The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-31

our house last night Ted said Mothers no snob-but I wish you could have seen her face!'
 Was she perfectly awful. Ted:"
 Who, Miss Page? No-o. she was not perfectly awful-yes. she was "WaSn't she, Bqbbie?' ,u..oa ''she's-of course she's terribly com mon. Just the second-rate actress type, don't you know?"
 ann aa Eiggled dgg E9id aGpF Haz2a2d M1shdr n @po you remember when she said Yes. ma'am?' And did she say 'eycther,' and between you and again :'' Something was added to this, but Julia did not catch it. The girls laughed again.
 'Lsten,' said Ted. ''this is the richest yet! Last night Sally said Page! how do you like your bath :' and she looked at Sally sort of sur prised and said, T don't want bath'!"
 "Oh. don't think that's fair. Ted dy," Barbara protested; She's nev- CT had any advantages; it's class difference. that's all. Shes simply be the same in her place.
 "Ch, I would not! wouldn't t mark my eyebrows, and I wouldn't wear such dirty clothes. and I would not try to look twenty-five Ted began.
 4 gain there was a quick comnl2n- tary that Julia missed, and another laugh. Then Barbara said:
 Poor kid! And she looked so sweet in some of sanys things"
 Julia, still bent over her ruffle, did not move a muscle from the instant she first head her name until now, when the girls dismissed the subjedt with a laugh. She felt as If the house were falling about her, as if every word were a smashing blow at her very soul She felt sink and diz- zy. cold and suddenly weak She walked across the room to the door. and stood there with her hand on the knob, and said in a whisper: Now. what shall I do? What shall At first she thought she would hide, then that she would run away Then she knew what she must do: she opened the dressing-r. om door. and auditorium Groups of chattering people were scattered about t; some body was banging the piano; nobody paid the least attertion to Julia as ed to walk to the Poland house. She was not thinking now. She only wanted to get away
 was deserted A maid put her head in Julia's door, and finding Julia dressing immediately, apoIogized;
 'I beg your pardon, Miss Page:
 That's all right" said Julia quiet ly. She, was very pale. 'wili you tell Mrs. Poland that I had to take the two o'clock boat?"
 'Yes'm. You won't be here for d;nner?"
 No said Julia straining to make a helt meet
 Could I bring you a cup of tea 1 or a sandwich ?''
 "Oh, no. thank you"
 The maid was gone Julia went down through the house quietly, a | few moments later Her breath came quick and short until she was l fairly on the boat, with Sausalito slipping farther and farther into the background Even then her mind hunger. too, made it impossible tc
 think seriously. Far easier te
 lean back fn .bH lsziy ster in s,n the ev sTa npa make no attempt to control the con. fused, cha otic thoughts that wheeled dreamily through her brain. Now and then memory brought her to 6 sudden upright position, brought the
 hot colour to her face;
 '1 don't care!" Julia would say then, half cloud TheyTs 9 notnlnf nf May-but it was like a, midsum
 rner afternoon in San Francisco. 4 hot wind blew across the ferry place Dapers and chaff swept before 1t Julia's skirt was whislIed about hel II knees, her hat wat twisted vhcious11 II about on her head. She caught 2
 reflection of herself in a car window disheveEled, her hat at an ugly an gle, her nose reddened by the wind Mrs. Tarbury sshouse. when she go
 to it, presented It's usual Sunday af ternoon appearance. The window
 curtains were up at all angles in thu
 dining-roon, hot sunshine streamet
 through the f1y-specled panes. thu
 draught from the open door drovt a wild whirl of newspapers over thu room Cigarette smoke hung heav!
 upon the air.
 Julia peeped into the dark kitchen the midday meal was over, and {
 Japanese boy was hope1essly and pa tiently attacking scattered heaps O.
 dishes and glassware. The girl wa
 hungry, but the cooling wreck of z
 leg of mutton and the cold vegeta ble: swimming in water did not appeal tt Il her, and she went slowly upstairs