Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-06
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CHAPTER XXXII
The Blow Falls!
By HAZEL DEHO R97CKEZOS
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OTHING very exciting happen.
I'M ed Ae next day at the office
i y Harriet saw Charley only once
and was inordinately grateful
| avoiding her. But on the way home
| that night she had a shock that left
her weak and trembling.
She was on her way to the sub
way hurrying along with the crowds
| of people all homeward~ bound when
she came face to face with a tall
rather thin-faced girl. For a moment
Harriet almost stopped Her heart
i beat up in her throat as she stood
| looking into the girls eyes. There
was a moments instant recognition
and then before the girl could speak
Harriet hurried on, hoping to lose
| herself in, the crowds. She did not
dare to lqpk behind her to see if the
stranger were following, she simply
rushed blindly on, her breath coming
fast and cold fear pressing down
| on her.
Suppose the girl followed her
| What would happen then? The
| thought was so terrifying that Har-
! riet fairly shook with terror. Fol
the very worst thing had happened
This girl lived in the same tenement
where Harriet and Barry had made
their home for over year. Several
| times Harriet had seen her on the
| stairs. but somehow she had never
thought Of meeting her in the Office
| district, although she had known the
girl worked.
Down the subway steps Harriet
plunged. She crowded herself, into
| the already packed train, and was
almost grateful for the discomfort
of the trip uptown, for she was GER
tain the girl had not followed her
But. what Of the girl next time? IT
wouldn't be so easy to escape again
From now on she would have tc
! would feel constantly that spying
eyes were upon her She would never
again have a sense of security
Sadie Howard, the other girl, had
completely lost Harriet in the crowd
but Harriet would have been more
terrified than ever If she could have
known the exultation in Sadie's heart
Nothing ever happened to Sadie. She
was too unattractive to have beaux
and her STARVED heart cried out fol
excitement of some kind. 1t had
been a nine days wonder In the tene
ment when the papers had been full
of Barry's arrest and Harriet's es.
cape. Little knots Of people had dis
cussed the matter from every stand.
point. and Harriet's disa ppearance
: had been the subject Of many heated
| arguments. q
"A proud piece" said Mrs Mul
| vaney, who lived on the same floor
with Harriet. Thinks she's above
the likes of us and never willin t.
4 have friendly gossip. Now lool
what's come to her."
| But she was always pleasan
enough" said another woman, ''ant
when little Jakey Howard was sicl
she was very kind. brought him sour
and the only fruit the poor kid ever
had in his life"
''Yeh. playin' lady bountiful wher
she needed the money as much a:
any of u.s." sneered another "ShC
had to steal to get what she wanted
! I'll bet she was behind the whole af
fair. I read 1t In a book one day
look for the woman"
AS for Sadie Howard she had al
She remembered very well when Har
riet had been good to Jakey. but i
had evoked no warmth in Sadie.
| heart. Instead, she saw the i1aWless
ness Of Harriet's skin, the gold light!
in her hair. The violet eyes and tn,
slim hands that no amount Of house
work could entirely ruin. She OBJ
| served, too. Barrys worship of hi!
wife, and Barry was man who's
looks no woman could entirely ig
more. He was every inch a man, tai
| and straight and virile, and Sadie
| Towards heart had beat fast whel
by chance she had passed him on tn,
stairs. She envied Harriet her pos
session Of him; she envied their hap
apiness together, their contentment II
each other.
tits not SO hard to be poor" sh
had often said to herself, wifi your
as daffy about each other as the!
are" And her envy Of Harriet ha(
| deepened to a sullen hatred that wa
| dangerous In girl OF Sadie's type
cHA-'TER Xxx1I1
Sa Makes Trouble
ADIE burst into the .tchen o
y alight with excitement. Mrs
! Howard. who was storrini
! some concoction on the range, turne,
| as her daughter entered and stoo,
still with her mouth open as she say
Sade's face Jake, pale child 0
seven. was lying on broken dow,
couch reading a book. Sam. me cid
est. had not come In from work 8
yet, but Mr.. Howard. In his shir