Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-01
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sefiwc patients. and has swor" oen0e-
snee doninsf Nm.
-, \. 1rmbarrdssment. He loves
,sourr. n mattress, to Whon } has been
Isd. uhich fact has caused gossip.
hid You Call to Tease Me
w1,HEN 1t wasn't because your pro.
/ tector was called off that you
..,sr came back Friday afternoon?"
'''y "If course. not. Don't laugh. l In
IA, rnon your believing me. Ferdy.
INV ~ should be afraid Of you?'
aaWhy, indeed?" be asked.
"Did you call me up to tease me
.Aout nv lack Of nerve? Because, l
SSye Sye other and better ways OF spending
I Sunday morning. 90, .,
y. rou before prie-dieu under a
sts,nsd. glass window like some little
~sdieyai saint. You'd be pretty and
.onvincing-almost. Heloise. my pre-.
.;ons & bypocrite, don't believe one word
,nn saw. You didn't come out to me
smin because you were scared to death.
p.member. I saw your hands shake.
rben you told me you'd sent for ..
You're a short sport, Lelo.'
WAmI? I'd like to prove It.
"You can do that easily enough. y
There was pause here, filled with
tbs ouick hammcring of their invisible
medium. -,
How" she asked. She felt as she
h,d often felt on the hunting field be-
tore the getaway. Her heart had begun
ib smothered beating.
"By coming out and having supper
With me tomorrow. Will you do that
IA lIke"-here he was humble and
nther sweet--''to prove to you that l
m, gentleman, Lelo.
"Wbere would we have superior
mean late supper!'
"Oh, no-say eight o'clock. at an
Inn. a Jolly little old quiet place !
know of back in the mountains. Wen
have supper there and come back by
moonlight ;,
"There won't be a moon, Ferdy. V
"Damn the moon! Then there'll be
kars-if not, there will be your pretty
reen eyes, Lelo. I'll behave beautifully
and 50 will you
"Of course
"And we'll swear friendship on the
I'm Bible in the front parlor., It's
He that. Well - he sighed and
nanaged to convey sneer-'you are
r.rvy, aren't youT
"Oh, I'm coming. I was just won
dering about Aunt Selda. She wouldn I
like it--a little bit.
"But you don't always consider that
interesting detriment to good time 81
arefully.'
"N.no."
"Hone ,tly-don't you trust me-
|Heloise?"
II don't" said He.oise with a pro.
found and genuine bitterness. trust
any one, least Of all myself, Ferdinand.
have pinned my faith on the honor
and sincerity of two men who have
both quite conspicuously failed me, and
forgive me. please-they were quite
certainly much more promising speci-
nens OF chvalry than you are
"Just shows how bad a hand you are
Z , sxperimental psychology. Are you
"Of course I'll come. That will
prove that I'm not afraid Of vou..'
"Tll be at the manor at seven clock
sharp" There was something hard,
b quality of decision in his voice that
che had never heard in it before and
that kept her attention focused after
he had hung up, as he did Immediately.
Ferdys voice was usually soft, either
sweetly or sullenly.
That last speech had a business man S
tncisiveness, the tone of some one who
has put through a successful deal.
Heloise spent the interval of time
IN sort of vigil preparing for a final
triumph over her tiger cub. One must
never show fear to these pet wild things.
She would be marble inside and ice
ptside, and withal the pleasantest
possible companion. She would be both
lion .tamer and woman Of the world.
She would be Grinscoombery incnrnate.
How that foolish word of Mary's ad.
ipted itself to her thoughts and filled
what must have been need. Who was
H1ap, 20 M n
TO disturb the tranquility Of Grins-
coombe? She was great lady to her
hnger-tps wher she came down the
step, to Ferdy's car that Monday
evening.
What is the name of your inn.
terdy, where you think we can get
upper she asked, just before she
Eepped into the seat beside him. He
lad not yet looked her in the face, but
now he did, but with Opaque eyes.
Folly lnn,' he answered, and
eniled.
She looked toward Aunt Selda, stand
ing at a window like tall, austere
medieval saint, dsapproval incarnate,
snd she was family startled to see n
Snite,, distorted face move suddenly
rom her sight. At the same instant
iTay started his car and Heloise,
looEing back, could not decide whether
~ " not Aunt Selda had run out, unbe-
neMvably swift, upon the porch.
They talked very little on their leafy,
asSsky way to Folly Inn. Ferdy seemed
absorbed in nursing his car along the
rough hill roads. lie was palcr than
usual and had look which Heloise
Inscribed to herself as swept and
Hlhished.' Had he really, perhaps,
S.Nen out his pampered devil? Had
asr llttie lesson of neglect really tanned
m' The wicked girl was conscious
~ pang of disappointment. She felt
a w Life was tiresome and disap-
p.hung business, at its best or worst
~, shabby affair, unworthy of her
sas s~si. True love had been timid and
sJh;y.eslstain. chivalry had stained its