Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17

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s!S. ..,S Srf rsfirGisc HS piunos inte ha;ara; ~. ~.
"a q. change tron,, s's asEs sEs'S1ISno Sno,cc, ,H
n .sSns S"yNs'. Ns come 10 NeW Yorh to see Ws
=. Little lie Knew Of His Fsther!'
HINCRoFT knew that he ought to
s.n.h hut there was now no incl :
~ uS ~ do 80. The personality of the
lou sbatcver his individuality might
pan- not a thing to be laughed at.
who evidently read Ars Poetica
- o,isinal could not very well be
.ne iie might be some new species
rns rno,ist mt there could be no ques..
nun.o 10 his sanity. His words and
~ snl. a Ind been according to the book,
~, ~, " nolished man Of the world,
" M.h VI many OF his phrases and act.
lo.n.,ostei lo.nn an abiding quality of
g TO offer adventures FOR sale,
ons offered lightning rods, OF a.s, elec
!. WI ~wsshtubs, or sllos--ordinary COM
y 'snse rebclled against the Idea.
ii wasn't ordinary ,, eoqlmon ,hsss ierss ieHs?
.nt,t ,uu,. tbc whole world more or less
~ n had been dreadfully sick, and
au' III, feyerish enough to act light.
n.dir s. The Great Adventure Com
We'll, when he went to New
.aI no would give the concern some
oIs ,;,,,i.r attention, IL only to learn II
..s Was Joker hidden somewhere.
took the ten thousand from the
m.r and stuffed the bills into one
sMI Ivy, tho PROSPECTUS beautifully en-
e..sd, and tho Bcllman addenda Into
Ina. and decided to 20 to bed. The
av, ~. eTect II the wine was making him
,euy. lie turned and stared Into tho
mining fire. -, ...,.,
How little he knew Of his father =:
M will pointed to the fnct that II
her. M were any relatives. they had been
n,rH ignored. Smell would know
least, he would know something
Sout the fathers boyhood and why
hal chosen this forsaken hole as a
There was another peculiar phase.
ma fence, there. the dropping porch,
"a crumbiing paint: whenever he had
wrcsted repairs. his father had said I:
f@t be. | am used to it as II is. v
NAT had been miserly--to let the old
koms 20 to rack and ruin, for the want
4 a few nails and n bucket Of paint.
His death and his astonishing wealth
nd swung all established opinions into
new angle; lie had TO be recon-
,,otsd. he wos pn>v legs tho miser
ban the man Of mystery. He had not
IN seven millions py scrlTpinS ana
ggling and pairing, but ns one among
Deat competitive energies.
The resolution came swiftly. lie
Eould 60 to New York tomorrow eve
ping, and he would so into hiding i'm.
fediately after he had interviewed Smell
\nd got the rights OF everything. He
ou!d, under another name, promote
iS own adventure company.
The adventurer. now once again the
respasser stood few feet away. from
ne WINDOW. Some wlnd-driven leaves
aw each act committed by bancroft ;
na as nc iinaily turned away, his
atont rumhled with grim, ironic
uekles. HIS wine, his books. his
nairs ana vases. And Sllas
psncrort had owed no debts!
inree minutes later the sedan rat
roi, J Ivmn I 'ne village street. Ban.
o't nearu this souna, ana IL broke
lev. ie'e.'I 9uI ne sun remained IN
fter thought. The doorbell rang, but
rAd. ian a tinkle so light that 1t did not
eaa 'Eroush 10 MS CONSCIOUSNESS. The
'bai t;J,,a Auventure venture Company; supposing
n'Iuen menace directed ut himself
~ (HSol,,s 1el,i,a ,,taa 'nls seeming nonsense!
I,n ,h mt'.r, @ MS Iather note regard
L's hsso onG nun hunied hennedy; supposing
his s' ,anni,i ',itIta up "a some manner with
cain ,"'hS w. hsi, scler Oh adventures
s.% es%am ane oell rang, this time with its
iIo ia,s ia, Mhsle'
if Jumped up, undecided whether or
IAN WE VIZ srairiui Tor TINS INTERRUPT. :.
Eot a' ,h W no could this late visitor be ?
NON III" L;, "uventurcr' Tor he was we'll
Ss po" dans m,s way py now. He hurried to
~ ,t Hoor ana opened it rather impa-
On tbo r,.,cou
bune W woman n'iVru. M,i..o Oh tne porch stood a
(rells ', dram,,," "i'houI ra1ncoat or um-
|gbt n, etsu, cnma ,er, uisheVeied. such
etbsra 40 n,n uan'e through the library door
|osed 70 we h;s no Mght IN tho hail-e1-
|omeiv ns ",s ",u mSiohisned gaze race as
IysIv ;m.a;my.c no any no had ever seen. Lis
bent somnIt i'a ZION st.oh' even In that mo-
eeoliectoliS lSni ~ ior q comparison and he
|onnoS |u.'ea 'he volume on Italian Ma.
''A4s, 4 ",r ,,,
|umntin! xiv! isn sIEi ne would have been a
6is 6%t fant '"Ttea TG not to have discerned
odden thounh he !, smart mar cut OF her dress.
|rocIamsd desp'te spa" =. its ,oedrngsled feather,
Fol, |reEen 0fls'M, fsan, The red brown hair had
lands -IVr' Iav ,,S Isl, tastenlngs, and wet
a'tii, This VERY H;sy+ much ny astonished--even
Taited svLnn, L,Snr or astonlshments-he
iSu "pu, dhnwkwardly.,
pice' 1'"H,' "Imt me-; ni,, she began. in a spent
HI ma if V"t thN. M.ll you DC so good as to
ettinv - 'Heie N ~ any possible way OF
Under " bor rew ", iork % tonight"
,hicb rssnr,,i nrr arm she carried an object
'as no, 'iip'eu cigar box, but which
.cqueped - was OF metal, beautifully
|ancroft uon ~ was Jaipur brnss; but
itoa "us not TO know this until