Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-27
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CHAPTER 80

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EVER S11NCL Slo ilad sent that
letter to Bill Boyd, AliX Carey
had dreaded the answer. She was
afraid when it came that she
would lack the courage to break
away if Bill were able to offer her
anything. Yet she had nothing to
break away from-everything had
been done.
WAS it bad news?" Mrs.
Anderson wanted to know when
she saw that AliX had gotten her
telegram which had lain on the
mail table for three hours. "Shure,
when 1 see one of them things it
always gives me the creeps."
Alix took a deep breath and
plunged. mo-" she said brightly.
ut was good news but it means
that have to go away. F'ortu-
.nately my lease is up the first Of
November"
"There'll be no trouble a-leasin'
your apartment. It's like doll
house, that's what it is, the lady
said yesterday"
what lady?" Alix asked
quickly.
Mrs. Anderson felt she had said
too much but Miss Carey didn't
look angry so she made a clean
breast of the whole thing, well,
Miss Carey, the apartment above
yours is goin' to be for rent, too,
and Sven had the key. Then this
lady comes. She's a lovely lady
who says her husband has to stay
here for year and she don't want
to a-tall. She says she's a big
house in Florida somewheres and
has to buy all new furniture. So,
] showed her your apartment
"She liked it? And she has to
buy furniture ?"
Mrs. Anderson nodded her head
with conviction. "She's comm
back tonight with her husband and
wanted to know if he could see
your apartment too"
! "Of course! 1 would like them
to-" Alix had an idea but she
wasn't anxious to explain it to the
wife of the superintendent-"I'll
be in all evening. Be sure to send
them up"
Alix went upstairs, telephoned
telegram to Bill Boyd, telling him
she could arrive by the first of
November and was happily antici-
pating it.
Then she got out pencil and
paper, her receipted bills for her
furniture and totaled the amount,
subtracting a reasonable sum for
usage. She was surprised to find
that it was actually worth only
5000.
The books and pictures she did
not include in the list. But the
white rug she did. She didn't
want it. It would forever remind
her of John Sayre standing there
un it before her hearth saying,
"Well I understand, Alix.
Shall I see you before I sail?"
And herself, saving her pride by
Netting him think he was right,
saying, IT think we had better say
goodby now"
No, she didn't want the white
fur rug.
Mrs. Norton did. She wanted
the furniture, the glass and china,
the curtains. She loved the. place
and said she was sure that she
would be happy there. And hadn't
Alix just loved it? And wasn't it
too bad she had to leave it?
Alix said that it was and she
hoped that Mrs. Norton and her
husband would enjoy it. Why
shouldn't they? The ghost that
lived there wouldn't haunt anyone
but the girl who had loved that
ghost.
They paid her $500 and said
they'd move in as soon as it was
convenient for her.
She wrote Bill Warner that she
had to leave her job because she
was "going home. And collected
the things-so few of them-that
belonged to her in the Office and
said goodby to the others.
She had $500. She should have
had more considering her salary
but she had been extravagant.
Parties, rent, clothes had eaten
her money up. But she loved ex-
penSive clothes.
I, From her money she took 5000
and went on a last shopping trip
trying to feel enthusiasm for it.
She was going home and she was
going home in style. Alix had
bought herself a fur coat during
the August sales, loose swaggel
coat of black caracul.
It would be cold in Iowa this
winter. She bought herself Z