New Britain herald., 1928-12-15
THIS HAS HAPPENED


 Ashtoreth Ashe. beautiful stenog- rapher. appears to have made de- cided impression upon Hollis Hart her wealthy employer. when in breezes little Sadie Morton. known to Mir. Hart as Mae de Marr.
 Sadie, frivolous and tawdry. has accepted an extraordinary gift Of slO,0O0 from the rather quixotic millionaire. He is astonished when he discovers that she and Ashtoreth are old friends. And Ashtoreth is afraid that he will be no longer tn- terested in her.
 She goes with Sadie to the grand apartment rented and furnished through the .benevolence of MT. Hart, And there Sadie airs a gold digger's views on men and morals. Ashtoreth secures from her partial promise that she will not attempt to blackmail her benefactor, and re- turns to the office, greatly relieved. Perhaps, after all, she will remain in the good graces of the famous Mir. Hart.
 At the end of the day she goes home in great good humor. bear ing gifts to Maizie, her good hearted and rather commonplace mother. Maizie tells her that Monty English is coming to call.
 Ashtoreth throws up her hands.
 "Your're just naturally bound to marry off Mrs. Ashes daughter. rent you. Ma?" she leases. But beneath her banter there is a shade oi annoyance.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VIII
 At eigh to'clock Monty Englis., arrived.
 Ganehe, Ashtoreth called hiin.-
 -Maizie was not at all sure what that meant. But Monty. to her way ot. thinking, Was a fine. upstandins young man. He was young and tall and blond
 "Nordic," Ashtoreth said. But then Maizie wasn't sure about that either.
 His hair was crisp. Bleached by :he sun on top and sort of coppery down near the roots. He had brown eyes with flecks in them and q big, good -humored mouth. When he smiled it began with q crinkle at the corners of his eyes and ended in a quirk at the cor aers of his mouth. And he had extraordinarily goo d-looking teeth. White as snow, or clouds, or a clean wbite shroud. So white they really shvne.
 Monty English sold radios and played a ukulele. He danced like a professional, or g dream come true. And he made love the way every girl wonders why men don't. It was strange. then. that he did mot register with Ashtoreth. May be he talked too much about ra- dios. And radios bored Ashtoreth. She wondered why he never dis covered it.
 He brought box Of gltce fruits foc.Maizie. When Maizie expressed preference, Monty never forgot.
 You girls want to go to the moSics?" he-invited.
 Hut MaiziH protested coyly, "Oh you young folks want to talk"
 At nine o'clock she made toast in the gas oven and cooked cheese with eggs and tomato. in the chaf- ing dish. Then she made coffee and cut huge pieces of fudge cake known as Wellesley.
 At 10 she had a headache and went to bed. with sly backward sIances and playful admon.tions.
 Ash" sai1 Monty English when Maisie had closed her bedroom door. 'we've known each other for three years now. That's long time for naa to adore girl who doesn't know he's living"
 Ashtoreth began, absently, to gather the coffee cups
 'Oh. please, Monty.' she pro- tested.
 Put that stuff down." he or dered. ''and lsten'
 But we've been over it so often!" she objected.
 "No. we haven't" he told her. This is something new, Ash. I'm just through being a doormat- that's all. I'm signing off tonight. little girl. John Sap speaking