Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-16

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sAsv.rt strikes lits Blow
y ~ A dagger stickin' in his door.
,.mb." said Jenny. Get back O.
f;ks4s. S S.r vou think g. him. Nice
:Sscs boy from tn country, tn
n s,ticie. no camou6sge, with o gift
~ IKE 4 college professor, an afraid
s.Hin'. kisses defenselees girls In
s,t.sc,s nm somebody sticks dagger!
N: icorjan,b. What's tn answers
III jeremiah has a.secret. Maybe
SSSsAvs where a lot o.. money 10, an
~ - Son't come across tn guy with
"A, S.sSsr - intends t croak him. That 8
~ ~ Take th' alley stuff an. tn
| a.: Il amt no joke he's up against,
Sy.rss. nuf. An We COULDN'T get tn
r srt ~ ~ him with q stick o. dyna.
n: ySfrsid we might get mixed up,
Ss mt. Ready? Come on"
- s sR:ncroft she said, immediately
sfSa q Door Door boob, what's al this big
80 abot?"! -,
Sf,ye got q job"
.rine !! What kind Of q 3obT'
IA whale Of q job
seCross my heart -,
sThis supper IL to announce the JOB.
~. nsxt one will explain It,, This
~ tssi1" cried Jenny. '.Why
Aast = tell US In time 10 we could
~ dressed7" 49,
-:Nobody will mind what you two
vGf.S he answered CALAMITY.
Tsabins more was said about the
*: Tor by this time the girls knew
~ M M pressure could make this boy
IN II he had no mind to. ne crdered
4 Supper which would have mildly IN:
2e1ted Lucullus, but which. appalled,
- The careless Jenny; and protests
V9a without avail. He laughed, tested,
anmed with the orchestra: But AZ
r. night wore on, more and more his
- travelled toward Nancy, and more
~ more Nancy's travelled toward him.
And all that Jenny tasted from the
sites Of Lucullus was Dead Sea fruit.
Il was on Sunday afternoon that
o(sWaYt struck his blow.
N 6nd Stewart at once, before the
heur in which the man purp0sed e
ulriks arrived, when his reason would
/ n amenable to explanations. There
y one ray Of hope-that contract. It
oened to Bancroft that Stewart had
g much irony in his cosmos not to
unlAin that contract, whatever he In.
I'D to do with It So there was q
yleue chance Of facing Stewart, even
3 Nd fury. But there was the more
Whstantial possibility Of Stewart strik.
II from behind and learning the truth
s6Gn Il would be too late. Once again
oaxeroft felt iniserably young. How
~ be to find Stewart, who would take
|Dqeticular care not to be found?
1sfly Sunday morning he ret forth
~ tho blind alley. Stewart, Of course,
Ssuld not return to his late apartment
y Twelfth street; hut he would have
y psnd q truckman for his belongings
~ Bancroft was determined to follow
tAll truck, anywhither.
i was a cold business, for the day
NJ crisp; but Bancroft kept himself
warm BY frequently sprinting to the
eeelef and back. Up to noon there
~ no truck: 1 o'clock. 2. 3, 4, and
eel no truckman. 1t finally occurred
, Bancroft to interrogate the janitor
M. Stewart? Why, he came with
Truck late last night and carted Of
- things. He didn't leave any mail
1edlsn because he never received any
ell here. Anything wrong with him 2"
Uh, no. But I've urgent business
daassct with him." said Bancroft,
sVsting his bitter disappointment.
Have you tried the Bolivian EN-
~ Company"
sYes. But he has sold out his in.
mt In that"
Uh.huh. A queer kind OF a man.
Not like to be disturbed always
Aeag. No friends. You never heard
gsedy laugh In his apartment. Yet
always had smile for the Chill.
~, even II he didn't have any for
us.sps; Yes; he cleared out late
"ASy notion where the truck came
No. The racket woke me up. md
Ns came out to zee what ie was {;
,.na, went back to bed again."
you'd you mind II ! had the run
" vacant rooms for moment
aty, II Is very serious necessity
lind Mr.. Stewart presently"
..Ate you a detectiveY''
No; a friend who hopes 10 save
N N nom q good deal of future misery,
~ ,.Mg U..hg hfm back some of his van.
a. o.o%e on, them said the janitor.
.s.a ~ !ne moor Of what had been the ii.
cs bancroft found some bits of pnpcr
MI mcced together. made n ship
ss,,,, ~ mis- directed him 10 a pier be. ~
"x 10 q great steamship corpora.
~ chilled him a little to find
art 70 sure Of himself that he could
mase MIS- sailing; he anticiDated the
o. his blow. Bancroft hurried
% inc pier, where be iearneI thot
A:Mp would b. sailing early We'd.
~ morning. but until Tuesdsv y
10 passengers would be permitteH
sM. In the shed Dancroft sd I"nstsd
tsHs boxes. all marked "Hold. I"
+" personal luggage there was n"ti.
M, "ctcit r,,ai started for home, CARVING
WIN him the keen mysterious raii
;lIis. nea. Some day, II God were
oNS!E ;SE that this strange ravel Of human man
eelS., tsnonld be corrected, Rancroft
NTH, ae would 60 to sea. Not tne
ocl~S 'oyage-New York TO Liver.
"a 1,s9.a az supercargo on one of his
sutS SSisn'ers, ~ ,, beating down amcns the
seloae lHe tlne he reached ho,ne--uearly
hhieH eHde w"u,d mad evolved a campaign
I'd. rhs,aa' hCSa'd ~ force Stewart to come to
the are ma, was ss,,,. not the slightest chance
empIishs,1 IT. sailing before he had ac.
bcld mIau "!s purpose. or ut least made
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