Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-14
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CHAPTER XXI

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IL CHAPTER XXI
John Harden Forsets Himself
~ THINK I ought to see II there II
.nvthius I can do" he said h.
4 rot wait for her to speak; ho left
IN. Alone in the hall.
~ stood staring into the dusky gar.
~. the cate stood wide open as John
M isft Il in his hurry; somewhere ir
t.ss.top a blackbird was warbhng IT.
~. night 10 the day: q sudden lumr
"a into Molly's throat.
Whs had John gone? Surely ht
Aid lave STAYED with her. She stood
s.;stins her fingers: her eyes ached
vjth tears.
,Arss whole days! And yet now he had
ssrs ss, 70 help Iilith. She tried to shake
n Ser depression; she knew 1t was un
~. nnrenerous. Lilith was in trouble
p..bsna her husband was dying; 1t was
81, riaht that John should wish to helr
Ssr She was glad that he wished IA
TX "HsioIiy, 5 Molly!" called Mrs. Danger.
ie]d fretfully from urstoirs, and Molly
turned slowly.
X. neerfield demanded. "1s anything
tIe matter? 1t seems as IT people are
ding nothing but race in and out OF
~ gate. Is any one I'll or what is the
nstter?"
INF, Fernald is Ill. Mrs. Fcrnald
eame to ask one OF us to 80 Tor the
doctor-her maid was out, so l went. -
Molly spoke tonelessly; she walked
across to the window, which was opcl
to the summer night. and looked dowr
into the garden next door.
A bar Of light lay across the lawr
ftom an open door; she could heal
voices.
mother was saying fretfully. II dis
IKE that way she looks at you; she does
not like you, Molly; she Is a woman
you would do well to avoid"
''It's your imagination Molly said
"Why, she's been so interested in my
wedding all my things" She
slepped drearily.
NO men were coming down the gar.
Ia path next door; one was John she
knew, by his height and the squareness
his shoulders, and the other was the
DOCTOR.
They stood ut tho gate for a moment
q two talking, then Harden turned
hack alone, and went into the house.
Molly's throat swelled; she turned
away from the window.
"You haven't shown me any Of the
things you bought in London" Mrs
Dangertield complained. ~ suppose
Do not count at all in this excitement
you forget that I am your mother; you
rush off to London with another woman
almost a stranger; you put her in my
place.
Molly's face famed.
II asked you to come with me, you
inow did, and you said you couldn' t."
he cried.
Mrs. Dangerfield dabbed her eyes.
How could I? My widowhood Is
sdl 80 recent; you have no thought,
none whatever"
Molly was used to her mothers un.
!sasonableness, but tonight it got on
hsr nerves; she turned away and went
% her own room.
She sat down in the dark, her hands
easped in her lap; John was such a
iong time next door. What was he do.
~! What was he talking about to
uhth? The doctor had gone some
ninutes ago; she moistened her lips.
It seemed ages and ages while she
0 there; the blackbird up in the tree
tcp had stopped singing; the only sound
90 heard was the faint sigh Of the
vnd in the branches.
The boys were out; the house seemed
Wy quiet. Molly rose to her feet with
feeling that she could bear 1t no
ecSer; she stole downstairs and out
hto the garden.
j. She looked up at the windows Of the
,gue house next door one, where Alec
sMnald lay, had the blind half drawn.
sN saa there was only shaded light be-
She went down to the gate; it would
ssve been quite n natural thing to 20
= ana ask how Fernald was, but some.
!aing kept her from doing so ; she stood
the warm dusk of the summer eve
lug, with I'm odd, frightened feeling at
her heart.
somewhere in the house clock
IucK nine-so late was it.. 1t had
10y oeen eight when Lilith first came
,aso the drawing room. Presently she
td steps on the gravel path Of the
door garden; they We're Hardcn's
ps' She knew, and In an instant her
ssslt began to beat more quickly; she
"ew oack into tho shadow Of the trees,
Already she had forgotten her depres :
Ia now silly she had been; as IL II
Sn!W.sered that he had gone in to helm
Nn-poor Lilith, who was perhaps to
IA. me man she loved. Molly knew
ss,S, tne greatest dread OF Lilith Fer