The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-18
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Beautiful ELLEN ROssITER. q
store. lives with her mother.
MOLLY ROSS1TER, her elder sis-
ter. MYRA, and her young brother.
MIKE. The two girls support the
family. Molly 1oolishly spends
money saved to pay the rent. Ell.
len tries to get Job NJ q dance
haIl hostess Mt DreamIand ana
learns that she must have an eve.
ming dress. She has none. STE.
VEN BARCLAY. her employer.
sees her crying and offers to give
her q dress. Ellen proudly re-
fuses but agrees to borrow q
Aox E1; white frock:
he drives her to Dreamland where
he leaves her. TONY, another Of
the hostesaes. befrlends and ad.
vlses Ellen. Ellen hates the
cheapness of the dance kali, hates
taking 1O-cent ticket to dance
with az Corners. She slaps q man
who kisses her. JACOB SALO.
MON. the manager, 10 about 10
discharge her when q handsome
YOUNG man asks to be introduced
70 her. He says his name 10
LARRY SMITH. He goes to buy
tickets and while she waits for
lin. Ellen 1orgets that she hated
sss1WS - 3 0QxCl0y'0
kindness, forgets everything ex.
cept Larry Smith.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER vi
] AIRY had bought string OF
~ tickets. each marked good for
one Dance" There were dozens. He
dropped the ribbon of bright green
over Ellen's bare arm so that It
curled almost to the floor.
That's for all evening"" he told
her. mo one else is to dance with
YOU"
II believe you've made a mis-.
take" Ellen said, trying to temper
the bubbling joyousness in her
voice. II think they sold you q
railroad ticket to California"
1T does look like that"
Tony. gliding past. summed up
the incident with approving, inter.
ested eyes. The 17.year-old plainly
considered the older girl to be her
protege.
II knew you'd be lucky. Ellen, !"
she called over her shoulder and
was gone.
"Now what did she mean?" Larry
demanded.
"She meant I was lucky to ind
such a good-customer." Ellen ad.
vised him demurely.
mo. It's the customer who's
lucky"
Their laughter rang out. Larry
swept Ellen into his arms and they
were caught into the emotion.laden
atmosphere Of the room. Boys and
girls were dancing closely in the
semi-darkness, cheek to cheek, heart
to heart. Light frocks blurred
against the darker clothes Of the
men; white. bare arms clutched at
broad shoulders. There was no
sound except the muted whine OF
the orchestra and the swish Of dane.
Ing feet. and. from outside, through
the open windows, tho subdued up.
roar Of q never resting Broadway.
Boys ana girls. In the artificial
darkness, were snatching feverishly
at q little moment Of tawdry 70.
nance. lest it pass them by: snatch.
Ing at moment Of forgetfulness OF
daily tasks while tho saxophones
moaned.
Ellen and Larry bumped into a
couple who had stopped for . mas.
stonate embrace. Ellen felt again
that she would weep. She did not
know quite why. But she knew
that II Larry Smith attempted to
embrace her In that furtiye dark.
ness something shining and young
and beautiful would be gone for.
ever. At the same time she knew
that II he drew her close. close to
him she could not resist.
y don't seem to care much for
this" he ventured at lensth. mn.
comfortably. And then abruptly.
with no preliminaries, he asked.
What are You doing here?"
ELLEN experienced a lightness
- and buoyancy Of spirit a
though something she feared had