pr7 -fw I ( .jj sWv IP5, ter- r EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1022 flew a 3nsN patenter Starilet a ftfiftorkTem 9 By Katharine Ncivlin Burt arlne S'twlin tturt. PrH..j tti nrvfiiirtHiiit 1..1H. . ""i',",n' xui diet reptUtnn Ktwsyayrr Strvtcs Q Mary or Heleitet Which Should Win Unusual Herot WHO'S WHO IN l" nam 0. T. iinwienni. By Sidney Smith n brink 8 Si!.rt7r. diamond (n flif rough trhe '?,." A.iArnt (Juratien. lie Is I, Jffirdi enrf nlU7nf, Meiffh trn- WWII helre), ?'." '' "; " T-J iiifilM ncfine Ob ner viir oho is fk ulffc M" ell enrl vtrllltv. jluC ..ViM FADDVN, i dominating mil. Ke ;?arricrf. but Ulcd eJ. mmIm or HeleUe. "fiLShii elrl. 0 rlcfc chamrcr our rpe T,K5Si er father, a gentle, nnvractl fH'Sa $ehelar, hat btin tlhewncd tar 'Jlnne out of hit elite: Bite trachea u old te their 'income, and became, ... i htr DMDi'S. MS eniSBCOOMBC. aunt et the etrli, ?m eiuM a home te ItcMee. but ignore Uehi. M arttteeratie. out m re JVi tnvnt her being under the thumb of tALKS. a fat, inaeirni miy;inn. irne O ffij "iaflfiiM. and 0 ha u;errt ven- etenvi uu' ...... SXICS. I"., who hn h'lpcd 0 out ft Umbarraitment. lie levti L'MPfli?. e wellrfii. e whom 0 ftn been I "New Thcre Isn't Any IIope at AU" HE twisted the ticseeciiing, rejectcu hand into ltd fellow; se mm wns ner ' . n,1lrnniP!lt tlint It mnde nor Laere bis unaccustomed hnrshncss. "I'm net geliiK te etny here nny mere, ft Mid, loeklne from b de te .Bide, rm Beared. If I de, thut I'll i?ct narrled t0 Jenns Benten. New that tbtre Isn't nny hope nt nil" her benu benu Hfalleng thrent nbeve the bluibby cellnr , thin blue perse Jecket moved ns At wal!eecl violently "well wlmt h S, use! Wbnt'K te keep my reurase n nyny. asnlnst these two nlwnys Jlijulng and qunrrelln nnd thruntcn Q I'm (telnR nny." "Sure what s the use! he fcnld. "Jlljht ns well get out. SliiypenkiH iln't the whole wenu. noeti-uy. . Willi n firiui tin .ii ui . " fcrced himself te take her linna. It wns tT cold, and that fnct faintly reached 111 imagination. Her ejes cIuiir te his u though they wished te tell him some toerate truth. She snid in n whisper, "Geed-by," a whisper that neknowl neknewl 'titti a faint hope of which his manner ltd deprived her, then she went en nleng Qe hall, her hand holding te the ratling rf the ttalr-wcll. She moved very dewly new, though before Q came out, lie had been walking in het hnste. "I've told them," she murmured, "that I was going te shop." She tUrted down the btnlrs. Mechanically, Q enrue te tbe well iii watched her. The habit of sym- Ehy cannot be broken in an instant, i own mood of reckless deviltry, the jtllness of his smothered intentions, fcade her actions readable te him. He Kit remembering in a cold, impersonal jishlen that be had Been her nt least mce in cl03c conversation wmi inai taitt, Insolent, geed-looking drummer ttoBet even with Ged by lnughing nt lis fellow men. (J knew that drum ter type remarkably well, its neise nnd Insolence and tnwury soiled emotions; tie towns of his West were infested Ith loud-mouthed cheerfulness nnd whispering, Hilarious gnl'nntrlcn. Why tenld Sephie be hobnobbing with that fellow? liecau e nil women were clients ind feels' Or becnut-e, being turned tut c( tier heaven, there was no plnce left for her hurt spirit but hell. The Us bad a meter, tee. or nt least had tit running of one in the Interests of lla rnlArmnncllIn Tf lilllr1 in Of I tl f (1 r I lepbie a quick getaway, a quick