Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-02
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Chapter 80,


Chapter 80.
The dress was finished, Gertie
had danced in it, and her turn had
been applauded enthusiastically,
while murmurs regarding her
beauty, her natural grace, were
heard all over the rooms
Fagin beamed!
What a fool I'd have been IL
I'd let my temper get the best of
me that day of the row. That girl
could be I'M the best place in New
York. Her high and mighty ways
take too although / was afraid
they wouldn't. That kid settin'
like the rest, not paying any at
tention to the men calling her,
even the ones with money to spend.
: Independent little cuss!"
So he talked to his assistant, who
urged him TO get Gertie to sign a
long contract.
"You'llN lose her sure if you
don't"
"She won't sign. I've done my
best. She's bright, that girl is! But
I've got her all right. She won't
go back on me now" He chucliled
as he recalled how thankful she
had been because he called her
good"
You don't have to be like the
rest if you don't want to Lilly"
Gertie said as they hurried home.
"They made an awful fuss over my
dance tonight. / guess it was the
new dress and the shoes and stock
ings, they're lovely-and lot of
of them tried to get me to sit down,
and they said all sorts of things
when I passed their tables after in
the Revue. But l just laughed and
shook my head. They don't pay
me to do that. They pay me to
dance"
Il don't see how you get along
the way you do, acting so standof-
fish. My named be Dennis II !
tried your game. Rosenburg ex-
poets us girls to keep the fellows
coming and spending their money"
Gertie knew no more than did
Lilly just why she was able to get
along without making herself com
mon as did the other girls. But
she had a natural refinement, and
always from child she had, ideals.
Her attempts to improve herself
had been spasmodic before she
knew Tom Norris, and before her
talks with Jennie's teacher. Vul-
garity always had Disguised her
as it had her mother who often
Dragged that her husband never
cursed like the other men i'm the
neishborhood. I !.
So Gertie's little aloofness, be-
ing perfectly natural, and not as
sumed for effect. had enhanced
her value to her employer. She
really gave his place a tone.
I'm never sit at table again
not even with Tom. if he should
come to sec me Dance" she told
Lilly after making her promise
never to let Mrs. Cummings know
how near she had come to losing
her job II you sit with one you
have To with ali or the boss would
kick-but if you don't sit with any
why none of them can find fault
don't you see?"
IN, l uOn KNOW! SopielitIcst
Cert, think I'll marry the first
feller comes along and asks me.
Then ! get cold feet when 7 sec
Ma Twin the way she does. all ner
Kids, and nothin' but work all the
lime and have nothing. IL there
wouldn't be any kids it wouldn't
he so bad. Two could get along"
ooh, but. Lilly. you wouldn't
want never TO have no children
Wouldn't l though! Why it's
the kids keep folks poor! It's what
takes even your money--takin'
care of Jennie and Tim, givin'
them schooln' and clothes"
I'm going TO have new dress
and hat, Lilly"
Honest Tell me about it,
and in the discussion of frills, dear