The Washington times., 1927-09-26

A New Romance
By a Noted
Author
CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER I
III cVery family IL this wofld
Of ours there aIiUngs Is one
member whO shoulders the bur-
den for the rest the tUoYk-
beast.
Sometimes Il is d mother,
sOoyking al day long and far
into the night fos those she
iOves.
Sometimss It is q father
slaving and saving to make both
ends meet.
II the Jerome family II was
Sally.
vt sVas Sally 4eho carried the
family burdens and they Were
many and heavy upon her slen-
der young shoulders.
DUT It il doubtful that she
~ knew what 8 load she bore.
Certainly she did not know what
It was to feel sorry for herself.
She was the sort Of person who
sees a load to be lifted and
lifts 1t ais IL It were 4 feather
instead Of q dead weight. The
sort Of person who sees a hard
Job to pc done and does It cheer
fully.
She didn't look the least bit like
q beast OF burden. either. If ven
had seen her you would have said
that she hadn't q single care in
all the world. Her smile was
like sudden sunrise, as It flashed
out from her eyes and from the
lifted corners Of her mouth. She
walked as lightly as II there
were wings fastened to her heels.
and she carried those shoulders
Of hers 30 poudly that nobody
ever guessed that trouble were
piled high on both Of them.
A Clever Girl
That was Sally Jerome for you!
Clever and courageous and up
and-coIning and without an ounce
Of silly self-pity about her.
It was o'clock on the third
Monday morning in August, and
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In the Jerome fannily's second
FLOOR. nat on Trellia Street the
green window shades were pulled
down to the stills to shut out the
heat that had been hanging over
the town Tor week, heavy and
depressing as log.
An electric tan had whirred
and hlninaed all night long in
Mrs, yero!9es bedroom the larg.
est ma arrest room g the rat.
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Y Jerome ENJOYED poor health 70 the
utmost.
kter she Woulu declare she nadn
Sound Asleep
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een asleen for hours. aIfhougIl
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dropped ST &,
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rard her orIv son and tha annie
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Tor snort, but he did not I've up
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