New Britain herald., 1927-07-15

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 Sally Jerome. 20 and clever ant pretty, IS the prop and mainstal of her family in the absence of hel father, who has been separated iron her mother for nine years.
 The family consists of Mrs Jerome, the twins, Beau, son, anc Millie, a daughter, and Sally, her self. Mrs. Jerome is a semi-invalid 50 Sally does the housework morn. ings. and office work for Mr. Peevey downtown afternoons.
 In the flat below the Jerome! lives young Ted Sloan, who's in love with Sally. Mrs. Jerome is afraid that Sally will marry him. but the girl has no interest in any man with the exception of John Nye, real estate operator whose office is oppo- site MT. Peevey's. John Nye hires Millie as his stenographer on Sally's recommendation but is immediately called out of town. Millie decides tc take a little rest while he's gone and borrows some money from Sally tc
 Cde her over.
 Millie is a siren. She has a dozen men in love with her, but rarely brings them to the flat. She 'says she loses all her jobs because her employers want to make love to her always.
 Beau. her twin, is good-looking and shiftless. He seldom pays any board. borrows all the money he can from Sally for the entertainment of his girl, Mabel Wilmot, and quarrels with Sally when she scolds him for buying too many things on the in- stallment plan-things that she has to pay for in the end.
 One night after the pair of them have quarreled over the purchase of a guitar that Beau wants and cant pay for, Ted Sloan corners Sally on the back porch of the flat and starts talking marriage to her.
 ! She tells him that she must go in. For she really has some work to do Her mother must be helped into bed and Millie must be given some first aid in the bedroom, where she is drying her hair which has just been shampooed.
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 CHAPTER x
 Sally saw that the only thing was to stay there and listen to what Ted Sloan had to say to her. She had known it for long time.
 For months she had seen that this moment was bound to come sooner or later. This moment when Ted would set their friendship aside and insist upon making love to her. Making a perfect fool of himself was the way Sally put it to herself. Now that the moment was actual ly upon her. she was nervous and uncertain.
 "Well, what do you want?" she asked him sharply. Tell me what's on your mind, only make 1t snappy. And you might take your hands of my shoulders, too, if you don't mind Because l do."
 You do what?" asked Ted. whose brain did not begin to work as fast as hers.
 T mind having your hands on my shoulders" she told him again, and she shook them off with a sudden twist of her whole body. She leaned back against the rail- ing and looked up at him, waiting for him to begin. After a minute or two he did.
 You make it mighty hard for me, Sally" he said dolefully. T was going to ask you to marry me, and you tell me you hate to have my hands on your shoulders" His voice sounded hurt. and she was sorry for 1 him all 1t once. . . After all, he was nice boy. even if she didn't want to marry him. She didn't want to marry anyone. She started to say so, and changed her mind.
 T never have liked to have any body touch me-" she said steadily. Its not because l don't like you, Teddy. because I do. Don't do that" For he had put his arms around her and was turning her towards him with the strong pressure of his hands on her waist.
 Don't do that." she cried out again, and tried to push him away from her. She put her hands up against his face as it came down close to her own. It seemed like the face of stranger-an enemy-in the starry darkness. And he was go- ing to kiss her! This stranger.
 "Don't-please-" said Sally, and something of her confused agony must have been in her voice. for the man suddenly let her so. She sank back against the porch railing, with her hand up to her mouth as If he actually had kissed it.
 I'm sorry" Ted apologized after a second. T didn't know you felt this way about me. I thought you liked me all this time while we've been dacing together. going to shoWs-'