t.'i l"r, n-'f . S7?T- Fy, v v ",- v?' yiV 'Tj'-'Vf,- BJV1KV- 'pv'y-ft, ti .( v- EVEfrlNGr PUBLIC) LEDaEKr-PHIIi'ADEXPHIA, THUKSDAY, DEOEMBEIt 9, 1920 -L-aj 7.Jffi iK The Phantom Lever By Ruby Ayres V "M" . -, I. - i i -...---.... . . . Tt WV W1 1Vf M0Yf1 J VI . m LU iV T1II8 STAJIT8 THE STOny ' Jflcfcy Wallows, matrimonial catch, diverts the mind of a gir he finds crying en the street from the thoughts 'of suicide with leMch she had ierestled. Returning te his apartment he finds his friend, Ashton, who tag he is leaving town and hit sweetheart at hi mother's req.net and asks Mai Mai iewee te deliver a letter te the girl. Micky discovers the girl, Esther 8hcp 8hcp $tene, te be the one he had met crying en the street. Instead of delivering the letter Ashton gave him he writes another, a kindlier one, and signs Ashton's name te it. The letteV com forts Esther. One dag when she re turns te her room she finds June Masen, another boarder in the ftu0 there. June expresses the wish that then should be friends. AND IIEHE IT CONTINUES THEItE wan Bemethlwr se breeslly dis arming about her that Esther h,eld out her hand. "Teu're very kind. I hardly knew u what te "a- FS? .. it-t II !.. IfmAn "Den t say anyining-, iie ... answered airily. "I'm going te like you : I knew I should somehow when I first heard your name. Oh, I hope you don't think It's awful cheek," she broke out Mlth a sort of embarrassment. "I've get a. sitting room here, as well as a bedroom, and I always make my own tea. It's hotter than you can cot down stairs. I've get a fire there, tee. and If vou're ever cold I hope you It come up and sit with me. I'm out a Reed deal, but you can alwayB use my room when I'm net there, If you care te. Take off your hat and come and bee It new, or ire you tee tired? I don't want te worry you "I'm net a bit tired." Esther said, laughing; one felt a little bewildered by this sudden offer of friendship, but June Masen interested her, and after a mo me ment she took off her hat obediently. I "We'll bring the cat, tee," Miss Ma Ma eon said : she swooped down with a quick movement and caught the cat up Sin her arms. "I leve cats," she said. "What's his name?" , -' "Charlie," said Esther shyly. "He's very thin, but they weren't kind te him where he belonged before." "What a shamel I simply loathe peeple who are net kind te animals. Never mind, he'll seen get all right New come along Ml help you unpack your boxes presently." She led the way upstairs, and Esther followed. . , She had been feeling a little Beared 1 of this new bearding house. She felt grateful for this girl's unaffected ever- "Mine's the best room In the house," Miss Masen Informed her. She pushed open the deer, of a room Immediately above Esther's. "Sit down and make yourself at home. I'll get the tea In half a minute. I knew you'll have an other cup. I shall, anyway. De you smoke?" "Xe." said Esther. "Well, I de. I hope you're net unlocked. I find It's se seething when you've get nerves ; and I'm a frightfully nervy per son. I am hardly ever still i I'm always en the go." She went back te the teapot, made the tea, and poured out a cup for Esther. "Is that chair comfy? yes, lean backl What are you looking at? Oh, my pho tographs! Yea. I have get a let, haven't I?" She turned with one of her rapid mevements. caught up a photograph irem me sncir anu nanaea u te r-stner. 'There I That's one of the nicest men I ever met In my llfe," she said enthusi astically. "Don't you think he's get a ripping face?" Esther took the portrait laughingly she thought June Masen one of the most amusing people she had ever met then ahe caught her breath en a Uttle smothered exclamation aa she found nerseii loeKlng straight into the pic' tured eves of Mlckv Mellewen. June Masen was tee occupied with a iresn cignretie te nouce ine Blank leek that filled Esther's eves. She gat there en the big chair, staring at Micky's portrait with a sense of foreboding. Surely It was something bigger than Just chance that hed Intro duced him Inte her life for the second lime. "My peeple wanted me te marry him at one time." June wnt rm nlHlw "t might have done se. only I liked him tee well. He didn't care for mc, except as a friend, and It seemed a shame te spoil It, se I put my feet down." "Yeu mean that you refused him?" Esther wm tntnrl,l hn . ,. memberlng hew Micky had told her that no had never really cared for any worn- "i in an nis lite. 