Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-13
ruIs BEGINS THE STORY

srrIforer! hohosome young man
sJs her to dance aud she has to con-
less she knoms none OF he np-fo,,
Jaic steps. He is Pat Rovston, and
%ochcs Elisabeth to dance. Her
.ooLbish aunt and cousin rebuke her,
E;.obc,h hears her uncle, Nth ,ohom
.Ls made her homo in the country,
!, dead. -
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
a., % the Dull Country
-T WAS raining hard when Elizabeth
,,s, her aunts house the following
.rnine, Breakfast had been brought
I.r bedroom, and she had been left to
al It alone. -,
.,st taxi was waiting to take her to
~ station.
but, my aunt! I haven't said good
"..Wrs, Mason is sleeping and cannot
1. disturbed" the maid said rather
reluctantly.
Elizabeth flushed.
"And-and.-my cousin?' she fal.
""Miss Dolly left orders that nobody
..s m 30 TO her room before IL :,
miss , 49,, ,,,,
beth said: :,
"Oh, very WE'LL"
Ucr heart was swelling with hurt
,,di,nation. Was she of so little ac-
aount that nobody cared whether she
.snt AWAY or not? She took up her
handbag nervously. gave the maid two
ahilliprs from her little store Of money
and went down into the hall.
Her one shabby box was already on
,hc waiting taxicab. and very formal
iookina man servant stood at it's open
door in the pouring rain. Elizabeth
almost ran past him; she knew she
could not afford another two shillings
for him. and doubted very much il she
would ever have had the pluck to Of
! fpr Il 70 any one so magnificent: her
cheeks burned as the cab turned about
and bore her quickly down the road.
She looked back once and up at the
house: most of the blinds were still
drawn, and there was an air of un-
| friendliness about it all. she thought. as
sbe pulled the window up to keep out
tbe driving rain and leaned back in
her corner.
So this was the end Of the visit Of
which she had hoped 50 much.
She did not believe that her aunt
would ever repeat the invitation; she
knew only too well that she had
proved failure. and yet through att
The disappointment there was one lit e
lie patch of sunshine which nothing
could dispcrsc-the time during which
che had danced with Pat ROystOn.
She might never see him again! She
Believed that she never would. and
yet all her life she knew that she
would remember him and the joyous
moments he had given her.
She had thought him fairy prince.
and all the time hs had been just an
ordinary dancing master.
Elizabeth shivpred as she rcmem-
kred the anger in her aunt's eyes and
Dolly's contempt.
Was it. then. such q, very dreadful
thing to be dancing master? What
did it matter how a man earned his
living If he were honest and straight
forward?
Pat Appears Again
Elizabeth sighed. We'll, she would
never see him again. at any rate, and
the tears suddenly blinded her eyes as
she looked at the street through the
rain. streaked window.
She wiped them hurriedly away as
the cab turned down the slOping road
to PaddingtOn Station. and counted
ont some more of the few precious
6hlllings; the noise and hustle con-
fused her az she stood on the pave
ment waiting for a porter to take her
box. She felt nervous and unhappy.
She thought that the porter looked
contemptuous when. in reply to his
questions as TO what class she was trav-
elins she said third: she was sure he
vas not satisfied with the fOurpencr
ehe gave him: she was thankful to &c;
into the carriage. away from the many
pairs Of eyes that seemed everywhere
to be staring at her.
There was nobody else in the car
rage. and presently her sense of panic
aed down. and she opened the win
COW and looked out at the incessant
stream Of people.
girl in smartly striped COSTUME
ana gray suede shoes attracted her at
tention. and her eyes grew wistful :.
mere were such lovely clothes in the
world il one had only the money with
when TO buy them; no wonder this
tfl Ioked so happy as she walked along
svsrcoat. '' - '"' '"'' '""' :" '"' o's
Elizabeth planood q. hin, ,,,o,os,od-
y: then tbe hinod r"sbnd "s ni" - her CO.,
and her beart oova ' throb n ne nind i'
A'Ss. Tor the man was Pat RoystOn.
lie and the girl in the gray shoes had
sIoPped at the bookstall opposite Eliza
magazines: E,iz"he,h n,,,Id HIs h.o a. iMs his
Voice, md onno he uEu" near n,s
there bor " hom,,s "n"f ms iaush. as she sal
lap. her ewes fixed On h;s fono ra" III "''
his wifo4 'S SL s''i III lne smart costume
that she c"n,d ,,nt d,a h not thlnk somehow
Mi, e 'ou'u pe, Judging from what