The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-06-17


its bit OF filmy gauze futtering
at the door and Bill Wolf hold
- ing ON TO the spare tires for
dear life, swept from the road down
into the long private drive to beauu
full residence overlooking the river. and
Bill Wolf, with a long sigh OF relief,
prepared to unbend at last from his
stiffening position. The car, however
never slackened. As it dashed past the
pOrte-cochere its pale faced Italian
driver bent and looked at his clock and
swept around on the other side Of the
long curve just as the family car of the
Moores whirled into the drive The
handsome collie veIned as he Teco2
niZed the familiar spot, and the nNe
people I'm the family car looked at each
other in perplexity as Jerry curved
round back to the road. How pecul-
fart The black curtained. limousine
was apparently heading into the city
again, and curved limpness came into
the broad back of faithful Bill Wolf.
In the ornately decorated parlor Mrs.
Russell served the cocktails and start
ed upstairs with June's. They stopped
her at the portieres.
sue uOL 10 De UlSluIDcu, bAcy nh
told her in their different forms Of
speech.
June Warner had fed far away from
that section, hurrying on and on as
II she could not put enough distance
between herself and that hateful scene.
She was in the more densely populat-
ed district now, on street OF cheap
shops and rickety tenements, and the
fourth or fifth pawnshop which she
passed gave her happy idea She
looked in at the next one. 1t was re
| pulsive looking. She remembered
cleaner one which she had passed anC
went back to it. She hesitated mo
ment, then went boldly In.
There she found pudgy. bowleggec
little man.
us it anything l can do, miss?" h
asked her.
How much will you give me 70
this, pleaseT and from her hair sh'
took an exquisitely carved tortois'
shell comb studded with blue stones
The pudgy little man glanced at
indifferently.
Half a dollar, maybe"
"OhP' And June picked up the com
I'm dismay. why, these are real saT
phires. The comb COST
Excuse me-" The pudgy little ma
grabbed the comb from her hand an
trotted nimbly to the window, screw
ing a jewelers. glass in his bullying ey
as he went "Oh, IS, maybe''
why, the comb COST
Sorry, lady" and rubbing his pudg
hands together. he smiled ingratiatinl
~ at her, "but by the time you di
them little stones and sell them 20
waste so much labor that If I'd Civ
you $S.25 I'd lose money, maybe"
June slowly picked up the comb. Sh
was outside the door before he Gale
her back.
"Waitr' He smiled ingratiatingly {
her. "You need the money. ladyr'
Every much, fear" she confessed
"And would you give me your prom
ise that you take up the loan SON
. time, with the INTEREST,""
"Oh, yesT' This very eagerly. ''Tf
comb is a keepsake"
The pudgy little man sighed. and b
face was full of sympathy.
Then / give you $3.50"
She gathered up the money with
sickening sense OF humiliation and too
| the ticket he gave her and walked on
feeling that she had been badly wors
|. ed, because she had no heart for tn
sort OF bartering. 1t dawned upon h
that there were worse humiliation
than accepting money from ones hu
band, and yet She conquered Il
weakness which sprang fiercely up
her, which made her heart cry I'm a
guish for Ned, which made her long
desert all this hideous struggle and I
TO his sheltering arms. No; she mu
D fight to the end!
D But what was she to do next?
= sign at the foot OF dark. narrow sta
way caught her eye:
. Girls Wanted TO Sew Pants"
Labor Honest toll. Slight as mig
n be the pay, was it not better. after .
u than the occupations in which she b
suffered SO much? Timorously Ju
climbed the stairs, stopping at the III
landing for a recurrence OF that slig
cough which had come upon her.
An impossibly dirty man stood
hind a long table on which were pill
huge bundles tied in rough paper.
'WellT' he said gruffiy-
81 would like TO sew some pants.
you please" said June mOdestly.
WHAT" The man looked at b
astounded you want to sew pants
- Eyes, SIR returned June
The man shrugged his shoulders.
You go over 10 that woman the
u and she'll show you what's to be dc
s. and how much deposit TO pay" He
dicated another table
When June went down the narr
stairs she carried as heavy a bum
r. as she could conveniently lift, and
scanty store OF money was reduced
a very small margin. Little as ii W
- however, she had yet 10 make p
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