New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-20
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Sally Jerome. pretty and clever, i
the prop of her family in the alb
sence of her father. who has no
lived with her mother for years
Mrs. jerome enjoys poor health, Sc
Sally does the housework morning:
and office work for Mr.. Feevey
afternoons The twins, Beau anC
Mile. give little towards the sup,
port of the home, and so the load
falls on Sally.
lives Ted Sloan, an automobile
salesman, who wants Sally tc
| marry him and keep on working
But the only man who interests
her is John Nye, whose office is
across the hall from Mr.. Peeveys
Mile is Nye's secretary and he
blindly adores her. Mile likes him
and intends to marry his money II
she can, but she really prefers a
! bond salesman named Davy David
son. AS luck will have it, Davidson
is in love with Sally, whom he
scarcely knows.
Beau gets some money from Ted
Sloan by means of bad checks. Sally
| borrows the money to pay Ted,
from Mr.. Peevey. But instead of
paying his debts with it. Beau uses
the money to elope with his girl.
Mabel Wilmot. So Sally starts pay
| ing his debt of honor for him. He
and Mabel buy a sesond-h hand car,
a fur coat for Mabel, and finally
| run so far into debt that they have
to come home to live in Beau's old
room, paying Sally no board. Beau
"borrows" a thousand dollars from
! the bank where he works, and Mr..
Peevey gives 1t to Sally. telling her
that it is farewell gift to her, for
he is sick and retiring from bust
ness shortly.
John Nye offers Sally. who work
ed for him during an illness of
Mile, a job; but she decides to re-
fuse it and go into business with
her spinster aunt Emily Jerome.
Aunt Emily has turned her country
house into wayside inn. serving
chicken dinners, and installing a
big photograph for dancing. One
night she sends for Ted. intending
to buy little car from him. Sally
goes with him for dinner and a
dance. Sally shows Ted BLACK
Bottom shimmy" on the dance floor,
and when one of the man guests
applauds her, rushes, embarrassed
| to the kitchen.
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CHAPTER XII
Aunt Emily's new kitchen-maid
was at the sink, washing lettuce
| leaves. She turned in surprise as
Sally, scarlet-cheeked and painting,
burst open the door and dropped
onto the nearest chair.
But a second later, when the door
swung open again to admit Aunt
Emily, she turned her back upon
the kitchen and went on washing
the lettuce as if nothing else in the
world mattered to her but the
cleanliness of that lettuce. She had
a wholesome fear OF her employer.
What WE'RE you doing?" Aunt
Emily wanted to know. standing be-
fore her pretty niece, with her plat
ter of hot chicken still in her hands.
Tell me this mnute.'
Shaking my shoulders" the girl
replied after a minute or so. Ted
was showing me a new dance, and
started to shimmy for him.
He hates me to-"
She looked up suddenly, her eyes
dancing with fun and mischief.
'T know how to do. it, though.
don't -" she asked with the win
someness of a child that knows it
has done wicked but funny thing.
II can shake. rattle and roll to beat
anything, can't l? It's my only ac-
mplishment, Aunt EN-"
She shook her lovely shoulders
again, and the movement was a
delicately lovely as the flutter OF
birds wings as it coasts along the
sky.
Aunt Emily stared at her with
eyes that seemed to be popping from
her head. Could this be her niece,
the calm and sensible and depend
able Sally? This bright-eyed, inno-
ccnt-looking young thing who talk
ed about shaking. rafting and
rolling" as she might have talked
about sleeping. breathing and eat
ing. who actually knew that vulgar
dance-the Skinny"
"Well, never let me see you doing
anything like that again in MY
house," she snapped, starting away
again with her platter.
She had no inkling at that time
Of how soon she would have to eat
her words.
Ted was very cheerful and talka-
tive on the way home that night
under the autumn moon. He had
Just sold Aunt Emily a car--or at
least, he had her promise to take
one from him-and the deal had set
him up wonderfully.
I've been doing awfully well