.-, (;' '!, "A- (,' r 1 EVENING FUBEIO LEDGER PHILADELPHIA", THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1921 LADYFINGERS By JACKSON GREGORY Copyright, 10C1, by Charles Scrlbncr's Sons QHR squnred herself." He spoke Onoftly, ns though to himself, and there were tours In his eyes. "She pnid jo full. And 11 seem caenpe paying at nit 1 It Is unfair!" ' "lou linvo innde restitution ns fa! ns possible " "With money, yes," lie admitted bit- trrl "With money which you gave roe." "Itehert," she admonished him, "you etc young; very, very young. 1 hnven't been o joting hh jou urc for something like a hundred years, I think. Ainu, jou may have ft liver. You go take n good Ions walk. Sec Knid just as soon m Clodll let jou. And, It she'll let ou bring her to dinner tonight." This morning lie inndc himself a snnd iricb, the belated twin to that memor able sandwich which he hnd taken nil U'lituring with him upon a certain his toric lirit of May, anil struck out across lliL. Ileitis toward the foothills. And in the woods, where first he had come iiiioa Knid Camden, he spent the long IIUIPI IIOUIS Utlllll 1HHLI1 Jir IIIUSL, Willi to see her, lying tor the most part upon IU bark, staring up at stirring branches nud patches of blue sky. lie was going to sen Knld. About this ulii)lghty'fact ills thoughts clung all liy, vomeiinies wnnaering nncKwnru, niching upon other days with her, lomctimes daring to leap forward your breast when you knew 1 was just lying for a peep at them ! You've got to route and sec mo and tell me every thing. Just think of it, Knld! He's Kobc-rt Stetheril Kills, right now as good as a mlllionaiio a dozen times over. And liu was .Mr. Steele, If von please, private secictnry! And ltobert Ashe, expert on burglar-proof safes! Ami ' I.ad.vflngcrs! Oruclotis! It tnkes one s breath away." She laughed gallv. riien, in stiinulated seriousness, her ejes widened, lier blows lifted, "I don't Know whether to be most proud or frightened to acknowledge acquaintance, with my roninntlc cousin." "I didn't imneluo " kiiI.I Kllla milntlv. "that one over spoke of knowing a thief wiiii prtuc. "ltobert!'' shuddered 1'velyn de lightfully. ,"ou mustn't speak like that. Hut I'll tell you," leaning for ward COllfidentinllv. nml nirnlti n I in I lie ,lier linger at lilm, "you're Just the lion or the wlleyl There'H not a woninn I know wlio doesn't turn perfectly gieen with envy when I mention my Cousin ltobert! Tor they all know Hint mmi never hnd a chance, really; and that you'vo been just perfectly splendid! ion must come and see me, soon, and let mo show jou off. And vou, too, KnldV Won't you? Won't you Jump in with me now? I'll run you Into I.ockworth In n minute and take jou wherever you want to go!" "Thnnk you, Ilvelyn." .ltobert nn swercd quickly, "ltut " "nil. T tllwm-1 T llnim.!" nrlr.,1 t!io HUH s .,(, .v. .v..,- v. ......a. . - - ......,,, . .. . hing out the future but nlways re- young mutton as though she did know ins to this: He. was going to see1 and could, if tenulred, name the very wean. turning I'n , ltcognliilng In lovo the great master who has written lire Into the human tomeilj. the boy accepted his lines rngcrlj ; cast in the role of young yearn ing he "as playing his patt with the ordor of his natuie, seeing in it, as does em h one of us, u thing cieated for him alone. God knows the drama is older than the dust upon which the Sphinx was buildml ; I.ovc, knows it is rlcriutlly as new ami fresh and fragrant ns blossoming violets, ltobert Stetheril knew that in the world were many things desirable, but nothing bo to be desired as a girl. In the beginning- sh" had touched his leaping fancies with the physical chnrm of (tor rare beauty. He had never