The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-30
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! Doots NdeDnrn is the prettIes'
girl in Larchneck, fashionable
New York suburb, but her faith
er's financil reverses make it hare
for her to keep up with her
crowd. Wealthy Sylvia River.
schemes to force Boots to resign
from the Juniors. Deeply hurt
Boots accepts the attentions OF
Russ Lund, the swimming instruc.
tor. .." 1896
She realizes she is in love with
Russ when he tells her he is GO
ing away He wants her to elope
with him but Boots asks for time
to think it over. She breads. the
time when her mother will hear
about her withdrawal from the
club.
Unhappy and restless, Boot:
goes for a morning walk and
meets Denis Fenway, young au
thor. They have a long talk AMI
Denis is moved by the girls obvi
Gus unhappiness. He wonder.
what is troubling her.
Boots goes to New York on Z
shopping trip and on the trair
meets Russ. Again he asks hel
to marry him and she is half
persuaded.
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIX
| The girl facing Russ was blind
honey blond, and her brows weri
sketched in lightly with blacl
pencil. They formed half moons
inverted, over light-blue eyes rim
med with mascara. She had on {
pink house dress, not too clean
two or three buttons missing. Hel
white shoes were well worn anC
the laces knotted carelessl!
where they had been broken. The
room in which she sat was thu
Kitchen of a flat in a group o,
flats, an unbroken stretch O
sameness in a dreary block. Stove
sink, refrigerator were present il
all their modern compactness, blu
in spite of the shallow molding o
imitation tile, in spite of the ging
ham curtains at the windows, tn
room had a sleazy,> down at tn
heels air.
whats she like" the girl ask
! ed.
"She's cute" Russ said eau
tionslv. He fumbled in his pocke
for a cigaret and, finding one, Ii
it. "She's GLASS;" he further added
"They have-the old man has
big house up in Larchneck."
Erich, huh?" the blond gin
asked interestedly, tracing pal
tern with her forefinger in tn
crumbs scattered on the ename
table top.
He shrugged. maybe. Anyhow
they've got something y
"Well, I'll give you piece Q
my mind" the blond girl said di'
passionately, rising and languidl
turning on the hot water fauce
81 think you're plain nuts. Mari!
ing her!"
cav, can thatw The scov
gathered, darkened, on his fac,
"Wait till somebody asks you fc
advice"
cts none O. my business, G
!; course" pursued the girl, quite q
if he had not spoken. cts you
funeral III wash those afte
a while, LOU" she said in an asid
to thin, big-eyed young man VIII
now sauntered in. She stacke
the, dishes, three. OF four greas
plates, several cups and saucer
clipped and cracked in variou
places. Further than that, by wa
of tidying up, she opened the owe
door, thrust a stewpan with gray
and remnants Of something tina
looked like stew clinging to il
aluminium interior within. She ra
a gray dishcloth causally over tn
surface of the corrugated drair
board and, reaching up, switche
out the light.
"Those'll keep" she said impel
sonally to the two men. They TO
lowed her into the adjoining roor
where the conversation present.
resumed.
"Can you come with us tomol
row? That's what | want t
know" Russ demanded, stretchin
his length out in deep overstuf1
ed chair with sagging springs.
| =
His brothers wife shrugge
shapely shoulders. ooh, I CUES
maybe" she told him. vaguely. "
was going to take run over t
Brooklyn to see the folks, but tina
can wait. But what are you goin
| to do with her-where are you &C