New Britain herald., 1928-04-04
THIS HAS HAPPENED

she has know II since she was four At thl farm, shc finds friend il David Nash student and athlete David prefers Sally 10 Clem's bad tempered daughter, Pearl and this ansers the farmer.
 When Carson makes insulting ru- marks about sally, David sends him crashing to the ground with one ter rifle blow. David and Sally flee. They tramp until morning when they come to a carnival train. In the carnival troupe Sally spies Ed tie Cobb, former inmate Of the Or phans Homo. He begs Winfield By bee. manager ot the carnival, to make place for these two and &C., cordingIy David IS sent 10 the cook 5 ear and Sally becomes Princess I,alla,' crystal =azer. Sally makes friends with the midget, 'Pltty Sing who warns her to beware of Nita the Hula dancer. who has her eye on David
 That night n the dress tent Nlta comes in. When Sally speaks to her, sine cuts her short and tells her she knows who sIe is we'll enough. Bending nlona eingls over Sally, she demands: Do you want me to tip don't, llstan-4nl get II good. all of it"'
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XVIII
 Four girls, two of them thin to naciation, one o.cr-fat. the fourth IS beautifully shaped as q Greek statue, traied dispiritedly into the dress tent. their hands eroplng to unfasten the snaps of their soied silk chorus girl costumes.
 Their heavily rouged and pow derod faces were drawn with fla tiguc; their eyes like burnt holes -!n once-gay blankets. Sally had watched them dance, en>iously. be tween her own performances had heard the barker ballyhooing them as 'Bybec's Tollies Girls. straight from Broadway and on their way back to jon their pals in Ziegfeld's l'ollics.
 Now. weary unto death after IS performances. the "Follics' girls shuffled on aching feet to their cots and seated themselves with groans and dispirted curses, paying not the faintest attention to the tense tableau presented by Nita. the Hula" dancer. and the girl they knew as Princes Lalla."
 Sally's frightened eyes fluttered from one to another of that be- dragg'ed, pathetic quartet, but she might as well have appealed to the gaudly painted banners that flut- tered over the deserted booths out side.
 What do you want. Nita": 2" she whispered. moistening her dry lips and twisting her little brown painted hands together.
 'I'Il tell you fast enough" Nita snarled. thrustins her face close to Saily's. T want you 10 give that aheik of yours the ga'c-~gci me" Ditch him. shake him. and ! don't mean maybe.'
 For the third time that day Sally
  friend she had ever made outsid" he orphanage, thrown into her face IS d sweetheart or worse. Winfield EyDee's casual words to his wife cant you see she's clear gone on hat Dave chap of hors"'' - had made her heart beat fast with :" queer suIfocatng kind of pleasure.
 |, i,erenced in her life. Those words had somehow initiated her into young ladyhood, fraught with strange. lovely privileges, among ,hcm fhe right 10 be "clcar gone" on n1an--a man like David, The budgets your David' and "Of course you're in love with him. and { he's crazy about you-a blind per son could sec that had semi her lcart soaring 10 heaven. like a toy balloon accidentally released froh' ! B child's clutch.
 But Nit1 8 that shciS Of yours, Nita's ycnomously spat command. { "c1}e him he gate ditch him, !, .nake ham," ,rol2-od in her q sud- . iHr blind fury. E fnrA aa intense as 1 ,>jta's.
 "ll1 do no such thing, Davlds JulAc, as long 4e ho wants tn be. ! You have no right 10 dictate to . }ue..'
 Is 'iat ~o2" NiIA .traic lltrned . ends digging into her hips. toss ot her ragged badly curled blond . Gnal emphasizius her sarcasn. "1r . 'ilat 90? Mayba you'Il think l had some right when the cops tap you on the shoulder tororroH. Too bad [ you and your David can't share q suite in the county jail toeether.'
 You d--you'd do hat--to David 'oo?" Sal. whispered over cold . lips.
 Y thought that'J got UnI. youv shin,," Ni'a laughed harsh),. Thcn, a!s though the in'crvie" Was suc- ccssfully concluded. from h,r stand point, the rcd painted nails Of her claN-liko hands began to pick a' 'i1e fastening Of her grass skirt
 sally was turning away blindly 'eeling like q small. trapped animal when s tiny. ahrill voice came from the midgets cot:
 'I heard every word you said Sita. l think VOL must ha1e gone crazy. The beat affsct- some lk, this. but I never saw II strike q carnival 'roupcr qutte so ha1-
 You shut ut. ,ou lftIe double crossing run'." Nita whlrled to- ward the midget bed.
 T may be d run'." n, uidgot,s voice shrillcd. but I'm in full pos session of my faculties. Aud when 1 tell Winfield Byb', hs threats you''1 made against tlls poor child. you'n find yourself stranded in Stanton without even q grass skirt to earn 'i1lne with. And if fhc rarniTal 9tafrVrHf Ie still working.