New Britain herald., 1928-03-28
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| moonlight, and, clasping her thin ! little hands tightly. spoke in a low | passionate voice directly to God whom she nagined bending His 1 majestic head to listen:
 i 'Oh, thank you. God. for making i David like me, and for letting me 1 dance with him. And if dancing is
 sin, please forgive me, God, for 1 l didn't mean any harm. And
 please make Pearl not hate me so much just because David is sweet 10 me. She las so many friends
 and q father and mother and d
 grandmother and a nice home and so many pretty clothes. while l haven't anything. Make her feel kinder toward me, dear God. and III work hard and be 50 good :. And please, God, keep my heart and body pure, like Mrs. Stone says
 Lying in bed, covered only with the scant night-goNn she had brought from the orphanage, Sally did not feel the oppressive heat nor the hardness and llmpiness of her corn-shuck mattress. For she was reliying the hour she had spent in the Carson living room sponsored by a stern faced David who seemed determined to force Pearl and her giggllns. chattering friends 10 accept the ti,nli little orphan as an equal.
 She felt again tle pain III her heart at their yelled insults. their deliberate snubs. the concentrated fury that sleamod at her from
 Pearls pale blue eyes. But again.
 as during that hour. tho hurt was
 healed by the blessed fact of David's cham mpionship. She lay
 very still to recapture the bliss of
 DaNld's arm about her waist, as be
 "hrled her lightly jn q fox ,rot
 the music for which came s6
 mSsterjously from u little box with
 ulals and horn like pbonograph.
 She heard again his precious com
 rliment. spoken loudly enough for
 Pearl to hear: You're the best
 dancer l ever danced with. Sally.
 I'm going to ask you to the Junior
 Prom next year.
 Of course he had danced with
 Pearl, too, and with the other girls.
 who had made eyes at him and aneled for compliments on their own dancing. When he danced with Pearl, her husky young body pressed closely against his. her flnser-tips audaciously brushed tho golden crispncss of his hair. She had even tried 10 dance cheek-to- cheek with David, but lie had held back stiffly.
 The other boya-Ross Willis and Purdy Bates-had not asked Sall, to dance with them. after Pearl had whispered half-aujible. fierce commands: but their rudeness had no power 10 still the little song of thanksgiving that trilled in her heart. for always David came back 10 her. looking glad and relieved. and it was with her that David sat between dances. talking steadily and entertainingly, 10 hide her shy silences
 She sighed in memory, qIiver- Ing sigh of pure pleasure, when sll" lived again the minutes in the kitchen when she and David had washed glasses and plates, while the others danced in the parlor. They had not returned, but to- gether had slipped up the back stairs to the garret. David bidding her cheerful goodnight as he turned into his own room to study for an hour before going 10 bed.
 She had learned during those talks with David, that he was % wears old, that he had completed two years work in the State Agri- cultural and Mechanical College; that he was working summers on farms as much for the practical as for the money earned. 1 for his ambition was to be d seen t'fic farmer. so that he might make l the most of the farm which he would some day inherit from his grandfather, His nIfather'S | place adioined the Carson fas nm