New Britain herald., 1927-08-17

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! Sally Jerome, pretty and clever, il
the mainstay of her family in thu
absence of her father, who has no
lived with her mother for years. The
family consists Of Mrs. Jerome, tht
twins, Beau and Mile, and Sally
| herself. Mrs. Jerome enjoys poor
| health. so Sally does the houseWork
for her mornings and office work
for Mr.. Peevey afternoons.
In the flat below the Jeromes
| lives Ted Sloan. who wants Sally
to marry him and keep on work
ing. But the only man who inter
ests her is John Nye, whose rea
estate office is across the hall from
Mr.. Peeveys in the Nye-Naylol
building. Nye hires Millie as his
secretary and becomes blindly in
| fatuated with her. Mile likes hin,
but admits that she prefers bono
salesman named Davidson. and she
| tries to get him a job with Nye
Davidson is smitten with Sally, who
| persuades him to keep away from
the office.
Beau and Mile give so little to.
wards the upkeep Of the house thai
Sally often has to borrow from he1
| Aunt Emily Jerome, who wants
her to go into the restaurant bust
ness with her when she turns hei
country house into wayside inn.
Beau gets some money from Tee
Sloan by bad checks, and Sally Dor
rows the money to pay him from
| Mr.. Peevey. Beau uses 1t to elope
with Mabel Wilmot, and Sally starts
paying off the debts. He and Mabe
use Mrs. Jerome's wedding present
of some money to buy second
hand car and rent a furnished flat
Mile moves into Beau's old room
to prevent his ever coming home
with Mabel. But while she is in the
hospital following an appendicitis
operation, Beau and Mabel return
! to the flat because they can't SUP.
port a home OF their own. Mr.. Je,
rome comes home because of Mil,
lies illness, but does not stay long
and leaves just as Beau and M7te
| move In. Sally, who is working fol-
John Nye part time. during Miles
I illness, predicts that there will b.
fireworks when Mile discovers tina
they are living at home again, ant
have put her things out of her room
to have it themselves.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXV1II
Mile came home from the hos
pital on the first Sunday in No
vember. 1t was a chilly day, full
OF high winds and driving rain.
At 10 o'clock John Nye telephon'
ed that he was going to bring her
| home in his closed car and wanted
| to know il Mrs Jerome would like
to drive with him to the hospital.
II surely would love to go, Mr.
| Nye." twittered Mrs. Jerome. smil-
ing and nodding into the telephone
| as if he could see her face from
| his end of the wire. I'll go and
| get dressed right away"
She numbered into her bedroom.
TN say she's getting dressed
| declared Mabel, the disrespectfu
| one, ten minutes later. "She's put
on a hug tight and silk muf-
| fler and a short coat and long
coat over her dress. She looks like
| a tramp out for hike. What &c
you call the ones who carry their
| whole wardrobe on their backs -
| bundle stiffs? Well. she looks just
| like a bundle stiff
She began to giggle. and Beat
! laughed with ner from the daven-
port where he was stretched out
] reading and smoking.
! Mother suffers from the cold
| Mabel" Sally said quietly. as she
put another shovelful of camel Goa
| in the CRATE. II wouldn't try to be
funny at mothers expense if ! were
you"
Mabel let out another wild giggle
That's where the old girls got II
en- all of US, She's funny without
trying to be.'
Sally set her lips and went on
brushing up the ashes around the
glowing CRATE.
She was very tired of having
Mabel around the house. She was
sick to death, she told herself, OF
the sound of NIabels silly little
laugh. Disguised with Mabel because
of the way she made fun OF Mrs
Jerome. Tired Of picking up after
Mabel, who seemed to think that
Sally was her body-servant just be-
cause she was living in the same
flat with her.
Mabel had nasty little way OF
ordering her about, Come here,
Sally, and hook up my Dress" she
would call; or, Sally, it's s o'clock.
Put my coffee on the table,"
But I can stand all that, II only
she and Beau pay their board"
Sally had been telling herself all
week.
And now 1t was Sunday-and the
board money, which should have
been paid into her hand the night
before, had not been paid. Nor had