Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
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She works as assistant to Mrs. May
berry in a little millinery shop that
is not very successful. Here she is
disconnected because she meets no
young men and has none of the ro-
nance in her life that every young
and pretty girl should have.
On a certain stormy Easter Sat-
urday the little shop has less busi-
ness than usual, and Mrs. Mayberry
puts a FOR SALE" sign in the
show window among all the hats
that are not selling. She has decid-
ed to give up trying to run her
store, and go back to work for some
one at a salary. Chatty, to whom
she pays $18 a week. is heartsick at
the thought of losing the salary,
so greatly needed at home, where
she lives with her widowed mother
and young brother, Pud.
A customer comes into the shop.
and Chatty begins to show her hats,
and gossip to her about the lack of
business not letting the woman get
a word in edgewise. After a few
minutes the woman manages to tell
her that she came in to see if the
shop was for sale, but is not inter
eSted because Chatty has told her
how bad business is.
After she goes, Mrs. Mayberry
puts Chatty out of the shop for
getting to give her her weeks
wages. Chatty goes home and when
she tells her mother what has hap
pened, Mrs. Chatterton scolds her
for talking too much, and tells her
that the gossip habit will grow on
her if she doesn't do something
about it. The door bell rings, and
Mrs. Chatterton, who does plain
sewing, tells Chatty to go and an
SWer it.
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CHAPTER II
Still in her dripping clothes.
Chatty flew to open the door OF
the little flat.
Her mothers one and only fash
ionable customer stood just outside,
filling the tiny hallway with the
fresh. sweet, Woodsy smell of the
violets she wore pinned on her coat.
Its Mrs. IAN Nuys, mother!"
Chatty called over her shoulder as
she swung the door vide open for
the visitor.
Come right in, Mrs. Van Nuys!"
she went on in her quick, bright
way. Chatty alwcys talked as if
she were short of breath and full
Of excitement.
Weren't you the brave lady to
conse out on a dreadful cay like
this!" she ran on. isn't it the
worst weather you ever saw in all
your LIFE? But you're not very
wet, are you? You come over in
your car, Of courSe-but Jake a look
at poor ME! 7 had to walk home
all the way horae from West River
street, and there isn't a dry thread
on ne! I'm a walking fountain,
no less"
Chattering Ike a squirrel, she leo
the way down the short, - hall
to the front m"
Mrs. Chatterton 1ad left her sew
ing machine and was standing in
the middle of the room with a blue
taffeta silk dress across her arms.
"It'S all ready fer you to try on,
Kate" she said to Mrs. Van Mugs.
Il think it's prettier W than when
1t was new"
They had been friends, these two
women. for 30 years. Long before
Chatty's father ID died, and long
before Mrs. Van Nuy's husband had
made his money. they had been
neighborS. And they never had lost
track of each other, somehow, and
were still kate" and Harriet" to
each other.
Sometimes now Mrs. CE.atterton
made over or rnended Mrs. Van
Nuys' beautifr- and expensive dress
es. But most of the work she did
was plain sewing fo- he people in
the neighborhooC. If : Upton
street flat, and it brought her in
very little money.
You'd better peel o.. those wet
clothes and 'op into a hot bath
before you catch your death of
cold" she said a~nxiously to her
daughter, while she waited for Mrs.
Van -uys to take off her violets and
her coat and The French handmade
dress she wore under her coat.
AS Chatty went out Of the room
she heard her telling her friend
about the quarrel in Mrs. May
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And would you believe it, Kate,
that Mrs. Mayberry just pushed
Chatty out of the store!" she heard
her say, indignantly. And the poor
child walked all the way home in
the rain-and that woman didn't
even give her her salary for the
week"
But Ill get it, never worry!" said
Chatty, silently, shutting herself in
TO the bedroom nat she shared
with her mother, and began to take
off her wet, uncomfortable things.
She was very sorry now that she
had not given Mrs. Mayberry a good
piece OF her mind before she left.
She was just as sorry as she could
be that she had not given her the
"bawling out Of her life Above
all she was sorry that she had left
without her 10.
But III 60 back and get it Just
as soon as 1 can get into some dry
clothes" she promised herself, run
ming steaming water into the bath
tub and unWrapping a large new
cake Of soap from the shelf above
IL.
For, while SIS is no more than the
price Of a new hat or an enhancing
pair of high-heeled slippers to some
girls, 1T was he very staff of life
to Chatty-and to her family.
They neve could have kept going
without it.
1t paid the rent for the little flat.
1t paid the heating bills and n