Evening star., 1913-12-30

after he died. about year ago, | was
crazy lonesome. and started in with
some of the girls. It's the only place
girl can 90 to have fun evenings"
The spieler's stuck on you, amt he?
He's a peach. I'd like TO have a spieler
stuck on any girl 4 IiHed." Mccartney 5
tone was sneering.
Let me tell you something. Miss
q Shaughnessy. You're on the wrong car
You want TO transfer, and transfer
quick.' ------ ----------.
IF the dancin's acadeny amt good
enough for you why don't you cut il
out?'. She inquiEed. Then. size continued
ansr!iy: What's SO wrong about
1t ain; the dancin' folks has got it in
fer. It's the ow-down NUTS that runs
the halls and the way they treat the
girls. Dancins all right when its done
girl 10 stay straight long With things
the way they run em in these joints"
Nance's clear gaze wayered and she
cr,lnpled in her chair. But she said.
oraeely: u don't give whoop where !
go, and nobody else don't. | work like a
Dago all day and like TO forget it at
night I'm crazy about dancin. and this
Is the only place girl can dance
You can't keep up the. dance hall pace
and Keep straight. rapeattedJthe red
headed man, sulleniy. ..tt-:...-.
/ him 80 - ~
There was sudden crash of chords
from the piano merging .irrto the strains
!. oi- a wsBz The color flooded back 10
i Nance's tace and she jumped lightly to
heG feet. fhe Eed-headed man followed
| ber down the stairs. only 10 see her float
away In the arms of the spieler.
At the end OF the waltz the spieler
was forced to return to = his duties
'MeCartney took Nance firmly by the
arm and ted her to the window. There.
While she recovered her breath, they
| Watched the spieler struggle TO remove
/ from the room newcomer who was
! bolsterous with drink. The woman was
4 not ten Years older than. Nance Yet she
was hollow-eyed and hectic. bedrag-
/ gled and slatterniy. insolenfs and de-
/ rant. : -fss,.>
MoCartney turned to Nance. Say
:! srs, 90 sou 'eet onto thas9 There's lust
ono thing that'n keep yon from lookin'
I like her. like Name Ryan ten years
/ from how. You'lt be dead ia two years.
! Nancc's eyes went fierce. L ain't
never been drunk" she cried. What
YOU giyiu me - .e . i
I'm givin' II to you straight. You
s0t -cOHSumptioE.- j. know. .hecause, my
! chum started in with il lookin just like
! you do. | don't believe you'll live two
years. for you'll drink had when your
| lungs begin to get dopy and
! He stopped horrifled by what he had
], done. The fear in the girls eyes ap-
paled him. She Was mad with terror
/ Get out and let me alone.'' she painted
! What you got il in for me for any
how? If l got consumption that's my
business"
Mccartney took Nance's red hand in
both his soft. white. freckled ones
oh. acushla-" he began
What can a girl do painted Nance
stung 10 frenzy. that has 10 live or
10th avenue? Where can she go? They
! amt no help. No one cares about any
one else. You don't. never see anything
decent. And now | gotta die Why have
gotta die? Amt | worth anything?
don't want TO die. oh, i don't want tc
die
My chum didn't die nterposed Nc
Cartney, quickly. The dispensary doc
tor told him what to do, and he done il
for a year. He's as hearty as a steam
engine now. You look here. You beat i
from these dance halls. If you ain
got room OF fire escape. get one, ant