Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-03
Sally and Her
Pearls
By ALICE DUANE
@ by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU Service

4 have nothing to wear" sair
Sally.
Make something out OF tina
sofa pillow" advised Jim. "ant
you'll look a thousand times bette
than the average"
And as a matter of fact Their,
a not a more beautiful girl a
the great ball than Sally In he
wisp of evening gown that she hat
fashioned. her gray slippers anC
stockings to match. and the whole
topped as Jim put 1t by her rec
riot OF curls.
THAT old string of beads coult
be a priceless lot of pearls for oil
anyone here might know" he told
her as they danced.
And If they we're real" retortec
Sally. Il would not be here seeking
patrons for my art shop-I coult
have such a gorgeous shop thai
people would come In spite of them
selves" She toyed gracefully witt
the long string of beads In ques
ton. "Oh. dear! Isn't TINT the
limlt-right In the middle of the
ballroom" she exclaimed. and 8
brilliant blush sprang swiftly tc
her cheeks. The string had broken
and the beads we're rolling every
where at once.
or course. she was the center OF
attention, and all the dancers
stopped to help rescue what the,
supposed to be her pearls.
please don't bother" said Sally
they are only beads"
Nevertheless they were nearly
all restored TO her and she pui
them carelessly into her small van
lty bag.
A young man. however, sitting
watching the affair had picked NJ
a few of the beads and having over
heard Sally's remark about their
value, looked carefully at them.
"Hmphl | think I'll show these
TO Rarney-look like the real thing
TO me. Perhaps | can do the young
lady a good turn. Rather fancy her
any way" He managed. by much
inquiry. to find out who Sally was
and that she had a little shor
where she sold lamp shades. cush-
ions and other such trifles,
And as Sally and Jim strolled
up Park venue to the tiny place
that was Sally's home, Jim wished
with all his heart that he was any.
thing but an independent artist
who dared not tell the only girl how
much he loved her. He had beer
quite ashamed to give her the ole
string of beads on the occasion oil
her birthday some few years back
When Sally said good night she
apol0glzed softly for having caused
such a scene at the dance,
Il didn't want to let that crowd
know how much | valued all of
those beads. Jim. bur | think we
found most of them" She gave his
hand an extra warm squeeze and
slipped up the stairs. "C0me early
Sunday afternoon" she called back
TO him.
Sunday vas the happiest day OF
their week, for Sally. tired of her
own cooking. LEI Jim get her tea
and supper Sunday nights.
And on this Sunday evening
while Sally was Idly running
through some music and Jim was
making something delicious In the
kitchen, some one knocked at the
front door. Sally FASTENED to see
who 1t might be and whether her
nice evening with Jim was to be
shared with a third person.
That third person happened to be
the young man who had picked up
three of the beads from Sally's
After telling her his mis-
sion he was promptly invited In.
And when Sally told him that
she had a string of them that would
20 three times around her neck the
young man gasped.
My dear young lady," he excit
told her, III those beads are
Of the value of the three picked
up you have a set of pearls worth
1t least fifty thousand dollars"
"Jim," she shouted. "come quick
Yin going to faint r. And when
Tim rushed from the kitchen with
! pan of steaming plgs-in-blankets
n his hand. she stood up, braced
Ter shoulders and decided not to
'aint. mo. | won't" she said, and
.urned TO the strange young man
Tell MIR. Barnes what you have
Iust said"
Jim had all he could do to keep
he steamIng Sunday night supper
rom grazing the studio floor.
They've been In the Barnes fam
ly for ages-I don't think their
'alue was ever suspected" he said
MY pal says that is only a rough
estimate = they may be worth
that amount"
"In that case | shall most Ger.
ainly faint" laughed Sally, and In
tied the strange young man to
tay for supper.
But something In the eyes OF
hese two artists prevented him