Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-29

TIL byt Greck dad Ffsh biood. An
o"""J;iciosed my'terr eno'iops nee.
Gu" lara men Who hare iorHd hr
I!,o,ic Jronty and fascinating person.
.iyw here strdn3e'p rdn'shcd: Sht
s-cI,cs smI, the intcres. and admiration OF
.,pTIIy PETER DE WOLFF, an
eA eAIn,rirop ariator. rho on den'oMd.
h"; .,,;on de,cys home. no ing TO terrcl,
,'' W ths enigma. Ne has attracted
vSe romantic tec'ing Of
urRjuL BENHAH. . hcndsome,
h..hn.icsop,c. fppical English oirl. once
rro' rrcrr's tricad: but now cmb't'ered.
rorONyL ErER4RD BENHAM.
CVUGnwr;.T, brother and a rarfime
friend Of peters.
ux1Or know nothing Of fear, she
rer,lcd quietly. "iou have not
uv.d with fear day in and day out
rear after year.
.vo, have not lived w!.h fear at
M, Le went on, looking straight int"
~, .;cs 81 have not lived with II hc.
..rse If Is a parasite. ] have beer
.ourd.d. but I learned that five. "ishths
=, tho main was fear. have 1crn ap-
,r.bensive Of some terrible calamity
.,a ,he fear was tie n,a jor part Of the
..,.mity There are mcn in tn" world
IN nyriuds who fear tint they may lose
,,sir money. Fear is worse than poT"r-
80 p,cno. For Gods sake. lets no'
hsr.''
II did no, say that had fcar.' she
lid, II only said I had lived with
fcer,
..Thc world is fool about fear.
p..er drove on. at makes towards,
krt II ia also the mothcr----'
"Ot what:
"Of murdercrs, - he said.
Brrra Was silent.
TO rcteY. rs the day came TO al end.
Il became more and more plnin that
,hc had indeed decided to 20 from Lon.
don. She smoke of il as II il wore
fight from gome kind of danger.
Once SIC caid. You arc murn TOO nice
m take any risks. Peter lie had
nskr,l her about the risks. hrt she said.
Among other risks. that Of wasting
Your energies on something which lends
nowhere. When they hal dincA Al =
little cafe on .Termyn street. she said.
"Ccmc home with me. No one Srcs us
70 in and out.
IT is like a nest hidden in an old
s,ump, We can talk and then -
"Whati''
Good. by. Good might. GoDd-hy.
All the way up Regent street she
ken, her arm through his as II she
feared that suddenly the mortal part OF
him would melt away. n II this con-
tact might be made SO real that it wonlI
live on in memory. and sometimes the
Illusion Of this strong forearm warm
through its sleeve might return to h""
Tho apartment. which she had r"-
tained without occupancy for some un-
explained caEse. was on street o.!
eoor!c>s brick houses where three
street lamps. spaced with irritating pre-
cison, spread thoir radiance o. the
front walls in u fan hnped insolence.
1t YVES l.; house at the far end Of
this siree,--.modpst quarters for one
who appeared to have plenty of money
at her command two flights Of csrpe:c
stairs lei M to a little landing and
her door.
She lit the lamp in the corner while
Peter toun the key from the hole. and
the expanding light showed again the
gray and gold room with it's chinta cur
tains and its old English mahogany
end th. carved desk with its burly-
maple panels and the lanSiugs woven
In Java at the windows Rot Voter
closed the door gently with his foot
l.,, I, % hn hnr N
the light WAS dim. Once more. as
beneath a ligh, which poured down
II sh", of all the universe, had the
quality Of radiancr and lifc. She had
thrown GSid" her cloak she stood with
an aura OF eternal youth about her. II
.if, who had come out of tho ages and
would live on without end, the center
OF all things. She gazcd back at Peter
from her dark eyes. wondering, wai,;n;
Tor him TO move.
II" walked toward her slowly. but
without hesitation. In his farr there
was square look the iook Of fixed
will that has come into its own at
last.
"Rrcna, I'm sons 10 break my
promise
YES. dear. ! uudrvstand. ! can
resist YOU. Peter. It would he bard,
hqt ""uid do it. do want 10 do it.
The promise was Tor your sake. Peter.
Not for mine. aIoH",
We asked YOU nothing no Nucs'
lions. h" sad, pUttins bis bands ul"H
each of her shoulders and holding her
Al arms length.
"Rcr,u,c L;L ro, ,.,ro " said he
40 " mo,,cr -" wha, "", ,ni~ ni~h, rnr,e. "," -"
"No matter what wight come. =
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