Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-08
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snd attracted By
nivyD SANGREE, pounn Amer,caSS
sfstbno,ogist and ,cdr ceterdn' amu.
A. changes in manners an. chs.cms
SSgyos"bt ont by the cdr, but 'nter
oIuaS"; i, cherry. His modest funds
e,i e,o arrested niih her father,
,tu NOHUN, a selt.made fndnc,et
IL siis,Jer TOO busy to think OF n"
M cI;Idycn he teaUes them TO
vps NOHUN, oho has successfnHy
nn.,i;rofed the social side OF Mte.
.pUCE COWAN, a motorcnr so!es.
Sn". w., Of cnpe- man tRpe. OF phom
CSerrv imaaines she Is endmorcd.
,oR MOHUN, son. 10 tvpicdllv reck-
- less youngster.
aEORGE LYCETT: elderly chorus
okilosophising as the storv deoetops.
MN CHICHESTER. who' Mrs.
Tohun pould like to call son in lao.
.nr,s no joke. The obligations Of
trierdship have no string tied to
-, THAT'S why they're SO significant.
!.., dosnerately in earnest. That loan
inst m % he repaid. If your mother won't
i" % n, YOU will have To-
'She must
"perhaps she will. But you'll need
.,.rv dollar that you can find. The
s.s nsv I offer you will help to pay
n. ~ your debts until you can move
W. ~ more modest neighborhood. What
rronose is this: I have a house up
i,pn pvp It's nothing much in the way
w.. house, but 1t will do. The people
u" occupy 1t have been waiting to
,.nve into m apartment and will give
% rn nm short notice. l can arrange
"a have them out in six weeks II you
.Sv The word The rent Is not large
oniv seventy five dollars month,--and
@ yon needn't bother about paving me
until you're ready. I've got enough.
81 couldn't let you do this--1
couldn t.
"I shall consider your acquiesccnce
,hs measure of our friendship nc
cut in gravely.
"Wherc you give all and give
nothng?' she murmured. =.
He laughed softly. "You can't
,.osure friendship in money. Cherry.
TSore are things that can't be bought
:. cold They're prizcs only won by
Ssserving effort. attract your at.
tsntion by falling from a horse. but !
only hold it by getting on again
''Please--
"you see, it hadn't broken my arm
: sbould never have known how sorry
,ou could be. That was really worth
aiscr vering. but it wasn't information
that could have bought. except at the
cost of my broken arm and your own
lscerated feelings. These are prices
rathrr higher than the dollar marx. be-
cansp they have to do with the th'hgs
Of the spirit
,,,S hiD nine for n moment. "1f you
carc % for nv friendship enough TO test
;ts value. now is your time. You are
,h,nk. the one girl friend I have ever
b.s IN nv life. When ! first met YOU
I'v was hoaAed straight for the oblivion
n s,ontific distractions. At the agt
" ,.r,r was already kind o'
sorrns thinking machine. absorbed n
ths tory Of the material and INTEL
iec. ~ dcvclopment of man. quite lot
,,,fol that there micht be some interest,"
sc;ontific as well rs persona
,rtcrost--in the results of that develop
mont You aroused my curiosity. 10,
puy7lod mc and yet. somehow.
couldn't believe that any one so ti'H
as YOU were could be un,mportaht IL
tho cosmir scheme. Circunstences nav,
J,s,,tod rou n great deal at first. Ior
consrontod mo with a placid superl'
or,tv of worldliness which made m!
mento, ottoinments of no account what
eyer---'
"P'easp. Rameses-'
David Sangree laughed.
"If Won don't mind. Cherry-it give
ma n Measure to recall the early stage
NJ n npp--wnpn NOl
unwrappcd the bandages from Ramese
me- second took him up out Of his sar
ecphsgus, and restored him to IRE
That thc sort of n reincarnation that
rally worth while. Don't you recog
ni,e your handiwork? If you didn
think I'd grown into more or les
human sort of creature you wouldn
have dreamed Of giving me your con
6dences. / am human. You've mad
me 80. I feel your troubles as thoug
they we're my own. know you'l
utceed but YOU need helping han
right now through the worst OF mess
and I'm going to give it to you. !
Isn't as though I were denying mysel
anything in helping you. I'm not. ~
never spent my income--except thl
winter when went about little-an
you know how little that means to me
I've got everything I want-everythins
And it will make me very happy
feel that I'm doing something for vol
The money is rotting in bank. No
body need know where you get it.. Con-
now, Cherry, say you will--won't you
You'll make me very happy
He paused and stared at her, for
!ight sound had come from her bel
head and. as he looked, a single tel
slinted in the lamplight. He took
pace forward and bent over her awl
wardly.
CHERRY" he muttered. "dont:
1t startled him n little that his of
shouh have had this effect upon he
lie had tried to put into his tones @
air of matter. of fact which should s.
her at her ease. He knew that wh'
be proposed was unusual. but then
was the quality Of their friendshi
which upon his own part had new
slven her the slightest suggestion of Il
sentimental. He knew, as though 81
had told him. that had she thought hi
the least degree in love with her 81
you'd have hesttatcd long before pa!
ing this visit at night to his bachel
tpartment,, wherc she had emptied h
eeart to him Of its troubles. lie w
enmayed at the thought that she mig
nave read his mind, for this discover
ne knew, would bring an end to Il
!.ankness Of her regard. Had she n
.cid him many times that she liked to
WNh MIN because he was of the SO
saat dldn't make love to her? So
s.oou hovering over her bent figure,
Insers extended vet scarcely reachi
uer shoulder for fear that something
.neir touch which hadn't been in
,olce would warn her of the depth
ns emotion. Her position, too, he