seen nn) thing so beautiful. In his young jiont's soul nothing stood higher than perfect loclim'ss. CIIAPTKU XXXI "We Have No Right!" They met at the door of the little fchoolhoiise. The last of her handful of pupils had scampered down the knoll. Out in the country .road they were making great clouds of dust into which the) raced in barefooted merriment, l'nld's back was to him as lie waited; she was locking the door. IIo could hear her humming nit old song. Then she turned, still unconscious of his near no!,, her wide straw hut in one hand, her luii'-h basket in tho other. He had never ecu her quite so pretty. She stopped and grew very still when (lie saw him. Tor a little she did not move, only the deep swelling of her breast, a little quickening of her musing oes, n faint deepening of color in her ihceks bespeaking the emotion which his uni'xi ti'd coming hail aroused within her Then she smiled quickly, the old. glad smile, though even then it seemed to his acute scnsci not quite its own ftiontnneiiiis self, and came forward to meet him. her hand held out to him. Tmd '" be said. "1 am glad, ltobert," she answered. her elf-puscsinii far greater than his. So glad to see you again." She lit him tetain her hand, kept the smile upon her lips as he crushed bur hnzei's in Ids. Sloulj their bands fell npnrt. To gether, "in silence, they turned and vnlkid down tho knoll and out into the vo.id. lie wanted her in his arms as lie had wanted lur all these empty weeks. .Iustwl.it it was that held him powcr hs t iimw her into his embrace be did mt 1. i ". Certainly not the fact that ili . inrjing uti'liins might see him; hi li.i. fiitgiitten that they existed. Al iiaili a piculhii' restraint bad arisen U linen I hem. With so much to saj the nii'1 nothing. The silence inn t n.i'd as the dust puffed up under their het, nut the contented silence of other ill. but a stillness which was mangelv disquieting. An.uii and again he lifted his ejes to l.er face and she, feeling the look, turni-1 to imet it squarely, lie came nt Ian to feel that she was waiting for 1 m to speak. "1 i el " he asked her, his ijes trnnb.il and anxious, "do jou l"e me. ilar'' n Imven'i htopped luting me, lute yu-' "l'he jou," she told him steadily. Anil, ipiitu simply ns though putting into imiiei vsMitry wouls tho ery ohvi lus. he milled, '"I shall never stop lov ing yon 'S ti know that." "Tin n, Knid, wliut Is it, dear? 1 thought that we should be so lutppj, Jest to I together again. That ecrj tling was going to be all right with yon imd me That we were going to make it all right." "Isn't it''" she asked quickly, the frtt lint ut' uneasiness blowing in her nuinm r "ion know it isn't. You must feel it. As 1 i.. Don't jou, Knid'.'" ' V I do know it, Kobeit." ' 'I i ' what is ilV" he ib'iiiauded as lias the light to know, "i on 1 1 il I love jou. You sit) that me In theie anything in nil ild of worlds th.it I'.m nutlet The woul came faintly but ' We luuo bad so much time ltobert. And though to u ir love seems the very great - in tho world, wo can't for- CD' ktlii 'on tl.l' v, then .s firiulv to tl I,, tail ii . Cst II. II 'Vil "t '" he challenged sharply when ilii In stated. ll'it tor the moment circumstances C"1 hi'i i"silto ftom the answer. A Mnhlpii I !a-t of a mot r horn, tin glee- lliil si, .nt f the I'hildren far nheiid, a I'e - i il of dust and u big touring Icoi , N'liniiL' down imoii tliem. Tliej I11 ' httle further to the side of the l H'l l it I,, iiiisu mm. 1 til r tho Mltlltl! 1 n ll.o leiir sent hud called B so; i i I.- to lior lesiilemli'iitlv imi - If' i"' I iluwr and the automobile slop I'i'l .