The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-31

She looked out of the window. It was grey. rather depressing sort of day. and as the country was grad ually left behind the rows of small, crowded houses looked depressing, too, all with the same backyards and things hanging out of the win dows.
 Funny that so many people who lived in mean streets would keep birds in cages; 1t made Georgie's heart ache to see the small prison CTS, futtering behind bars, hanging perilously outside high-up windows.
 Mrs. Lovelock said she was soft about animals.
 Tt isn't natural" she asserted when once Georgie had wept over rabbit caught in trap.
 Perhaps I'm funny" Georgie thought, even while she knew that her feeling towards Nicholas Boyd was all part and parcel of the same thing.
 In his way he was helpless, too, caught in the trap of life. hiding away from world that would have bounded him to death.
 The train stopped with great screeching of brakes. and she reused herself and got out.
 She hardly knew anything of Lon don, so she took taxicab and drove straight to the shop where Nelly spent her life serving nasty old wo- men,"
 HT wasn't a very first-class shop; | Georgie often saw it's advertise ments in the newspapers; they al- ways seemed to be having remnant sales" and "elearances regardless of cost"
 Georgie was not very interested in clothes; she never had occasion to wear anything very smart; the red frock which had made Nicholas call her Robin would probably nev- CT be required to ,e the light of day again until it was hopelessly out oi fashion, or until the moth had eaten most of it.
 The taxicab stopped and Georgie found herself outside a big shop with enormous plate glass windows. screening such a crowd of jumpers and gloves and hats and scarves and odds and ends that it left one dazed.
 It looked as if the person who had dressed the window had been determined that the public should know every single article that could be purchased on the prem. ises.
 Georgie pushed open the swing doors and walked in.
 A floorwalker who rather an swered Nelly's description of the man who would always carry his business stamped all over him no matter where he went came towards her and asked if he could be of any assistance. s # a as
 He had kind eyes in thin, rather tired looking face, and Georgie smiled and said. Gloves. please" in her most friendly fashion before she followed him down the crowded, rather stuffy shop to small coun- ter at the far end. '.
 And there was Nelly, looking a little pale and older. shorn of her lip-stick and powder, mechanically sorting through a box of not very beautiful gloves.
 And Georgie said. Nelly. it's l."
 Nelly looked up. the color rushing to her face and her eyes brighten ing. ~
 "YouI Somehow thought I should never see you again."
 Georgie laughed. Well. I haven't lost much time," she said. "It's only three days since we came home. Can you come out to tea with me when the shops closed?"
 Tt won't be till six"
 That's alright"
 A small. thin-lipped. tightly dressed woman approached.
 Are you serving, Miss Foster?" she asked icily. and Nelly said in a hurried undertone, T can't talk to you now. I'll meet you outside at six"
 Georgie went away, realizing dis .consolately that as yet it was only four and wondering what in the world she was to do with herself for two hours.
 Finally she turned into picture house. fs s
 There was a murder picture on, and Georgie did not like murders, so she closed her eyes until 1t was over.
 Then the lights went up. and she saw that young man sitting beside her was looking at her with smile of amusement.
 Georgie smiled in reply.
 fcoprisht. 1888. Doablsdoy DoranJ
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