Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
TheDaiyNouelette
Loren's Ideal
Bv Martha McCuiioch. Williams

,ro too shameless for anything Mrs.
franc CALCULATED acidly. at sight OF
,bc Eaton car. with Loren ut tho wheel,
luggage laden. and headed for open
country. Myrtle Crane. aged twenty
.even. pursel her lips and lot her
cros follow her mothers. Both were
filled with speculation plus envy. Yet
tho Cranes had better car. better
rlothcs. rather more money thar the
Es,ons--and only themselves to main
tain. Euuitably they ought to Srudsc
,beir ncighbors no whit Of The merry
and modest comfort they enjoyed. But
s,,re the Eatons were ever so much
moro popuar--Ioren especially quite
.cipscd Myrtle in all companics--thcrc
u.,s rerhaus some color OF reason for
their bitterness.
..What I wonder is.--.".i" inc game
This timc:' Mrs. Crane went on. h"r
accent muslng: II asked Toby when
he fetched the milk last evening where
his IA and Loren were going nest
time hut hc srinncd foolish like, say
inr he didn', know. As il. boys over
didn't know anything they wanted TO
find ont.
'I'lI call up Mra. Brewer: h"r shop
knows all that happens anNwh"r".
Mrrtic said picking ny III" receiver.
Two minutes later she nodded to h"r
mother. saying: She ism smrc--b'ii
its either Fcrnwood or trosS-Cnt---
..That means Tommy Page or sam
run,ed: "Thcy'rc welcome to Tommy
hut I do say and always will. II :
4 shame about Sam. \ real fine fcl :
low ought 10 be let do his own court.
ing .,,.,
'Rut how IL h" won't:' Myrtle
ouestioncd. smiling covertlr. Granny
Crane still hold against Myrtic's mother
that Joe. her own son. had been married
rn.hcr against his will.
All tho summer world seemed sing
ing 70 I.orcn---thcrcf"rc she sang with
il, not loudly. but barely above breath.
Vow and thcn src all but churk'"d.
thinking how she had mystiiirl gossip
,s TO hor destination. II was non" Of
tho hosrtablc homes wher" she and
her half invalid father were always so
eagerly welcomed. but snail. brown
house. in the foothills. with II tum-
low, misty distances toward tho East.
Dad was not going TO iish-hc left all
the hard work TO Loren. by his own
account.-but to loaf under tn" trees.
listening to the singing birds and BATH
Ing his tired consciousness in tho bliss
nf absolute rcSt \ conscientious Judge.
he got tho wear Of two years from cach
term Of service.
It was Lorcn's doing. this running
sway to the wids. She had made
touch with the little brown house
through its ruling spirit, farmer g
daughter. who had with gallant blum
dcriug worked h"r way thr"ught ~"
years Al high school in the village.
Loren had helped her. given her good
food and safe shelter in return for
what she could do in her free time.
Now that she was married, with q hom"
Of her own. she was only too glad to
welcome and cherish those who had
made her less n servant than n friend.
No other house was in sight save
down the far distance. But up around
tho brooks bend there WAS a sprawly
Building. haunted intcrinit'ently by
>portSm"u from March TO November.
They n"ccr bothered auyhndy. said
kindly Mrs. Anna--cam" in ones or
rwoa or half dozens. minded their own
buslncss, liberal as could bc and ready
10 help at need. So III" judge smiled
wbmSraIIY at his danght"r. saying
No chance for any hirting--lhcs" ap-
rRrently are sports rather than men.
II "" stay the three weeks out. icar
you'll forgot how 70 s"y, no. That
would he n ralamity--oh. Anna -
tricks and manners Of old--h"r swarm
Of followers aud that my mind is
firmly mad" up. not to spare h"r 10
any Of them
"Dont blame y"-~nobody can.
Anna laughed: "I'd know which OF
You'd bc MorS, lost without the other.
Ru' all 70. big aud little. hang I" hoy
20 hard and iasI. any body that wants
hOr ought to want tn" Who'll" family.
Tic can't have it, said the Judge
with grin.
Loren shook her finger NJ him. You
wait. Til | land Il millionaire. she
said: 'Sin"n suffrage. il's pretty well
,eiued women can get whatever they
20 after, Such Il genius as | am for
adaptation 10 poverty will surely be
untitled a, forty odd 10 claim riches
as a right"
~ million with man attached
is that your idea OF happincss:' The
lldg" asked. bowins, "EXactIy." said
his daughter. "Hu'. having n liberal
soul. Won't refuse him. if hc has
two millions or even five.
And inst then Fate stepped in with
a. man worth the fly" millions: lr
TODD nt the door. lost and lonely
soul, hound for the iishcrnan's house.
nut stranded on th" way I" it. Oi
"ours". Il" was s,lccorcd, guided. lntcl
on welcomed aud cherished in spit" ot