The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-19

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SUSAN CAREY. who lives with
her AUNT JESSIE ON Chicago's
west side, has nm unpleasant ex.
perience when she applies for her
1!rst Job. BOB DUNBAR. mill
met at business school, comforts
her. She secures employment AZ
secretary to ERNEST HEATH.
prominent architect. BEN LAMP
MAN, a moody young admirer Of
Susan's. invites her to a studio
party given By some Bohemian
friends. Susan does not enjoy the
affair and decides not to see Lamp.
man my more. Weeks pnss and
the girl IL lonely. JACK WARING.
shows the girl attentions but she
refuses his Invitations.
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CHAPTER x
ON the way home in the hard
~ brightness of the street car Ben
said, "That's the way to live. Like
Sonya and Arnold. Free and easy"
Susan stared at him. "You like
that?"
Ben moved impatiently. "Oh. I
knew what you'd say. l know the
apartments kind Of messy. But
they're not tied down. They live
their own lives and have a good
time"
Susan felt an hysterical impulse
to laugh but she restrained herself.
She had thought the whole crowd.
the Strinskys and their unwashed
friends with the exception OF that
exotic blossom. Denise). dreadful
people.
She let her hand lie Imply in
Ben's warm one at parting. II
can't ask you to come in," Susan
said gently. Aunt Jessie's gone
to bed. Thank you for taking me
to the party"
Ben muttered, "Wanted you to
meet the crowd. You'll like them
better when you know them.
They're real people"
Susan withdrew her hand. "Good
night, then" she said, avoiding his
hot, uncomfortable gaze. He called
after her, It'll phone you" Susan
waved to him through the screen
door, glad the tiresome evening was
over. There was something almost
frightening about Ben's intensity.
Even when he had talked Of the
Strinskys' romance he had made It
seem personal matter.
Those dreadful people! Their
way Of living might seem ideal to
Ben Lampman but It certainly did
not to Susan. She would not 60
there again!
RUT as summer waxed and waned
- the girl almost regretted her
decision. Chicago's Bohemia might
not be the social background she
desired but loneliness was hard to
bear and the warm nights brought
with them an aching sense Of miss
ing something.
Rose Milton went to Sweetbrier
Lake for two weeks and wrote back
glowing accounts Of her conquests.
She sent snapshots Of herself. the
center OF merry mixed group.
Susan, tossing sometimes on a hot
and disordered bed, listening to the
raucous music Of the radio next
door. would wonder about life. She
was -. not unattractive, intelli.
gent. What promise was there
ahead for her? Even II she held
tho job at Ernest Heath's land It
looked as II she might, with Miss
O'Connell's convalescence lengthen.
Ing out) what had she to look for.
ward tor
Next year she might get $22 a
week. Ir.1ive years she might even
be making SIS. Well, what then?
She would stay on with Aunt Jes.
Gle In the cottage. She would be
Is. she would be 80. IS. She would
begin to wear eyeglasses and 90 to
lectures in the evening with some
woman friend. She would bs one
OF the brave, FREDERICKSBURG army
Of unmarried women workers in
tho Loop district. They had their
two weeks vacation. their one pre-.
ssntable suit. They wore neat,