The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-22

money in life. You want a story about
the replies and the girl that is ac-
cepted, 1 suppose"
''That's it exactly" the city editor
announced as he kept right on with his
work.
Extra assignments never bothered
Mona. No matter how arduousA her
days work had been, she never grum-
bled or asked to have the extra work
turned over to some one else If the
men could work night ard day, so
could she, she had told herself often,
and she rather gloried in her "stick-
to-itiveness."
A few minutes before she had been
ready to go home for a rest, and she
had felt the need of 1t, but now the
prospect of working on a story that
might develop into something good,
made her feel as fresh as if the day
were just beginning.
She was in too great a hurry to wait
for the elevator to take her down the
four stories that separated the repor-
torial rooms from the business office,
but started down the stairs, tackling
them as briskly as she had seen the
city editor take them time and again.
When she arrived at the bottom she
didn't feel quite so spry, but she
wouldn't acknowledge it to herself
The girl in the business Office hand.
ed her the usual filled-in card with the
address of the man who advertised as
BOX 1856" Mona looked at the name
and gasped. She could feel her cheeks
redden and her hair seemed to be ris-
ing from her scalp.
The name written on the card was
"Albert Smith," the name of her
fiance 1t couldn't be her Albert, she
thought, wildly, but the name of the
hotel that was given as his address
told her it was.
Albert had just taken a suite at that
hotel because the rest of his family
had gone South and their home had
been closed up for the winter. She
did not stop to look at the number of
the suite, for she could feel that the
girl was staring at her; but she knew
1t without looking.
She was on her way to the hotel
before she realized it, but stopped
when she recollected where she was
going and what she was going for.
How would she have the nerve to in
terview sioert on such a sub 4? She
was s,lrs he had just insert, he ad-
vertisement because they Il. quar-
relied and she had broken off their en-.
gagement. Albert had said she would
be sorry, and this was the way he was
going to make her sorry.
But she wouldn't be sorry and she
would tell him she wouldn't She had
as much right to her opinions and her
independence as he had to his. At
this point of her inward rage she dis
covered she was standing still in the
middle of a very busy business block.
She started to walk again, but her in
dignation kept up, in a cooler form,
however. Her thoughts went back
over their quarrel of a week before.
1t had all come about because she
had stood up for the independence of
women to earn their own living. AL
bert had been so stubborn in his dis
agreement with her views that she had
given him back his ring by way Of
/ proclaiming her independence for life.
II can support myself and be happy
without any man to bother over" she
had told him.
Mona sat in the sitting room of the
| MOTEL for long time before she could
gain courage to call on Albert. She
mapped out the speech that she would
make to him in the most professional
tone possible. 81 have come, Mr..
Smith, to interview you and to learn
| of your bride-the one you secured
from your advertisement in our pa
| per.
"The whole city is waiting eagerly
to hear of your success. How many
society mothers with wall-hower
daughters sent imploring letters to
you? And will you give me a picture
of the lucky young lady yeu have chos-
en-; also picture of yourself, to use
in our Saturday special edition."
There Mona stopped. She had not
thought of that before. OF course she
would have to use Albert's picture and
his name to make the story WORTH
while. Nobody knows better than O
journalist how that kind Of publicity