Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-06

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CHAPTER TX
"Whst win Become Of Uss"
ley went some little way In silence,
lk~n Harden said abruptly:~
n ssSfave YOU ever thought Of getting
,,,ad. or are you too youns7'
!ytsIly raised sta,tlsS, |. 4, eyes; .o....
etthlsssly. :. ,,.
# n ivowned a. II her childish repeti'
" ei his question annoyed him.
'iTHat 10 what ] said,' ne answered
ElSsStisntly. "Girls DO think OF Get.
married even when they are only
20, don't they?'
|SYss--yes." said Molly.
sis felt stupid, her head was In 4
~, was he asking lier these qies.
a ~ looked up at him half afraid; he
|S staring down the road. little
few between HE eyes. -,
yssi y Isupposs," he said presently, that
al twenty like to marry boys OF
n, avn age, eh?" He looked down
I'd Str. II suppose that II a man-say
|3 ~ sse--" He broke off (; running
~ sounded behind them through the
ssner evening; a hreathless voice
SIN after them urgently. Molly
"A Tslly turned round: Leslie Danger.
~ was rncing after them: he was
ISii, and breathless; It was some Sec
|TY3l before he could speak when he
add them. Molly shook his arm In
4 .'yh.t H !: Il? What has happened
~ there been an accident--Ned?
Hsie! Oh, why can't you
3. John Harden had q restraining hand
.:Givc him time-hsve q little pa
|loace . . II anything Is the
natter" -. 49,.
Isiis found his voice then-he broke
::sss .Ifs:sRS,ns'!!' If.sS.4s h.'s dead ds !"':: ~:
we've Just heard "a telegram
80 you've Eot e come back. Oh
but Molly had broken from John
Nirdeu's detsining hand and was rae
N Sack up the street like a mad thing.
y, f4Slie followed with Harden; the boy
~ very white, and be sobbed as he
1--WE don't know how it happened
the wire only just said that he
~ dead. Oh, It can't be true-it can't
~ true"
q larden did not know what to say
u hated scenes; he knew that II he
MT to the White House he would be
H (or something unpleasant, and vet II
|s6 Impossible to leave Molly to bear
ssAt the gate Leslie left him and rushed
Harden followed slowly;' the front
~ vas wide open, and he went IN
Rjllevt being asked.
Hare everything was shabby, too the
gAldeth which covered the. door waa
ia in some places into holes that
s1eWed tho boards beneath; the one
rlesure ornamenting the walls had q
seken glass; the hatrack had lost q
~ and been proppsd up with child's
~ from upstairs came the sounds Of q
sman's hysterical weeping and sob.
NM, and Molly's voice raised In an.
geA. "Oh. It can't be true-it can't
Harden did not know what to do; he
|vent into the dining room, where the
epls was still strSwn with the tea
llIAts, but II was deserted, and hA wan.
lestd out into the kitchen.
9 Nobody there either. and he was just
wandering whether 1t would not be bet
elme down the stairs.
Her face was drawn and tear.
3e!nsd she was sobbing quietly.
when she saw Harden, she hid her
nec 10 the curve Of her arm with q
oelien gesture; she looked q helpless,
pstAetie figure.
!, Hardly conscious Of what he did,
aarden went up to her and put an
sfm around her shoulders.
~ am 20 sorry for you-if there 10
!. st.ytnins ! can do-anything ] can do
= +. is,R s.|. yyS:u;Epie::e :: ask ms-plsase let
neIp II can.
chs looked up at him-the tears run.
EAe down her face-her voice was
vRcIsn with sobbing.
I've loved him." she said broken.
sssEedly. I'VE all loved him though
{We SAID things about him -
w didn't know him 90 we did,"
9afden knew the kind Of things that
~ been said about Molly's father |;
ssnsw that the majority Of them had
sn true and merited, but in the face
Y, Y tnls girls grief he felt angry with
~ nose people who had criticized and
%soemned tho dead man without
sNvaoins to look for redeeming quail.
=. ana now there's nobody to look after
~ Molly went on desperately. "No.
@ 70 look after mother and the bows
>,A.. Oh. what will become Of US
y. nstoen looked from her through the
~ ooor to the street beyond, and there
~. curious indecision in his ewes.
q! at once he took his arm from
NV her shoulders. and finding her
~ ~, aeid 1t In both his as he said
y wonder II you could trust me-
sSI'C"I, WI have me for-for q friend,
!. Sae was too distressed to realize what
- sSs sMSsant, but her sobbing lesssneG.
L,nJ stsmmered out that he was very
,vsr.,h @ tnst she was very grateful, but
,.sytntns was unreal; she had never
M is oeen brought into actual contact
AZ ~ Scsatn, and the sudden tragedy kft
y ~ tsas'verins and AFRAID. "
NE. Ase could not believe that she would
;onS ~ See ner father again /; she had been
VA VA HI nim, though In her heart she
|Hroou'ss oou'sscpptoved Of him, but IL seemed
M, tso'e s;o'e that she would never again
M, a's voice. or his jovial laugh. or
,1sssseu TO his elaborstc swnis.