Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-28


Whatever YOU think best"
This was too much for Jenny.
"Whata you think this is---inedicine?''
did you ever drink tea befOre2"
Nancy wanted to know.
Olympus"
"Sny!' cried Jenny, her arms akin.
DO; "arc you Ruyin' us! Are you
just out o tn sticks or are you sonic
gay. Wciscnhcimer tryin n new stunt!'
Bancroft appealed bcwillcredly to
Nancy. who acted rs interpreter.
'Shc means IRE you honestly from
the country or are you just pretending
to be-" :.
I" l am honestly from the country"
''Sticks." said Jenny.
Does that mean trees?'
"Surc; Alfalfa. caiG, cabbagcs. Arc
down thcre!"
not"
Arc You goin' back t livc?"
Not II l can help it."
"Ha:' cried Jenny: "Now we're
down e brass tacks. Hes goin' e. be
President some day, Nancy, an then
he's gOin' home an let 'ein all shake
hands with him: Amt that lovely !"
bancroft laughed. lie was grateful
for this banter.
"Iiow many lumps:" nsked Nancy
In his eyes.
what; Oh, oh-,two, IL YOU please
What do you think o tn show?"
inquired Jenny, sitting beside him.
"Delightftl !"--loOking ut Nancy.
How'd you like my part!' pressed
Jenny, with sudden malice; for the
truth struck her sQuarely that this
Jeremiah had not seen or heard any
body but Nancy. The malice was ell.
ergized by the wish to trap him in q
lie II she could.
But he threw n bomb at her feet.
"Wby. are You in it?'
"Am l In it! Get that. Nancy
You mean t sit there an tell me t my
face that You never saw me? Why, one
I'm tn girl who says T. tn duke--'Ycs,
your highness: they drink water now
as well as wash In it, Don't you re.
member thut?"
''1'm ashamed to say don't.
His embarrassment was 80 patiently
genuine that Jenny began to laugh.
"An' not ashamed t tell tn truth,
either. But. young man, some lies
get you n long ways in this burg. Don't
forget that"
"I'm green," he confessed. SO Jenny
was on the stage? TO which type did
she belong? Certainly not Nancy's,
which was WofingtOn's, sans reprOchc.
lie wished he could do something for
her. lie was going to like Jenny. IL
have lived nearly oil my life in the
open and among books. Of course. I'm
getting about all right; ! haven't bought
It's all like II new people and n new
language You two will laugh, but this
is the first time I ever drank tea with
women. between meals
Have you got any moncy"' asked
Jenny. seriously.
This surprised him. "Why-a lit.
tlc."
"Well. I'll lend you n stockin' an
I'll show you how t tic knot in it,
jenny" said Nancy.
| can how t hide it in your trunk. "
went OH the incorrigible Jenny. "Rut
he says he's green, Nancy: an his
clothes show it, an his tie an collar
an shoes!'
Aren't they all riyht:" he asked,
lingering the tie.
I'm q New Kind Of IliclI"
Jeremiah, either you're the biggest
liar l ever saw, or you're new kind
VI hick. Come across now give US tn
family history. We gotta know"
'l'm not q liar-Jenny, retorted
Bancroft. "We'll say I'm new kind
of hick. These clothes are the re-
suit of careful study Of advertise
ments In the newspapers. My deport.
ment is also due to newspaper study
and many books. In fine, have II
college education without having gone
to college. II ! had any natural shy
ness. months in n military camp
knocked it out of me. have talent
for adaptation; that is, ] can adjust
myself to such novel situations as now
daily confront me. ! have handled the
plow, hocd potatoes, helped during har.
Latin. ! am twenty.four. and an or.
phan; and have had the tOOthache,
the earache and the tummyache, like
everybody else; and I've had the heart.
ache, too. came to the city because
l could no longer stand the loneliness.
| I wanted to see the world, to become
acquainted with fact instead of theory.
Because never had any friends. Be.
cause my father was unjustly called Q
miser, and the onus fell upon me.
don't know as there is any other thin.
want so much as the friendship OF
you two" ...
Jeremiah, anywhere in tn world :"
said the impulsive Jenny. offering her
hand. "No. no! You mustn't kiss
Inc !"
lie blushed.
"Well, for tn love o. Mike. Nancy.
did you get that blush? jeremiah, your
fortune is made. Flo Ziegfeld will give
you n thousand per t teach EN- how t
do IT,,
derful Chinese vnses!' asked Nancy,
who thought that Jenny had gone far
enough.
'"They are beautiful, aren't they
Something my father picked up, ! don
know how. Some of those books are
priceless, so I've been told"
"Why don't you sell them:'
II hadn't thought OF It. But l don't
think | shall. There are three or four
hundred bottles of burgundy in the eel.
lar, too. just before you came ! had
an odd visitor, and we had n bottle be-
tween us. had never touched wine
before, though ! am IN 10 wise rabld
against the stuff. Maybe some day III
tell you about that visitor :,
why, you must be rich. said
Jenny, with enthusiasm.
IF you mean that one can v" happy
with q little, why, then I'm rich. :.
Now, Il accidentally either fell upon
the truth, they could not say that nc
had lied.
80 you had been celebrating before
1 came in?" said Nancy. pleased tha'