The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-18
Chapter 30 WORD FROM GERMANY

fT WAS a day or two following her meeting with Bernie Boyd that Georgie ran into Nelly Foster. There was a cold East wind blow Ing. and Nelly was hurrying along, the collar of her cheap coat held closely about her chin. and her nose R trife blue. She gave one glance at Georgie and wouli have passed on. only Georgie barred the way.
 Nelly don't you remember me?"
 It was only few weeks since they had met. but so much had happened that it seemed to Georgie as if yeas must have passed since she had taken tea in Nelly's crowded little room.
 q thought perhaps you didn't want me to speak" Nelly said. and then. "My word. aren't you smart!' "Am I@' Georgie glanced down al her clothes; she supposed with faint satisfaction that they were rather nice.
 Nelly said defensively. "1 thought you'd done with me, putting me off that weekend as you did, and then not writing"
 "Such lot of things have hap. pened." Georgie said. "Tll tell you all about it. Come and have some coffee.
 They were outside an expensive looking Bond Street tea shop and Georgie had turned towards its door before Nelly said quickly:
 Mot in there. thank you. I'm not dressed for places like that"
 Georgie felt rebuked; until re- gently she would not have dared to enter such a shop herself. She thought 1t was wonderful how quick. ly one grew acclimatized to changed conditions.
 "We'll find another. then." she said.
 Nelly went with her silently. her eyes Cn Georgie's dainty c!othes, and as SOC. as they were seated at one of uc marble topped tables she broke out. "Has someone left you a fortune:"
 "No, nobody" Georgie said. But I'm living with my mother now and she's well off,"
 ''Oh. Do you like It"
 Georgie sighed. Sometimes do and sometimes .... well, l sup pose people always want the things they can't have"
 T shouldn't have thought there was much ,ou couldn't have" Mel iy said Jh fly. She was feeling a little sore; life had dealt her many unkind knocks, but somehow she had expected Georgie to be differ ent from other people. and appar ently she was just the same.
 Georgie seemed to read hel thoughts, for she said with sudder earnestness: i've never forgotten you: do t think that. But it's beer so difficult to do as I want to do. suppose people never can wher they've got mother to consider, she added euaintly.
 "I don't see what difference i makes" Nelly said; she was stir ring her coffee rather viciously. {" see your Nicholas Boyd has had al operation" she said.
 EoRGIES eyes fl open wide VI Where did you see it?" sh' asked breathlessly.
 "Oh. in the paper. just tiny para graph about him. l suppose yol knew though" she add malicious 1y.
 (Which paper?" deorgie asked. Nellie fumbled in ths pocket o h-r coat and produced a crumple' newspaper. 4k v "It's somewhere there" she said She watched interestedly whil Georgie searched every column "Has he thrown you over" sh' asked suddenly.
 Georgie shook her head. islss
 Nelly gave short laugh. sa
 
 And you wouldn't admit 1t any way if he did" she said.
 s,Georgie had found the tiny para graph, and was devouring it witt hungry eyes.
 It was a very tiny paragraph probably only put in at all to fil up an awkward space, and it gay the brief announcement:
 Nicholas Boyd, the film star, Wh has recently retired from his screel activities. underwent an operatio -~lm ~ -@