Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15

eno sH'aI;d 'ac.;dc, 10 marry a husband for
'..s;suce." :. .ns 10 jcnd of "thc hdrpics,'
"Sy SyGgGGR G'fGSsR HARRY CARM1CHAEL,
Ill Woy rctcrdn, man OF personality,
W".:,,fc, W"% rho has inrentcd a Hep
az t"s ~ finance rhich he agrees TO
@rS ,gsesvs "sirictiy business PROPOSE
'''v,o ROSEMARY MEADOWS. Clorer's
!.n,;n' a pretty girl Of the period.
''iRS MRS. MEADOWS, aunt. 'cho mas
,,jricsdfd Clover tn ddrers,tv ana 70
,Sorered rith fdrors.
SANDAL, younger dona"'e''
"2PV UOLT, big, good natured chap,
m,hfully in locc 'cith Rosemary.
This Loneliness
0r,R--NO. No; it isn't Chanel
Efrock as n matter of fact. Clover
.,,,;od in voice which to her annoy
.,oo sounded strained and unnatural.
"you ego hc--Sir Acknowledgement
,n.-d thought /, would keep him in
ho,,er temper TO be told hc was quite
hsht."
81 sec. Tacttul oil Hou'
"rbanel." volunteered Glover. 'isn t
t,,pr ,hcsc shiny, scquiny kind of
tracks at all just now.
sbe nearly added. Imagine your
,.nerberlng the frock ~ Then con-
t,.oIlv, she thought it wouldn't do {;
r. might think she was trying TO D"
.",,fri with him. With every step she
,"os the feeling of stranscncss grew.
Ts;s rgys' uncarny quiet in which their
tan,stsrs tn,s rcs0unded loneliness.
Tbey attained the top of the first
s,bt: tho floor that led on the one
ID. IN Clovcr's Gold Salon, on the
Mher TO Carmichael Red Parlor.
Hero the match went out. The last
,,,ch !, Darkness closed about them
,sain. Thick curtains before the stair
case windows shut out even tho gltm-
nsr thc,p might have been from tho
lomnS in Grccn Street. All was in
velvet blackneSs.
"Nuisancc, murmurcG Carmichael.
'Do you think you can feel your way
up"
"Oh, YES" from Clover in the voice
which wouiu r"t Ionie I .,,W,".t W h.on,,,.
ally. but "hic'' 't',.cu ",.no9' 'I. n,L..,
loss as though shc haI rlI'pcu nlsn,s
oisteep stairs instead OF theso lev graz
ual ones. Il have got hold OK 'hc ra"'
thank you.
Right" lie fell step behind. fol-
lowing in the darkness. Hc was aware
Of the breath ~ of rain-wct bricr
that tloatci about her: alert to the
faint rustic of her garments, II" tiny
r,;nk of bends. There WIS al" the
boat;rr of his own heart. which he
n ..., ,ho, ,ho ,;rl ,-idn,, hcor
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"as' NV az, un't .M."|. 'n'.t' "..'
.'' az hoI "ssufu "',' ~ "o.,,I.' "I'
~ Wv "''' 'n' ' VIII 49,,
IVY Nunt' a. ""'Tul"ru as M ' >,
per'cousn' lrt shc vas married.
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,".,,, ,sm-,, ,a.o.;an
q; cours, .bo nnIlcd berssIf IN onickIv
Il was not really "obsurd.T hernusc
It was not n situation mt ail. II
might happen in any house that some
thing went wrong with the electric light
ana that the people had to grope their
way up to their rooms IN pitch black
ness. But-against that blnckness
she seemed to see Carmichael's fair
Iac", with his eyes fixed In the book
loom, Just before th. light went ont
fhd when she had known that lie
vas going 10 say something 10 her,
"nat had he been going to
,.,.L .t''e, ''nuucn'I' ana as II seemed
s,n ." s,n a., I;. n'"'s NM "n''""t "' NOISE
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ro,., ,' s"' '"'t w. l"he NY manu.
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roI o,i "%S S.;,'h " 'ne ia.' "a' Il,
rvica hnFono rh' n",', nam" Vt ,c's Ju''
A. ,bo 'I'n, ,I', '"' nrst ,1''a" had nee'
dane" ,r"n, ", T. ho', ". t''',a'Neu h tne
.nc. a.. ",i. "nu ,'o' pee'i "uo,,e' ~,
second T ~; ,;-r" 'if!t d. .nr "al!eries., IN
wedding whi@ her % serene m e,nLc rnina hs hod I..
leated: ii, Clover. take thee Warry
Armstrong TO have and t.
hc! -
Now for the third timr, there was
@,,%|Iinterlud".
Kun show" lie thought to him.
nt, ai, 'lh's is my wife. This is NY
wne hand that | am holding; we'r(
I'ne' couldn't be more alone in a vir.
S'n forest on desert island. Pm hcl