The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-22

Sarah had put on a gingham dress that was at least four years old, and started to drag out her trunks, when the doorbell rang about five o'clock the afternoon that Grace and Jimmy and Jack were at tea at Sues. Sarah glanced in the mirror. Her skirt was very short. It's gay pink and white plaid only reached to her knees. Her hair was disheveled and her eyes were tired. She didn't want to go to the door. But 1t might be important. She pressed the button that re. leased the outer door and then went to the door of the living room to wait. She saw her reflection in the mirror and grinned impishly because her dress was so short and her re- bellious hair was so tumbled. But she wasn't at all prepared for the tall young man who faced her.
 "Why, Ted, come in. It's nice of you to call on me-"
 Ted came in and closed the door. He was rather nervous. And angry about something. She could tell by the stubborn set of his chin and the glint in his eyes.
 ''I'n clear a chair for you" She swept off the boxes. I'm getting ready to leave your oity and it's a job to pack. How's Joan? Did she recover? I was so sorry about her accident that night"
 Her loose sleeve flew back and she saw the deep purple of the mark that her own injury had left. Isn't that where you were hurt that night?" Ted asked, disregard Iav OxuH r,,oafinnS
 "Just another scar," Sarah an- swered lightly, and sat down on the three-legged stool since there was no other place to sit.
 "Sarah, you've got to stop seeing Phil Banning!" Ted shot out the words.
 well, Ted Merryman, since when did you decide that you could tell me whom I was to see and whom not to seer" Sarah managed to make her voice light as she asked the question and her eyes were lazy. But | inside she was strangely confused. If Ted were interested enough in her affairs to come to her about them She put the lid down firmly on that part of her mind. Ted had come before and some whim of loans had been back of every request. He maTTleu' Anu Joo AS 0SA"e talked about"
 "Oh!" She hoped he couldn't read the surprise in her face. Phil married! That was preposterous. Not that 1t made any difference to | her one way or the other, so far as she was concerned. He was all right. nothing more. But why had Ted come to tell her? That was the thing that interested her.
 And why should you care if l see him, Theodore?" Now her voice was mocking and the little bells that rang in it laughed.
 "Because because :" He stopped abruptly. confronted by her own question.
 He doesn't know Sarah went on musing. He doesn't know that it isn't customary for a young man to give q girl advice unless he's inter- ested in her.
 "Because you're a friend of Sues and mine and don't think its fair for you to get mixed up in somo- thing of this sort" Ted eaid then. "VoS didn't know his wife come to town to-day. did you? Well. she did. and you had better lot her look after hIs morals now. After heard she was here l mentioned t to Joan and she agrees"
 "ohl" So Joan was advising Ted ana he was trying to eoerce her for another girls sake. That was dif. | ferent. .. nor white garden patch. But rest assured she wanted scarlet peoples and gorgeous dahlias and sInnias 'n |anotiser part Of her earden.
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