New Britain herald., 1927-07-12
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Sally Jerome, 20 and clever and
pretty. is the prop and mainstay Of
her family, in the absence of her
father who has been separated from
her mother for nine years.
The family consists Of Mrs. Je-
rome: the twins. Beau and Mile;
and Sally, herself. Mrs. Jerome is a
semi-inval:d. so Sally does the
homework mornings and works for
Mr.. Peevey downtown afternoons.
In the flat below the Jerome flat
lives young Ted Sloan, who's in
love with Sally. Mrs, Jerome is
dreadfully afraid that Sally will
marry him and leave her. but Sally
has nothing but friendship for Ted.
The only man she's interested in is
John Nye, who's office is across the
hall from Mr.. Peevey's in the Nye-
Naylor building.
On a Monday in August Millie
drops into Sally's office with the
news that she's had to quit her job
because her employer tried to make
love to her. This is always Miles
ton, but Beau's girl, Mabel Wilmot,
says the real reason is that Mile
won't stay in an office unless there's
somebody there with whom she's
in love.
Mile catches glimpse Of John
Nye and falls for him" on the spot.
Late that afternoon Nye meets Sally
In the hall OF the building and asks
her II she happens to know OF a
stenographer to take the place OF
his own, who has Just got married.
Sally tells him about Mile, but
when Mile goes down to see him
the next day he has just been called
out of town because of the illness
of his mother at neighboring sum-
mer resort. Mile decides to rest
until he returns and then apply for
the job.
That night Mabel Wilmot gives a
party at the jerome flat. Sally pro-
vides the refreshments. thinking. of
course, that Mabel will pay for
them. But when Mabel leaves at
midnight she airily remarks that
Beau will pay for them. But Sally
knows that Beau never pays for
anything, and she's frantic.
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CHAPTER VII
1t was Sally's habit to get up at
six o'clock every morning of the
year, winter and summer. 1t gave
her a full hour to herself before it
was time to put the coffee on to
boil and to cut the bread for
breakfast.
That hour was the pleasantest
time of the whole day for her. She
took a leisurely BATH did her up
setting" exercises, manicured her
nails, brushed her hair until 1t
shone like blue-black satin, and set
her room to rights.
It belonged to her-that hushed
hour before the rest of the family
was up and stirring Before the day
with its endless jobs for Mrs. Je-
rome and the twins, for Mr.. Peevey,
engulfed her.
party Sally woke up long before six |
o'clock. The dawn was still pearly- |
white outside the windows and a |
cool breeze shook the ruffled cur
tains OF the room.
She woke with the memory OF
dream still hazy in her mind-a
dream about John Nye!
Now. why under the sun should
I be dreaming about him." Sally
asked herself as the dream came
back to her. bit by bit, like the
parts of a puzzle-picture.
She had dreamt that she was in
a restaurant all alone at a little
table. Next to her were two other
people, a man and a woman. In her
dream she had turned her head
steathily to see who they were. and
had seen John Nye and Mile. hold
ing hands across the little table
where they sat. As she watched
them they had leaned toward each
other, and John Nye had kissed
Millie squarely on the mouth.
After that point, Sally could re-
member nothing more of the dream.
But there was very real feeling of
jealousy in her heart as she lay
there In the dawn GOODNESS, think
ing about it.
1t seemed to her that she still
could see John Nye's dark, good
looking face as he had leaned to-
wards Mile In the dream. And 1t
came to her. in binding flash,
that the reason she was jealous was
because she was in love with John
Nye!-It had taken the dream to
show her the truth that she had
been hiding from herself for two
days; that she had fallen in love
with him suddenly. blindly and
foolishly-the way woman falls
in love just once in her life, no mat
ter how many little love affairs she
may have before and after that
once!
Dreams are queer and mysterious
things. We try to explain them in
all sorts of ways. The dream books