The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-04
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 SUSAN CAREY, fs, pretty and
 an orphan, lives with her AUNT
 JESSIE on the West Side of Chi- caeo. On finishing Q business
 course she is employed by ER- [ NEST HEATH, architect. She
 meets JACK WARING, man
 a,oat town, and RAY ELAN MERRY, efenokraphcr in the OfIlce across the way. Waring seems E fIlrtatious but Susan discourages hin. MRS HEATH openly snubs Susan. BOB DUNBAR young mil liOnaire who attended business !. school with her, invites Susan to lunch, starts tO say something important and is interrupted by . DENISE ACKROYD, society girl. Dunbar sails for Europe { and Susan realizes she cares deeply for him. BEN LAMPMAN
 another admirer, takes her to
 studio party but she dislikes his 7 trends. Aunt Jessie departs to < visit her sister and ROSE MIL- : TON slightly older than Susan, < comes to stay with her. Susan, lonely, accepts Warnings invita-. !, tion for an evenings fun. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XIV 7 The "place out on the Milwaukee Road" proved to be a big old 1Iouse, set back from the highway and fianked by rows of ancient naples. It was such house as one uf Chicago's meat-barons might 46 .sGf lea kA fnn licues and hybrid ornamentation. Outside 1t had q sort of remote, Victorian dignity, but inside 1t was temple of jazz.
 The colored girl in the coat room accepted Susan's wrap with superb dtsdain. Susan was terribly nerv- ous. There was something about the atmosphere of the place that disturbed her. Ray, however, mahded hairpins, spilled powder unmercifully. Delighted with the effect she had produced. Ray or dered Susan to follow her and the --joined their escorts.
 A orchestra thumDed out a monoto- nous jungle dirge. It was strange, sullen music. After q brief con- suitation of menus Waring asked Susan to dance. The tempo of the music had quickened. There was more life in 1t now. The saxophone had ceased complaining and seem- ed to be bleating as merrily as n at. tss lI up to the moment. It was months since she had danced and then with some awkward boy. Warnings per. formance had an ease and smooth ness of which she had never dreamed. It was like poetry. It was like flying. His arm frightened around her, imperceptibly.
 "Good girl" he said in her ear. 'T knew you'd dance like this" Susan leaned back q little to read the expression in his eyes.
 "You knew" she questioned. "f.ow?"
 Something about the way you walk"
 She was pleased, though she could not have said why. When the music ended Susan was sorry to rec turn to the table. It was rather Ike coming back to earth after a trip to Mars. For the first time she had really good look at Rays escort. He had been introduced as Mir Webb. After n moment or two Susan realized who he was, the junior member of the real estate firm in whose office Ray worked. Iio seemed a vapid, amiable young man. He had red hair and, she discovered had been recently grad uatcd from Harvard. Susan was not very favorably impressed. In- deed, MT Webb (known to his tn- inmates as "Sky") did not seem to have much to offer beyond Il ready laugh and trick of twirling his mustache. The mustache. small as 1t was, revolted Susan. She found Jack Warnings clean shaven face q likeable contrast.
 Warlng was at his best in the role of host. Considerate, agreeable and amusing. If the flask he car- ried in his pocket was emptied with alarming alacrity as the evening wore on Susan was too inexper- to notice it. As matter of course she refused to nave her ginger ale spiked" Warnings urbanity seem- ed to increase and if Schuyler Webb laughed noisily now and then she put it down to collegiate high spirits and gave 1t no further thought.
 They ate and danced and danced again. Susan had no Idea of the time. But as group after group drifted in and the smoke began to hang in clouds over the big room she was conscious of a sense of un- casiness.
 "1sn't it terribly late?" she mur- mured to Warlng. They were dane ing a waltz and the sensuous stRins of the music made Susan's pulses throb.
 "Nonsense." he laughed at her. 'The nights young. We've only started 10 play. I knew you'd be n wonderful playmate" he whispered "Only you are so stand -ofIish l never had chance to find out" He was holding her closely, too