New Britain herald., 1927-07-29

CdllJ JcIoilic, pretty anu SlcNci, IL
the prop and mainstay OF her family
in the absence OF her father, who
has not lived with her mother fol
nine years. The family consists OF
Mrs. Jerome, the twins, Beau and
Mile. and Sally herself. Mrs. Jerome
enjoys poor health. SO Sally does
the homework mornings and office
work for Mr.. Peevey down town aft.
ernoons.
In the flat below the Jeromes
liYhe young Ted Sloan, an automo-
bile salesman, who wants her to
marry him and keep on working
But the only man in whom she is
interested is John Nye. whose real
estate offices are across the hall
from Mr.. Peevey's. Nye hires Mile
as his secretary, upon Sally's recon-
mendation, and Mile instantly be-
gins to shine up" to him. He be-
comes blindly infatuated with her,
and Sally is heartsick and jealous.
Beau and Mabel spend most OF
their earnings on themselves. and
Sally's only financial help is an &C.
casional check sent by her father
and a small loan now and then from
her aunt, Emily Jerome. an ener-
getic school teacher who has decided
to turn her suburban homestead into
a Chicken dinner" tavern.
Beau suddenly blossoms out with
so many new clothes and so much
pocket money that Sally becomes
suspicious OF him. Then Ted Sloan,
angry with her because Of her cold
ness towards him, tells her that
Beau got more than 800 from him
by means Of raised" check, and
gave him a bad one in return. Ted
holds both and threatens to turn
Beau over to the law. Frantic, Sally
borrows 800 from Mr.. Peevey, but
when she turns 1t over to Beau in
order that he may pay Ted, he keeps
it and elopes with his girl, Mabel
Wilmot. Mrs. Jerome is crushed
when she hears of the elopement.
and Aunt Emily takes her away to
spend the whole day. which happens
to be Sunday. with her. Then Mile
announces that John Nye is coming
for supper that night, and Sally,
oddly hurt and jealous, invites Ted
Sloan, who drops in while she's
clearing away the breakfast things.
She is relieved that he doesn't men
ton the checks and is in a cheerful
mood.
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CHAPTER XXI
1t was not Sally Jerome's way to
run away from things that were un-
pleasant.
True enough, she might long to
run away from them-thousands of
miles away from them.
But she faced them. anyhow.
For so young and gay and tender
a creature, she had a marvellous
courage. A courage worthy OF a
strong man instead OF little girl of
20.
And so this morning, when she
faced Ted Sloan in the kitchen. her
head was held high. her chin was up
and there was smile in the corners
Of her mouth.
Don't think that you're being
asked to a. wedding supper" She
flung the words at him cheerfully.
I'VE haven't heard a word from
Beau and Mabel We don't even
know whether they managed to rout
out some minister or other to marry
them. last night"
She smiled again as she filled the
tea kettle for her dishes. But Ted,
perhaps because he cared for her as
he never was to care for another
woman so long as there was breath
in his body, saw that there was no
laughter in the blue eyes. A man
always watches woman's eyes
when he is in love with her.
Then why bother to ask me to
SUPPER" he wanted to know, drap-
ing his body over the back of a
kitchen chair. "Wouldn't you rather
go for a drive with me and pick up
a hamburger and a cup of coffee
somewhere"
Sally shook her head. mo. ]
don't want you to spend money on
me for q long, long time" she said
soberly. rinsing out the coffee cups
with cold water. Beau must have
forgotten to give you that hundred
! lent him last night. So I'll just let
him keep it for wedding present
and I'll make good that check OF his,
too. Only you'll have to give me
some time on it. I can give you a
couple of dollars at least every
week"
She figured that she could.
= Now that Beau was gone, the
household expenses would not be
nearly so heavy as they had been.
Beau could eat pound of meat at
a meal, and hts laundry bills were
terrible.
"see?" she asked, looking up at
Ted from the coffe-cake that she
was wrapping in a clean tea-towel.
He laughed shortly. ooh, sure. I
see perfectly" he to'A her grimly.
Beau just pocketed that money that