Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-22
LOVE WILL NEVER DIE
80. uuo IN THE STORY
By JOHN HUNTER

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n bgNT ,a;rit. 15tH ,rith ,CRo,n Iudrev lives.
I. rs - ~RicHARD PREsLow--rephe,o ot Con
%ho ,sns fass'';; to tax. sf ' @ s'
fssanatiRHer samnoatRer, Presio,o. who Is brilliant bn'
seyiatins. schemes to mdrru her.
= ,s,s DENBIGH---a ht-hcarted but stnce..
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\, y 4 BSOLUTELY, Jimmy. You will
Il "A remember when we were at Ling
2 "a spoke to Mrs. Farquharson? She
]. IA me about 1t. It's right enough.
(, ...,use ste would remember the facts
,,,v well. 1t seems that Lord Coming
I N,.r married Mrs. Brent, and they hat
daughter. There was some trouble
l,orce and the rest Of It. Mrs. Brent
! ,., 10 blame. OF course. Conningtor
!, n, eiyen the custody OF Audrey. II,
3 |sss in a towering rage or something
! Injured pride and nll that kind Of rot
" Ia, refused Audrey, and her mother tool
Iker away. suppose. now. after nj
{ l,Aese years, he wants her back. That
q n course, is just my theory, but II
nplains everything; Connington's ap.
,sr.nt friendllncss with Mrs. Brent
|. ,oung Preslow's chasing Of Audrey, and
9 n. rest. As have already said, !
m sure Audrey knows nothing of it,
. m see Harkness spoke very
es,etly. Dut in his heart drummed q
sJd DESPAIR. "And do you think Con-
siuston will have her back?"
II believe he has the reputation OF
citing everything he sets his mind on"
shwryed Lois. anyhow. l should
mssine Mrs. Brent would surrender her.
Whatever she might have done, she is
woman for whom I have great ad-
Inirat,on and respect. mainly, think,
!. Ibecsuse ! realize that she loves her
laughter devotedly, and has worked
. mi endured all the stigma Of the Eros
or Andrews sake. She viii understand
:. MAI II would mean to Audrey to be
|. IAe daugher Of Lord Connington, and
J Ihe will not stand in her way
"Yes." Hardness seemed lost in
khousht. He laughed shortly and
. hardly "Of course, this alters every
hing"
Lois did not answer him. and he
continued: "Connington is one of Eng
|, Bands great men. Audrey will be pre-
Iented at Court. and" He hesituted.
I'I'm glad you told me. Lois. might
have made fool of myself If ! hadn't
Known. OF course, ! must forget
Audrey altogether now
> Lois locked at him. 81 should imag-
Ihe Lord COnnington has seen enough
f the world to wish his daughter might
marry a man. above all things" she
mid. HE strikes me. from what
have read of him. as man who has
ken through the illusion Of title and
position. The rank Is but the guinea S
stamp must be an acknowledged truth
: with him."
Harkness laughed again. ~ believe
BURNS added something to the effect that
II was the man who was the gold. I
lean see the humor Of that as applied
me. should like to hear my fathers
Comments on tho matter. They would
be worth recording"
Lois shook her head slowly. "Jimm,
do you call yourself spOrt?"
'l!' Harkne's was obviously star
IiN. "Well--I don't knew. try to
,Ipay the game"
i A sudden realization of Lois's mean
Ths came to him. He added quietly
There is bigger game to play?"
There Is. Jimmy" Hardness had
hSer imagined Lois could be so serious.
land It isn't played on racc-trncks ana
IN club. | grant you that the
nan who plays the smaller game prop
tefy usually plays the bigger one straight
4 we'll; But some of YOU who play
the smaller game forget that the bigger
ene is going on all around you. The
game Of living. Iimmy-not merely drift
as on; of doing something. I've got
omcthing else to tell you. It's about
hyself."
= Hardness reused himself.
I'm going to chuck my job ut the
A'cadian and leave musical comedy al
Fogether."
why. what's wrong. I.ois?" Lois
ead the meaning in Hardness question,
Pnd laughed quietly.
ITS all right, Jimmy I'm not
alnsing my hand in bccnuse-becaus
you' ] believe I'm game. you know"
Ieae smiled whmsically. My trum.
e,er dl"d OF ovrrwork last week. so I'm
Eoing the job myself, as you see. I'm
Fo,ns into straight comedy
harknrss did not 50 v anything.
os reference to being game" hat
IMtuck home to him. He reflected tSnt
aS PINK and white girl was constantly
snIns MN lessons in courage. Lois
went on speaking.
Is the new thing they're bringing
,n @ IRON IRON New York, with the curious
me which" It's something new in
,vmtay. Has some serious, almos,
kSuetlc' moments, and is nearly n play. |
ias! say It's the clcvcreSt thing that's
sn staged over there, and Is real life
exea ave through humorous spectacles.
.' m 'he necessary touch of pathos to
,r,0W ~, v, INTO relief the comedy of it. I've
N Nrs W. Wan strongest part in the show.
.,.,,ts Mhat's the idea, Lois? You're
ssrs S''iS nS your voice in a non-musica
ambition. Jimmy. Dreadful thing,
~, VIE N' I've always tried TO tell nv.
h,s am an actress, YOU know, and
SHa,Lparl parl gives me n chance TO show
sss,n ! am or not. If | am suc.
'''''a' IN 1t | shall abandon llcht stun !