San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-07
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NORA LEE 5
4 BIRTHDAY
Girl From Boston Steps IN
/ and Areuses Jealousy
IN Heroine's Heart. Il
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Moving into her thoughts. Yes-stand
eide By side-fight together-win--
SIZE laughed: ''It's like the good feel
ing you have for anyone that's sat
down 70 one dish OF ice cream and
tro spoons with you"
s"And ] wouldn't be asking you to
Ybarry me II ] didn't know that in a
fkw years / could shower all kinds OF
heautifDl things on you. Let's call It
eeftled for the month when get $3.50
.Awill you? With all the stuff you
lave we wouldn't need to spend cent
for furniture"
Z This isn't AL mine--only q few
bieces are"
e"Dces it belong to SallyT
: EMO. Most Of the things are Rich
prd's"
saWhat, Well. III be damned! You
mean to say that slick little ticket
DIS furnished this place for you?"
,HDon't be ridiculous, Richard owns
Tie place and the furniture. He was
keeping it vacant because he wants il
eventually for himself. It's mere kind.
ness in him to let Sallie and me en-
Joy it,"
rPIECE OF LUCK"
He stuck his hands IN his pockets,
swinging his shoulders slightly in a
way that irritated her: Gee whiz,
Nora Lee, you weren't born yester-
day. That's a deuce of position TO
nut yourself in" =.
~Oh. toodledo, It's just q piece Of
luck. Why should we stick ourselves
In a howell when we can have this
glorious place? Richards a careless,
happy -go-lucke, glad 10 do q good turn
to couple Of rather penniless girls.
hes taken darn god care TO pick
but a winaer. He isn't offering
rumptuous apartments to any cross
eyed, lonely old woman, is he?" 81
T. Her lin curled disdainfully: i said
he had this place lying vacant We've
been here quite some time and Rich
ard hasn't molested US. sur
misc that we're safe. If his attitude
<should change he'd mighty soon
I'm not worried about that. Nora
lee. But it's quite obvious that Rich
ard is more than. careless. happy
xo-lucky philanthropist. Hes just
plain infatuated with youl"
She smiled: Every man who looks
at me is in love with me, if you're
the judge
FEARS CONTRAST.
~well-lilies of the valley in sea
son and out of it mean something.
Besides he'll get you 80 accustomed
10 all this luxury you won't be able
to part with it. It's only going to
make the contrast with what we can
afford more painful"
Il can't move out now, Dane.
There's Sally to consider. Besides,
you ought to see the places we could
get for $50 a month. They were Just
unlivable."
-Unlivable!" He repeated the
word. 1t ranked and burned in his
thoughts. Anything he could offer
Nora Lee would be unliyable.
A week later he sccosted her SOM
berly: do you know what the apart.
ment exactly like this in the other
wing rents for? Unfurnished, il
brings in $125 a month. Lord, Nora
Lee, can you and Sal afford to &C.
cept SIS a month from a man and
pass it off by calling it luck: What
do you suppose other people viii cal
it,"
I'm not living by other peoples
opinions"
Even If you're not, it's-well, it's
cheap to live beyond your means. II
sets NJ a false standard. You're only
cheating yourself of the capacity to
live ralorously."
If that's true then ! wouldn't have
any right to use a bag Of money ]
might find in the street and a rich
girl has no right to take from her
father"
sRICH FATHERS
~Darn right. These rich fathers
and friends ought to be railroaded
into the bay. They're establishing
these perverted ideas Of value. What
chance then has a poor fellow start
ing out, to induce a girl 10 20 in for
real. game fight with him. You're
putting ruges and pictures and clothes
above things that really count"
She called for him in the little
car a few weeks after this agree
ment. IL was a blowy, foggy evening
Will luI mis- gray
She saw men conf /; from the build
ing with blue-prints rolled and held
with elastic bands-plans for mag
nifrrnt homes, perhaps.
They two would get some neat
place. There would be charm about
II. he said he could make a barn
attractive il she were to be its ten
ant
In her mind she began 10 furnish
q small place-get amber -colored the
atricnl gauze for the windows-have
corn flowers in n little garden
Then Dane came out. He was
laughing. His bronze face was
flushed.
RICHARD GETS CALL.
A girl had hold Of his arm. They
chattcd a moment. Then they clssped
hands ENTHUSIASTICALLY
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