nnd complete escape trem ncr intoiernDie treadmill of drudgery nnd persecution. i, picture of Laurie's sensitive face, ten, quick, nnd haunted eyes, bejish oep of curly red hair, his struggling loot, pierced Q's hardness, nnd en tlint lutant, as though his thought called, Beplle, faltering down the steps, lifted jp her eye? te him once. j sprang liter her down the stnir, passed her lad turned about, barring her way. .e, you den t, you bophie gel, he pound out softly through set teeth, 'l'eu go back nnd lock eurself into JMr room while I go down nnd beat p that tmlllns feller te n pulp." bephie, led ns fire, cried out pas Bwately, "Let me by!" e, ma am. ou go back." Bbe turned white. "Yeu have neth- te fay about wlint 1 de. I'll en Where I nle.as,.. u-ifh nnv fnllntv I lease. Who cares? Let me get bj !" Tien, with a leek down and n triumph- i, pale finlle, "rather's coming up. Pfeu den t get out of my waj, I'll 'beam." 11. tnn PlnnnAll flnilfH .n I I. l.nH , .,, hiannu UUII UHT III.' IIIIII- er, and saw that in fact Sephie's Wed father was slowly mounting the juk dciew. lie, out of the line vision, bad uet us yet seen them en ittlr. M Q moved h.irlr frnm ila c-lff In. Srt n' ,&I1110 Put her hnnd en him twust him aside, and it needed only OH touch te bring las devil of thwarted, ennded will tntr. vi,.i,.. .....i., n.. Ujted raelaly te type. The trnm- ii. i u c. ' civilization fell from JQ7 " O0 0IlP 11In "ad brought Ua IflCP A nrtA ...11. , .. e- 'Jilcal vinlnnrn 'l,il.. ., .1... .,,. l. ,-,": ."'" '"' mi.iims r, "an been tilting with wind- tot Ma of vngup, opposing forces, liere a eonereio wi.l pitted ngalnst hi. K SVl K(,Hure llu cuB''t Sephie kmt! , ' ll8 nn" i''ress her mouth, Utii .ih ; ' """"" mm, and ran K. ..!m "or across the hall into hN JTVi ,ev?8 uew ''"'''S like "sreas. het h nt , mr, n.i.in.. auit. ;.i."',' :'' ." . l'""i'vi, ima- talY.: . '. lt01"inj; her with one ttlt Tchi n l'1" el0B,,t. found hln euld ti "' ""vrL ler " long there aua in. i. , : """ """imn n twin Wied . 7,00"1'1 "et possibly have im ?,..i1,a P'Kfe where for se Inn.- ihere Wn.n MC'Vty for "s '"nny-slded lth a f n,m1, llke an nt,t nf wizardry, Pnri ' " ''"" B''. J en s EIeln, i "' ' eu,w' '""'J. fing tu llllt .,,lIllcu ,. m"' eitph. tl.: ....!'"" i'"1' "h ' K ain't he . . ""' hurt Pi''"' rl, ,'" time I'P rope, a g Kfll it I Wlfft B . . .w. .....Mil, & "- a .urn nr. ... i j.i. . Bound Kam , '.'"" " JclK tuere, lie BSltT,e..H,,h the nmxlinum of ...VV ?nd the minimum .f .11,,,,,. KM cendB that It took him te perform e k.lle ba' kpPt hnn.1 or nrm odeM:,' , '"mn '. . t the last, Mla..i .un lr l,0,'",t n beauti- Naeft Iff an"rpiief, 10 made of fae H?t,Unl,a?' rt htoe.I back. r"Phant ' ,mppy' ",Mlerfl. H. . . "nsy till T v.... 1.....1. v..... s you pull ag'in' ty. Vwn,r,rR,K T s,ne11 t Ma wt hour, ,j?l,,';r, Vth K "'I .f hi ..'""" ntnlkin' i i,. t i ,'c ten ,. ' " " ."',",l "' '"' t Bgeln' iV . r s"'""i at me. & .