The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-23

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MARY OREILLY looked up
A'A from the cleaning tile where
her scrubbing brush had passed
and her quick, blue eyes found the
source of the muffied sobs.
Most of the Offices were already
dark. Typewriters were covered,
papers we're filed away and the
young hands which worked over
them during the day now were
clinging to subway straps
But there was a light in the
Office from which drifted the I'M
mistakable sounds of youthful
heart bowed down.
The listening woman brushed
wisps of grazing hair from her
brow with the back of her wrist
and rose from her knees with par
donable elaboration.
She picked up the bucket and
brush. Mrs. OReilly would not
have denied that she was stirred by
a degree of interest reputed to
have killed cat. Still, though,
there was in the little burrows in
her cheeks and about her twinklir
eyes a mellowed tenderness which
made those sobs her business.
They we're feminine and the
were young. SO with one gnarled
hand she held her scrubbing equip
ment and with the other she
gently pushed open the office door
An "ah!"-breathed, rather than
spoken, escaped her.
TINE girl was leaning her elbows
forward upon the desk. resting
her chin in one cupped palm. She
also was pressing small and very
damp handkerchief to her nose, al
lowing a tear to find its sad way
down her flushed cheek.
Her brown hair had fallen forward
because each sob made her chin
meet her hand with new resolve.
adding thereby to the picture of
ablect misery.
The stopped figure in the doorway
regarded her with sympathy, tenn
pered, albeit, with calmness.
Now If you keep that up, Miss. +"
she suggested, you're going to get
your nose all red"
Another convulsive upf1eaval died
OF sudden strangulation The damp
handkerchief caught the vagrant
tear in a brief chase.
Il don't care" said the girl. Then.
with a strange mixture of grief and
defiance, she added: I'm going to
marry Mr. Bradberry"
Mrs. OReilly set the bucket down
with q claflk and considered this for
a moment. AS the door to the inner
office was plainly labeled "R. D.
Bradberry." an intruder much less
astute would have OWNED that the
gentleman mentioned was the boss
himself.
She remembered that she had seen
Mr.. Bradberry on occasion and
said so.
He's old enough to be your ia
ther" she remarked agreeably.
THE quick answer was about
u what she expected.
Il don't see what difference that
makes" the girl said. "At least
he wants to give me everything and
make me happy"
Mrs. OReilly's suspicious were
confirmed.
Il don't suppose the young man
would be very happy, though. if
you went and married Mr.. Brad
berry"
I'm not interested in any young
man." the girl said and then seemed
to realize that she was gazing into
a pair of very knowing eyes.
Anyway, how did you know about
him?"
There's always young man."
Mrs. O'Reilly said simply. 1T had
the same trouble myself many years
ago"
did you?" The girl smiled a
small but understanding smile. "Sit
down, won't you? My names Mar
Jorie Nelson. What's yours? What
did you do about it?"
Mrs. O'Reilly sat down and said
she was glad to meet Miss Nelson
and conflded her name.
81 married him." she concluded.
Which one?"
THE young one-it was a ter
rible mistake"
oh" Miss Nelson looked as II
she was going to cry again.
Eyes" said Mrs. OReilly, when
I was young we had a saying that
girl had to be either an old mans
darling or a young mans slave"
The girl shifted. II guess it's still
good, isn't it? There just doesn't
seem to be young mans darling
medium"
Sometimes there is. But you
didn't tell me what happened be-
tween you and your young man."
MISS NELSON very carefully
1Vl twisted her handkerchief into
a knot. Well she said. Il just told
Jeryy-hiS names Jerry-that Mr..
Bradberry had asked me TO marry
him-I mean 1 thought he ought to
know"
do hira good"
Eyes. And Jerry hardly gave me
q chance and got mad and wanted
TO know what I told Mr.. Bradberry."
'Uhmm."
Il told him I said I would have
to think it over. You'd think I'd
done something terrible. Jerry said
didn't have to act like that-that
should have said No right away
and he stalked out and I haven't
seen him ever since"
II.