The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-04
A Trip Behind the
Scenes
By ADA BORDEN STEVENS
Copyright,

lOAO1H1 sat LOOKING out VI tn
- hot little Office and wishing. Lit
tie rolls of money were stacked at he
side. 1t had been a big day at thu
beach. Ordinarily she would hav'
been full of joy at the smile such {
lot of bills would be sure to bring Il
her employers face, but tonight sh'
didn't care. She wanted to ge
through and get out where she coul(
feel the sea breeze Off the water.
A little conversation kept coming
back to her. 1t was between Ed anC
herself as they wheeled along the
highway to this very summer resort
He had asked once more.
Are you sure you want to do this
thing? 1t won't be quite the same as
play, you know, working in an office
YES. of course I am sure" She
had been impatient. Ed was awfuliy
good to bring her down, when he
didn't approve. She had refused to
marry him, but then they had been
brought up together. and refusing him
had grown to be habit. He'd got to
understand.
II want one summer" she empha-
sized, when can just live at the
beach, and no one can interfere with
me /"
Baker isn't the easiest man to work
for" Ed had warned. She had tossed
her head.
Mr.. Baker, tall, dark and attractive,
was one Of the reasons why she had
wanted to come.
She had been here month now,
and certainly no one had interferedl
She knew her employer was satisfied.
By hurrying she managed to get a dip
in the ocean before the bathing sec
ton closed. The trip back and forth
from the boarding house was without
adventure. She had begun to think of
Mr.. Baker as "the boss r. Reluctant
Iy she owned to herself that now she
had secured her wish she was not
happy. Her employer had turned out
to be prosey gentleman Flooding
about his work with not speck Of
romance in his soul 4 At the hour OF
five his family called for him each
night In the motor.
She jumped as be spoke over her
shoulder, gathering up the days prof
Its. 'I'll just run this down to the
city office and put 1t in the safe. Want
to come? Mrs. Baker is In the ma
chine, and 1t will be a good change
for you" His VOICE was kind
1t was the first social invitation
since she had arrived. In desperation
she had resolved to return to the
beach after supper and dance, but Mr.. |
Baker must not know that. His en-
,loyees were warned to be careful Of
heir behavior, and especially against
iancing with strangers
She felt little guilty as she stepped /
nto the tonneau. She had met the
Baker family before, and they had
,een kind. How tired she was of
'kdndnessl'' Everybody was kind-as
hey might be to an alley cat, or lost
'hndi But nobody was really inter-
,sted.
I he family talk breezed around her.
They took little extra turn around
he shore drive, then left her at her
'oarding house.
She thanked them gratefully. but
h, how uneventful 1t all wasl She
lad pictured the summer as one mad
dyenture after another-and nothing
t all had happened. She nodded to
he old ladies on the piazza. Poor
hings, they were glad even of one
Dung person in the gloomy housed
Up In her room she dressed care
lilly for the dance. She did not want
D be conspicuous. but, oh, how she
Id long for companionship and a
God timel Not for worlds would she
It Ed know how she felt
She remembered how exciting the
vening was when he brought her over
, this very beach last year. There
ad been the mad, jazz music of the
AMOS, and Ed between her and every
ling unpleasant; dipping gliding. In
erfect knowledge of her mood.
She threw her cape about her Shout
ers and sped along the short cut to .
lie beach. For one night only she .
ould play excursionist and do as the
Their girls did who went alone.
1t was relief when the doorkeeper
,ok her ticket In matter-of-fact
ay. She might be just anybody In
he crowd, and 1t gave her courage.
he took her place on the benches
nd watched the whirl.
Then men came to ask her to dance.
be looked at them and turned away.
be couldn't, after ALL There would
} no fun In thatl The assured man
sr In which they smiled was enough.
someone as lonely as She
"May,I have this dancer" Engrossed
her thoughts, sensitive, a little
raid, she shook her head without
oking up. Then a well-known
uckle surprised her and she sprang
her feet
ED Your dearest thing Where
you come fromf'
"Why," he smiled. tive been here
cry night for week. I knew 1t :