Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-05
TWENTY SECOND INsTALLMEST.


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w s M y IS E. ;. e e .:Ss
have with Drew B. Co.
"Of course you must take Mrs.
Hall said genuinely delighted. 10
love 10 keep you with me, my dear. but
A. would be unfair 70 you. Any girl
with an ounce uf ense can 90 the WorK
here-not a. well as an intelligent
little somebody Ike you. but veil
enough III get IN touch with an
agency right away
Cathleen thought u strange that Ken
neths moth showed no surprise over
the fact that she was 10 so on working
She was sure Kenneth had rot told MIS-
IjaU that there YVES 10 need for her 70
fix up that extra room IN her apart
ment-not for the present, at least.
I'm sorfy ~ leave you You sc oeen
ike a cure enough mother ! doh
know what / should have done. Just at
first. among strangers" Cathleen
voice shook a little with the depth OF
her gratitude.
1T should be every woman's pleasure
TO help every other woman Mfs. Han
said "A woman never knows Wnen she
may need help and ENCOURAGEMENT ner-
self I'm sure ! never Thought. when
,tln-Mr. Hall-was alive I'd ever be
doing this" She glanced around The
Nook. row deserted save for two OF the
mattresses Il hope you'll Ike your
rev work Even Il you don't, II VIII bt
for only a little while won't it2"
Cathleen nodded and went out into the
strett She couldn't quite understand
Yerneth's mother How old Mrs. Han
kDow that the lob at Drcw's was only
a temporary one? Cathieen had meant
10 mention the fact, but 1t had slipped
her mind. Only that afternoon Mrs.
Hall had shown her some patterns OF
chfntz and had insisted on knowing
which she liked best. Cathleen under
stood that they were for the extra
room. the room the older woman
thought was to be bridal chamber:
Cathleen had been on the verge OF
telling her what she had told Kenneth.
But she could not bring herself to do so.
1T was Konneth's place to confide In ms
mother
1T win be for only a little while,
won't it?" Yes. Mrs Hall had said just
that. Cathleen went over their CONVEX
Bation OF a sudden she stopped ana
calculated WELL" OF enlightenment.
She thinks I'm going to marry Ken
and take the Job, too" Now Cathleen
Understood Mrs. Halls lack of curiosity.
"She's so used TO working for him that
she can't see why another woman, his
wife, shouldn't be glad TO do the same.
She believes I'm taking the job TO hold
up my part of the family budget. That
sonly little while meant until Ken
NAMES good"
DID women always work, wear out
their lives, so that their men could play
the game most to their liking? was u
right for women to do this? Perhaps
II the men for whom they carried on
were worthy. Or If they worked be-
cause they loved so deeply that the
sacrifice was JOY,
But sacrificial love, couldn't 1t be
carried to point where 1t destroyed
the object of its sacrifice? Was not
Mrs, Hall destroying her son with just
could not afford. Ken's easy acceptance
of her sacrifice. My son comes first
But Mrs Hall was not putting her son
first. She was putting her own salts
faction first-her secret JOY in the
alteration she gave him. And she shut
her eyes to what her lavishness OF ado
ration was costing her son.
Cathleen stopped in to tell Julia that
Mrs. Hall would find girl by Saturday.
Then she went on to her room under
the caves. She must make careful
invoice of her clothes, select those she
would take TO Journeys End. She found
she had a surprising number OF pretty
things.
II will mot have to buy thing for a
wear" she thought. by that time, If
/ work hard, l ought to be making
enough money to replenish my ward
robe"
Kenneth came into The Nook the
next day at noon. He was looking a
trifle seedy, as If he had not slept much
since she last saw him.
What a bang!" he said, sitting down
at the table Cathleen was arranging
"These writer folks certainly live high.
I'm q wreck"
ITS been hotter than Evsngelines
biscuits in town" Cathleen said. Evan
geline was the cook who made the hot
biscuits of The Nook a feature in the
Village.
Cool on the yacht" Kenneth
yawned. when we weren't diving for
"A swim we lounged on the deck and
depleted the contents of frosty glasses.
You know. Kit, I've just got wise to
myself. To get on in the literary set
you've got to do a lot of mixing With
people, ! mean Meet folks. Put your
self where they can get an earful OF
you. Here I've been burying myself, not
knowing what it was all about. You've
got to play high if you expect to work
high"
High play comes high. doesn't it?"
Cathleen could not resist the dart.
He froWned. Sure it does" he said.
"But it's better to Splurge plenty in a
few high spots than TO dribble along.