The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05

and ico water Ia her cheap little
room un under the roof
Alone she tramped tho streets.
looking Tor Job
There seemed 10 be no jobs They
were an filled IL seemed by the
thousands OF girls who had come 20
Los Angeles 60 So into tho movies
,, aud had failed
Everywhere May looked she 5aW
beautiful girls gifln who had
dreamed 90 being movie stars, and
had taken jobs al soda fountains. IN
real estate offices, behind ribbon
counters, any place whore they
could cara living Any place whero
they could earn enough money 20
buy railroad ticket back 10 the
Iowa farms and the ohio villages
where they had come from Los An.
aeics wau filled with ambitious
beauty
Tho very chambermald who daily
tidied Mays bedroom had come 60
Los Angeles 10 break into" the
movies. A beautiful thing she was.
with red gold hair and misty blue
eyes that looked ready 10 cry az
any moment,
That morning May had given tho
chamhcrmald tho last quarter she
had IN the world Tor a tn. And 20
she was sitting now in the lobby
o. the Alexandria staring Into her
empty handbag wondering
where her Thanksgiving dinner was
coming from
Aud not only hss Thanksgiving
dinner. but her dinner tonight. and
her breakfast tomorrow morning.
To say nothing Of a roof over her
head when the hotel people should
discover that she hadn't a cent In
the world with which 60 pay her
bill'
"Wct. I'll soll my pin Thatil help
some" May decided. and without "a
second thought she walked straight
down the street TO pawnshop four
blocks away.
II was not per frat Welt 60 tho
pawnshop. She had been there once
before. and had walked out. highly
insuitcd because tho proprietor had
Offered her only $50 for a pin that
was worth a. least 400
Hut sho took tho $50 bill today.
without word % protest and went
out
Back IN the rich lobby OF tho Alex.
andria. hhe hskcd the cashier Tor
her bill. Small as Il was. IL stes.
gered her Fifty.seytn dollars and
90 cents And an she had In
the world was a single $50 bill
wei. right here Is whsre be,
CONS a deadbcats' May decided grim
~. al shs walked out Of the lobby.
the bill clu,ched tightly in her hand.
A deadbeat' Tho ugly word
brought flush TO her checks an she
walked along toward the region Of
cheap boarding houses. whsrs
Rooms log Rent signs were tackled
on every other building
May choso ons OF the mort disFon.
uiablp looking Of them. She know
that only that kind would ,.kc her
in. coming as she I'D with no bag
gage,
And when she was alone ia dark
little room CA tho third floor she
sat down 10 think.
"t'vr gol to get enough money p
go h9mer she made up her mind.
And enough money 70 pas the he
tnl bill. and set ms trunk
Then chilling thought struck
her. In tho bottom Of that trunk
was Ulysses ForEan's letter 10 her
Suppose they siould write 10 him
these hotel people and
tell him that she had walked out Of
tho Alexandria without paying her
billl What would he think Of
her then. this man who loved hrr7
In an instant Mays mind was
made UP. She would so 70 West
srn Union office and wire Ulysses
for some money
AFTER all, he's my good friend,
she Thought, '-ro whom should we
go In time Of trouble except 10 our
friends7
After sho had sent her wire and
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