New Britain herald., 1926-03-09

that you | tell me your history some time. Remember? The last time VIC were out together"
 "But you might not believe me. You might not understand" She was still turned away from him.
 Olga" he said earnestly. i've be- lioycd everything you ever told mo, You don't really mean that Why, was the one who believed when no one else did"
 H. laid his hand on hers. And I think I could understand too.'
 She was sil6nt again. Finally she said "Tell me ho" much you al- ready know about Samuel Church."
 "Oh. hardly anything." he an- swercd, waving his hand "Only that he's wealthy and apparently oc- cupies a position Of some respecta- bility--"
 She interrupted, her anger blazing forth once more.
 It's that snug responsibility of his that makes him all the more contemptible. If people only knew what I know about him. Oh, ] hate him--I loathe him"
 T suppose was fool in the first place" Olga began. "1o think that I was ever intended for q ca .reer. Although 1t wasn't my fault entirely. The neishbors always used 10 praise my voice when I was just q kid, and tell my mother that I had great future on tho stage. ,
 At any rate, when my mother died-my father had died years be- fore-instcad of taking what little money Was left and putting it in the bank and then going out and get ting some kind Of useful job, I spent most of it while hung around man. agers' offices trying 10 catch on.
 "I was in Now York for A while. Job in in" chorus you know" She laughed bitterly. But somehow or other they didn't discover any burn ing talent in mo and lit out.
 "1 don't know exactly how I came here and it doesn't make much diff ference. At any rate, I did, and found work. I was singing in a res taurant here winch met sam Church.
 "J told you tho other night that sometimes sang at private parties and receptions. It was at ono Of thosc-at q party given by Tom Fogarty-and Sam Church was there.
 He seemed to take an interest in mc. At any rate he said he did. He told mn he thought I had q mar vicious voice, that with little more training I could he sure of Q great career He said he'd like 10 help me, that I could count on him as friend,
 "I asked Mir, Fogarty about him later and he told me that Church had lots of money and was in a posi- Ition to h"lp me if he really took an interest in me. Later Church came down 10 the restaurant where I was singing and he invited me 10 his housc-to party he said he vas giving. Ho said he had q proposition he wanted 10 explain 10 me.
 Well, went. There wasn't any party Of course. If I'd had any sense I'd have known 1t before went, And what he wanted to do was to bargain with me. There were q lot of thin rs he could and would do for me, only, of course. there were certain terms 10 be met"
 She laughed, rather bitterly. Jimmy thought, and then she went on. Just the usual sort of story, you know. You've heard of hun dreds like it, He wanted 10 give me an apartment and-oh well, why go into it all? Nothing original about it.
 "I turned him down, and then he got nasty. Oh. he's quite smooth. quite the man of the world, when you meet him on the strcet-whcn you don't know him. But when he's baked, he's something else again. He said to me. I've got money enough to make you, if you're sensi- .ble. and fl you're not I've got enough to break you
 "I told him 10 let me out, that I'd heard that kind of story before. My indifferencc--T suppose l was really quite contemptuous - mad 1oncd him and made a regular ami mal out of him.
 Olga smiled--a wan sort of smile. ."1 suppose if sounds like melodrama and Hearts and Flowers and all that sort of thing. Jim" She wand