.ti ;,t v" '-,$ixi,"tf3fcP" iv":r; s-"!. im'tpstfT, WWWTraWTIilHWfPST'TTSrwrTWWTTOM R- .' "; r if W;' '' . '".h-fflarapiWi' -lf S-WilJjTKS'-A'il s . ' r .W'r - "'-, , , ; ' - v-5vv 5 -.: A 14 v fcvfej&iriG rUBLIC LEDGER- PmLADEHlA, -lOKDAlY OCTOBER ; 23 r ' 192 S$?y:WHV!fc V"'1J c' Mi ii i. H f. iffl.' &. w h 5- 111 ISH ' H Mitt Sat is1!)" H'w JrljM'M' ? THE BREAKING POINT By Mary" Roberts Rinshairfc Mther of "Dangereut Dayt," "K," "The Atnating Inter lude," anil many ether itriklng and lucceaitul novel. Copyright, ltli, by Oewge H. Dera.n Ce. wne'H vine in the btert . PAVtD IJVISaaTONE. eMit vhwle m Havcrlu. a small town, coital bvt Muff. thare n ttcrct conrernlite tciitttu or ln(r beloved xrvhciv lellh , inci. Mj ltr, btteved bu ewnibedv in I town. DR. DtCK IJY1SOSTOXE. in oJie mem-1 en thrre it a aav. uajt it'he it d'termintil eeme dau la ea back fa Anradn. hit cMlu ' Aoed borne. In errfrr In hrfrfe the poe. I .( nil e t'KnKtu and i beulsh looking' and acllna in plt of nit (hlrlu irnr uhe refcmal career. ! is In love umn I fUZABRTlt WHEELER, a wholeieme elrl. i who levee him vtru Mncerrlu. ' BEVERLY CA.nt.Y8LF:. actreit. ten, ttn , vtnre before, teat mtrrd n lit n curlfu; , fiery, er h6ad. .ucni. had Ofen net i le atalfc. ns u:e eenrrallw bfllfvra. ny n i frlan Jd r?larfc. a rlcJi i;ome tnnii about eum. Clark nad dfamatTrt minrnlnlrli , and t was btlttvid n vcrlthrd In a DIU I tard. PRED OHEannr. Btt'trlu'e brother and I manaecr, ichcis retfarchej line Mm ud et(k unet rnnt nicfc Uvlnatimie U Jud Clark. HI di!lr e elfar (Mnoe u. WWA. Ellrnbcfh'i ililfr. an fitravaeant i leuna u'l;. , Jf. I.VX) Jltf.. WHEELER, luelcal Amert eon paranS. .. . . .. WALLIE SAYRE. a rich uutH "i'10" " ejallu tflrct melhr .! Mm te mam miuabtth. cith whom he Is smitten. Dick Return (S THE nlglit Uassctt nml Harrison y 1 v - jsm mBdtL4Btt were In their old accustomed place. Sli drew a long breath. Belew, Recter Reynolds rame in quietly and steed listening. The house wdh very nt 111, elid he decided that his news, which was after all no news, could wait. He went into the office and net out n till pet of note tittpcr, with his name at the top, and began his nightly letter te Clare Rewlter. "My darling," It commenced. Above, -David lay In his bed and Dick read the papers in his hand. And an be read them David watched him. Net once, since Dick's entrance, had RAIL LINES "Well!" she saJ.l. "Dick!" and that exer and ever 'MilW xtptp tn return from Chicago I.ucy sat downstairs in her sitting roeu' waiting ler news. At 10 o'clock, nccenlin te her cm- ..,,,, , , .. ., tern, she went up te sec that David n linu left him. He had spent the entire comfortable for the night and te rend tim li.nl she known it, in Impressing him that prayer for the nbsent with , en his mind the familiar details of the which he alwnjH closed lilt day of wait- rmun, tu furry uway with him, ill. Hut before she went "he Htopped .slip steed beside him, hand en his before the old mirror in the hall te vlnmhler, te bee that he drank the milk Mj if Bhe were any vihible sign of ten- sevly. siun. "J'vc get the fire going," she said. The deer into Dlrk'c office va open. "Anil I'll run up new and get jour and en his once neat desk there lay a clothe. 1 had put them away." Her litter of papers nml letters. She sighed voice broke a little. "Yeu see, we and went up the stair. , v0u can change in your laboratory, David lay prepped up in his walnut Ulchnnl, can't yeuV If you go upstairs Bed. An incredibly wasted and el", he'll hear you." David: the hands en the le-cubln quilt i , . . , . which their mother had made were old "" "? a"d rLV" hands and tired. Sometimes Lucy, with That touch, tee. of the nest te n n frightened gasp, would fear that mother s hand that he had known, he David's waiting new was net all for meant te carry away with blra. He could Dick: that he was waiting for peace. net speak. There had been something new in , She bustled away, into ber brlgM David lately. She thought it was fear. ' kitchen first, and tnen with happy Always he had been se sure of himself; stealth