New Britain herald., 1928-06-01
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Virginia sad nothing but she
 was inclined 10 believe he should have substituted qulcksand for saWdust And what he said hadn't helped her 10 overcome her dis
 ouletude concerning Chin's poten- t,al importance in his life. It an- moved her that this should be so
 Its ridiculous for me to feel thls , way" she soolded herself, Most likely she isn't interested Tn Mel
 at all.'
 But take herself to task as she
 would. the rest of the dinner lost its
 aayor. and she Vas glad enough to leave as soon as they'd had their black coffee,
 For a while they walked around noslns m and out of book shops and looking in .indous filled with an amazing amount of antique leNelry
 Nathanlel suggested gong back 70 the studio The idea 0as lm- possible to Nlrglnla in her present StdIE cL ltl!ll IT. T C- trt 'S HI 'o renew his rleadlnss and she dared not trust herself to refuse hlr 1t seemed that her burden gre" hAa7ler r,th every passing hour.
 and the tenlpta',on to lav Y aside VAS not one she wanted to resist
 n Nathanlels arms So she told him she pas tired and wanted 10 so back 'o her hotel
 They dro's uptown n 2 taxicab and Virginia ~as conscious all the oav of Nathsniel's disappointment He sat nlth hrs arm about her but
 he did not talk much. Ordinarily he
 vas animated and eager to engage n conversation about some of the many things that interested him so vltallv
 His sulklness seemed tc vanish.
 however. rhen he kissed her good
 night n the cab. Virginia vent
 ID 10 her room 1lth at least
 splinter knocked off the 'cross
 she uas bearing.
 The next morning she Tas up
 Aarlv As soon as there ras any one to ansoer the telephone n MT Cardiner's office she uas asking for | information about the list she had , left with him He was not n hut 1 his secretary assured her there was no question of her ownership, and l she was free TO make whatever dis | posltlon she liked of the things.
 Virginia packed them all back I'm her suutcases. batting her eyes l turlouslv as she vent about the task. and it must be said that only very few tears got past the vigilance of her silky lashes and srattered down into the bags. l When the straps were huckled she got her handbag and fished for the pawn ticket to get the hrokees address.
 He greeted her attablv when she
 arrived at h,s shop and had her
 things carried ln by the taXlcab
 driver. His first glimpse of the
 sultcasas told him very old story | This girl was on her urpers He ] already knew she ras lnexperl- enced m the matter Of ralslns
 money on her possessions. But if he hadn't known 1t before the mere fact that she had brought so
 many things at once would have
 given her away He dealt IS falrlV
 with her as any other Vould under the circumstances and she l eat;cfiad
 i From his shop she went stralght to 8 young broker she kne" on Wall Street, but this person deait in stocks and bonds and not in ,avelrv. She was admitted 10 hls nrasence as soon IS her name was
 taken in to him, He came toward the door of his private office 10
 greet her. hands outstretched in
 welcome.
 Virginia. this is a pleasure he
 exclaimed warmly. T was one ot
 those who tried several times to see
 VOL" he added and then waited until she had taken the char ne placed for her before he went on
 to tell her of his sympathy tn her bereavem ent
 Virginia struggled to restrain her emotion when he spoke of her father. Tears seemed to come so terribly easy to her. And she was here purely on business. Grievlng would have to be kept for her soIl- tary hours.
 "t,veryone was SO very klnd, she said, dahhing at her eyes with q l black hordered handkerchief. I'm | afraid l haven't thanked you all
 properly. but you see it with such ! shock 10 me. Fathers death. and i then finding out that I hadn't any money"
 You didn't know that before" ?" he exclaimed in sstoniahment, l ' hadn't the falntest idea. 1 Olirer If father had told mo. I | might have found some way 10 help | h1m Al least I wouldn't have kept i on spending money as I had al-
 nays done"
 "of course YOU wouldn't Jn- ! torgIyahle of me not 10 have thought Of that I did wonder a ! ut-ie hy ar,one should have 1 thought II northu l7lle 70 keep right i on urtll "rything blew up. 1t l 1ooL ed like that. you knor.' he