Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09

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Aa'KSp HERE IT CONTINUES
The Letter +
,urN n man is very deeply engaged
!, courtship and when his courtship
.ttended with extraordinary difficult
even a little thing becomes
...on in his path. 1t was not long
40 The simultaneous beginning OF his
a"rstion and his determined effort to
Ma Heloise back into the interrupted
III III ~ their Western intimacy, when
tain little habit Of his lady began to
torment to Q's nerves. With her
,;cote forefnger, with a bit of twig,
~ ~ The tin Of riding switch, with
a. id,e nencil, Heloise had fashion Of
isssly. absently making on any sur
- The outline of a letter F. It would
sIways be + to begin with ; per-
=, Il would only be confused series
PIH,sroplyphics, but after she had been
n for while, there would begin
No unmistakablc formation Of an +.
,sre was nothing that she did-no
tsbtest movement, no change Of ex-
ss.;on or of manncr-which his eyes
I,ssed. He very rarely made personal
Imment, but at last, on July day, his
;nful curiosity as to the meaning of
: nreoccupation with that spectral
fnital + forced itself through his ret
| ence. a.,
stinct, or perhaps, his shrewd intelli-
Ince. had told him that his best chance
: n re.creating as much as possible
atmosphere of their first inter-
urse
Not long after his arrival. when he
4 endured few of Lelo's parties at
Manor-part!es in the atmosphere of
Sch he, not realizing the electric
nwer Of his native wit and controlled
brced outside the magic circle which,
(ith her Eastern friends, she drew
bout her like spreading robe--he
hme up to the manor on horseback. n
cond horse on the lead Unmistak-
bly Western ponies these, even to the
igh horned saddles.
10 Lelo's exclamations of pleasure
nd surprise, to her questions, q,
| hy with stirrup fastenings, had mur
kured vaguely something about the
tuypenkill Livery Stable.
Their mounts have improved vastly,
en," she had said.
swell, ma am, these two was stuck
away out of sight. Nobody's got
y use for a real Westerner in Slny-
kill" Lelo had answered the sudden
lille with which he had looked up after
10 small thrust with one that had
1t a great deal of its coldncss. She
% upstairs to pull out her Western
ding. clothes and came down looking
bee more so like the golden haired
ih.rose boy of camp and trail that
3 blood lifted from heart to cheek.
could have shouted when he saw
r eyes faltcr away from his. That
Ias one of the glorious moments that
paid him for hours of patient pain.
fter that. they had ridden tocntbor
tsn. Miss Seida would come eut to
ntch, them off. II was increoainplv
/ Iue that she enioyed her talks with
and that he, in spite of much secret
I winching" under the skillful labs in
)hich her tongue delighted. had Icvel.
bed q most curious nnssionntn in.
Irest concerning her. He watched her
I supple cat watches n mousoNthe
ktls timid hiding mouse of her cbarac.
tlmid beyond the habit even of mice
h Q's watchfulness hnd n more tban
lline patience,
"You and Aunt Selda mako mo nor.
BUS" Heloise hnd soid once oftor sbo
I'd watched one of their curjous inter.
liews. II don't know why--but fool
bat something's going m exnindo .amo @
~"
In amt ouoin. r. do M ov,,odi,, +"
q Q, and Miss Selda, oddly enough,
q deeply blushed,
Not under Miss Selda's eve nor for
experimental kindlings, did @ OK.
lNe. 1t was Lelo's liftie hslfscon.
eus F that struck first Arc from, him
SW were sitting on that occnsion in n
smul0uS thicllpt of hirch hiyb IN in
Of the mountain meodows vrh;rh
sxplored-thesc old old mcad,ws in
e. lilis so different from
myoming. Through the thicket
MT, slittering nie nmd shw UrooTmh haheu t"n
= water, shadows from ia tha loaves v
stered about them. tbev were in y
edium Of restless m,,rmnr ond n'u motion ~
lispering, babbl;nS ursant @ '''oo,Un, oonnn,
tcss. They were more tSan' uSrol,v Sroirv
Int; with @, as With mos most 'V"s W"sty
ners, there wos nn NO." ranos.;tv @ ''so sor
sech. He Inv NJ bis lorsth me:'I1S Io,oipn iot
living borrowed his knifo ros ''J,it' u,hit
ing awkwardlv at n nioco wa" "s stiat wH,
er face was ms tranopil niI@ =. Ii,,Io
bis. o watched tha noido, m hrn', n.,'o
shes throwing ste,Jw littIo oe iinns U,o"T ~ =
adow under tbe lnno '' h,If' i,iS hi,IJon a.,
shtness Of bor ~ avo. 'o"Ei Hor nd,, i, hiIoeh io
lips were loid nuintiu pnm, tnmn,har anri
" the hint of bittoruno M u"n'E tpst.'it tp ,a,,
IA cornn. ''cih h'So III ticlr ucll-