The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-12-09
Anna Bellies
Dinner
~ AGNES C. BROCAN


NINA Belle had been homeless. indeed
uyr grandma Brown dIrd The
u"ti"r."- baby hal been safe To- to-
'li v"muus care. aud when grandma
Brown .r"v ro be- Iu u.rd Of ron.uuf
ARE herself Nina i,lic most .iln
IN l'I given o. Now that o. hy.
f..' %, sIry fpf the e.ri % ear
hs livelihood in the big unuccustomr i
rt3. .hr found how untitled the sin
pie round 90 hom" dutIc. lett her 80.
-rruttr tasks. The husinrs. vur.
go. % 'rr' confusing place lu IT, rN
ACTION. 'ur r.prIrurr Every rI,r.
..-r1.'ut thaf Anna Belle sought ul
70 eagerly, ruI-i with thai di-appuu.
.t rrqu.rr-ruf
A. Arnu Belle went. like -mg
I1 uuu Iu her Wuplen suit aud .u.
Irj down th. walk. she Stuuprd H.
tturk scarlet bloom 20 fasten b.
-lth her own ros" checks. aud cuu
-.1rrri What would be- best 10 bus
Nlth rfir"u cents enc roll md "a cup
1T coffee III. decided. would be- all
That She might expect. - Anna Belle
uudu her way into no" Inviting Dutch
Interior 90 Tho cafeteria She care
.lil followed 90" others with her AZ.
prurrItri jrlN. keeping her face reese
IW"l, iruw tI" tempting grrps uf fuui
before h,r one IulI aud .up %.
onrr nu, 10 b, her entire allotment
irfhup. she thDught hopefully ~"
~ruut meal would take the r'lgc ~
least from her healthy country apr.
lite but Mas the roll aud coffee were
20 Insufficient
II was not until she had finished
busy With her troubled reflections
hat Anna Belle saw the duu.huu'
% was "a tempting haunting duu=huul
.lcil,iuu>ly light and brown. with au
psI"r ~ hidden nutmeg liz" grandma
i;r"Wu. own. Suddenly tears ali
moiHor.c, cloud.d ~, girls cSr. That
%, d'I-uuut Wa part Of satisfying
urJi belonging tu an oppu-itr tlhi,
.uuuau,uu. ANNA Belle did not r4ilI.r
She uuly knew all ~ ourr thar ~la
WINS miserable pDuuilr~s and alone
I AuI then. more tu screen her tear tII'd
rNr- than In hop. uf huIiug work
IA, uufurlri the .W~paper she had
huu-ht th1t morning and scanned
ugaiu ~ Help Wanted pages. When
,hr lowered the paper. her table com
pau."u had Departed. leaving half
finished meal behind him. The dough
nut was gone she noted that, but
! there was suyury slice 81 ham. som,
.luTi0us Drowned potatoes. "a slice 81
two of tomato on IT. lettuce leaf
Anna Bell. hcsitatcd no longer. I'll,
voice 1T hunger was more insisten'
than that Of convention. why waste
food which was discarded She helped
herself rapidly from the opposite dish
-. and rapidly ate, and as she FIN
ished. pleasant-faced young man
slipped into the r.ceutly-yacated chair
opposite and placed his tray hefor,
him. There was another doughnut ot
his tray aud steaming cup of cof
Zee. but Anna Belle was tempted ne
longer With hunger appcased. her
bright courage returned.
BEG pardon" said the young man
I quickly. "and please don't he offended
AT my question. see you ARE inter
cstcd In the Help Wanted Female
department Could IL be just posi-
bile that you are looking for employ
m.nt? Because II you are" he added
hastily. "our firm IL In urgent need oi
/ an office woman"
Anna Belle gasped Then she smil
ed IL was sad little smile and she
shook her head.
Experienced of course" she quoted
"Nut necessarily" the young man
answered eagerly. Pact H. We ar,
{ hoping To- train girl. making her
competent for our own needs. you un.
d,rstand. And we'd be willing II sh,
was-well. worth while" finished ths
Young man honestly. Ito take her "u
aud coach her. Dad has his own Ideas
regarding his own office Here Is hi,
card. aud II you eau drop IN there be-
tween three aud four this afternoon
III have paved the way for your com
ing."
Anna Belle stared from the engraN
81 card back To the young mans kind
IL face. THE firm stated was on
whose advertisement she had y"ster
day answered and been repulsed. Bui
The young man With nod was gone
aud Anna Belle still holding the card
aud with new hope In her heart. went
out Ia begin her long walk To the DIES
lgnated office.
And So strange and unexpected Is
life that when she had reached full
competency In her new accepted work
and was giving the greatest satisfac-
ton. Anna BELLE decided Ia give that
work up altogether The junior part
nrr OF the firm had persuaded her
most happily, that her tru. place IN
life was at his own side. while the
senior member gladly gave consent.
"Nou may know now, dear ANNA
Belle told her lover how very much
you hn,. done for me. Why. when w
first met. I had only fifteen cents left
To buy my dinner, and"
~ know that young man cheerful
~ responded. "and. 81 you ate mine
I had just gone after an extra dough
,nt aud "A run af eaffa. xNlti see when