New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23

| Sdlly JeTOlue, pretty anu CleNtT,
is the prop and mainstay of her
family in the absence of her faith
er who has not lived with her
mother for years. The family con-
sists of Mrs. Jerome: the twins,
| Beau and Mile: and Sally herself.
Mrs. Jerome enjoys poor healtr so
Sally does the homework mornings
and office work for grouchy Mr..
| Pcevey afternoons downtown.
In the flat below the Jeromes
| lives young Ted Sloan, an auto
| salesman who wants Sally to marry
| him and keep on working. But the
only man in whom Sally is inter-
ested is John Nye, who real-estate
offices are Just across the hall from
| Mr.. Peeveys little office.
Nye hires the flirtatious NTillie as
| his secretary after Sally had refused
| the place because Millie was out OF
| a Job. Shortly after she starts work
| ing for him he becomes blindly In
| fatuatcd with her as a sensible man
| often will with a frivolous little wo-
man, and Sally is heartsick and
| jealous.
Millie and Beau rarely give Sally
any money towards the upkeep OF
the flat. But suddenly Beau bios
SONS out with so many new clothes
! and other expensive trifles that
Sally becomes suspicious, especially
as Beau has always been light
fingered. and he works in a bank
| where money is constantly within
| sight and reach. Ted Sloan says he
gave Beau a check for so, but Sally
knows that Beau spent more than
that for liquor for party given by
his girl, Mabel Wilmot.
One night Aunt Emily jerome
turns up at the flat with the news
| that Beau has been frantically try
| ing to borrow money from her, and
Sally is more suspicious and unhap-
| by than ever about him. Ted Sloan
arrives to take her out for an eve
ning's dancing. and in Aunt Emllys
presence, Sally tells him that she
can't go because her mother Is
slightly i'll and doesn't want to be
left alone.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVII
Aunt Emily had no use, whatso-
ever, for young Ted Sloan.
He YVES, she said her idea Of Just
nobody at all.
Her sharp eyes went over him
now, taking him in point by point
from his red hair slicked down with
grease until it looked like tan
leather, to his too-loud necktie and
his too-wide trousers.
IAN dressed up and no place to
go. aren't you?" she snapped at
him. Then she turned her back
souarely and impolitely upon nm
and spoke to her niece.
| YOU didn'I tell ME your mother
was feeling badly" she said accus-
ingly, whats wrong with her.
Aunt Emily always said that Sally
kept things from her. and THIS was
more or less true.
She kept all the unpleasant bits
of news from her, simply as mat
ter of protecting the family from
Aunt Emilys peppery, vinegary
| tongue.
There's nothing much the mat
| ter with her, Auntie." she hurried
to say. "But I made a chocolate
cake tonight for supper, and she
ate some Of it and it upset her
stomach"
I'm all right now, though" came
| Mrs. Jerome's voice from the deer
| way. Il wasn't very sick anyway
Just for a minute l thought / was
going TO be-"
Just long enough to spoil Sally's
plans for the EVENING"" remarked
Aunt Emily with a frank laugh, Il
know you. Margaretta.-1 remem-
Der how you kept me home from a
party once upon a time when you
were first married and still living
in the old house. Pretended
you were sick until it was too late
for me to 60. Just because you were
| angry ct rot being invited!'
Mrs. Jerome's face seemed to wilt
like a faded pink flower for an in
slant under Aunt Emily's singing
words. Then i. frightened up as she
spoke again:
Nov, just lot Sally go out and
dance tonight. Shell only be young
once, you know. And YOU and III
go out and see show somewhere.
I'll get a taxi so you needn't walk
The prospect Of an evenings en-
joyment cheered Mrs. Jerome cnor-
mously, and she let Sally help her
into her clothes and lace up her
shoes for her.
You don't need to call a cab,
Ted said 10 Aunt Emily with II
grand air. TN take YOU WHEREVER
you're going in my own car
And so the four of them started
out together. squeezed into his lit
lie rafting roadster.
or all the dance places in town,
the ono Tod Sloan liked the best