The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-10
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Boots Raeburn. IS, marries
Russ Lund, handsome swimming
instructor, because she doesn't
want 10 face her parents dis
appointment on learning she has
been snubbed by the younger set
of Larchneck, fashionable New
Yourk suburb.
Russ goes to Miami, promising
to send for Boots later. She gets
a job in a big department store
ard takes tiny room in Green
witch village. She becomes Ill
with influenza ard is befriented
by Denis Fenway, young author.
FenwaY sees that Boots has a
doctor and nurse and begs her
not to worry about expense. Aft
er she RECEIVERS he asks her to
tea at his apartment. There she
meets beautiful Kay ChiIlingford
who has a possessive manner to.
ward Denis.
Just ! fore her illness Boots
received a telegram telling her
Russ has been killed in motor
boat accident.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER AXHl1
The routine Of the shop begar
again. Hurry, hurry, hurry
Hurry to the street car, to the
time clock, to the Mushroom
Hurry to lunch, hurry back
Boots 18th birthday passed al,
most without notice. If she paus,
ed to think about the day at al
! it was to reflect that she felt al
least 10 years older.
/ Occasionally she saw Denis
These were the bright spots il
her life. Denis was working
hard on the book. He gave him
self a daily stint and kept to il
religiously. And there were, OF
course, parties to distract Kim
So it was only rare glimpse Of
| his charmed lie that Boots OBJ
served. Now and then he spoke
fleetingly Of Kay. She was go
ing to be something or other il
! the BeauX Art Pageant. Faywir
was going to paint her. Faywil
| thought her exquisite. Or IA!
was flashing off to Paris a brie.
business trip. "She's tremend
ously clever business person
You'd never suspect it," Deni
said innocently. Boots saw he
name in the social lists. Mis-
athleen Chillingf0rd. Kay Chill
ingford. "Kay Chillingford swish
ed into the Stork club the othe,
night, very oo-la-la in a black ne
straight from the Rue de |;
Paix," wrote Willy Van Suydan
| in the Evening Streamer. Yes
Kay had a foot in both worlds
She was a success in business ant
social light as well. 1t wa
merely because Of this that Boot
| envied her. She assured hersel
of this fact q dozen times a day
The Christmas rush was in full
force now. The store was a night
mare of harried clerks and fran
tic shoppers, ragged lists clutche,
| in gloved fingertips. Extra clerk
were hired; new stock was crowd
ed in. You ran from one plac
to another like 9 driven thing.
Christmas came. The dav wa
CHASTITY one for Boots. She ha,
! bought a scarf and some glove
and sent them to her mother
Until the very last moment sh
had an eXpiring hope that he
father would send for her. wOult
ask her to come home for tn
holiday dinner. But he didn't
Mrs. Mooney looked in upon he
about ~ on her way to ''lat'
church"
"We're having a turkey" sh
said robustly. aye must com,
and help us eat it,
1t was so kind of her. Boot
said, but she was going to dine
with some friends in Pelham. Sh'
told the lie bravelv. Not ever
Mrs. Mooney should pity her.
After Mrs. Mooney had depart
ed Boots dressed hastily witt
only a, casual glance at. herself
| in the mirror. If she had eve
been thought nretty, she decided
she certainly had lost any claim
to that distinction now. The dell
cate oval of her face was trans
parentlv pale; her eyes were
ringed by shadows. =
She went out into the snow
encrusted streets. Church bell
were ringing all along the wa!
and she passed hurrying groups
of people, bundle laden. 1t seem
ed to her that she was, in al
the big, strangely quiet city, the
iOn1v DerSOn Ouite alone.