New Britain herald., 1926-06-01
GOSSIP

1 Sllll Cdll ullutISldllu W ny +'lio9 Cleaver being the most jealous per son in the world has anything to do with me-" l remarked pettishiy. The girl stood still and looked at mo.
 "I wonder if you are as innocent as one would think you, or are you T regular vamp. Don't you see that Miss Cleaver has been in the store twenty-five years and gossip has it that Robinson is tired of her and ready to call it a day.
 "Oh, Miss Horton. you don't mean"
 "Yes, that is just exactly what I do mean"
 "Everyone in the store has been curious for inc last two months to know who was going 10 be Cleaver's successor. And after this little cpl sode this morning everybody is say ing that you are picked"
 "Wen, they need not hang that on mo. l wouldn'; take him from Miss Cloaver or anyone else if he Wero the last man on earth.'
 But don't you understand, Miss Dean" said the girl. He is the gen cral manager of the whole works and he can make you or break you in q minute"
 He can do nothing of the kind I'll tell the world. If he or any other man that thinks that I will barter myself for a little twenty-five-dol lar-a-wcck job has another think coming"
 Just then a pretty girl came in and wanted to buy a whole dozen handkcrchiofs for her brother and I had to put away all this "seX stuff for a course of "success in sales manship.'
 I was greatly taken with the girl and when she left sine said that she would always ask for me when she wanted more handkorchicfs. I al- most blew her q kiss when she turned away. There was something about her that appealed to me very much.
 After she had gone the floor man came and said that my time for go- ing to lunch would be ten minutes past twelve and that l must punch the time clock promptly when l re- turned at ten minutes past one.
 The moment I went out l tele- phoncd Mamie, and at her request VIC often met for our cats at noon. Mamie was very pale but her eyes wore very bright and she seemed very happy.
 Judy, l am sure Buddy loves me, just as much and in the same way that l love him."
 A CALLER
 "I told Mamie about Buddy order ing two hundred dollars worth of handllerchiefs from me that morn- irg and l confess I was a little en- vious as l saw the tender smile that wreathcd her lips. I wondered why l had never loved anyone like that, when I wanted 10 so much. Buddy is going to send for Tor tcntio to come to Chicago and teach me I am going to be his only pu- piI."
 "Is Buddy also coming to Chicago to liyc?" l asked bluntly.
 No. He is going to stay in New York with his wife"
 Then he did tell me the truth I said quite involuntarily. He does intend 10 do that one decent thing"
 Mamie didn't ask me what that decent thing was and asked "What are you going 10 do with your mother? What will you tell hcr?"
 "I am going to tell he that I have found a music teacher who will pay me @ living wage 10 be his sccre- tary, and will teach me 10 sing for nothing, or rather will wait for his money until I am an opera singer
 "I am i,oirS to borrow twenty-five thousand dollars from Buddy, and l am going 10 bring home my little thirty dollars a week to mother. Then l am going to pay Tortentio his regular price. Buddy and l have 1 figured it out that this money will keep me with strict economy for three years. By that time. l will know if l can really amount to any i thing as a singer.
 "Oh, Judy, I am very, very hap py," Mamie exclaimed as she burst into a torrent of tears. Tut. tut. What is your friend weeping about If her eyes are as pretty as yours, my dear. it is very bad business to cloud them over with tears"
 1 We-Minnie and I-had been so taken mp with ourselves that we never noticed there was anyone else in the room. When we heard this