New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-26

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year to pay it back at 81 a week
And what if Beau had taken i
along with him instead of paying
Ted Sloan?
"Oh, he couldn't have done such
a thing. He wouldn't have dared t.
do such a thing" Sally told her.
self. But she wasn't really sure
that he had not taken it, and with
rush of her small-s lippered feet
she was out of his room. out Of the
flat and down on the dimly-lighted
first-floor landing, knocking at the
Soans' front door.
After four or five minutes there
was a faint sound within the flat
the door opened and Ted stood there
in his bathrobe, staring at her and
much too surprised to speak.
HAS Beau seen you? Has he
given you the money?-that is. has
he given you hundred dollars?"
Sallys words tumbled out of her
mouth in queer. jerky little SEN
fences.
I "Oh, sure, that's a game Of his
handing me out hundred dollars
in the middle of the night" Ted
answered, his lips twisting in a sar-
castle smile. Sure, he gave me the
money! don't Think
Sally groaned.
cob, but ! gave it to him, Ted"
she half whispered, leaning against
the side Of the door. II gave it to
! him and he said he'd take it to you
. and now he's gone. Most of
his clothes are gone! And Mabel
must be with him
She stopped suddenly. , .. Oh,
but she mustn't do this. She mustn't
! give Beau away like this. Ted knew
| far too much about him and his
dishonesty as it was.
He probably tried to wake you
ZIP and couldn't" she said, recover
ing herself. Il had to pound on the
door for fully five minutes before
you heard me just now. . . He
may have left the money upstairs
somewhere. I'll run up and look"
| But she knew that Beau had not
left it there. She knew exactly what
Beau had done with the money. He
had pu. it in his pocket and gone to
meet his Mabel.
Ted Sloan knew It, too. His sus-
picious eyes told her that as she
looked back at him on her way up
the stairs.
II won't come down again to-
night" she told him in whisper.
IF your mother finds me out here
she'll never get over 1t. ,.i !. See
you in the morning"
Ted's mother was Just as afraid
that he would marry Sally as Mrs.
Jerome was afraid that Sally would
marry Ted and leave her to shift
for herself.
There was a light in the kitchen
when Sally reached the living room
OF the flat. And through the door
way she could see Mile, standing
beside the table, holding a bit of
paper In her hand.
sally" she cried, raising her
head at the sound Of Sally's soft
footballs on the dining room rug.
Come here and look at this. Beau!
He's eloped with Mabel! Did you
ever hear of such a thing"
Sally read the note, looking over
her should ar 1t was addressed to
her.
Dear Sal" Beau had written.
Sorry to have to borrow the hun
| bred, but it's a Godsend to me right
now. Mabel and I are going to get
| married some time between now
and tomorrow morning. We were
going to, anyway, pretty soon, but
I figured that if I beat it now It
might throw a scare into Ted Sloan.
I'm banking on you to talk him
into tearing up those checks and
calling it a Cay. You can do it If
you want to. BEAU"
Sally's smooth forehead knottcd
itself into frown as she read the
| few badly written lines.
W IlttI Il llNNt VI NloOhNh Thinning
Beau had done! There had
been no need to throw scare"
into Ted Sloan after he had the
S1O0 to make good his debt to him.
All he had to do, then, was
to walk down stairs and give Ted
the money and get the two checks
from him. And in an instant he
would have had the whole mess
cleared up. and been a free man!
Then why did he run away with
out paying what he owed?" she
asked herself in that simple, clear
| thinking way of hers.
Suddenly she saw. Because he
needed some extra money for his
honeymoon and saw this way OF
getting it, And he was depend
ing on her to coax and cajole Ted
Sloan into tearing up the two checks
that could send him to Jail.
Sally's deep blue eyes re-read the
two last sentences: I'm banking on
you TO talk him into tearing up
those checks and calling 1t q day.
You can do it if you want to-"