Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-04

seemed to believe It. :.
~ .cund the lovely room. 1t
.s than her own drawing
~ =, room in her house. She
~ ! ouissical eyebrow at
~. turn Of fashions color
H..ss The last few years. wes
80, that in elusive charm,
N cleaning dignity, this room
The whole house was
NJ dIenihed and young.
rssessser's face crumpled up
The interview before her,
..,.eiously for nearly twen'
.ss dwarfed to insisnihcance
"a. 4 M actually come. By the
=. /. ma preceded Il; By those
~ u soilov II. Oh, the pity
~ ~. wastel And yet, II she
~ gone back twenty years.
lave acted otherwi'e'
2. IA swung into the room.
"a 4. Y A.shed A lightning glance
aes 1.SId .SscIded that be had not
INV
~ ~ mysterious, mother
81 snesk lightly, but when
A;mseif into chair oppo.
.sv that his hands were
-
...,.r smoke she said.
C sssd this" She handed
NJ & ~. Later.
~. IA Il. looked up at her,
lh!d reaC "a y read It again.
Y ~" 1 do what Nadia asks me,
~ Gloucester, "tell me exactly
- rsme to discover this whole
N Srsiness,' ~ And then, as he
.{s.sS "he added with one OF her
!.lZg .sss,,.isSs Of tenderness: Dear
ll ~. rsrv I never mean to be i'm.
g. ~ ~ Srt I'm on the verge Of losing
\, ~ s.s,,.ct ~ III possibly even your affec.
Il s~YTa Sc grateful II you d make
4. ~. ~, Sor me as you can J"
tg,,s.3 ,sy hack in his chair, twist.
~ " HSSis's letter between his fingers.
8 MINT words. he described Mrs.
~. ccmins and the havoc she had
.sa:sst 80
a. \ position. he continued, "is
S4.Iiv klsek. 1t isn't only a matter OF
Sss;ss nm this house and the settle.
~: there's oil the money Jarroman
;s.:s =. Nadia before she married me.
I 7R'n hsve 70 be repaid, but"
y M Jsrroman is back from the
.tisent. Wllfred," cut in Lady Dou.
I sssSs, "He's at his fiat. I've just
! ~ "a see him. Before you do any
SSiss irreyocable. ] want. you to talk
~ nstfer over with him. You see,
~ n fond Of Nadia as II she were
IL Suehter, A great deal fonder,
pspbslS," she added, as visio. Of
nOnteo orS Se,Ues Sms.h hes IN m,m% xn"r
49, ,SS,ii BE- doins it ali because Of
= ~. M d.ts remark somebodv once
~ ~ "a ths eject that blood is thicker
4 tlSl water, You accepted things from
/ re. Jarroman because you thought he
~ Midas father; you're hurling them
4 III at him now because he is not her
g1hths. And, after all, what IL kinship
ss-
ITS no good, mother, DEAR" inter.
suptsd Wilfred quietly. "I've always
.meWn I'm more old fashioned than you
n Ess.ythins,s going to be paid
ssaessnsd Il he likes to reassisn
psspefty to Nadia and sne likes to
~ ~ Ia, IA nsau,.a, =. .ne o'tterness OF his
Wsn Iy DouceStsr eyes soLtenea-
I. "SS. - ror,t Syv'se ~ 'iats s nsr aIs Ia r.
-. Se' yn 1as tsse sNs,,. y. saio Lazy Dou.
sssv NJ 's \. wou,Jn noL nay, haXe "a Ken
~. M E hssn nM..rN";sse "esSS. N"se ri iI,. os
vi,1sssil, N.crm.;,aI ~, naoT !
sI,sis W;IS,sJ W., n III .o ~. -"
~. solrs ~ ,.,i Cu Ha,. LAY ,'.sns neeo ~;
MN "a lssn @ sv.rytS;rs % W." ~. ,o.se1 n., y
Aeep everything from you.
- Dsoc0ter Tells Her Story
Automatically Wilfred lit a cisarette
y light vas creeping into his ewes that
- mother could not fathom.
II can't 70 into the who,. ..orv
sew, We too involved" she began, and
e1ee, her throat suddenly dry. These
sAip ofsself. humiliation. vet thew had
~ eompletely Injured her to the task
aese hsr now. "W'ilfred, John Cam.
"a js{t Nadia 10000 pounds. hut
6n~ sv.s.;,, w,,,
~
~ - ssat time your father and l."
Tnst s1plains lot! 90 II was N.d,s :.
100 pounds you-erNer- ". j, ""'s
There was a tiny. electric n.u..
Echsd," finished Wiifred
Lady Doucester tried TO sneak triad
ssaa1n, a, and at last succeeded. ~
Il, !" ~ you mean to say you've known
~. ~ ~ aa ~ years that we'd no right to
wili.ed, I'm amazed! ia NJ ,dss dseaHy, HN,,
could be 80 secretive.'' ~ '0e" you
Good old mother" he s,,d softly
md added: "There,s mnro M s.,o t soitiy'
'.a ~ ihere' ! don't quite see wbv @ vo"r
% .Sou Kept Nadia out OF a fortune
ner. One wonld snnnaa I " uiackmaii