The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-05
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snubbed by wealthy Sylvia
Rivers. Due to Sylyia's gossip,
Boots is forced to resign from
the Juniors, Both girls live in
Larchneek, fashionable New York
suburb.
Hurt and Inundated, Boots &C.
cePts the attentions of Russ
Lund, swimming instructor. Mrs,
Raebvrn returns from a trip on.
of town and Boots breads her
mothers hearing what has hap
Pened. On impulse she marries
Russ who takes her to live with
his brother and his wife. Russ
has no job and apparently no am
bition. Soon Boots begins to see
him as he is,
Russ goes to Miami, promising
Boots he will send for her later
She gets a job in a big depart
ment store and goes to live If
Greenwich village. One day :
customers $40 bill is lost ane
Boots is blamed.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
Mary had said to Boots, "The
worst they can do is to take il
out of your pay" quite as if SIC
weren't small fortune when yol
worked at Lacy's and were paic
| SIS week. All, but was tina
the worst Of it really? Nigh
not the management suspect hel
Eof dishonesty, suspect her of hav
ing done away with that particu
| lar $40 bill? Boots, walking tt
the soda fountain on leaden feet
had visions of an ignominiou!
search. Of course they would
not find the money, simply be
cause she hadn't stolen it. Blu
she felt that she would never b,
! quite the same again after sucl
an ordeal. No, she would fee
definitely smirched.
There was no use trying tt
eat. Somehow she swallowed tn,
scalding. bitter tea with the nor
rid little muslin bag floating
around in the thick cup. SOM
where, she thought drearily, a
this very moment girls her owl
age We're sitting in softly Lighted
land scented restaurants, slppinl
a beverage totally unlike this
There would be faint music play
ling behind a screen of greener,
and walters would be slippin,
back and forth deferentially witt
silver dishes.
Meantime the revolving doc
of the soda-fountain swung in
ward with monotonous regularit,
and a maddening whoOsh-whoosh
Everyone who came in, borne OF
the wings of the raw Novembe
wind, looked cold, looked shabby
A fast mounting puddle of waite
formed under the ledge of tn
counter where umbrellas drippe,
and a discouraging, appetite-de
stroying odor of stale dishwate
lowered over all. All, it was n
use, it was simply no use tryini
to buck this game, the glr
thought in utter despair. In tn
mirror beyond the pyramids o
oranges, beyond the bowl Of col
fstorage eggs used in the coneoc
ton Of chocolate milk" sh
,could see her own pale counter
ance. The tip of her small nos
was ever so Slight Redeemed. He
hat which had been last season
dashing enough "sports model
of brown felt was wilted by tn
rain. The brim dropped.
She swallowed the last of tn
bitter liquid in the cup and push
cd back her stool, giving place t.
a pale, thin, specialized girl VIII
had been impatiently waiting TO
her to do just that thing. TIL
counter boy called Another han
with The special. :" Boot
driftcd out into the rain again.
That afternoon was torture
Mr.. Bliss questioned her again
She was sure she had mt the bil
in the container? Well, the!
would check upon the days re
ceipts. Of course she quite un
derstood that if the money dic
not turn up, she would be hell
responsible? Boots nodded mutely
She was at the stage now wher'
single kind word would hav'
brought upon a spell of bite
weeping. Fortunately she was 81
busy she did not have time TO
this luxury.u Ten dollars-why
that would wipe out all her small
margin of savings and take two
other precious dollars out of he
weeks pay besides! . =.