te the storeroom. Her very be ha'd made his experiment in u man's1 heart was singing within her. She soul, and whatever the result he had neither theuchc nor reasoned. Diel; was been ready te face hh Creater with it, back, and all would be well. If s.he Rut he had lest (eur.ige. He had tarn- had any subconscious nnxieties they pered with the things that were te be verc quieted, also subconsciously, by und net he, but Dick, was paying for confidence in the men who were fighting that awful audacity. i,js battle for him, by Walter Wheeler Once, picking up UU prayer book te aml u.ls,fct.tt and Harrison Miller. That read evening prayer, as wus her custom lJi(1,. Mmvt,H wnid present nny diffl diffl new, it had opened at a verse marked cu,tv ,nv beven,i her ,rerst fcnrs. .-' i'!H , & rs fiss mifc'ASr atAS'jsws a... I nryy in. mnm unrl IV In he Pll f,l I M H-c. ...efc ..- uvwB..v .,v ... Cirjr PataaniarAtent Tel.Spruca 0103 a eon. That bad frightened her. Daid's eyes followed her about the "I:ve get an idea eu're keeping attention by her face emcthing from me. I.ucy. "IV Why should I de that?" "Then wherc'a Harrison'" he de manded querulously. She told him one of the few white lies of her life when she said: "He hasn't been well. He'll be ever tomorrow." She set down and nicked un the prajer trolled himself. book, only te find him lifting himself in "Where is he?" the bed and listening. She sat down bcide him and took "Somebody closed the ball deer, I.ucy. i,js nnn, between hers. If it's Reynold, 1 want te see him." "David," she said slowly, "Ged has one get uiiiuiu wnii iu inc. uy.m u. -. E00(i , , j want t0 tell llie HgUt was low in tne ,. amtllnD.. Bnit r ,vnnt Tn tn nre- pare yeunelf. We have heard from Dick, lie is all light. He loves us, as he always did. And he is down- asleep, lie was lying uaca wiin ins eyes cleed nnd his hands crossed en the prayer-book. Gut be looked up nt her. nnd was instantly reused te full 'You've had borne news," he said. "Yes, David. There's a little news. Don't count tee much en it. Don't sit up. David, I have heard semcthins that makes me think he is alive. Alive and well." He made a desperate effort and con- the stairs. bell beneath, and she saw a man stand -inc there. Rut she still were her rend ing glasses, und she saw at first hardly . mere than a figure. .11 i., ...... ii- t,..MeV oie stairs, uavia. sked in her high old voice. . "e lay very still nnd without speak- Then she put her hand te her threat ng. She was frightened at first, afraid and steed rigid, staring down. Fer the te go en with her further news. But man had whipped off his cap and steed suddenly Dnwd sat up in bed and in u with his arms wide, looking up. full, firm xeicc began the Te Deum Helding the stair rail, her Unccs trem- 1-audamus. "We praise thee, O Ged : Wing under her. I.ucv went down, and - acknowledge thee te he the Lord, net until Dick's arms were around her All the earth doth worship thee, the was she sure that it was Dick and net' Father everlasting, bis shabby, weary ghost. She clung te He repeated it in Its entirety. At him, teuri streaming down her face, ti. 0I1Ui however, bis voice broke. Mill in that cautious silence which gev- ' ,'(j enl. in thee have I trusted erned them both : she held him off and x (leubted Him. Lucy." he said, looked at him and then strained herself I Dick wnitins nt the feet of the te him again, as though the sense of , , , d thnt triumphant paean of unreality w-ere tee strong and only the , k; ,v, und praise and closed his contact of his rough clothing made him ' . ' real te her a still a band around Dlck'b threat. It hurt him te leek at David, se thin and feeble, se sunken from his former pertllncs;. And David saw his ejes and knew. "I've dropped a little flesh. h, Dick?" he Inquired. "Old bulge Is gene, you see. The nurse niakeH up the bed when I'm in it, fiat as when I'm out." Suddenly his composure broke. He wes n feeble and apprehensive old man. shaken with the tearless sobbing of weakness and age. Dick put an arm across his shoulders, and they sat with out speech until David was nulct again. I "I'm a crying old woman. Dick." David said at last. "That's what comes of never feeling a pair of pants en your legs and being coddled like a baby." He sat up and stared around hint ferociously. 