-i iiliivit of tliem. Kvel.Mi Iluud l,U I i a lmiIv. it I il ' ' she cried. "And Knid. "I li I ih lighted to seo Jou. bolli of lii simiilj ria.j to talk with tl I" fou bou1 V Iocs '.v tt, till 'ear n lOiiht mi , ii in1 iep ii, hiniiL. I iuioiut, 1VI.H, ll'lllg THE GUMPS I Wonder If Dreams Conic True ANOTHER PAV OoME bY ANt NO HOME XE.Y ALU PAV L0N5 HE VORRtE$ AWt AT NiGHY HE PREAMW- :::::: Sidney Smith 4m' f "we ia -nfAi-mve CO7 poor fish 1mti . SOMEBODY'S STENOGMarjj Doodle Testifies, Too CfifrlQllt t'121 y ln I II. I . ti; By II ay ward no illU'inathe suggesting itself 1 i I i the cur ami shoo!; hands I'M- wi'ic ilani'Inx. her culm rf' i t. her mood was nun of !" She had entertained her ' i fur liiiicheon, had bad ull in a lertain quarter set aside I v oil lier "1IJ to 1oekwoitll I" t. legiaph ii diamond neck "i wlui b she had set her heait 1 ' i holu'J inoiiu, I. ' she inn on, "jou'ie just ' in I hut delir little gown! i I jou liud siirh u dulling ' "ii--iii Itohert. s hut mil' ler him, "jou desei'M' no i,i... . . ""'ii iiiil. i at 'i in i.i. in?. 1 i' iln i know that 1 had off led." e ri'im. t lestntiut of bis minimi' Wuig .mite uiiiiutlied by the effusive ... i It., i fho ,. Piiillt i lollll MBtllJ 1 i huii'! All this time, sln.'o 1 '"ii li''eihoiied from 1'icd lu Sau Kntnelsio 1 1 ief of ' a ii been going about- wilh "11 top i. mj steiy loikeil up ill dnte set for the wedding. "I was youn once upon a time myself, you may re member! Drive on, Dutton. And be sure you conic to see me real soon, both of you! (iood-by, good-by." She was on her way again in lier speeding enr, ltobert and Knld on their way, walking in tho dust. Her coming nml going hnd been In the manner of a whirlwind lenvins an unbroken quiet after it. Through the silence which went with them be could feel the thing that be had felt from tho beginning. Knid with all of her might was seeking to be as she bad alwajs been with him, seeking and failing. "Tell me," be said at 1at. "What is it? You are sure that jou love me? As l love you.' She nodded. The wide brim of lier lint hid lier ejes from him. Her head was bent a little; there was a misty blur across lier sight. "It was what Kvelyn said?" lie asked slowly. "It is because I liaie been a thief?" She might have evaded the quest inn for a little; she mlcht have answered in many hesitant words instead of In one final one, but then she would not have been Knid. So she told him gently, "Yes." When ho did not speak again she iiiokcii ar. mm ami saw tliar Ins eyes wire dark with pain and that there was a dull, hot flush in his cheeks. She wanted to put her two arm about him nml mother him; she wanted to slip to his lueast and feel the giip of his aims about her; she wanted to crj. Milt she turned away and bit nt lier lieinbling lip ami looked through the m't of lier tears at the shimmering, sun-smitten road. Into his breast came a flash of re bellion. He loved her: she said that she loved him. A man may light -for his life and for his Ion- without shame. "Knid, he said. " bine been a thief all of my life. I have never known anj tiling else until these last few months. Mut il is different now. That is n part of the past. Can't we try to forget it? Can't we begin nfiesh now? Can't we build up our lives from today ? My Clod ! 1 love jou so that no natter what jou might have done, no matter what you might have been, I'd want you! That is what love means. Don't jou know that, Knld? I am un " in thy, but I love jou sn that in the future nothing will be impossible. And if jou love me " "I love jou, ltobert. More than ewijthiiig else In the world. Mut can't jou see. dear, what is best wh it miit be " "Mut whj'.' Why?" he cried passion ately. "Is it that jou wou'd be ashamed " " "Don't!" she said quickly. "You n. list know me better than that ! 