Evening star., 1935-10-28
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Elma StoUx ScsrLerru

Don't ever let me see you with
zanie Lou Or wearing any of her
clothes. III get you two maids uni
forms, so that any one who sees you
will know what you are. Then you
won't have so much luck getting in
with people who wouldn't care to
know you if they knew you were a
servant. You must wear the uniforms
always, except on your afternoon and
evening off. I've no objection to your
keeping the things Zanie Lou has
given you. She couldn't wear them
now, anyway"
THANK you" Sugar inclined her
head meekly.
"You will keep to your room, or the
kitchen, where you have your meals.
I won't have you setting foot in an
other room in the house. You must
enter and leave by the kitchen door
only, and you must not have any
visitors or use atny of the telephones.
You and Skeeter must stay in the
back yard and don't want you to
take him on the street. 1t will save
you a lot of embarrassment. You
won't be likely to meet any one if you
keep your place. Is that clear?"
"It is" Sugar raised her head and
her brown eyes were bright with
unshed tears.
II don't see how a girl who has
been out of the orphanage only such
few days could have met so many
men," Mrs. LIE Masters said then.
You must not be at all particular
about your reputation. Every time
I've caught glimpse of you you
seemed to have a different man with
you. Where did you, meet them?"
Sugar fumed.
you've seen me with boy from
the orphanage, guess" she evaded
But I'm sure you need have no fear
of my doing anything wrong. hadn't
thought there was any harm in speak
ing to people who are kind to me.
You are getting to be the talk of
the town" Mrs. LIE Masters shifted.
Cart must have been out of his mind
to bring you home from Patchen's
the other night. I certainly don't
want any one to think there's scan
dal going on in the house. I'm sure
I don't know what TO do about you.
Several girls have asked me who
Carts red-head is. They saw him
leave Nancy Sue and go out with you
the other night. won't have it,
At that all of Sugars damned up
emotions broke loose. She was un-
able to control herself any longer
Her employer was surprised when her
meek manner changed and she glared
back at her.
Mrs. LIE Masters" she measured
her words coolly, I'm sorry but
can't let you say those kind of things
to me without telling you the way
feel about it. If you send me away
Ill just have to 60.
when I came here I thought
was going to have home and pretty
clothes and be treated like a human
being. I didn't know what it meant
to be a servant and to keep my place.
Mother Friddle always made us feel
welcome, and was taught that the
world was a lovely place, full of good,
kind people"
Mrs. LIE Masters found herself lis
tening. because she didn't quite know
what to say. Something in the girls
eyes, her bearing and her new fear
lessness was nonplusing.
Sugar went on.
TRY to put yourself in my place
when you were II. II you had always
been happy and lived where everybody
was friendly, wouldn't you have been
just about scared to death If some one
had put you down in dirty old cellar
to sleep where there were rats? And
wouldn't you have been only too happy
to accept the friendship of almost any
one If you found yourself all alone
in a new world? =,
1--WE never done a wrong thing in
my life, in so far as I know. I'm
not a flirt and I don't intend cheap
ening myself with men. won't drink,
won't smoke and won't do anything
q young girl shouldn't do. But I
can't stand up and let you or any
body else tell me to my face I'm not
a nice girl and that everybody thinks
I'm not. I'd rather be dead than
have people think that about me-"
Suddenly Sugars truculent manner