Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-20

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Jerry in Nov Yosh
! sRs. HORNE retired precipitately
III "a The kitchen to have good cry.
.tS,s bow was 10 her own. She had
IN his prayers. And now bis limo.
~ and ali this money might combine
X Ss.troy him. When she came lin to
- the table, she found him still In his
~. aguring on the back OF an en-
WV what's the matterf" he
.,sd to know, observing the retlness
hsr eyes.
"Pm afraid !"
~ Jumped up and put his arm around
" HDon't worry nbout me, Aunty.
~ a country pumpkin, but not the
"a New Workers. ever saw before.
" ~ middle name, as the boys used to say
esmn. Is Caution instead Of Jerry |;
"a nobody will know who Jeremiah
6llingswood is.". -,
hvpy." ,,.,,,. .s. o., 4. {.
1T now I have it, I'll do the best !
~ with It. I'll write once In while,
snd you can reply in care OF the attor-
SyS whose address will give you be-
IDee I CO.
ia stole away at sundown and took
~ $50 for New York. His only
9eec Of luggage was q cane suitcase
M a battered lock. In order TO keep
~ case from fnlling open he had had TO
ma Il with a length OF clothes line. ne
Vcfe a suit Of village store clothes ana
\ blocking derby hat. It was al! de-
ihefately planned. Either his educe
T6n was lumber or 1t was his ready
srunt. 1t was to be a test OF ne
euuroge and resource; test OF the
readiness Of his tongue to speech. Here
on this train and OH the streets OF the
dty he would not be particularly
soticed; but at the desk Of some famous
Kotel! II he passed this ordeal. y ne
put through his little comedy, New
York would hold no terrors for him.
Once the train had reached its maxi.
mum speed, he began to examine the
IUpewritten sheets which enumerated
Ne worldly possessions. There were
thousands upon thousands in the banks
there were all manner OF gilt edged
bonds and stocks; ships. houses, apart.
mMts and tenements. There were mere
none Of those lordly edifces rich mel, men
eect as monuments to themselves. All
the real estate, with one exception, lay
below Twenty third street--pick- ups
After old families had pctercd out. gold
Mines in brick and brownstone.
"Ah!" he said aloud. Here was the
Eom for which he was searching.
The First Presbyterian Church mort.
age, what should he do with 1t? HI
asred out Of the window into the fall
hg night. All at once he began to
hugh, a joyous, rollicking laughter
What q revenge-what q completely
AsAtying revenge! Very good. He
voSM cancel this mortgage upon one
nadlaon, that he should be permitted
10 furnish at his own expense a mo.
mortal window dedicated to his father
u that didn't stir them, Gabriel g
trumpet wouldn't! He would submit
the proposition in person. He wouldn'
miss seeing the vestrymen's faces for
half his fortune. Oh, lie knew. They
would writhe and twist, hem and haw
land agree. But there should be no
kophole. It was to be agreed also that
the window were broken he could
have the right to present another. and
9 on, so long as he lived and the
Ah,a .tn h. ,t,,a \ In. 60 a MI
besn married in and buried from.
His laughter reused the young man
y the seat behind. The stranger smiled
was not at any thought, but at q
picture; the clothes line around the
uitcase, the cheap, ill-ftting clothes,
tie derby which recalled the headgear
d Joe Weber when old Broadway was
somewhere. A boob, pure and simple,
heading into the big town, with seven
Millions in his jeans! The move had
eeen so quick that he hadn't had time
b wire the professor. Oh, we'll, he
YOU'D call him up as soon as Mr.. Hicl;
tied himself up for the night. He
would probably hunt up some 81 cara .
sansary. All right. Wherever he went
Z certain guy known as the Shadow
would toddle along after. Taxis., sur
ace cars. subways, or on the hocf. y
was all the same. The Shadow would
Aeyer lose sight Of the Substance.
bancroft became inord rI.tely olated
9M possibility Of avMging himself
Mtnout hurt to any one was the most
ysiying emotion he had yet known,
Aiser's son Miser's son! Yah! To
s!enge himself for that, for the years
cal.ous isolation, and in such man g..
n Ill l-k kns st,.n
owns sick with laughter! The ironic
sseome county classic.
But he had another blow in store
ZEE memorial would chagrin the vii
gers but this second blow would stun
!uem; He had In the home town three
HiSnds, no more; Mrs. Horne. Prof.
Miller, principal Of the village acad
WY, and Miss Hewitt, the faded
Ilnster who played the organ In the
SHst Presbyterian Church. For sew =
sEsi years he had pumped the bellows Of
49, organ;. and after rehearsals.
s!urday nights. she had used to play
w. MN, compositions not generally
1sIa inside Of country churches, filling
M ooy'e soul with celestial happiness.
~ ot kindness for q forlorn pariah,
nS was Euilry Of no crime save that
De'ns the son Of Sias Bancroft.
a Not In his will, but now! When
y were growing old and bent and
piess, whom Z spell Of sickness would
c them OF all they had saved up,
stMney mad saved up. anything. Now,
ssae they could enjoy It. To make
i1sS.e., i1Se three happy who had tried to
snten . sensitive boys misery. Not
ada the enduring happiness Of q
aSsops act. Tomorrow, one Of the
! things he did. 1t would serve
% eternal buckler against all fu :
~ misfortunes. Ont Of these mil 4.
~ more or less lawfully acquired,
suid come happiness to three lonely
1S@sn beings. He would give each q