New Britain herald., 1927-08-04

Sally Jerome. pretty and clever, IL
the prop and mainstay OF her fam
lily in the absence OF her father
who has not lived with her mother
for nine years. The family consists
of Mrs Jerome, the twins. Beau
and Mile, and Sally herself. Mrs
Jerome enjoys poor health so Sally
| does the housework mornings and
office work for Mr.. Peevey down.
town afternoons.
In the flat below the Jeromes
flat lives young Ted Sloan, an auto
mobile salesman, who wants her to
marry him and keep on working
But the only man in whom she II
interested is John Nye, whose real
estate office is just across the hall
from Mr.. Peevey's. Nye hires Mil
| lie as his secretary and becomes
! blindly infatuated with her. Sally
is heartsick and unreasonably jeal-
| Gus.
| Beau and Mile spend most OF
their earnings on themselves. Dor
row money from Mrs. Jerome when
ever she has check from her alb
sent husband, and still never have
enough for their desires. Sally prac-
| tically maintains the home, with &C.
casional help from her mother or
Beau, or a loan from her Aunt EN-
| lily Jerome. who is giving up school
| teaching to turn her old home into
| a wayside inn, serving chicken din
| ners. She wants Sally to come in
, with her, but Sally Is afraid she
might not make much money. and
| she is sure OF the $21 a week she
gets from Mr.. Peevey. little though
| 1t Is.
Beau manages to get $40 from
Ted Sloan by means OF two bad
checks, and Ted threatens to turn
him over to the police. Sally bor-
rows the money to Pay Ted from
Mr.. Peevey. But instead of paying
Ted, Beau uses the money to elope
with his fiancee, Mabel Wilmot.
Beau and Mabel start borrowing
from Sally the first week OF their
married life, although they have
rot set up housekeeping. but are
boarding and both Of them are
working.
Aunt Emily gives a Sunday picnic
for them, and all Of the family ex-
cept Sally drive home from it in
John Nye's car. when he calls for
! Millie. She refuses to, and starts
home alone much later.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVII
John Nye's big brown automobile
was standing before the apartment
house when Sally turned into the
street that warm October night.
Its bright headlights silvered the
pavement in front of 1t and dimmed
the stars in the sky above 1t. AS
Sally came abreast Of 1t, II gave a
long loud siren-call and Miles gay
voice called out to her:
eli, you, Sally! Where you been
so long? We've been waiting for
you almost an hour"
"Waiting?" echoed Sally, crossing
the sidewalk and coming to a stand
still beside the brown car. "Why
were YOU waiting for me-"
In the darkness above the dash
light she could make out Miles
small white face and beyond it John
Nye's dark one.
It was he who answered her.
1t - oil in
tonight, Miss Jerome" he said. And
Miles going to drive me down to
the station and keep the car until I
come back to town. I thought per-
haps you'd drive down with us and
then she wouldn't have to come
back alone"
"Oh, yes" Sally nodded her
head in the darkness. "All right.
! I'll run upstairs first and see II
Mother has everything she needs"
II did that, dear" said Millie. at
her very sweetest. She'll be all
right until we get back" She leaned
back in her seat and opened the
rear door Of the car.
DuL sally liesitdltu. -Ililit1
might not be telling the truth about
her mother. Mile was more tapa-
BILE of warping the truth when it
pleased her to do it.
Did you give her her hot milk"
she asked uncertainty. And find her
glasses for her, and help her into
her clothes for the night"
"Oh, for heavens sake, yes"
Mile snapped impatiently. do you
suppose I'd say I had II hadn't?
And do lou think I'd leave Mother
If didn't positively know she was
comfortable? You know I wouldn't"
But Sally knew that she would II
she felt like it.
She racked her brains. but she
couldn't remember single time
when Mile lad done anything to-
wards making Mrs. Jerome comfort
able and contented.
But. without half trying she could
recall any number of times when
Mile had scolded her mother for
demanding 50 much waiting upon.
she may be sick" she had often
said GROSSLY to Sally, but she's not