Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-09

iessness In the hsht, In which he had
scorned to call for help, forced her to
speculate upon him from new. angle.
Il amaxed her (as well a. save her se.
cret satisfnctlon) to learn that under
the kindly manner, behind those gentle
cray eyes, that general air Of boyish.
ness, there was 4 lion, vigorous and
hcadstrons. No healthy young woman
can ignore such q characteristic, espe.
cially In q man she Knows. when, 40
4 matter Of fact, the lion like. In man
Is as much q quest to her a' tho Grail
moved jsrkiiy, a. II a sob were struS.
Eiins fSr utterance then the agitation
would n,bside, and II did not seem
no breatheyi at ail. Once she took
his hand IN hers and held II for a
little; It was cold pnd limp. She. want.
ed to rub It. The beasts!
Forever and ever she would see him
billowing up through the .faying arms
and legs, and. then that glimpse OF his
face, bloody and terrifying. Why hadn't
she gone for help instantly instead OF
Offering him q pair Of weak hands? d.
recalled ali the instruments Of torture
she had ever read of--for the beast who
Several minutes passed in silence;
all the noises Of the night. had dropped
away, except the occasional far. .oR
clatter. Of the elevated. Something
touched her knees, and threw her into
.hntter OF fcnr. She uttered n sound
which, was neither sob nor laugh 90
she discovered Ling Foo.
My puppy al" whispered. MY
poor fcreottsn puppy y She caught him
toU Loved ~ a%saiInst !Ina her q, tnrost Hungry.
tress is a wretch Z" .
She set him down. cut up a bit Of
chicken and prepared his milk, her
glance swinging continually toward the
lounge. Having fNl the puppy, she 70.
turhcd to the chair. just in time to zee
Jerry's lips move; but no sound came
forth. The poor bruised face! hut
aftcr 4 little his lips stirred again.
and this time there WAS o sound
terrifying In her ears.
mo, no. mol"
Her hand flew to her mouth to sup.
press the. astonished gasp-and dis.
covered that her lips were throbbins
with pain. But that whispered cry, tho
most uncanny thing she had ever
heard II was identicnlly the same
Craig's. No. no, no when she de.
ltbcrately flung herself into tho abyss.
cnt ct course 1t had been her con.
science that had spoken. There could
not possibly have been mental telcpathy
between her and Jerry. not with the
phonograph going at his elbow. Such
things were imaginative absurditics.
l'ut for all thst, ti,e snocK was great.
DsSsesS and Nlclodrams
turc 'f company! esnyq' !'e Urea! rhsn Aave";
tumble Of meaningless words anil
drama Scare me? Not that
In soine to prove It! Jers.
mian used to hate II, Nancy,
jenny y"a ! GSss Hissed nHw: NV when ", met,
Jumping from tho chair she he sat i in d
All for a dog! Nancy Bow.
10 - I'm sorry -
The eject OF these broken phrases
meaningless except for what significance
Nancy wished to impose upon them
was peculiar. Daggcrs and melodrarna,
Her imagination seized upon these anil |
shc reconstructed Jeremiah, Ceilings.
wood into something mystcriously pro.
found. a woman will take tho most |
transparent Of men and invest him
Win mystery and heroism: sometimes
u 10 the only possible way to fall in
iove with him. She deludes herself
III the beginning and resents the sub.
proved In heroics. who unconsciously
discovers that his guilelessncas 10 q con.
vcntional mask to mysterious cndeavors,
would intrigue any ronantically in.
LINED female mind AZ 1t now intrigued
She stirred unensily, fearing
no might speak words she ought not TO
She reached for his hand ngain and
ound It growing warm: moreover. IL
closed upon hers and held
{. re began to Inumblc-mutterings
nat died away In his throat. The poor
10Y, the poor boy! Presently he uuictcd
lown' excent that he began to move his
lcad O little from side to side. with
ciousness Of pain, which is always The
Irst step toward sensibility. Quarter
u an hour passed. and he began to
The beautiful old hills! - But
vhy ga he put his hand OH my shoul.
er, Nancy? I would have loved him,
- Always so still and silent! $50
And ] was so lonely! = When YOU
anne In out Of tho storm. I loved YOU,
ut l did not know 1t then"
Startled, wide of eye, Nancy tried
L" relcnse her hand. on. she mustn't
car this; she mustn't! She had been
ortured enough this day. 1t all came
ack to her. the bitter cup Of shame
no must drink tomorrow. Here, In
ms y, very room. shc would tell Craig
mat base thing she was. And now
erry had to turn about and add n new
''rden to her rising misery, without
moving what he was doing! With her
rec hand she tried to unlock the fingers
rressing upOn the imprisoned hand.
ne wanted to get out Of hearing be.
're he spoke again. But her efforts
release her hand were futile. Soon
no babbling started again; and she
nd to remain beside him. terrified a.
} what might come next. She would
ave to hurt him, too. She was never
Ding to marry any man. Love. 80
'hy couldn't they leave her alone?
"Untoward accident or mischnnce =
Easy enough, II no wants to get 4
ID OF me. sss Battle. murder and [
ldden death! . But. dear God.
ie motive, the motive! II I could only
It a glimmer. '"+ Sing to mo. Nancy.
- The alley "'' out of the alley,
hen ! wasn't watching! Ny
aad!''
His hand relaxed. and Nancy was
zee. But, strangely enough. she did
ot rise, she did not want to run away,
Q was In danger; something was
,rsatening him. Out Of the alley.
han Ia yvnun't wotchin~' yVh.t lIl