Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-11
Ing to do with tbe letter." he asked

the garden and out into the road,
never stopping or looking back till the
ietter was safely pos ted.
Then all at once her courage seemed
to give way; she trembled so that she
s,a, sou,a hhaffuly hfy walk. and the sunny road
'"ni TN I uel'le ner eyes.
wbo nc 1ren;o a 'wofh v.os tnat lie did not know
ten - bnr' %ae' anu now ne mad writ
her ~ ovn oras h"u seen the letter with
VIZ hs go i , -. 70,
sbo ndu she posted 1t! she wished
won,d % h, uo neP. p IL pack, ana yet, what
Id, ~, n"1g oeeh tne use! Nothing but
mo Vm sha WI W.. anu uesire could make the
and nnbraidi tGu .rue 10 ner. AZ the tears
rostora rp hon uiss ha in ,he word could not
~ nei peau'i.ui iaith IN MIN.
G., ne shouid not know that she cared.
one Would not let him know that the
She s,aSod aSu ever iailen INTO her hands;
.ho i'ed soi.' awuy from the mouse until
baoL i. cue t1uIu trust herself to go
IL sao,r.J uo n9sn,hs hau happened, but
Inc Sanea,S az IL tne snadow OF forebod-
ora fp"sa fo,pI t wneh sue reached the gate
ins ~ Fornta NE, unc'e seahuihg there talk
rbov ,,arn 1, 5oo .,'
d,d w., we meiI ~. ueeP conversation ana
side thor' See @ nuI untii sne was close be-
ber ;n,o ni,, ,..; unu cue wondered II it was
Iigtn ssh Il.
'iGa"I muen one SPOKE;
Eorn;a t,,.na1 ,ns, Mr; Fernie.
his bat 'u'"eu anu ciurnSiiy puiled OH
Good morning. Miss Harding -
sho .Lo...,. - ' "'"e'
bor eves 'i anI thas th ne seemed 10 aVoid
FIAT ton anu ',.".o 'nen Wonuereu again II
was unSc, rooc "uJ oJ JUST iniugiha1,on. Sne
onJ o,,pS', ahu unStruhs' everything
tho. .Ls ene niuue ner SUSPICIOUS now
nIon.ou tho hisI pitter smart had peen
invod H.. =" heT r, neurI oy the man she
sho OS ios. ~ t, a.l 'ne "orid:
bouso iona;nn 49,, ~ anu VII On into Ine
tbe Fortmpa Iinntors uHu ~. ~ at1uuinS .h TO lleet
in n ,unch ard teitoJ J"t 'iousn ne came
nothing Ind hanneneI be mode nn nf'
fort to see her alone. and she was foo
proud now TO make any advance
Tint bo Iool,od ,,ro,ohon,. -, .,o
,o,,Id 1 nc iyoAeu e"ieleheuiS III sne
% ber bsort See LOT hepset, S o put she hardened
no;tber ,ro,id sho CO." CO. no'htns Lts ior hel
Tho miserohIa nan,o v ,,.ont rtr m.n', unu 80
sbodow hatwossn S sn"'t th meht ] on, ana tne
anotber u,eorv dav ,iranuan ' u1.pe:e" ~ IT,. nnu
Anne Went IN - bod ou,,. " .,, 10 e,oSe. .
becnnse "' she sai. G ~ th net h ehris .ma1 nlgnt
no more Tbere baJ "It .oenod emn Ioo,m .oo.I IGar
unnatural and terrible obnut tbn r'hniss
dov to ber and yot IN tbo siionno ne " T"U1r Los
own room sho wondnrcd onca oev 80 or "Gt e
her oyerstrunp nerves had NOT boen
more Than half resnonsibIe for ~ oil
sbo hod .o;d ,,or5 ,;.L. - 49, r..
tune Hunter with a cold touch of her
land. not daring 70 raise her eyes 70
his, and now she was longing with ali
her heart to 20 downstairs again and
put her arms around his neck and
sob out all her misery.
Tommy had been sulky all day,
watching her with half ashamed, half.
angry eyes, but for the first time in her
life she was not sorry for the way in
which she had turned on him.
How dared he spy on John?
Her face burned now as sbo tbouybt
Of the humiliation she had suffered wien
ousy that had been torturinp ber ever
since.
John had said that he did not know
lrenie! 1t IVES lie. 1t must have
been lie and yet-his eyes had met
hers Steadfastly enough when he said
i and there had been no shame i"
his face.
She went to the window, and,
drawing aside the blind, looked out
into the garden.
II only she had said good night
t" him. II only she had kissed him
The constraint of that day seemed to
have made an impossible gulf between
them which could not be bridgcd.
She turned out the light and, draw
ing the blind up, knelt down at the
cpcn window in th, uarkncsS.
There was still a light in the draw
ing room below. still the sound of voices,
and presently Tommy came down the
n'ps from the frcnch WINDOW ana
llmped away across the lawn.
lie vas queer DoyLs0metimcs; ,Is .hn as
Anne knew, he spent haIt the night
wandering round the countryside, or
down ot J,onp End Cottage with Fer
ME. H. never did things IN II rational
wuy lk. other pcople, and she Won
W"S ns' o'uei P'pl',' ~ iii,
d"rcd u nerhanS Ehe hha Dern niue
hard on him, if her own unhapplnCSS
taI caused her TO Dc UNJUST
Then Mr., Harding caIlc to the win
dow. and for monent stood IN the
strc,cbinr @ his arms ~"
"Well. I'm off to bed. I'll leave you
to lock up, john
Anne strained her ears for the For
tune Hunters voice, but no reply was
audible, ana presently all was sllont
below.
Dared she 90 down tC him? As she
knelt there, trembling. In the darkness.
the silence of the night was broken by
the mutfiad sound OF the plan" IN the
room below, as If some one was playing
with tho soft pedal down; but it WAS
sufficiently loud for Anne to hear the
tunc. and the tears rose to her eyes rs
she recognized it and remembered the
words TO which it was set:
.,,, ,.,o ,oon 30 tho o,1o roo,