The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-31
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 CHAPTER XIII
 The girl walked for hours, shiy. ering in the wind. She wore tho oxford suit which remained iron her wardrobe of the winter before It had been good, even fashionable once. It had belonged to Elsie Now 1t was trifle outmoded shabby.
 She wore a pair of low-heeled shoes dating from the old days ir the apartment. Her underthings had been part of he trousseau Everything else she left behind Her hat had been paid for with Gives money but she realized sht would cause comment on the stree, if she were bare headed and sht had no choice. She departed empty handed as she had come Pride stood her in good stead. She would ask nothing from the mar she had treated so badly.
 Even her check books had beer loft in the little secretary in hei boudoir. She had drawn $50 tho day before to tide her over unti she found work This she resolved to pay back from whatever money she might earn.
 She went by subway to Penn sylvania station and from there took a train to small city In Jer- sey. She bought a cheap bag. night things and & tooth brush. On one of the clean, quiet side streets she . found a room, She had mailed g . lettDr to her mother from New York.
 Don't worry" she had told Cass., "I shall be all right. I need to get my bearings. I'll let yot hear from time to time how l an getting on."
 She slept uneasily that night ir the strange, narrow bed. Gone were the down comforts, the linen sheets. the bizarre tiled bath where hot water rushed from gilded spigots. Gone the scented salts, the big alabaster bowl with the enor- nous powder puff.
 The first morning of her awak. ening was dreary one. It had rained in the night and the patch of sky she could see from her window showed gray. Iiane washed, shivering in the skimr bathroom with oilcloth on the floor. She dressed in her com fortless room and fared forth to cat a solitary breakfast in tiled lunch room. She counted her resources and winced to find theH sadly dwindling. How often she had wondered what 1t might DC like to be without friends In | strange city! Now at last she knew.
 She went from place to place seeking work. At noon, faint witf hunger and stumbling with fatigue she wandered into a department managers office in shabby DE store. TO her amaZement shc Was given work. She was to be a sales, woman in the stocking departmen,, at SIS a week. Briefly she figured on the back of an envelope as she rulped a scalding cup of tea ana nibbled an unappetizing egg salad Six dollars for a room. IweIvt Ioilars left for food and clothing Not much but she would make Il 10 There was nothing else TOT her. she was lucky. she assured herself, to make a start.
 Liane's days resolved them seIves into a pattern. She rose hefore seven, and dressed hur, YiedIy. She stopped at a .tIec lunchroom for breakfast. AT orange, a piece of toast. a cup ol ol coffae That was 25 cents. Sht rushed to the store. She had tt be there. at a quarter past eight There she arranged her stocK f,ipned open her salesbook. anc when the doors were opened stooe waiting and ready. one or an arHS of workers expected to pc court eous and efficient. nc,
 For the first time in her iiIe Liane began to realize what DOT of fife the workers of the worlc lead. She discovered that liit could become q treadmill In Whlcf the only really important thingi were a hot cup of tea and goot night's rest. On Sundays sn' alarmed her other pair of stock ings and washed her gloves. Sh' had no money to pay to the nair' dresser SO she shampooed hel hair on the Sabbath. too. Her rec ached always. She knew now why salesgirls often seemed surly why they had difficulty in manag ing n smile when "moddom wal difficult. Where Liane worked the patrons were shabbier thar the girls behind the counter They haggled over purcnases oinched the stockings suspicious. l.. Liane did not blame them. 4 Collar was great lot of none! and buying was q serious matter Sometimes at night she was tot tired to eat. She did not mine this so much. It was one way O saving money.
 She learned to keep a box O crackers in her room and Dit O cheese carefully rolled in browr naper. Apples could be had fol little or nothing. Sometimes sh' thought of the state dinners a the Willow Stream house. of he own plate being carried ava! scArceIy touched. She thought O ted, parties where the table over fldwed with cakes and tiny, dell eioIus sandwiches. She tortured kefself with memories of thu 1isthes she had refused. .,
 lone day Llane realized witl fright that a man was shadowini I.k xY- ..... i. .voff. Al reaaed mal