Evening star., 1923-01-21

We're catching the 1:22 back to-
night and we didn't bring our six
teen wardrobe trunks. If you don't
mind not dressing"
! II don't mind" said Sara I'm fact,
it will be a relief"
She wore her earrings.
THE theater party was an unquali-
J. fed success. So much SO that
Wheeler dropped Sara a note in ad-
vance of his next visit, asking her
serve tickets for any play she would
like to see. In her note Of acceptance
fSarah bought q box of outrageously
expensive stationery, large, square,
brocade-lined envelopes. and signed
her name without the final 'h') she
explained that she would have to go
direct from the office. In this case,
OF course, nobody could possibly ex-
pect her to dress.
But the problem of an evening dress
troubled Sara. Wheeler frequently
spent a week end in New York.
So she took her remaining $500 back
to Vesey's and left it there in return
for q tight -bodiced, bouffant -skirted
evening frock.
The entire thousand was now gone,
but the frst time that she wore the
new dress was worth the entire in
vestment. 1t was Wheeler's first
week end in New York. and he in
vited her to go to the theater and
afterward to the Van Rensselaer, to
dance The business manager of the
Harson agency, dashing young
man, and his nancee went with them.
The business manager had never
given Sara SO much as a glance dur
ing the year and a half that she had
been a blue-tricotined member of the
Harson agency.
Tonight he gave her many more
than one glance.
No wonder Sara reached 176th street
too excited to sleep.
After she had lain awake for some
time the problem OF 17eth street Pre-
sented itself to trouble her.
1t was not 50 bad after dark. the only
time Wheeler had seen it. The iron fire
escapes, climbing brazenly up the front
OF her apartment building, did not show
up 10 plainly at night. But suppose
wheeler should see the place by day
light!
.It would spoil everything" Sara
told herself. 'It would ruin the
whole effect, make me look just cheap
and fiashy to be living in an ordi-
nary place and dressing like a mil
lion dollars"
There was. however, q way out OF
this difficulty, and It occurred to Sara
in time for her to drop off to sleer
along toward morning. Her mother
, was not feeling well. Sis had writ
ten, and wanted to stay on with them
till summer. Hortense Hughes broth
er was to be in New York for a few
months. and Hortense had alread.
asked sara Ii she would consider
renting them her apartment fur,
n.shed. Early Monday morning Sars
told Hortense that she had decided
to rent to them, and went down te
the Leonia and engaged room fol-
herself.
iTsHE room was one of the cheapes
j in the Leonia. Its one window
opened on . court; 1t was tiny, it was
near the service kitchen, and it cos
more than sara's whole kitchenetts
apartment, for the Leonia was smar
family hotel in . fashionable street
Nobody but Sara, however, needed Z
SEQ hsr tiny. noisy bedroom. And tn.
most casual caller could see the lobb.
with its thick rugs and Long wickei
fern baskets, the quietly elegant lit.
tie bellboys with their gray-and-
yer buttons.
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