'He never asked me, my dear," Miss Masen answered candidly. "I let him Vim .-i V.weum2l D8 nny Kd he iiL,: S"1 -,knew he was 'rightfully re i i.i.We were never se nearly In i2 1 wllh ene al'her as we were when SftLuC a Sh ;h,uekled remlnlscently. hi Jfli5hSa me wl,h, my people, though." here " cleared out and came ,ln7"MiSkJ?7" Esther asked. "I I mean Mr. Mellewcs. i'Ta. Masen looked faintly surprised. asked 'y?U. kinew h,18 ,"ame'" Sm Xi, ?'? I,.tel.' yeuT l suppose I .l 0h' h?8 aU rlTht: he's the kind of man who always will be all right Hb's get another, gfrl en the tapis new. I Ji?,,t..ikney lf u wl "rat te anything' fe? hiirL" Anyway' h'fl net f cnSvigh al'dTU Mm Very fend at hlm'" Esther seem h.1! deaL' J heuI1 've te a, heart nflWJS t0 a Klrt with R-;,1?!0' 5eld "k" hl own. I think I IT. Ti,h.lm bet,r ,ha t Pep e. and Smnl'iV'S8!: of ,he werid would be JSJlS'A'A thing about nreachfiillv ArT i.V reralnad her re re preacntuuy. "And It's net fair that I should de all the talking. I knew your name, and thnf nhnm .n Tr..Y.y""r fremry PCPl87 Wh"a d' y coTe Esther flushed a little. ,,.:i?..re lsnt i71" te tell you. I haven t any people. I was born In India. w my .m.ether dled there. I 3en' knew anvthlnir nhnm m,. r., ,.": RfIi1Btr,'me.ii,i nn tunt and sh looked after me till about three yeara nan. inn f5.S . T l cams t0 L"iden then and they took me en at Elilred'sde you knew Eldred's?" v.nRS Lnetr .Pal1 M's Masen fer hnlii,rfcr,impt ou? lhln8S they make j but what prices I I can't nfferd thorn Xy Tfte,n' butJ P ln there a great aeei. I knew the manuirnr. nnrt hiu going te de some business for me at least I hope he Is. If I can get my . i,.,' A."t Londen shops thcre, you knew ; all Londen with uny money, that Esther looked mystified. Your stuff I" she echeed. "What de you mean7" June Masen laughed merrily, She had a very Infeotleus laugh and a trick 0..,cevrln her face with her hands while she was laughing. 'I forget that you didn't knew I" she said. "I seem te knew you se well, I cant remember that we never saw one another before today. My dear. I make race cream. Walt a moment." She BDrnniF lln nnd fUnnnnaap ha. hind a mauve eurtaln Inte an adjoining room. Esther heard her moving about, opening and shutting boxes and singing a snatch of song all the time. Presently she came back with a tray crowded with little pets and phials of all sices and descriptions. She plumped down en her knees beside Esther's chair. "Thsre you are I" she said lightly, tbeugh there waH en odd dash of prldn In her voice "Face cream, night and day cream, eyelash tonic, and all the rest of It Of course, I'm only Just start. Ing I'm net like these people who ad vertise In all the papers and charge nbeut a guinea for a shilling Jar; but ny stuff- la an geed as theirs uny day. end better, beenuce It's pure. Loek!" She took a lid off a little white pet with a mauve label and held It te Esther. "Isn't that a glorious perfume?" she demanded. She sniffed It herself with a relish. "And It's nil my Invention, and I'm as proud of It uh a cat would be of nine tails When I've get things a little mere shipshape, Micky's going te put It en the market for me. It wants a man behind all this sort of thlnuti. you knew. I can de all the donkey work,' but I've no head for business. I never knew the difference between a less and a profit. It was partly ever this that '! quarreled with my peeple tifiy 'V5! work," but I've no head for business. I , "began te think you were net com- yjfy2 4zZ2zsm. C&aft . l?yi flfyO'WA I J4Z&x&&J'' fl A 'ffV' I JjW03V-5 flm, ' jM 'I sWW fj never knew the difference between a less 'ng," she said. I S S ' rn ?TCZ luOxsSr j ! W V' '''S&yS lK VjAOSK ? I 'yZVer' IV T5ft4 I H I and a prertt. It was purtly ever this . (CONTINUED