Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-06
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\ ~ MT. Ts.s,i:Se c"s Ss does not love the mv'.
tsrious "frcnie.
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., poN'T know what Tommy sees
W !. ,hut man." Anne had COM
IN ~ manv times. "Hc repulsGs me.
pan Tommy seems to like him.
wI waIp. ToTtune Hunter thought he
AZ AZ understand; there was something
cvuiu EernIe which even he found at
a,a aOout in spite Of his blunt, rude
u.rrsrs and sharp inquisitlveness.
hInsrry Lodge seemed particularly
and deserted. Mr.. Harding was
nI ,nd there was hardly sound
h. house when the Fortune Hunter
w,at into the library and sat down 10
,n,xer Irenie's letter. s,.,.-
"a dilirent hunt through John smith :
..nsrs upstairs hal elicitcd the factt
Hst her name was Irenie Ciaver, anu
A. A. her home for the past few months,
" ". sry rate, had been In San Francisco.
Msre we're many notes from her
..ors - the dead mans luggage, mostly
.ss.tionate, some Of them threatening,
~ A. two rather pathetic.
sny rate there seemed no doubt
a.,it had been O prearransed thing
a. sbe should follow John Smith to
vsy,.nd. and that BY doing so she had
.s.,;sJ out his wishes quite as much as
y, own. And this seemed to the For
trrs Hunter as II 1t was going to be
4. fence that would finally throw him.
~ had no money with which to my
VI this woman, and he doubted that
a, would be bought. even had he been
a position TO do so. The best he
ould hope for was to keep her away
from Somcrton and gain little time
dr himself.
He had brought some Of John
smIths papers down to the study with
lin and for half an hour he lsboriousllg
made copies OF his writing. fortunately
M ordinnry. sloping sort of hand, with
no peculinrltics.
But even then the task was difficult
,ne and the letter. when Mt last COM
o,ted TO Irenie Claver. seemed to his
tritcal eye an obvious copy.
The afternoon post left Somerton at
4 o'clock and he knew he could not
,fcrd to miss it. II she were the
prt of n woman he thought her. she
would keep her word and come to SOM
rton If she received no reply to her
ktier.
So he hurriedly sealed and addressed
he envelope and took it himself to
he post. lie had written as tactfully
md kindly as possible. telling her that
meeting at present was impossible.
hating himself because it had seemed
vcessary to address her affectionntely
he who had never written love
litter to any woman in his life-hating
himself for the added lies which every
moment of the day now seemed to bring
with them.
Anne kept her room for dinner. "The
poor child has headache" Mr.. Hard
lng said II think she must have
been ont in the sun without a hat. !"
lie smiled at the Fortune Hunter
cheerily. "You must look after her
better, John; she is not too strong you
hOw."
Tommy was not in to dinner either.
,"0h. he'll have somc supper with Fer
me-" Mr.. Harding said. 81 really be-
ltye he prefers bread and cheese at
Long End Cottage to anything we can
cfer him here. Well. what are you
lcins to do with yourself this eve
ming! promised Foster to go up
and have game of billiards with
him; will YOU come along with me?
I'm sure he'll be delighted"
The Fortune Hunter smiled wryly
md refused
'I'm not much of n hand at bill
hrds,' he said, then checked himself
nrriedly, wondering IL here he was on
hnSerous ground also; "at least I'm
mt OF practice" he added.
When Mr.. Harding had gone he sent
I notc up to Anne, begging her to
come down. The day had been intolcr.
able without her, and he began to
tallze what life would be like in the
ruture II he never saw her again.
lie waited impatiently in the hall
fsr his answer. which the maid brought
verbally. Miss Harding was so sorry.
snt would Mr.. Smith excuse her? Her
,sad was very bad, and she was trying
bsleep.
The Fortune Hunter walked away
Without answering he knew that she
w avoiding him Intentionally.
he spent n wrPtched evening; il was
nH eleven when Tommy came home full
excitement about some new and Won
Ssiul steam engine Fcrnic had shown
,m You know. he's really n Won
W. he said to the Fortune Hunter.
!. !. lace aglow. ~ wish I were hnlf
:, ! didn know he WAS such a friend
= yours, the Fortune Hunter answered
WY; You must take me along to
uh Mace some lav -
VIII you Gomez" Tommy looked
Sed; Mr.. Fernie said he wished
would bring you sometimes"
ap,ne Fortune Hunter laughed.
'|sliy. I'm honored," he said.
=, hes not such bad old codger,"
,y@my said lightly. "Anne hates him.
tS, nv, men. women always hate people
~ DON'T understand. He asked me
'%s OF questions about you"
nNM,hat sort Of Questions?"
vn, ] don't know; he seemed in
SsS.S'ed' S.S thought. Well. I'm of to
"; W. Is uncle in?"
.,Ss0t s0t ySt-he's gone up TO play bill
'%s with Foster"
ul.rvsnumy went off, and. finding the
FS,tr OF the house unbearable, the
WSne Hunter went to his own rooms.
h" ~ - Anne asleep, he wondered. as he
Ian through the long night unable to
lnbsn,roor or was she awake as he was