Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-28
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CHAPTER VIII

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CHAPTER VIII
- ATE IL seemed - pure delight.
I,tsrvsrd I knew that 1t was a
u,&soy,. that day began three years
yrom .orv' Before ! had been with
u puHS.r six weeks all the gilt was
ia could see the gingcrbread
II was not long before. / dis
ss1srsd ssss11srsd Why I had been fetched away
ssn % SrSt did not understand. ]
A m little experience OF life.
~ seat,.sht ns it delightful to wear my new
S"s yISv and receive a great deal OF at
co.Mae liked the boxes OF choco-
!sNI and bottles of scent which were
u..S an me, I thought 1t kindness
c,SSe c:.s.,S wSen Mr.: Furnival, the red faced
~ rho had intervened on my behal'
~ Hrst night, gave me q gold bracc
- .,;th A large ruby In heart.shaped
setting. - ,-h,,
.Asnsed my father from the easy going
ssSnected country gentleman ne VA
~ ths swearing, drink-loving, gamoiiHS
srrs he afterward became.
discovered that four. OF tne ny
,.s,s while I was at Miss vivash
r had spent on the Continent, IN some
srsii French town, where he lived or
~ nroceeds of similar gambling tables
How he managed to escape the police
A London / do not know to TINS DAY
Sometimes I have. wondered II NJ
cuarsd them. Such things are done
mew.. - ,us. a.. s.u. thin,
vent on. Youths with more none.
thsn brains were enticed to tho houst
nd feeced Of large sums in that baci
,oom. where the blinds were aiway'
ispt drawn day and night: My iathel
and Mr.. Furnival seemed TO nave
hind Of partnership, OF which Mr.
Furnival was the head. He was.
belieye, tho only person VINO had an.
control over my father. But Tor mn
I should have had a far harder um'
than / did. Mr.. Furnival was kind
He often gave me presents, and some
times took me QUITO theatre or u
dinner. I was little afraid OF him
but entirely without reason--unless on
can call a woman's instinct a rea
son''-until one night nearly thre'
years after I came to London.
Nv father had been Ill. He wa
Sften Ill. and when he was ! had T.
Nurse him. He would not allow Mis-
Linnie In the room, and only agree
to have a doctor when he felt so ba'
that he began to be afraid of the con
sequences.
Wen, / had been with him all on
hot summers day, and felt uttcrl
wretched and worn out.
hated the life he forced me t
had; often lay awake at night, an
Yacked my brains to think Of somc wa
70 escape 1t. but somehow I never ha
The courage.
stood for a moment looking down a
him and thinking how much he ha
aged and altered since that day b
came to fetch me from school, and a
at once the thought crossed my mind :
IF he dies what will become of me:
There was terror in that thought
had no friend to whom might turn
nowhere to so.
I never had any money beyond fe'
shillings. Anything l wanted m
father bought, but I never had any lare
sum; perhaps he was afraid that II
had ! should try to get away, becaus
hs knew how I hated the life-I ha
10 often begged him to let me 50.
l went out of the room feeling wor
and weary, and as I was going dow
the stairs met Mr.. Furnival.
It was quite late in the evening
about 8. should think-and he ha
evidently just como in, for he wore a
overcoat over his evening clothes.
.'Hullo, youngster!' he said. Il
sdll called me "youngster," though
was eighteen.
He stood on tho stair below me, an
barred my way with ono hand Oh tt
banisters,
There were tears Of sheer wearine.
In my eyes. and, try as did to prcver
1t. some of them trickled over al
splashed down on to my frock.
His smile faded suddenly; he pr
his arms round my waist.
Whats the matter, kid?" he aske,
My heart began to thump nervousl,
i laid hand on his chest to hold hi
of; -
let me CO."
But he would not-he drew me clos
to him-I could hear how fast he W,
breathing. Suddenly he bent his he,
and kissed me passionately.
had never really liked him, thoul
he had always been kind, but now
a fash, as his lips touched mine,
knew that ! hated him. I struggle
like a mad woman. but he held me fas
, Don't be silly! - no said against n
ear. Didn't you know I loved 70,
Didn't you know that I'd like to 81
you everything In the world? Kiss m
Marjorie; kiss me !"
/ don't know what should have do
had not Miss Linnie crossed the h,
below.
he was forced to let me 60 then, al
! turned and fled back to my room, a,
licked the door.
CHAPTER TX
] looked at myself in the glass