Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-06

rip. y amt ony t'nishs; you'ys been
doin' Il right along. Some bill COL
Jenny. I'm Afraid 4, Of alleys"
"I'm not joking. Ny horoscope
"what kind Of q scope 10 thatr'
'The things that are going to hap.
pen to you some time In the future"
\ "Oh, you amt tellin' me you've been
to the ouija board on your knees-nix
You're soin' tho rich some day, an
marry a lovely girl. Lived in peace
an died in grease an buried in mutton
taller That's what they used e say
when I was q kid" She began to sing.
SON: sS%. 's.,i Ssyr! !sus is so'a' st '0u-u-u
He laughed. Jenny was good com.
pany. she was never still, physically
or vocally, and occasionally, when
something touched her heart, she was
almost as beautiful as Nancy.
II am honestly afraid Of dark alley.
ways. Some day the little bug, you
speak about is going to jump out at me,
and II I have time I'm going to beat 1t
400 fishy for me Say, amt Nancy
rcg'lur, though? You don't realize what
smash she's had. She's always been
bug on grand opera, an old Scr.
rentino. tells her T. forget It an stick
T. tn Job she's got. Next year she'll
BE- tn best comedienne In America.
She Is now, but tn public amt wise
yet. That mechanical doll stunt has
got tn critics comm back. What d.
you know about that"
The elevated, roaring above them
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saved him from commenting. It was
q queer feeling, but no did not like to
discuss Nancy with Jenny. =,
As they finally entered the hallway
Of the house in Ninth street there hap.
pencd one Of those tragi. comedies that
arc always treading uron the heels
Of youth. Without the least premoni.
tion Of what he was going to do Ban.
croft threw his arms clumsily around
Jenny's neck and kissed her.
Jenny stood perfectly still, the color
open, and a something in her. eyes as
perhaps would como there had the
handsome boyish face vanished, and q
Japanese devil mask replaced it.
Jenny, Jenny: I didn't mean to do
that. I'm sorry. But you looked 80
sweet. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to
do III"
That was to be Jcnny's tragedy for.
ever after. lie was sorry. He hadn't
meant to kiss her.
A kiss is a perfectly foolish thing.
But what are you scientific old gray.
boards going to do about it? There
1t is; dissect it, analyze it how. yo,!
will. but where do you 80 from there
Nowhere. Who taught human beings
white human beings-to kiss one an
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ming Of Things: 1t Is with US now
1t will always DO here. Bugs? Who
cares?
Two pairs Of lips. male and female
watch out There 1t is, come and gone
hence or whence nobody knows. Dam
nation sometimes; always revelation
We find ourselves trapped in the mid
die of all manner Of emotions. good ant
evil. joyous and miserable, ecstatic ant
; dcspairing.
LOve-and Dagger!
And what Of Jenny? In receiving
. that kiss, she, too, made q discovery
that she loved this queer boy better
than life itself. Thunder and light
ming. That he was as fur out Of he
orbit as the fnrthest star. That sh
had not the intellect to trap and en-
, gage his affections beyond the point o
, friendship. That, with the loyalty an
willingness Of n dog, she would hay
come to his heel up and down tn
. world. to the end Of time. All In
And never to kiss him again! Oh
thought. For she had kissed him.
First to recover. she said, defen'
sively: Jeremiah, I ought t hand yo'
one on tn jaw for that"
Jenny, I'm sorry. don't know
what made INC do it. As God is wit
! ness. I never did such q thing be
"You don't have T. tell your Aun
!, Mary that. Aloysius! It's no ful
bein' choked an kissed all at once: '
She could smile! 1t was wonderful
what you could do with your face wher
"" 'o""Will vii yo. 30; forgive me?"
"Surc-if you'll promise never t
slip one over like that again." Hop
! irg he would. hoping with all tht
healthy fire OF her heart, that he would
) and knowing that, for the peace Of bel
mind, she must not let him..
"On my word of honor! You're sucf
rood comrade I've been x
lonely all my life. ."
"Forgct It, Jeremiah, an toddl'
along t bed. That's where I'm goin'
I'm tired. Say, write out that Jenny
kissed mo thing an III call it square,
She gave him a gentle push towart
the stairs, and followed. 1t was houri
before sleep came to her.
"Oh, jeremiah" whispered Jenny t.
herself, pondering on her problem be
fore she finally fell asleep, poor oil
Jenny kissed you, all right!
She turned her check to tho PILLOW
But Jeremiah mustn't ever d.
it again. -.
Jeremiah never would: he took b.!
solemn vow to that, as he sat on hi
bed. The phase that troubled him par
, , ticularly was his patent disloyalty Il
Nancy. He could love Nancy, ant
vet thrill to the recollection Of havinl
kissed Jenny. Something about tn
touch Of her lips. her startled eyes, tn,
faint odor Of lilac. He bent hi
head, his fingers In his hair. bewildered
What had happened to him? There ha'
: not been the slightest notion In hi
head Of kissing Jenny until ono instan
before the act.
Comprehending that these cogitations
if pursued, would carry him into rip
: old age, and futilely, he absent.
/, reached for tho pillow under whicl
, Mrs. Jansen, the janitor's wife. stowe'
his night shirt '" and his ham
j caIne into contact with something har
D and cold. He threw aside tho pillo,
? quickly, and beheld hilted dagger
broad In blade and razor. sharp. To tn
= hundle was attached small tag, upo
which was scrawlcd "One.'
G Compliments Of the Great Adventur