The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-01
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aoNNIE 0'DARE. be2Ht m,E
POOR and 20, Ss IN love with Dan
CARDIGAN. heir 10 one OF the
local fortunes. Dan processes I"
love her but is often EeglcctiuI.
when she needs friend
CHARLES EUSTACE comes 20
her mid. Monnic believes san
ORA LAWhENCE' in Dan" own
set, is trying 10 win him from
her. BILL. Monnie's older
brothcv, plans TO marry ANGIE
GILLEN. who works In candy
shop, rs soon ns she gets q divorce.
KAY O'DARE. IG and still! in
high school, is discontcnted with
poverty. Ar n dinner party Mt
Charles house Monnic accidentally
sees Dan Kiss Sapdra. BETTY.
houspn,aid ut the Lawrence home,
hates sandra and suspects her OF
GyamninS" JIMMY. the chauffeur.
Bill and Angle quarrel. Angie
says size HASN'T enough money to
put the divorce through quickly.
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
KAY said, II don't believe a
IA word of it. You're just being
nice to me-" She went on. I'll
BET you say that to all the girls
you meet" and smiled TO show
she didn't mean it.
The young-old man in the
doubIe-breasted suit grinned at
her. Faultless was the neCktie,
striped and shining. Fault!ess
the set Of his sleek black hair.
He had little lines around his
eyes and his cheeks wore that
oo-well-barbered look. lie had
the air of WEAKNESS that comes
to a man who stays up late of
nights and talks too rapidly of
days.
lie said, Baby, you're the
prettiest thing this side Of Chi
cago. Know what | mean, you've
got class. Lots of 'em in the
front rows of choruses would be
Jealous of YOU"
Kay, walking down High street
in the neighborhood Of Vernon's
drug store, took one swift look
ahead before she plunged. There
was a good deal of traffic (for
Belvedere) at this time. 1t was
4 o'clock. The high school had
long since disgorgcd its chatter
ing. bright-clad throngs. Shabby
ancient cars nosed the slceker Sc
dams belonging to the young
matrons of Belvedere's younger
SET" Kay did not want to be
seen with this man, the travelling
salesman who supplied Belve-
dere's one department store with
silk stockings. Belvedere would
not understand, said Kay to her
self. Especially Monnie. Or
Mother.
Still she didn't know what they
objected to. He was polite-as
nice as he could be, really. And
he made the boys in Kay's class
seem awfully raw and awkward.
She and Clarissa Briggs had
'tjust run into him" one day at
the Sweet Shoppe. They had
been giggling over maple nut sun
daes, Kay conscious Of the fact
that she should have saved her
allowance for new shoes instead
of frittering it this way. when
they saw him. He had come in,
glanced about inQuiringly and
then come straight over to their
table. She and 'Rissy had pre-
tended to be annoyed. "The
nerve of him!" they had said
afterward, with well simulated
amazement. But he had carried
it off well. He had insisted he'd
met 'Rissy the last time he'd
been in town and that she didn't
remember him.
That's the way with you
girls" he had said, pretending to
be chagrined. "Out Of sight, out
of mind" He had been talking
to 'Rissy, but looking at Kay.
She had, she remembered, looked
rather we'll that day, In the red
beret and new sweater suit. the
one Monnie had given her for her