Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-21

"The Subcoaseleus Ceurtship"
between. He was transssndenta
happy, and he had to express aloud this
happiness to keep his body from flying
up through the roof Of the taxi and
But underneath bis bubbling nonsense
time to come kennsds would brood
over the death Of Silas Bancroft. He
would b eternally seeing Eilas reach
out toward him and ale, himself .
passive murderer. He had shocked
Silas Bancroft to death; but any one
Of z thousand surprises would have
shocked Silas Bancroft to death. The
point was to make Kennedy accept this
!act. Kennedy had brsoded himself
into one madness; he might easily brood
himself into another-suicidal. BE.
sides, he would now bs drawing com.
parfsons-Bancroft's loyalty as against
his own, and finding his q dabby thing
indeed. 20 young Bancroft was deter.
mined to keep By the man. II he saw
that the son rejected the idea that
murder had been done, eventually Ken.
nedy might be made to do 70.
Bancroft analysed his thoushts care.
fully and found that there was no emo.
tion other than profound pity for the
man his father had 10 loved. The hell
through which the man had passed
A weak man might have whimpered and
eonc on; but . strong man, vital In
brain and body! Something had
twisted In Kennedy's brain, under the
terrinc impact Of bis misfortunes, and
0Nlv fnni1ht had Hhl. klol, .A..l 1870 -
out. The letter had said that there
were high and worthy qualities to love
In this man; and these might be un.
covered and their luster renewed by
the process OF time. So theN,, to keep
close by. until Kennedy had got some
perspectives. What q companion be
would bel The Great Adventure Com.
..Will you be wanting these books,
sirT" he asked.
mo. They are yours. They mean
. good deal more to you now than they
DO to me: But what became Of your
fathers thingsT'
Don't you remember? He said in
the letter that he had to sell everything
to make q new start"
"A new start"
There was a lull. Bancroft searched
for Nancy's hand and found It. Then
he fell to describing the adventure Of
the ambassadors suite, Of bis majestic
sensations. OF renting his first dress
suit, Of discovering Nancy's photo.
graph, all interpolated By shrewd com.
mentaries.
K Innocent Bystandsn III
is Strange. to. state, Kennedy; found this
r vkA knS, hnl hA -
Of describing things az they were, Of
tearing of the motley and revealing the
bones but without the bitterness of
the matured philosopher. Kennedy felt
himself amused; and ffom this basis
thought began to work outward. II
the boy could amuse him in this black
hour, II might be that contact with the
youngster would stir into life again all
those attributes 20 long atrophied for
want Of usage. OF course, this incon.
sequent chatter was uttered purposely
to divert q bro0ding mind but the point
was,. the ruse succeeded. Kennedy
found himself amused.
miah mean7"
Hanged II I know"
1T means the Lords exalted-in
his case" said Kennedy. 'What It
means in my case, only God knows"
NANCY, what am I going to do? My
fathers letter-which Is really the true
will-orders that ! pay over to Mr..
Kennedy half Of what havs' and he
''And always will. I am no longer
only By regret. When I came out Of
prison It was too late to pick up the
truth; and such was the power Of my
obsession I shouldn't have recognised
tho. truth had !! seen. It. A little
and might have worked together to
retrieve our fortunes. But no. Battle,
murder and sudden deatlr! But always
remember, I went to prison for an act
OF my own. We shall not relate it to
the original catastrophe.
"Sir, they are inseparable. On board
the ship. before you put IN, you were
tremendously happy. You were. &C.
cording. to the market reports. q rich
mani Ss years q bondage y, wsfc =. Gvss
tom Of despair. all IN an hour. Or two.
stand. Something became twisted. in
readjusted ITSELF" |
"l3ut what coniuses me 10 your Il:
tituds. You should hold me in horror"
"But there 10 always my fathers
letter, sir; his will that ! should find
you and help you II ] could. That was
enough for me. Besides, you were com:
Ing back on your own. Your original
notion was to do away with me; In the
end you demanded only what you con.
sidered legally yours. The past was
coming back. You began. perhaps sub:
consciously, TO see my father IN ME,
when you were young. After allIran
thoush6 E6 H.. was guilty x o. nsfdhns
yours, and vanish. The Great Ad.
venture Company! Don't you sss, cir,
that am greatly indebted to you !
You have indirectly given me more than
I ever dreamed Of having. II you had
not lured me out Of Il ! might stu Do
In that villagei whereas ! came to the
great. city and found advsnturs and
Nancy, with passionate tenderness,
pressed his hand. II cane. to her that
she would always b two things IN this
boys life-his mother and h!s sweet
.innocent bystandsrs." unused Ken.
"s"i Van Of Us. every human being that
:t.nSsss. stand paying tie. pris. % q another II
man! mans I I.0.dsfy, halt the time . man We
''Do with me % you will," said
Kennedy. In complete surrender. "Ths
Shadow was right"
1.-THE Shadow"
"Tor several days you wsrs under
constant surveillance. He warned me
that ] was Understanding you. And
I told him not to think. thinking being