New Britain herald., 1928-04-18

tea. She won't say shes sorry. probably. but shell try to make il
 ID 10 you, Shes like that-alvays flying off the handle and suspicious Of evrryhody, bu, shes got heart
 as big as Babe. the fat girl,' And so have you" Sal, told ! her hrokcNly. taking both of the , ,lny hands into one Of hers and laying them softly against her lips. Amt love grand ?' Mazje sighed deeply. If it had been my s"ee'ie, I'd a-f,ll for that line of Mir By | bees about him running off with ' Ni,a, but you sure stuck hy him, was i'll lcvc like that once. when l was q kid l married him, too, and he run off with the alhino gir. and took my grouch bag with him.
 Every damn cent l had But il
 sure was sweet before We was mar
 ried and he was nuts about me.
 ".Au. let the kid aione. SllC i slipped from the edge of the berth ] and ,awned widely, "Gawd. I'm i sleepy, If the cops don't catch ] that Hula hussy I'm going out l looking for her myself. and when
 I get through with her she'll never
 shake another grass skirt! C'mon. i Magic. Its three o'clock in tht
 morning, and we've got IS shows { ahead of Us today
 "Maybc." Magic ya"ned. If , Pop wasn't stringing us, we'll be stranded in this burg. G'night,
 sally. C;'night NIldge. And say.
 Sally, even if this Dave boy has
 hlowed and left you flat you won't
 have no trouble copping off an-
 other sweetie. Gus was telling us about that New York rubc that's trailing you. Hook up with him and you'll wear diamonds. Believe , me, kid. they ain't none Of 'enl worth losing sleep over when you He
 got IS shows a day ahead Of you. G'night.'
 When they had gone the midget
 yanked the green curtains together
 with con1ical fiercen"ss. then
 cravled under the top of the sheet
 that covered Sally.
 I'm going to sleep here with
 you. Sally" she said. II don't take
 up much room.'
 And the woman who was old
 enough to be Sally's mother curied her o9-inch body in the curve oi
 Sally's right arm and laid her tiny
 cheek, as soft and urinkled as q
 worn kid glove, in the hollow o' Saly's firm young neck.
 But long after the midget Va: asleep, Sally lay wide-eyed anc
 tense in the dark, her mind a wei . ter of fears and love and doubt She had pleaded passionately witt Pop Bybee for David, ficrcely shoN
 ing 10 the dark depths Of her mint . even the memory of the jealous,
 which Nita had fiendishly arouset
 in her heart. But now that shF had saved him temporarily by con : yinclng Bybee that the boy coult not have taken part in the robbery doubt began to insinuate its ug'. body upward from those darl depths where she had buried 1t. Did he really love her - pa - thetic, immature girl from an or phanaee. q girl who had bee'
 Iothing but q responsibility an' a source of dire trouble to hin since ne had first met and cham pioncd her on the Carson farm? [ Her old feeling Of inf"riorlt. l rose like nausea in her throat ] Life in an orphanagc is not calcu l lated to give a girl faith in h" . own beauty and charm. No on' ] rntil David's teasing. fond eye had rested upon her. had though - her beautiful.
 Q Had he been only sorry for he'
 glad of an opportunity 10 blow. 2 to get out Of the state where h D was wanted on two s"riou - charg,>r Was he d,smayod, toe e hy tho fact that moonlight fa k trck.l him into telling her tha = he loved her. thus adding the re |. eponsbility of her future 10 th f burden Of protecting her in thl " hectic present"
 ', Then Il sweefer. saner In' nor s c9amorod for attention. She hear !, again ms fond. husky voice caress !, Ing her, his Dear little Sally r And lnvoluntarily her lnou' :. pursed in memory Of his kiss. thf '' kiss that had left her giddy "it II delight.
 i How ,nfailingly kind and swe' r h. had been since that first da D when he had etro1c into her If r with the sun on his chestnut ha 2 and thr glory of the sun in h
 eyes. H. had not failed her ono j. lnlt she was failing him now. l f IoUl'iug him. by picturing him |, 4 fugitive in the dark, fleeing "Ii n i pair of criminals who had robb' ,- the man whose kindness had pr f trc'"J him from the law.
 - Why. she must be crazy 70 th1' e for T moment that David could II a thing like that! No one in q |. world was as good and kind ar Il honorable q s David.
 But where was he? Mrs. ESh' ', had lett him 10 guard the trai '. N"' TOT T 'Ioli''h' 'o"'' 9hr U
 Uo,t thp' he had failed in h <. tr'Is' Painfully. Sally tried 70 ', IF uallzo the dreadful thing that hs ,- happened. David alone. pa'rollii J the train, his eyes sharp for i v trnders Ihen-the sudden appes II ance of Ni'a and the man, SteN |. weighted down with the contents
 the safe they had robbed. r I. Sally knew that the robbery mu m have taken place before l'aF .n caught his first glimpse of 'I 's crooks Otherwise th" safe VOL
 be intact now. even If DaNld's dc; ,o hody had been found as silent vi r ness that he had fulfilled his trust 10 Her mind shut1Jer"J away fro