-l5rn. ,f de 110 tllllfln' In rn,. Lt -uill In l,,.i i. . ''.' f n tniiV ; ' '" i"tiier fe er Wr "J"11' '"'tter. fJend-liv. ....1. Her illJ fmfertnhle. uin't' vn.VV" r. Iilni ln,Bnt,Mul,,l,p,! M'1,,1"K lr her ,7.ni '.'i ,mn "ew '"' Uf the ri , ' i,en. ''"" '"itkly '"hisieT" ll0 1"'"", t', y KU,Venl,7pc,,,,,n,,",y ,""1 "'I" 00 of ll, ii'.'" "W'PllHlii'd in 5"B OUt in H(,iV:T, ,,,"l '"'t (. S JuS ; n rrii"i,,,c ,l" '' ",rl 'I'IiI.'b ClJiiB.,;.1 T" tuiiiien tut' gleredbV rn Va,mi'1 Hlm''' ""' lfcy iJSlrner1,, ,ni nlel,s "xpleleii (.f the ttni, "" " uMrniiveni n,,nini..u ..., i.i. "'"neens ni, .1 ",l"1". i 'i iii I a Hen), e n"v"H '!' r,lll,oom r,lll,eom r,lll,oem Launch01 , ,:'..! ' 'ru.t out cuvvy rBh'n fr hcr unltl """" """" He Hinllcd nt the fat, amnll man's .,n?Sf.;,1g 1?,C,1,0,V nn, t en the pavement, where he hailed his friend n .Ferd""? r '" U- nrt of '"""'" .."1.wnVt V ,0 H.m,r J'0"1, cll'',' "J Fnn"it0 V.cst Lemmeii en h high chin c pushed nnd pulled and tumJ nnd hounded away from Mein street n& n lilazc of dusty rendwny tewnrd tke west. i,S,,iJ.crHln'ti nmI waylng phyBlcallj. thought Btendy and utralght, dlstrnetcd f em his own pain. He knew that lu this in sslen liis tengue was his one available weapon and, of dli etherfl, he most mistrusted it. He was no tnlkct sllence hnd always been his tool. Hut new ha must at once and forever con vince a man, by words, of Sephie's need. It wns heaven or hell for Sephie, and only this one mnn could turn her back. It web, at top speed, nn hour's Journey te West Lemmen. The dusty I' erd poked Its nose Inte the elm-shnded, bread -streeted, pretty town nt hnlf past five, nnd Q, Inquiring the wnv te Dr. Laurence Snles' office, reached it a few minutes later nnd found that th doctor was net at home. He would be back, however, probably In half nu hour. The assistant wondered Hym pathcticnlly if it wcre the thought of dvln? wife or child nt home that drove the tall, bright-eyed visitor te nnd fro across the deer of the waiting room, oho ran out ncress the pavement nnd caught Laurie by the arm as he stepped from liis automobile. She wns usually a quiet, prim little soul, but Q's light ning had struck her Inte vitality. "Oh. Dr. Sales, there's a desperate mnn in there. He's been waiting for hnlf nn hour." Lnurie looked startled, smiled nnd went in, being hurried through the hnll by the excited woman. He dragged a jaded body nnd dulled spirit into the efBre, and opened his folding doers, conscious ns lie did se that there wna In him scant sympathy for n new need. Theie come Q, te meet him, und drew him in and shut the doers with his own hnnd. "Sit down there," said Q, pointing the young doctor te his desk chair nnd standing ever hira, tense, forceful, charged with urgent feeling. "Yeu licv told me before new that I ought te learn te mind my business. Twict I've mnde a feel of myself afore you, nnd I swere I wouldn't de it no mere. Well, I won't. It nln't no feel business of rescuing n lady tlint don't wnnt rescuing this time. It's a real, honest, desp'rlt girl, and I hev left her shut up In n room lest she go te the devil, nud that's the truth, doc, en my honor. "What's te Keep My Courage Up?" "There's n reld-evcd thin-Hoped devil of a Bnlesmun back there at the Ktvcr Hetel. A feller like him back In Cugnr City enct mnde love te a soft, pretty little gel, a biscuit-shooter, and after lie had quit her she quit livin by the free in-e of n revolver ag'in' hcr threat. She wrote a letter te her ma savin' ns hew she felt tee bad te go en livin' because the way he'd used her hnd sort of chenpened everything, nnd life looked dirty te her. rsetlce, Jt wasn't what she'd done that was drivln her out of the world : she could have lived that down; we'd hnve helped hcr and the baby, if there hnd been one; but it was the way he'd used her. Well, this feller at the Ulver Hetel is the same sort. He s a grand looker, tine cietnes, neat face, pink lips, big eyes, laughs a let, finds folks funny. He's get a machine. Sephie wns en her way te him" here Lnurie steed up slowly and fneed Q across the desk "nt about I o'clock this afternoon. She had en her best hat with h flower in It, and kind of a thin little blue suit, nnd hcr face was white ns pnper, nnd she wns cnrrylng n little b.ig in her hnnd. She run ag'in' me nnd she told me geed -by. Listen new, doc. this is the rest of what she told me. 