y vary asa, d,iror
T. go o,t t,n sH"a Iomd .ha. h"S' hoI.S hIS ,,a nei
the dance on that never TO be forsotte
G night. Then she looked IN at his fsC
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