TOMOIUIOW) ' K jSiHli2(rSf lr 'yJfVr nLz&&C2sa-" I WyWC&lfSsT I Mrmej.R&0X LWW I .If Hat iharreled with my peeple tb5y (Cmvrtaht, UH, bv HtU Bvnitvet,, iM.) I v- ' rrr S .tf y"r. , . II "VO" ftaea&a.' y'WCK " "" fs2x!r3fe4w $'! siH 'i! I m ' i I i K i ' i ' mlWW said It was tow-down te make face cream and sell It they're awful snobs I Se I just cleared ere and changed my sur y s ilte name and came here. . I'm qu happy, and It I haven't get as much money as I had, I don't mind I've get my liberty, and liberty, and that's worth evarv Hung. "I think you're Just wenderful," Either said. She picked up a lid from ene of the little pets and looked at the mauve and white label. "June Masen's natural bcautlfler." "Hut you're net married?" asked June suddenly, "Ne" Esther wns looking away Inte the fire. "Ne, I'm net marrled." she said In a stifled voice, "He my (lance has had te go away en business abroad and I don't knew when I shall see him again." Her voice sounded sad and dispirited. "Yeu peer llttle thing " said June' Masen. She leaned ever and laid her hand en Esther's. "Never mind I The time will Boen pass, and then he'll come back and you'll llve happily ever after " Esther smiled. "I knew. I keep telling myself It's foolish te worry I felt qulte happy this morning. I had a letter from him, und somehow whnn I read It things dldVt seem half be bad; but " "And you'll have another tomorrow, I expect," Mlis Masen Insisted. "And another the next day, and ene every day while he's away. Thcre I That's better," uhe added cheerily as Esther laughed. "I don't llke te soe you leek se ind. I m going te cheer you up. I shan't allow you te be miserable. And, any way," she added, with a sudden soft seft enlng, "yeu've get seme one who loves you, and that's worth everything else In the world." "Yes." said Esther. Her oyce ihene and she thought of the letter, which was even then lying against her tirsrt. Somehow she had never realised hew much he really cared for her till today. "And what are you going te de till he comes home?" Miss Masen asked In terestedly, "If you had something te de you'd find tlme pass ever se much mere quickly." "It's a question of having te Ae some thing, rather than hew te pass the time," Esther said. "I haven't any money except what I can make. My aunt left me a little when she died, hut It was only a very llttle, and I spent most of it at first while I was looking for work. Se I'm going back te Eldred's If they will-have me, and I think they will." Miss Masen said "Humnhl" .i., "There are heaps of ether berths go ing besides Eldred's, you knew," she said earnestly. "However, veu must de as you llke, of course." She threw af.iy another unfinished clgarette. "De jeu think we ero going te be friends?" she asked. 'I am sure wp arc," Esther Bald. She really did thlnlf se; sha had never met any ene In the least llke June Masen before. She began te feel glad she had ceme te this house. "It must be wonderful te be rich," Esther said. There was a llttle Hush In her cheeks; she was really enjoying herself. "It's the dream of my life te have enough money te be able te de anything I like," she added earnestly, "Just for a month. If I could be really rich Just for ene month I wouldn't mind going back te being peer again." Miss Masen said "Rubbish!" briskly. "Meney can't buy happiness, ray dear, and don't you forget It. My peeple think It can, and lets of ether people think Uis same. It only shows what feels they are. It was the money my people couldn't get ever when x aeciinea te marry Micky Mollewea " Sha made a little wry face. "I remember my mother coming Inte my room ene nlgnt in ner aressing gown peer seui wnen she heard I'd told Micky there was nothing doing, und saying tragically, 'June, you must be mad stark, staring mad I Why, the man's as rich as Cree- BUST" "Rich!" Esther waa coneolous of en odd little sinking at her heart "Is Mr. Mellows rich, then?" she asked con strainedly. "Rich? I should think he 1st He's ene of the richctjt men In Londen." "One of the richest men In Londen I but he' Esther had been going te add, 'But he