1 am not nshaiiiei! of jou. I "oiild be pinud - proud " if 1 were not afraid " " It (lime in a whisper. In spite of her determination her 'nice broke and she could no go on. "Afraid of what? Of me, dear?" "I said, before I knew who jou were," she continued, "that I wassoiry for l.aih lingers. That he had never hnii a cha'iee. That jou have become what jou have, in spite of circum stances, lli.it jou lui'e educated jour seslf, made a gentleman of yourself. I ii in proud of you " "You are afiaid " "Not of jou." whispered Knid. "Not of jou. Oh, Itobett! Can't jou see?" lie shook his head, lie was not thinking of that. She would have to till him. And, though it was not ensy, she told him. "Do jou lemember, on that day hi the w niuls, how 1 told jou that some day l.adjlingois would have to puj ? The laws men make " "I. Men, Knid!" Iw luoke in e.igeilv. "I don't w.inl joi to ho afr.ihl that -nine day I'll he in rested and drugged to jail. 1 want jou to know that, so lai ax has been im-silile, 1 h.io made ustitiitinn. K'eiv icnt I hae taken in all in v life I have imid hack, tiraiid mother mid I lui'e put .ill these months Into it And innn', we Iiiim- tall, with .Mr. (ialbralili. - He's the Sail l'miii'isio district nllnlluH jou know and with I ho chief of police. There is absoluiel' 'in i 'iilence ill the world against me, Thej have both said that tlieie will lie no in rest since with the light 1 inii'd put up conviction would be utterly nn pi vihlc. There is no fear of nn lim ing to puv t lint way unless," and he uiidcd It liiltirly. sieing that th" giuv it' hud but Blown 111 her ejes. "the thief was light "hen he slid '" '"'What was it, ltobeit?" "Thai old lie!" h" hluilnl out. "lie sajs he'll get me jet he aose. 'Once a iiimk. ah'iijs a i mull" oil don't be lli i'n lh it. do VOU?" "If it were jusl that, ltobert, I'd hike my i hum e and thank tioil for n Tell me this, Koherl ; tell me the tiuth inul I will believe jou: Might now. in oiir heait. nic wni any dilleieut fmiii the innn 'i"i 'mve iilwins been?" "What tin jo i menu?" "I mean I'orgi'e me denr! Yon liavii called jmirsilf a thief! Has miv P'.il change i nine in jou? Or Is U just ibut outside ciiciiiiislancos h.ie changed? D jou look at the things jou h.l" done as wnmg, utleily wiling? Till in" 11"' truth " Knld," he jih a. led with her, "can t we fin net what K past? Can't we lugin hut';" "I don't think so, Unbelt. In his hiatal v.n wasn't the chief of police light? Have jou i cully cluing! d inside or is It just as if it were the same l.atl) lin.'i Is in a new suit of dollies?" "If 1 t'H jou that, no mutter what ballpens, ril'iio'ci' " Mut she shoot; her hcnl. "I don't wan' to plc.it h at jou, she -aid sollh She e'en sought his hand anil piiss'id ii. "Vou an- a good man nml I In'f u- Mut ' "" CONTINTKD TOMOKItOW f iusJk f,?P,XnnVf ft,1 A,HT S3 ACEi I T" OW C OM S? IfCbAl-reMPTUV COURT? ES RUMT VAJHO WAAITS 10,000 DAWA6ES .' RELATED YR CAA4T C A .1V -n-, y-i c wrsi ' "r Wm Rc-r T'ffrtT TiAlTPWPT brr YOU -ASSIST MISS O'FLAGE, HIS STEHOG, U JOTICE IT ! r J r AWV TfeAl OFWUj 7?,U JSLr . ? t SrrpLpT bO YOU ? WHAT A CUTE LITTLE GlRU ! JJ53 sU-J "- -.- , UW COURT .' I 5oT COAlTEMPT , U WHERE'S YOUR MAMMA ? MARV DOODLE M M B - X-l t JJ THE HULL WORLD I HAVt' j IS YOURAIAME ISAiTIT? AMV ,zrs . Lf QY , js. "' - Ui SHOW ME A COURT It Rvwdl L- ryWTIee i W- l&w$ ?) j' WtSk y '--m CAn L,c,tlra 'IS II The Young Lady Across the Way yW f-'. . v. U ' I'SJ) XJ h 'III ft&L I M T Th. young lady across the way says she saw in the paper about one concern thnt hadn't passed a di'ideml in twuity-tluee jears and the stockholders must be getting tired waiting. 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