'I'm net going te stay here nny mere. I'm beared if I de that I'll get married te JennB Benten. New that there isn't any hope at all' " it was extraerdinnry new aepnie a verv tone quivered in (J s low, drnwung voice" 'what's te keep my ceurnge up ngninst these two' she w.ns spenk ing of her pa and Benten, the long, pale old feller, that means te sell out his hotel nnd mnrry her always plaguing nnd quarreling and threatening her. Se she tern me goeu-uy mm ku rinu'n the stairs, nnd It wns right there I began thinking about the drummer nnd you. xeu teiu ncr you nua buiu te murry nnether lady?" Lnurie, breathing quickly, said "no" tiercels Q'rt eyes gleamed. "She thought , .-n I reckon. She'd fought about lone enough, nnd she wns hell-bent en going te tier aruiiiiiu-r. x bwk " her and her intentions and she tried te shove me out of the wny. Her pa was rising steady as cream from the lower sterv, and she said she'd holler, se I picked her up nnd took her te n room, and there I've persuaded her te wait. She don't just knew what she s wait In for, doc, but I was hepln' it might be t :,nin' i.nrl snt down again. His hand en the desk was fisted. He stared unseeiugly at Q. In tbe last fort fert nicht Laurie, tee, hnd been tilting with windmills. He hnd broken with a relentless damsel of much social impor imper i... .. --.i v.iu ivnrl.l had been hurting i i. . ' .i,ii ,,nt se sharnly as his heart, which had twisted him power- Ie tee. was tired of repression; the romanticist, the a. venturer, was en top ; his spirit leaped te meet Q s cbnl- ...i''i.,. loll me veu'rn a first-rate doc," went en the Westerner, ns qulet lv ns he hnd spoken from the first, 'nud tlmt von' re ambitious in n place where the folks think n let of educa- .1-.. .....I ...nnnurs nnd SIlCll. C1I, Sir, I knew places where a doc is needed like "ou need Ged in hell. And where a feller like you tnnt wume iu ......... big niime and n yila of geld has only te walk in nnd wrlte a prescription, and where a woman like Sephie would be a queen. Dec, there's a city grown up like n mushroom out night; it s en oil eitv, nnd It's name Kinwydden, after mi' little "''I rnnt'u "ml lm'- , 1C,V cut some sny about that city, nnd it s full of my friends, ami if bend a Hec out there with his wife, the men and women and children in that place will threw up their hats Inte the air. bay, thev'll mount horses nnd lord cars te meet you nnd lead you in perces perces slen t the finest huuse they cnu pick out They want a doe. l est Lem Lem eon don't knew hew te want anything like they want you. I knewed tight nwuy at lust fight of you that seu was a renl man, like I knewed Sephle was a real woman. Yeu sure like te be free te love thu girl ou wnnt, und te live the life you want, nnd te be n great mnn in our own way, with .. - i,mii-t. Kind of way down somewhere jolt want adventure, don't 1 tCMOU) VMO HE GOT TWKf NtSAE. FROM- WS "THNf LEMOH-WCAbEfc iAi4 Nk VMERE Tfc OCTOa MCWCtNE KXt WEEKS Te NO WML Wt A. 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