'They sprinkle violet water en my pillows. Dick'. I Can you beat that?" Warned by Lucy, the nurse went te j her room and did net disturb them. Hut she Mt for a time In her rocking chair before she changed into the night- I gown and kimono In which she slent en the couch In David's room. She knew ' a rf CL AVTftIM 1 ll.n .In.,. nn.1 l. 1.I..1I.. I l.-.l I " Vfc.T I WH ... ,-w... , ti,u uvi miHiiy liruri HClJtMl ' witinn iter. What geed would It de after all, this home-coming? Dick could net stay. It was even danger- I mis. Rejnelds had confided te her that i he suspected n watch en the heue by ' the police, and thut the mall was being opened. What geed was It? i Acress the hall she could hear Lucy moving briskly about in Dick's room, changing the bedding, throwing up the windows, opening nnd closing bureau , drawers. After n time Lucy tapped1 at her deer and she opened It. ( "I put a cake of scented senn nmenc your handkerchiefs." she aaid, rather breathlessly. "Will you let me have it for Dr. Dick's room?" She get the soap and t It te her. "He 19 geln te atay, then?" "Certainly he is going te stay," Lucy 6ald, surprised. "This Is his home. Where else should he go?" But David knew. He lay. listening with avid interest te Dick's sterv, ask ing a question new and then, nodding ever Dick's halting nttempt te recon struct the period of his confusion, but all the time one part of him. a keen and relentless inner voice, was saving : "Loek at him well. Held him close. Listen te his voice. Because this hour Is yours, and perhaps only this hour." "Then the Sayre woman doesn't knew about your coming?" he asked, when Dick had finished. "Ne." "Still, she mustn't talk about having seen you. I'll send Itevnnl,!- nn i ,i,.. j morning." He wa eager te hear et what had occurred in the long interval between them, and geed, bad and indifferent Dick told him. Rut he limited himself te events, and did net touch en hi mental battles, and David saw and noted it. The real story, he knew, lay there, but it was net time for it After a while he raised himself in his bed. "Call Lucy, Dick." When she had come, a strangelv younger Lucy, her withered cheeks Hushed with exercise and excitement, he said : "Rrlng me the copy of the statement I made te Harrison Miller. Lucy." She brought it, patted Dick's shoul sheul der and went awuy. David held out the paper. "Read it slowly, boy," ha said. "It is my justification and, Ged willing, it may help you. The letter Is from my brother Henry. Read that, tee." Lucy, having get Dick's room In readiness, sat down in It te awult his coming. Downstairs, In the warming even, was his supper. His bed, with the best blankets, was turned down and ready. His dressing gown and slippers he mentioned Elizabeth. David lay still nnd pondered that. There was some thing wrong about It. This was Dick, their own Dick no shadow ghost of the past, but D(ck himself,. True an elder Dick, strangely haggard nnd with gray running In the brown of his hair, but still Dick; the Dick whose eyes had lighted at the sight of a girl, who hud sliamelessly " persisted In holding her hand nt that last dinner,- who had almost Idolatrously loved her. And he had net mentioned her name, Te he continued tomorrow CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP LINES Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Stc. Marl Railway (Soe Una) Duluth, Seuth Shere and Atlantic Railway - (Th Seuth Shere) Passenger Department Freight Department will be located in the new CROSS BUILDING LOCUST STREET, AT 16th - en and after OCTOBER 23rd 1922 F. T. GOODMAN DUtriqt Freight Ageni. Tel. Spruce 7760 EVERY FORD TRUCK owner will save time and money by equipping his car with the new TndI i ail t'"m mmm rnrnn r i i y i?tyl7n a cSCinute nr Change Rjm Yeu can demeunt and mount the hardest frozen -en shoe in two minutes A new time and