Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-07
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VI THIRTY ONE Anne Hunting.

n Aue EIuat Ot salt. lnrt WHe
nAuse. as birdlike little Rhodn Eel.
I l(Vs hsA phrased it. she had driven
q ~ the sweetness out of her life by
(9ndins stock still and looking back
- Lots wife, The looking back
49, at a long closed chaptcr--a ro-
Il II 80 now many years in the past.
zhere was no venom in Mrs. Fellows
crtption of Anne, only regrct--and
Z little impatience--thnt a girl as at
tfocttve as Anne. with brains in her
heAA and so much better looking than
meet," should shut away the fullness
OF lite from herself because Of a mem
ofy, even" TO quote Rhoda again,
10 she did make a mistake in not mar
1ying Lloyd Penning.'
"No man on earth is worth il :" ex-
4 eln1med Myra Hawley, whose adora-
etoo OF her husband was notorious in
IL Get. UNLESS. of course. you're ac-
tuoIly married to him. she hastened TO
alnend. And then you don't have to
Mepe because you didn't. do ycu!' she
aaosd m an ambiguous afterthought.
Thus for almost eight years had the
friends of Anne Huntington concerned
themselves, out Of their affection and
loyalty. with the state Of her heart
an her prospects Of happiness.
At twenty three Anncs life had
opaned its arms 70 love. It was so,ne
thing quite aside from the girls voli
tiea. She was carefree. heart whole.
brfnminE with the JOY of being. a nor
nal. happy. enthusiastic young CreT'
ture to whom the problems Of life
seNmed to lie remotely ahead. Then
ea1,e Lloyd pcnning. And in day as
II ky magic, the girl found the balance
Of her existence overset. Her life no
longer proceeded along the straight lin"
OF normality: it revolved dizzily about
this new sun.
The women Of her set declared Lloyd
Rnning tremendously fascinating. It
VS. not surprising. they. said. that
AAne Huntington should fail all sorts
that there was nothing so wonderful
shgut the young fellow. Except his
hslr,'" qualified Dicky Fellows. He y
eot the lovelicst bair.' and DicEy rolled
bi0 eyes in burlesque ecstacy.
The set had never experienced n more
dynamic love affair. 1t lasted three
menths. And then. with a crash, it
sa1ed. There was another girl. it
sooned--a girl who even then wor"
Lloyd's ring. He bad failed to tell
A1ne about her.
Anne Huntington took up the round
Of her life as it had been before. All
but its kernel and core Of joyousness.
1'IIook here, Billy demanded
8boda Fellows. why don't you just
naks Anne Huntingdon marry you:
It's an and shame for you two to
70 on this way. year after ycar--neithcr
OF you growing a bit younger-when
yea're the most wonderful match that
ever was. Gee. II it wasn't for Dicky
and the tots I could wish | were a
man myeelf,''
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~ s;mniv c.n.t no done aat,er INV.
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~ "a a;w. my ,nrwai, n'ns 'Vn"n w,a.. "F ro,
pestf s'f my. mErws, vel, hIr sueIs R,cJ" you
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ppsI "tuoWIu ior tWo. years' na"'ss
t suto"0oIies. .Lsed ny -n!Ia. hr
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tnen in'iiea ~, nm 10 .ne i,actoIy. ,y
D sa'e niue ainmrr, keepins
s seret, 1hu eui''ho''eu Anne
Alhsoon 10 'he leas'.
anne, ioveH, sen COM ulnen; arrived
"suur al TUE iast pe',n1Ss.o'e MN
". lou Know everypcuE' anne; eN- .
YES iii;Iuuins-M Ith-
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W0ty et her tclherI'y. lor wen she
W nov outrageous was this thlhe
Xas ooihg ~. =,
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~ D! eAciaineo fehhihg. Elgnt
y ION nte.'iiie-toikn upn
cneneS "qcn IN elshl Years 90 theS
Ane ne naa crossru 'ne room ana
tsSsn her manu. ho'u'ns II "h''e he
M. =, ro,,;o, Anna ooI,I,
ferhsps h"I, replied Anne calmly
Win wnat eHor' none tnrre knew
resnaps less 'hah. just al hrs'' we
..I:.. ..;,u 90 or,.,, oxai,ou,
we!spered Khoda 70 her husnand'
sor tne Vts'DIe cnanse IN @ rLoyn ren ,'t, = :,
niaS since ne went away: taxing win WIN
han all the Ioyousness or Anne me-
W. eIeat; was hot 'hat 'he wears
ne9 eoned 10 ms grin : hot that the
lovely mar az wnich Dlcky once was
WIT 70 Soon naH tnihhen on lop tc
teo point OF nalaness hot even ina,
the nne chiseiihg ol MS features nae
nDGOme q DlL DlurFeu. IL WIS rather