Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27

Sunny looked at her, smiled broadly
and nodded
Like your job here all right" che
TIhhG, girl put her nose in the air.
. "l'll take your order II you please"
she c,rsnid said to Miss Montressor.
Three cups Of tea. sconcs and butter
and Jam" Miss Montressor said.
| "Not-rdt jam Bert shuddered. Not
jam nor pickles" he said, please"
Me and Bert ain't keen about JAM"
sunny said.
Miss MOntressor smiled.
Cake. then" she said
And now they were seated at small
round table.
| you?" she said to Sunny.
Sunny nodded
pickles In tho winter, Jam in the
summer ehn said.
Have yoI never thoaght Of bcttering
your position"
=, Sunny laughed outright 81 amt never
thought about anything else" she said.
Jam factory all my life"
Then you have ambitions?"
mean to get on. If that's what that
means" sunny said. I'm not going to
stand still I'm going ahead, I am" she
thrust out her firm little rounded chin.
I'm going TO work my way up some-
How" Miss Montressor asked.
:. Il don't know / amt thought about
II yet. When get big house and five
servants and a motorcar, III reckon i've
done all right. Till then----" Sunny
paHsefgrnm Rspt gr,in,o going to slog in"
Nearly got put away for singing In
the streets; that's how she slogs in" he
We'll, It was an idea. anyhow" Sunny
SAID, You've got to take risks in the
world. Why, we made eightpcncc inside
three minutes; we'd have been done in
SIDE half an hour If that cop 'adn't como
But the cop. did come along all
right" Bert said.
Your name is?"
sunny she said. "Leastways, IT'S
RELY Elizabeth Ann Ducrow."
stage"
Would you like to go on the stage"
nothing.
How old are you?"
sixteen last September" she said
You look oldcr--no younger; at
least" Miss Montressor paused in
some ways you seem to be older. n great
CSiid dSni older yet you have the face OF
Cnniin. and she hesitated again.
sunny | think I might help you. / am
connected with the stage -
I,ou-you are" Sunny leaned for
the stage! You sing and dance and"
Miss Montressor smiled
II do" she said sometimes. But we
are talking about you. How would you
%l,d love 49, Sunny said. II hate
pickles anyway -
The girl had brought the tea and the
dT3hSS dII t,S,,9I ana cake, and Sunny and Bert
I. Como TO my house tomorrow. Hero
- my address. Tomorrow will be Sun
day day., You can come. Sunny"
I'll come, only | amt" sunny
paused II I,', S,,,,,
she said.
THAT, doesn't matter in the least to
me, Miss Monrcssor said. you can
sunny nodded.
"ive got to in our business II would
hot DO Tor mo to go and stick the apricot
labels on tho strawberry Jam, would ~
Nor picked walnuts on picklcd onions.
neither"
Miss Montressor smiled
com" tomorrow shall expect you
Me and Bert will be there" Sunny
There Is not any need. think, for
for Mr.. bert" Miss MOntressor
smiled. II think you could come alone
sunny shook her head.
Me and Rcrt IS Chums NhCro 70
he goos. sh" said. Either Cert comes
with mo, or ! don't come"
N'lS wen, M lkS NlOntreSSOr said
briefly. bring Bert" She rose to pa
said
Right you are :" Sunny said
CHAPTER III
The Start
MY opinion il that it is talrnt-rcal
talent. The girl is absolutely natural
II was as good as n sketch to SEQ and
hear her chat with the magistrate: il
nc h. OH f,II
sails completely. She is positively re-
frCshng. Max
., We'll, you ought to know. ! suppose"
the man said "Who Is Shc?"
"A little girl from slum, who works
IN pickle factory and has ambitions"
Miss MOntrcsSOr said.
She'll want training. then"
"Training would spoil her; you want
her az snc Is. She's a natural artist,
and she has tho most beautiful hair
ever saw"
The man smiled. He was thick set,
sallow-faced and stout. There was some
thing about him that suggested at
glance the prosperous theatrical man |
ager--p possibly the large and expensive |
cigar that he always had tucked in a |
corner Of "A large and ncshy-looking !
mouth.
Il don't often make mistakes" Miss
Montressor said. You remember found
Idly Birch "
He nodded
she's getting thirty quId a week out
o me now he said. And when you
spotted her ShC was a. ShOp-EirI"
This girl beats her hollow Miss
Montrefsor snid. "Thorcs money in her,
Max: You wait and see Lilly Birch"
She went on. was clever, but fool
In a way
"She dances nicely md she's got a
pretty voice, but for the rest she's
fool. THIS Cirl IL diff rent She's all
llf.. and spark" and 20, utterly without
self t-conSclouSn"ss, as fresh AZ Il daisy,
and pr, you needn't smile, Man"
II lik" enthusiasm, Lc!Hic," he said.
You are always CnthusiaStIc II the
girls al,--halr oven Of what you say
she Is, she ought to be a small fortune
She's COminE@"
shell be here almost at once"
Miss MCulressoT rawy a bell
1t was a large. udd-looking room,
half drawing room, half dining room
and yet neither IN appearance. There
lens lying about III" floor. Tho Garner
was thick ana eastern, the walls wrrn
hung with hundreds OF pho'OgI,,uhs NJ
theatrical Crl"britirs. all OF them sigrCJ .
,.,,IIo drnr ",d Its'Ir, rom .'..rI' ESQ., .
Miss I'eSli" Montrc""nr, with respectful
comp .imemls e some one ,;g-" "Dcar /
old Cir. yours lovingly ---" The Iisu,,I
thing. Miss M"m'rr Hor had been on
tn" stage f""m tn aEe Of thirteen, and
there was not II bytter-liked woman in
the profcssi"h
a maid-s.rvant answered the ring.
u am "\p, ,inW young glri. Sim
mons Miss, Monrce"'or snId--"a poo"
she paused rather Shabby---''
"Shr'3 nt ~" door now. Been tvI,.
and asked for you. and ! told her to go
away, miss, III" Erl said. "Ther" ST.,
is sInmmtnG At T. d'or again. She sai
sh" had an arpoirl!nrnt with YOU, but
didn't believe her Why, YOU can see
her toes through her boots. Hark "a
her now, mi}s