money saving rim device that every Ferd Truck owner will want. Ne mere dirty, back-breaking, sweaty jobs of pryinsr, pulling and pounding the shoes from and en the rim. Adds one-third te one-half life of tires. Eliminates inner-tube pinching. Increases personal comfort of driver. Pays for Itself Within Short Time X: 1 The A'eic Tfay FREE itratiea Meadiy ni Tuetday. Dan't mliis It. The urmblr te uttrnil drm drm drm onHtrttdeii, write for Rrpre n t n 1 1 r c te mil. Ne ehll itatlen. The Stw Way Fetded Triplek placed intidc tire See this remark able time nnd money saving RIM. Prove it. You'll, want full equipment when you realize what it means. . i TrieUk tatit'j let into place by meant of eity timptc tool We'll Trip-lek your old rims within fc 2d hnttrenf alii is TiAUA P Rims in exchange at once. Price 4 Triplek Mfg. Ce. S,2K'S It was net until they were in hr lttinc room with the deer cle.-pd thnt cither of them dared te speak. Or per haps could speak. V.wn then she kept bold of him. 1 "Dick!" she aid. "Dick." And that, ever and ever. "Hew is heV" he was able te ask finally. "He has been very ill. I began te think Dick. I'm nfraiil te tell him. I'm afraid he'll die of joy." He winced at that. There could net be much joy in the fnreuidl that a reming. Winced and almost staggered. lie had walked all the way from the city, and he had had no feed thut duy. "We'll have tn brenk it te him vcr gently," he said. "And he mustn't spe me like this. If you ran lind soine of my clothes and Reynolds' razor, VII ' He caught suddenly te the back of a chair und held en te it. "I haven't taken time te cat much today,' he said, smiling nt her. "I guess I need feed, Aunt Lucy ' Fer the first time then she saw hn clothes, hia shabbiness nml his pallor. eyes. It wa n few minutes later that Lucy cuine down the stairs again. "Yeu heard him?" she nsked. "Oh, Dick, he had frightened me. It was mere than ii question of himself and veu. He was making it one of himself and Ged." She let him go up alone nnd waited below. Mrnining her cars, but she heard nothing bevend David's first! Iinarse cry. anil after a little she went into her sitting room and shut the doers. I Whnteicr lay underneath, there was no surface drama In the meeting. The determination te ignore any traged In the situation was strong in them both, nnd If David's eyes were blurred and his hands trembling, If Dick's first I words were rather choked, they hid' their emotion carefully. "Well, here I am. like a bad penny!" i nid Dick huskily from the doorway. "And a long time you've been about it." grumbled Davle.. "Yeu young rascal:" He held out his hand, and Dick crushed It between both of hlx He ' and perhaps slie guessed the truth. Shein,. Htartled at the change in David. get up, her face twitehin?, and pushed rir a moment he could only stand him into n chair. there, holding his hand, and trjlng te "Yeu sit here," she said, "nnd lenve K0Pp i,8 npprebenslen out of his face. the deer closed. The nure is out for '-Sit down." David said awkwardly,1 a waiK, anu sue u nc in seen l ll nd blew his nose with a territic blast brin some milk nml cookie new. nnd "I've been laid up for n while, hut Mart the fire. I've get some chop in I'm all right new. I'll feel them yet." the heue.' he boasted, out of his happiness and When she came back nlmen imme- content. "IJuslness has been going te dlately, with the familiar tray and the the dogs, Dick. Reynolds is a feel." familiar feed, he was sitting where she ' "Of course you'll feel them." There Uncommon Sense : Making Ignorance Inexcusable liy JOHN IU.AKE T OOK ever the men reading newspa- ; VTONB of these who read it carefully1 LJ pers in a railroad train or a trolley IN page after page Including the, nr. advertisements can remain ignorant Most of thrm arc skimming the news. ' NOi7 1,eng' ., . i i , .i i in ? It is as if they were standing en dancing at the headlines, stepping for R0II1P j,jgh eminence, witnessing all that a minute or two nt the comic pictures. Is happening in the world, with a wise A few of them are reading intentlv, . interpreter