The Washington times., 1931-10-09

drink in Susie Lawlor's face I
realized that, for the first time,
I had done something decidedly
coarse and cheap.
Chubb Osmund was no fool.
He knew that I wasn't myself
or I wouldn't have done this.
Instantly he started to dance
me away, and I got a glimpse
of somebody holding Susie back
as she tried to reach for me.
Because Of the raucous jazz
from the orchestra and the
crowd on the dance floor, Chubb
had me far away in the crowd
in no time at all, it seemed.
He steered me over to the en-
trance to the rest room.
Get your things, Katie" he
said, "and we'll go out in the air
for a while, then go to some
other place. I'll pay the check
and be here to meet you."
went into the rest room, my
face burning with shame.
It was more shame for the al
most unforgivable thing I had
done than for the snubbing Su-
sic Lawlor had given me.
AS I bathed my face and got
my things to 60, Viola came in.
Chubb had found her with
Denny Thurston and told them
what we planned to do.
Viola didn't make any COM
ments except to say that she
would be with me.
Another Snub
And then Susie Lawlor came
into the rest room with a Mrs.
Walling, one Of her society
friends had met at her home.
Susie came to try and fix up
because the liquor had washed
away her makeup and wet her
dress.
Drunken little beaSt!" Susie
cried when she saw me.
1T was q low-down thing for
me to do, and I'm sorry," I
admitted, frankly enough. II
realize that you have the right
to snub anyone, even if that is
also unlady-like."
II don't want apologies from
anyone like you, she said, and
then she proceeded to call me
a whole string of vile names.
Viola started to shut her UP,
but I prevented this. When she
had finished I was fairly calm.
Because I was innocsntly
mixed up with the Malvern
murder and am supposed to
be quite beyond the pale of
decency, SUSIE" I said, ''and I
suppose that is why you can
not lower yourself to associate
with me any more"
"Innocently!" she said with
a Sneer:
"Just that-and I am not
living with an actor-or any
other mani"
Susie turned white. I was
sure that she didn't want her
friend, Mrs. Walling, to know
this.
prove it," she said, hoarsely.
II have only your word for
it, Susie, and"
Then I began to cry. I sob
bed that I was sorry and
ashamed. I was. more than I
could express, but I had no re-
grets over Susie Lawlor's change
of feeling toward me. If that
was the sort of friend" she
and her snobbish class proved
to be to former friends IN
trouble. I was fortunate to
know it.
So Viola took me out. We rode
around the park for a while
and when Chubb spoke of some
other place I was glad to go.
The rest of the night was
happy enough.
But I was not silly enough
to take any more drinks. For
the first time I had taken al
together too much. 1T wasn't
funny or nice. I was always out
for gaiety and fun, not for in
toxication and rowdiness.
Chubb Wants to Wed Her
Once more Chubb Osmund
begged me to marry him, He
blamed himself for my scene
this night, declaring that he
had fed me too many drinks
and loaded" some to cheer
me up.
I had to tell him again that
I wouldn't marry him. AS I felt
at this time r didn't think l
wanted to marry anyone.
Thad Parsons was becoming
attentive again. 1 had once
said that after the way he
threw me down for that worth,
less Airline Sargent I would
never marry him, but was be-
ginning to change my mind,
Thad was so sweet to me. 1
knew that he would always
keep me in luxury if I married
him. 49,.
Poor Chubb Osmund finally
gave up all idea that might
some day marry him. He saw
me with Thad more and more.
Thad Attentive
Even Viola agreed that was
silly to lose such an oppor-
tlInitY. She ALWAYS maintained