New Britain herald., 1927-08-22
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the prop and mainstay of her fam
 fly in the absence of her father, wh l does not live with her mother. Mrs
 Jerome enjoys poor health so Sall.
 does the homework mornings ant
 office work for MT. Peevey after
 roons. The twins, Beau and Nlillie ! give little towards the support O
 the home. and the load falls or Sally.
 In the flat below the Jerome! lives Ted Sloan. an automobile salesman who wants Sally to marry him and keep on working. But the only man who interests her is Johr Nye, whose real estate office i: across the hall from MT. Peevey's Millie is Yves secretary. and he i! blindly infatuated with her. Millie likes him, and says she would marry him for his money. But she really prefers Davy Davidson. a bond salesman whom she met in another office where she worked. Davidson greatly admires Sally, who will have nothing to do with him.
 Beau gets some money from Ted Sloan by means of bad checks, and Sally starts paying off his debt o1 dishonor. Then he actually steals more money from the bank where he works, and Sally gets the money to cover his theft from MT. Peevey, when he retires from business. John Nye offers Sally a job in his office, telling her what excellent work she did for him during an ill., ress of Millie's, when she worked for him. But Sally refuses the post and goes into business with her Aunt Emily Jerome, who has turn ed her country home into a wayside inn.
 Beau and Mabel, his jazzy little wife, have come to live at the flat, but pay Sally almost nothing in the way of board. However. they have a second hand car and Mabel buys fur coat. Sally. who had hopes of Aunt Emily's business becoming a great success, begins to despair. On a New Years eve, when almost every restaurant in the land is crowded to the doors, Aunt Ems is only half filled, and Sally is blue and down. hearted. Millie comes in late in the evening. and says that she is with Davy Davidson, who is marking his car outside. She asks Sally for a secluded table and shows her flask filled with Ja- maica rum.
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 CHAPTER XIII
 Sally eyed the glittering flask doubtfully.
 Then her gaze swept up to Millie's white-and-ros face.
 T don't believe Aunt Elm will let you people drink liquor in this place." she said. "She put some peo- pie out last week for bringing 1t with them."
 Millie laughed mockingly. and glanced around the halffilled room. Sally. you certainly were born yes- terday, weren't you?" she asked scornfully. Don't you suppose all those people here have something to drink with them? Of course they have! They aren't going to cele- brate the New Year with cambric tea, you Round Heels..'
 Sally's eyes followed hers around the big pale-green room. Most of the people who sat at the little tables were well-to-do, solid, mid dle-aged people-the kind that would be attracted to a quiet, dig nified place like Aunt Emily's inn. The kind that wanted good food, comfort and peaceful surroundings.
 Of all of them. Mille was the only one who looked as if she ever had seen the inside of night club. Millie. with her short skirts rippling out over her silken knees, with her lashes darkened, her lips painted, and an enormous picture hat jam med down over her bright yellow hair.
 Here's Davy now!" she exclaim- ed in her light. slow voice. and walked up to him with that swing ing, graceful step of hers.
 Sally saw her lips move as she said something to him under her breath, and then they came back to her table. "We aren't going to stay here" she said shortly, lifting her soft little chin. Were going some place where we can get cracked ice and ginger-ale and no questions asked! By-by. Sister Sally. You and Aunt Elm keep on with your little Sunday school and see how far you get with it."
 She was gentle and sweet in her manner. She always was when she was saying something particularly cutting and nasty. That was her way
 With her hand linked Tn David sons arm she turned to go. But he lung back, his gray eyes on Sally's ace, in that intent look that always made her feel as if he were caress-