by their sides telling them mid nbserbedlv wl,nt il a11 means. i d atserhedly. Tlipre Jt n(,W8 of ,,,, M , These few are doing what every 0f politics, of world movement, of art newspaper reader can de If he cheeses m the nlwny fascinating news 0f the getting nn education. ( (Ieing(i 0f tne important people who are ' EVBim'!IINO that In a newspa- , of Uieught. f XJ per is put in because its readers the face of the earth, gathered nnd nut want It there. ,, ehlpn, nnd in the malls, nnd en I, limine linn ,a ii mJii'iMiuip Ulltl legitimate demand for entertainment, illustrations, comic pictures and ether ilimising features arc carried by the Majority of papers, Hut every paper carries also a com plete digest of all the news of the world, and many Jnformntive and thoughtful articles about the news und about national and International af fairs. the radio, thut the people who buy the much nbeut it as the trained observers ' who were en the spot. Te get this view of the weild every day is te get an education. Ne reader of this newspaper, If he is an attentive reader, can defend his Ignorance, THE means of enlightening his mind nt IiIm Iinml. If lie rfulllv mnlrAB . .. ,. i , i .-.. . .:: . :.:"'. " ie mail or woman wne hub ii-nrneu , use et It, lie will in n little while be te nad ha an excuse for ignorance in nble te talk intelligently, which is a Jhee days. . dgu te ether men that he Is educated, The cost of a newspaper te its pub- ' and te think Intelligently, which re-Hthr-aV is ety gtc.1t, but Its cot te moves all limits from the education he will he iiule te acijulrc. -ittf rideiti is insignificant. Bread St. at Susquehanna Ave. JJaLI EttabHshed 188 Bread St. at Susquehanna Ave. JImHTL grzr - . I ' "B rg5? rasrtrcsfifetelL V Four-Piece Walnut $ Bedroom Suite 137-50 This very reasonable suite in the modified Adam design is made with genuine walnut veneer tops, fronts and ends and finished in walnut throughout. Every inch of the suite is hand rubbed. All drawers are stained and finished inside and out. Ends, backs and drawer bottoms are made of three-ply veneer. All cast pulls en drawers and doers are finished in silver. The chair and rocker of this suite, illustrated, are also finished in walnut with cane seats. The accompanying night table is also made in walnut and is an absolute neces sity te the modern bedroom suite. Very convenient for night or boudoir lamp or flower vase. Then the cedar chest for the bedroom. It is net classed as a luxury any longer, but is new an article of necessity. The one shown here is reasonable in price and terms. Made of genuine Tennessee red cedar, it is 44 inches long, 2012 inches high and wide and if covered with attrac tive cretonne can be utilized as a window seat as well as a chest for storage. $7.50 $8.50 $1 K.00 41 $18 Pay 11,09 Weekly 15 nff"J"S B l 9Tj4 $22.50 ray tl 00 Weekly Delivers Complete Outfit te Yeu EN MONDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVGS.3 i -' ' " . i wwy M "Here's the Very Thing I Want" C That ph'rase is being spoken daily by hundreds, by thousands, as they glance through their Public Ledger Classified Columns Morning and Evening. Fer here are the things that every one wants. Here are the chances for employment. Here are offered the bargains in homes, in furnishings, in musical instruments, in pets. Here are advertised the best apart ments and rooms. In these columns the best class of empleye offer his or her services, knowing that the offer is reach ing the highest and best type of employer. c CL "Here's the very thing I want" is sure te rise te your lips, tee, as you study these Classified Columns. Their contents are se bread their offerings se varied that, no matter what your wants and desires, a study of the Public Ledger Classified Columns Morning and Evening will help te fulfill them. Yeu ewe it te yourself te read these Classified Advertisements daily. Yeu may be missing the very opportunity you've been looking for the chance for pleasure or profit that you've se long wanted. 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