New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-13

Sally jerome, pretty and clever is
| the prop and mainstay of her fam
lily in the absence of her father.
who has not lived with her mother
| for years. The family consists Of
Mrs. Jerome the twins. Beau and
Mile, and Sally herself. Mrs. Je-
rome enjoys poor health, so Sally
does the homework mornings, and
office work for Mr.. Pecvey down
town afternoons.
In the flat below the Jeromes
lives Ted Sloan. an automobile
salesman, who wants Sally TO mar
ry him. and keep on working. But
the only man who interests her is
John Nye, whose real estate of
flee is across the hall from Mr.,
Peevey's. Nye hires Mile as his
secretary and becomes blindly in
fatuated with her making her eX-
pensive gifts. etc. But NHllie con-
fcsses that while she likes Nye a
very great deal she really prefrs a
salesman named Davidson, and in
tends to get him a Job with Nye if
she can.
Beau and Mile give so little TO-
wards the support of the home that
Sally is forced to borrow from Fer
Aunt. Emily Jerome, very often.
Aunt Emily is giving up school
teaching to turn her country house
into a wayside restaurant and wants
Sally to go into business with her.
But Sally is afraid to risk possible
failure.
Then Beau gets some money
from Ted Sloan by means Of bad
checks, and Sally borrows the mon
ey to pay Ted from Mr.. Peevey
Beau. instead of paying his debt.
uses the money to elope with Mabel
Wilmot. Mrs. Jerome gets 5000
check from her husband and gives
it to Beau for a wedding present
and Beau buys himself second
hand car instead of paying his
debts. So Sally is forced to start
paying them off,
Millc goes to the hospital for an
operation, and Mrs. Jerome sends
tor her husband In the meantime
Mile begins to get better in the
expensive. flower-fllled room tFat
John Nye provides for her. She
will not see him. but asks to see
Davidson, who has developed a pas
sion for Sally. Sally is working
mornings for John Nye TO hold
Miles Job for her and asks David
son to stay away from the office
One night when she goes TO ask
Beau and Mabel TO meet Mr.. Je-
rome at the station and bring him
TO the flat, they announce their in
tention of giving up their own fur
rished flat and coming back to i've
with the family. Sally worries
about It,
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER NXNV
At half past ten that night, Sally
had everything in readiness for
her fathers home-c coming.
A lunch of cold baked ham and
bread and butter was laid for him
On the dining room table. The cot
fee.pot bubbled cheerily over q
low fire on the stove in Sally's spot
less kitchen.
She had carried all of Miles
fancy, frilly things out OF tie room
that once had belonged to Beau, and
slowed them away In the room that
she and Milie mad shared ~, so
many years.
There was clean linen on the bed
where her father was TO sleep and
a matchbox and ash-tray on the
table beside it.
Thus, in her own small way, Sally
had prepared a welcome for him.
Mrs. Jerome. too, had made prep
arations for his coming. She had
waved her plentiful hair and put on
Der best dress of gray silk.
ITS five years old. but your
father has never seen it," she 1wit-
tered. while Sally hooked her into
ii. Dear me. I hope he won't find
me too changed. But, so far
as that goes, he'll I've nine years
older. himself"
Sally could remember her father
only dimly. Her most vivid recol-
lection of him was of an afternoon
when he had taken her to the cir ,
Gus
She had been only years old at |!
the time. but she still could remom- |
Der how she had clunE to him with !,
her hot. damp little hand. in terror, /,
when the lion had roared-and Low |
he had bought her peanuts and ,
popcorn and the most beautiful pink !
with a shiny yellow straw !
in it,
And sh" could remember that he ,
Tad worn blue suit and straw |
bat with a colorcd band around il. :
ana had laughed great deal and .
held her high on his shoulder as he /.
pushed his way through the crowd (
after the circus
II was that memory Of him that &