Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-21
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~ t,.;uess, H0rrtcu W
w y. on'h ,sho rant to spend her money,
t.'s"S; ~ "sS";tors ,rho rdnf TO marry nes ~. ~.
Ma decides to marry !W h"Soumu !vW
...,r.ssience,' ~. to tend OF '"e "''p''''
~ "Ss'sfos 'ifios,s HARRY cARliIcHA;R!,L, VIC . .;!,L,
rs,M War peterdn. man OF pe,son"..v, ..
'. engineer rho hds ,"or"'eu rn aaree, "V,o ~
M,,t 10 finance rhich nc "o,ees o,.; -
csss ccyossr's "s'ric''v business p0p'''
ti'ss;osrvaRy MEADOWS. Clorers
.,a,in, q pretty glrt OF .nG pe.inv' pno In.
WRS. MEADOWs' ..;,,, dmm., ,'"" Ind ~; !.
,,tderded Ciorcr ~ do'e'S''S ""I
.,o,cered pih fdrors. ,,...s. =,
sandal, younger od"9"'''
M2PPW HOLT, Dig, good natured o*dp,
whtullv in Iovc 'c'ta noae"S
Facing Disaster
muT you have always---- , nes ,es
"Bcousin's eyes wandered from the
,r,;neo Tea gown to the newer
h,r,ture %y of the room, to the expensive
ls,n u,n..os tbe baremful Of cushions, the
",onbone. the massed flowers, the
go. nor own brocade shoes, Sandal
& ., .bc other luxuries provided by
w. Nv money Of Elphinstone Brothers.
,yo, have always
YES. | always have. SO have lots
4, pcOple. People better off than l nave
.,sr been who don't know how to raise
,bousand pounds Of ready cash. Now
n,sose don't mention a word OF TINS
,n,sias the house. but--lll tell you
,his Jt's literally true. If the bank
hasa to mt the screw on tomorrow
moruiuc, Elphinstonc Brothers would
c.ase to cxis, tomorrow night. And
,Ssn where should be-
..DarIing, You could always come
hore Won know" protested her young
s,t cousin wrlcominsly. "Always.'
Rosemary, knitting her brows, put III
more cuictly. Il say, my dear, how
ionr has This been going on!
CIoyrr drew Il long breath. Then
Tho "oaicc voice and manner in which
.be had been speaking vanished. so
Gid the ''youngcr woman OF the world
Ink that had conquered the great Coz.
Sbe leaned forward, hands clasped on
bar gold clad knees. and let every
thing break from her in the rapid. pite-
ous tones of the mere girl in difficulties
that she was.
"Oh. it has been going on ever since
that night at the party. les. 'Ihat
began it. You know our-my party III
Green street when Sir AlgernOn Cox
came to dinner and you all came on
afterward to the music? You remem =
ber? Well, that very night I had Il
business deal on. Mr.. Wright had to
telephone to me about it in the middle
Of dinner. 1t was Brazilian firm whn
well, you didn't hear anything
about it, but it was one Of the biggest
things ever handled. Mr.. Wright sd.
vised me against it. lie never wanted
me to touch it. Oh. ! wish had lis :
tened to him. Clover cried in dis!
tress. Il thought it was going to mean
everything to the firm. was sure OF
that. ! was certain. ! don't know
now why it didn't turn to gold for
US; was 80 sure. But was mis-.
:aken. l.. mistaken. don't know
what happened; for the first time-the
very first time since ] went to work
for Mr.. Ephinstone I made a mistake
over what business was going to be
lucky. Oh. DO you see what that
means?'
Her young voice. which had risen.
broke suddenly.
1T means lost my flair
Her face w;E that of child scared
BY some catastrophe of which it has
never dreamed.
Yes. ! lost my only gift. My ray
has gone ont. My--thing that always
told mo what TO do. It's gone" she
mourncd. THAT evening started it.
Rosemary. I didn't know why. Since
tncn I've done nothing right at the
once. My flair won't come back to
nc: | can't get money any more"
-, Tier voice trailed away into silence.
ihat was broken by the gentle voice of
Yrs. Meadows. OF Clover's last out.
burst her aunt had scarcely heard a
word; her brows had been bent over
npr Knitting and she had pursued n
'rain "l thought of her own. Now she
uttered II pleased sounding "Ah! Of
-. Surprised, her daughters and her
niece turned to her.
y, Yes. Now, of course" repeated
Mrs. Meadows. II see it ALL
= hll whatE' demanded Glover quick =.
u, Harry and You, dear" explained
slrS' Meadows. affectionately smiling
upon her Keeping it from us as
.nS !nnS aH rou could in spite of every
,,n,ng t"A"rpt that ones own flesh and
p"od always gucsses when there is
SS!n"'hihG wrong). Putting on such a
pray" ,, fac" before the world. So that
was WHY you gave up Green street
aNs' when You and Harry were be. q.
uunn'ng to have such wonderful
,i,n' ,, there and to give such lovely pnr-
ueh and all Hou are giving It UP
.o,' mr." being self sacrificing. working
separat"ly 50 ~ to be able to keep
'" mos" poor employees and all. "
.'%'f.M Mrs. Meadows, evidently
..'.i2hG this fancy picture as much
az '"r Youngest daughter had enjoyed
"a ',ri"r version. And think
"e&: Harry is perfectly right in the
circumstances not to come hero and
va, such fine feeling. did think it
N'ur hard AT first, darling, but now
t"e' Young married people ought
never t" set up housekeeping with rela =
ives and, of course, you do meet
vi course, YOU will have your own nice
nolnn neolnn presently together, again. hut I
th. apow exactly what you are going
AZ this, however, Clover rose swiftly.
tM!h u hurried Good night. every /.
'o.' she fled from the room.
II, H""n"r had the door closed be.
thi 1ni n'r than the gabblc broke out in
'nI'% feminine voices at once.
imagine ('lOvCr '---r
a, NM'n "" thought she was going
VI ,,m ,o'lihg ~ NOR" money every day -
+. '""r child. All the time shes S
ntt'' ntt SIMPLY sacrificing herself for
Son"'S' .oi' We ought all to sacrifice our
al, i,."H', d" lets, I'll sacrifice my
acn' a' d""lni.i Sandal. full of zest
""N'r 'hiF 'to herr quite new activity.
won Z" I" the dance for q start.
f,s, n'nll &" all round to everybody tbs
70 ', anihE in the morning and explain
III H. ''",l mat Ms far as | am concerned
"" Harrow dance IL off III take