Evening star., 1932-08-23

waiting to be interviewed.
This puzzled her, for she had
not advertised, and Thursday was
light day as rule in the employment
field, in any event.
She soon discovered, however. that
the newspaper story of the night before,
and the reWrite of the morning papers,
was responsible. Employees, either IN
the hope of being fairly dealt with. or
being able to hide q dark past, had
f1ocked to her for an interview. This
amused her more than it disturbed her.
and she saw them all 1t seemed that
no matter what their motive, they all
| abhorred the inquisition of application
forms. Jean made profuse mental notes
of the cases that morning and resolved
to follow up her publicity of the day be-
fore with an article for the Personnel
journal
Jeans assistant came in through the
communicating door between their Oh
fees.
You have a caller, Miss Rogers" she
said. who insists on seeing you without
waiting his turn. He won't give his
name"
What does he look like-a crank"
NO more like the Prince Of Wales,
only better looking, and more substan-
tial"
Jean laughed. by all means show
him in. Wait a minute until I powder
my nose. Do l look fit to meet his
highness?" ,
You certainly do-yellow is beautiful
with your dark hair. Ready?'
When the door behind her opened
and shut. Jean turned to greet her
caller. a little more than curious.
'You!" she cried, involuntarlly. ana
the next instant could have bitten her
tongue in punishment for its betrayal:
Martin Webster, his quizZical hall
humorous brown eyes holding her own
with a steady gaze, confronted her.
Yes, it is I, Miss Rogers. Aren't
you going to say how do you do?''
"Of course. Won't you sit down?
How did you find me?" she asked.
"oh. I forgot about those stories.
Why did you want to see me-you
received the money I sent you?"
Yes. thank you. though that was un-
necessary from my point of view-I was
solely int crested in your recovery.
1T way so kind of ycu,' she said, i'm
pulsively "Oh, don't you see how 1T
humiliates me, to think of what 1 did!
Please co away!"
Go away, now that I have found
you after nearly two years! My dear
young lady, you don't know me very
web, if you think I'd do that. You
interest me, and I want to know you
I want to know also why girl of your
culture would borrow money from
stranger in the unconventional manner
you did am sure the reason is an
interesting one. you were testing out
some theory, perhaps?"
No! I needed the money, just as I
told you. But I paid it back-do We
have to talk about it?"
Il thought, perhaps that girl OF
your courage might be able to defend
her act on P socislistic oasis, maybe
IT have 70 defense. l needed the
money" She could never tell him about
Jim-admit she was married to man
of his class.
o Martin Webster was perpleXed. Why
didn't she tell him the reason? Was it
because she simply couldn't help her
self-a tendency to kleptomania which
she was trying to overcome?
II am sorry I mentioned it." he an
swered. Suppose we just forget 1t until
you decide some time you'd like to tell
me-"
Il appreciate that, Mr.. webster
thank you"
And now that that is all settled will
.rou cine with ME tonight? Count ten
now if you have an impulse to say no,
1cr 1 an going to have my way .
and you have a roomful of applicants
waiting ="
Jean didn't know why she should say
no. nor why she should say yes, though
her impulse was all in favor of the