The Washington times., 1936-11-10

night he saw Q6E anu OdNlA, oAAN
next day she Swore that she'd
spent the evening with her sister
and had come home alone on the
street car at IL, he knew that he'd
made a mistake.
She wasn't like Augusta.
She was like all the other
women he'd been attracted to and
disappointed in, in the past 10
years. She was a cheat and a liar
So he just stopped telephoning
and coming, and when, after a
few weeks of catering to David
and telling him he'd just have to
fix up her quarrel with Peter, she
tired of it, and was ready to con.
slider Mel again, he was definitely
out of the picture.
"Oh, never cared for him any
way" she told Dorathea.
"You never cared for anyone,
Dorathea said bitterly.
Afterwards Evelyn wondered if
it was true. David? No. She
knew now that she never had. Still
he was a prospect, if anyone could
ever pin him down to it. Any
thing would be better than this
hand-to-mouth existence.
Dorathea's money helped some
But she needed a great many
things that first month. Perhaps
next month would be easier sail
ing.
Lets all go on a little trip and
forget all our troubles" she told
the girls one evening near the end
of the month. Next week! We
can't afford it. of course, but with
my $54 and Dorathea's first-of-the-
month check"
Jan looked troubled. She didn't
think it was quite right. She had
nothing to offer. It would be an
other year before she could con-
tribute.
Dorathea was slow to speak.
Perhaps have other plans for
my money" she said at last.
Evelyn just looked. But L
but vel plan the best for all of
U.s." she blurted.
Dorathea flushed, but she set
her mouth in a thin, hard line.
I'm planning to pay my board.
I'll pay $50. The rest is going to
be mine"
No one said anything more. The
air was thick with pent-up resent
ment.
CHAPTER XVIII
Saturday was pay day and, to
celebrate, Dorathea invited Jan
and Ards to have lunch with her
downtown.
Ards spent half her time at the
KeithS now. Peter wanted her to
board at Miss Carver's, and Caro-
line wanted her to commute back
and forth from the LawrenceS,
so she compromised by staying
most Of the week in Evelyn's
crowded, shabby little apartment,
to Evelyn'S frank amusement, and
both parents ill-concealed annoy
ance.
Partly because it was fun, partly
to save carfare. the two girls
walked down the hill, window
shopping as they went. BY zig
tagging up one street and down
another they could pass the lovely
old Mexican church, look in the
windows of the little shops where
tortillas and chiles and all sorts
of interesting bread and cakes
were displayed, walk a few blocks,
skid down another hill, pass a few
italian bakeries and Salami
factories, and then have several
blocks of Chinatown before they
reached the downtown shopping
section.
The clock on Old st. Mary's
pointed to twelve as they passed
the last Oriental bazaar, reached
Grant Avenue and Sutter. Al
most instantly the crowd in
creased. From every direction,
out of every building, poured
office girls and business women,
young and old. Neat, attractive,
we'll dressed, every one of them.
Every one of them bright with
Of Saturday after
noon.
At the flower stand by the
corner of Grant Avenue and
Geary they waited for Dorathea.
Even Dorathea, smart in a one
piece dress that Evelyn had made
over for her, and a perky new
fall hat, showed a subtle change.
She, too, was business girl. She,
too, had money that she'd earned,
in her purse.
We'll, children, where shall we
go?" Dorathea was magnificent,
offering them the city on a silver
platter.
Ito Be Continued)