told me that he was peer," she only ehecked the worde In time. June nodded. "He's the despair of all the match making mamma" she said lightly. "Over thirty, he Is, and still a bache lor I I'm net sure lf he Isn't en the verge of being caught new, but you never can tell! With a llttle luck he may escape she Isn't geed enough for him, anyway," Esther thought of Micky Mellewes, and wondering if he ever ceme te the bearding house, and lf te, why he had net told her that ha knew somebody living here. After all. if he had deceived her In ene Instance he would de be In many ethors she' felt a curious aense of hurt pride: why had he gene out of his way te tell her he was a peer man, when all the time? "Te tell you the truth," June said frankly, "none of my friends knew where I am living. Call It false pride If you like; but there you are. I have all my letters, except business ones, sent te my club I belong te an unpretentious club I'll take you there wme day und net even Micky knows that I live here Yeu see, when I flew In the fuce of provl prevl provl denee, otherwise my neble family, they stepped my allowance, se, aa I'm en tirely self-supporting, t had te be care ful and live Inexpensively. I cams here. And I'm very comfortable. If I want te meet any of my friends we meet out Bomewhero. I think it's better; It leaves me quite froe. Esther walked ever te the fireplace, and found hersclf looking at Micky's photograph. After all, he was Just like all the ether men she had ever known; appar ently none of them could be simple and stneere; she supposed it had been his way or oenaoscenuing te nor, te pre tend that he was peer and In similar circumstances te herself: nerhutia he had guessed that she would never have allowed him te pay for her supper or tea, or havu talked te her as he had done, lf she had known him te be a rich man. Sha need never see him strain.' that was ene thing; her heart hardened ae she met the frankness of his pictured eyes ; no wr.s net sv nonesi aa no loexoa, She had mistaken condescension for kindness. She bit her Up with mortifi cation an she recalled the oenfldenco she had made te him only that afternoon. He was probably laughing at It new, and no doubt would repeat all she had said te hln friends as u geed Jeke. She went te her own room shortly. She made the excune that she was tired, but when she went downstairs she sat down en the slde of the bed and made no effort te undress. A sort of shadow seemed te have fallen en her spirits She felt mortified that Micky should se de liberately have .lied te her ; her eheekn bumed as she thought of the despair she had been In last night when she met him. She hoped she would never see him again. CHAMER V Micky passed three days before he made any attempt te see Esther Shop Shep Shop nteno again ; days that seemed like a month at least, and during which he lest his appetite and forget te smoke. That she did net particularly care If she taw htm again or net, he was mis erably sure. Hhfi had no thoughts for anv one but Ashton. He felt as lf tie could net settle te anything. Driver came Inte the room. "If you plenBe, sir, Miss Masen has ben en the phone. She said would I ask you te meet her for tea." Micky did net leek enthusiastic! he liked June awfully, but today every one and everything Boomed a bore, 'Teal Where ?" he asked vaguely. "MIbs Masen said that you would knew, sir: the seme plaoe as usual." "Oh. all right!" Micky looked at the clock and sighed. After all, June was always amusing; he went oft almost cheerfully te the un nrnirntlnuH nlub of which Bhe had sneken te Esther. He had te wait In the lobby uhl1n a hev In Iiuttens retched June te him She came downstairs looking very much at home ,iva smoking tne inevi. table cigarette. It was ene of June Ma Ma reii'h charms that she always managed te leek at home wherver she was. Khn hnd taken off her coat, but she wero n green hat with a geld ornament that suited her te perfection, set en her dark head at a rnkisn angle. "I began te think you were net com ng," she said. 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