New Britain herald., 1928-12-14
THIS HAS HAPPENED

Sadie Morton, cheap and tar nished. has asked Ashtoreth Ashe te share her apartment. It IS a grand and glorious apartment. fur nished to Sadie's tawdry taste. at the expense of Hollis Hart.
 Hart, enormously wealthy and at tractive, is Ashtoreth's employer. And Ashtoreth is . beautiful girl. with exquisite perceptions and high ideals. A little snobbish. perhaps.
 She seems to have made . decided impression upon Mir. Hart, when suddenly he discovers that she and Sadie Morton are old friends. With that knowledge. Ashtoreth is afraid she has forfeited his interest.
 In order to satisfy her curiosity concerning his exact status with Sadie, she accompanies the girl to her apartment and hears the com- plete story of an amazing philan- thropy.
 Hart had given Sadie 910ooo be- cause he felt sorry for her-and had 50 much money that it really didn't make any difference anyhow. When he tired of visiting her. Sadie. panic stricken as her new prosperity dwindles. threatens to sue him for breach of promise. But she has no grounds for such . suit, and not even an interruptions lawyer can help her iind any. Hart never so much as kissed her good night. as she naively admits.
 Finally, Sadie thinks she sees . way to keep the apartment which she is afraid she will lose. For she has spent her entire t1o.ooo. And SO she bess Ashtoreth to come and share the rent.
 Your mother'd love it. Ash she pleads
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER VII.
 "Oh. Sadie. We couldn't afford it. VI protested Ashtoreth.
 But Sadie was not 20 easily dis couraged.
 "It wouldn't cost much if we split 1t three ways" she pointed out. You and your mother and me, and then some other girl. Gee Ash. I hate to give up place like this. Re a good sport. We could have some swell times together And think of your mother. Ash! Wouldn't she just love it thought!
 It was. indeed. the sort of palce poor Maizie would love. Family ties. reflected Ashtoreth. were such a joke. She disliked, instinctively everything that her mother ad. mired. She shuddered now. tc think of Maizie gloatinE over Sa- dies deep plush chairs and mon. strous divan. Admiring sadie'i dreadful lamps. Exclaiming upon her ugly rugs. And all her tawdry objects dart.
 What would Hollis Hart think fl he could know that Mrs. Ashe had tastes like Sadie's!
 Ashtoreth had conveyed the i'm. precision that her mother was q cultivated and an educated woman Some day she could explain thcil intimacy with the miserable Nor. tons. But never. never would shs transplant Maizie to flourish in tho garish garden of Sadie's interior decorations-to be discovered there by Hollis Hart. =. That fastidi. ous and elegant gentleman. But honestly. Sadie" she in. 4iAtnd STf's crito in, ,4 yr< simply couldn't swing it." You just don't want to get mixed up with me-" hazardcd Sa. die shrewdly. You're trying te make a hit with the boss. and you're going to watch your step."
 "oh. my dear wish you wouldn' talk that way!"
 Sadic's incessant vulgarity va! , annoying.
 "Well. I'm not going to bothel Holly any more," she volunteered 50 don't let that trouble you. ,, told you I got new boy. He call me Siren because he says I'm { scream. Gee. he's q wise cracker You ought to know him. He's jus like a guy in College Humor. Wear the latest styles. Honest. Ash he's riot. Know what he says am? A U. s. A. girl-universa Sex Appeal"
 Sadie preened for a glance in he Venetian mirror.
 Yes, ma am" she said. "Tha boy thinks I'm the original rcd ho mamma"
 Then you're really through wit MT. Hart?' asked Ashtoreth eager ly. 'T mean you're not going { try 10 get any more money fror him ?'
 "Oh. I don't know" l Ashtoreth laughed.
 @Oh. Sadie, you're impossible! she declared. "1 always thougl you were a modern. independer working girl. And what gol digger you turned out to be!''
 I'm modern" countered Sadi And I'm independent as hcl. Wh wants to work?"
 Well. l do," announced Ashtt reth. and began to gather her thing together Black antelope glov' and q bag to match and her lit lace handkerchief.
 Listen Sadie. If I were you wouldn't go to see Mir. Hart agai Honestly. I think you are makir a big mistake. You've had 31e.0' Ifrom him, and you gave absolute nothing in return. There's TO eartl ly reason why you should expe him to so on supporting you. | should think you'd ret yourself