Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-05-05
Chapter 10
MRS.
GxN7ILL that be all, MISS"

AEMI ILL tU4tC De all, miss
Yes said George briskly.
That will be all and thank you very
much, Mrs. Hale, for putting in such
a magnificent days work. Here's a
weeks money and a reference you
see I've said hat | only part with
you because / need someone who can
come for the whole day ana cook me
a late dinner
Thank you, miss. I'm sure | quite
understand. Mrs, Hale folded up the
reference and put it with the money
into a worn purse. Her button-brown
eyes roved towards the little room
that had been a mere "glory-hole"
and was now brave with washed
paint, stained floor and furiture taxi
en- from Georges room.
ITS wonderful what a difference
some kinds of changes make to a
place said Mrs. Hale; and with a
sly little smile she battered out Of
the tiny hall.
George flushed, shrugged, gather
ed up the curtain material and went
into her W room. There had been
some kinds of changes here. too.
The disputed velour curtain had been
sewn and hung by Jenny after all,
and at top speed; there was a whole
new suite of furniture, fashioned from
an ash-grey wood with a lovely, swirl
ling grain In it and inlaid with ebony.
On the bed were piled boxes and
boxes and boxes, just arrived; all OF
a silvery striped cardboard; all tied
with jade colored string; all stamped
"Parfaite."
Her trousseau. George had not vet
dared tell Jenny about it. Only last
night she had agreed that she needed
nothing bu a new hat for her we'd
ding. This morning, on her way TO
(ifX Hall che haH t,t., Int, Da,F,st.f.
to see about it-and perhaps Just a
bag to go with it-and by all evil
chances madame had shown her an
ensemble from a cancelled outfit.
Made for Ginevra Moule's first sea-
son but her mother had died and only
the white tennis dresses can be used.
I'm taking everything else off her
hands. Your measurements exactly,
Miss Revell, your cOloring, your init
la on the lingeriel And l would make
a certain reduction"
II was not, in the end, a reduction
worth mentioning; and madame would
have liked a rather larger check on
account. But, thank Heaven, the sal
airy would cover it all in the end!-
that exceptional salary for that ex-
ceptional job.
She went, humming, into the living
room. She had had the sense to leave
the room much as it always was;
a cheerful, chintzy muddIe. On a
table now was the sewing-machine
Jenny had borrowed from the janit-
or's niece; the telephone stood amidst
a litter Of scissors, curtain-rings and
tape. Poor little Jenny, how exhaust
ed she had looked when she had fin
ally crept off an hour ago to the
hotel. Better ring up, presently, and
see II she were all right. 1t would
have been kinder, perhaps, to keep
her here for the night; but this was
one of the rare occasions in her life
when George definitely wanted to
be alone.
She laughed aloud and stretched her
arms above her head, glorying in her
20 years. A wonderful agel AT 90 one
was so clear-sighted, so capable, so
Keen. One was so strongl Last night.
long after Jenny slept, she had sat
planning and arranging; and this
morning, before Jenny was awake she
nad made a start on the work to be
by Mrs. Hale. Then off TO her
shopping money poured
recklessly out so that she might have
the best and have it packed and del
lyered Immediately! Heavens, what
She had spent
And after all that royal spending
had come the wedding-and the ac-
She put a hand TO her temple
bruise hurt, but only when she