Evening star., 1936-05-23
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saw elJIleT JdneII OT HdtleIlCe ile
would halt the traffic and motion for
them to come to his side. 1t was on
crisp evening late in October that
he hailed Janell with his usual, Hello,
Sunf1oWer!'
She smiled YEARLY.
Il was just after thinkin' I'd have
to run up to see yez,' He rubbed his
gloved hands together to get them
warm. How'd you and the big sister
like to be afther comm out to me
house for dinner this evenin'? The
mlssus says be sure an bring me two
big moments along Therell be quite
a party. An there'N not be anybody
but the Irish there. besides the two
of yeZ Kansas sunflowers. Twill be
a good company, an It's honoring yez
nobly am" he chuckled.
And SO it was that Jan and Patience
went home with Policeman Grogan
and met Mrs. Grogan and the seven
little Grogans. The warm hospitality
Of the good-hearted Irish people that
crowded the five small rooms gave
the two girls the first happy evening
they'd had in their 10 weeks of bitter
DISAPPOINTMENT in New York.
Jshell danced. and wild was the
applause and loud the cries for more
and more. She threw herself into her
dancing with heart almost light. as
she tapped to the music from the
little radio in the parlor. Pat Gro
gan was dumfounded that the long
legged country girl from Kansas could
dance with such light abandon. He
was sure she would be heavy and
awkward.
Well, now how about that?" He
put an arm around her shoulders,
beaming proudly when she had fin
ished. And I thought all the good
hooters come from the land of the
shamrock. When yez get chance to
dance for thin big shots on Broadway,
colleen, Yell be made overnight.
Could yez do an Irish jig now If I
played me fiddle?"
To the wailing of Pats old violin
Jan sent the furniture shivering and
the people in the apartment down.
stairs to declaring they'd call the po-
lice if the Grogans didn't stop knock
ing down the plaster with their fool
ishness. And when Patience saw the
happiness in JAMS eyes and the high,
warm color coming back into her thin
cheeks at the praise that was heaped
upon her she silently blessed her new
friends and wished there were some
place she could hide and have a good
cry.
The next day there was another
letter from Mr.. Totten. 1t was the
fifth one Patience had received since
she let him know where they were.
He wrote plaintively:
I'm just chicken with its head
off. We can't even find anything
around here. The new girl tries, but
she's just not suited to her job. She
hasn't got your mind for detail.
Only yesterday Jennie was wonder
ing where you two had gone and she
seemed to be right worried about it.
After went to Pet Raleigh's father
and he forced her to admit she'd
called the Bulletin and put that in
about Hilary and Janell's engage
ment, Jennie was pretty shamed
woman, tell you.
Its going to take her little while
to admit it to the people here in
Green Acres, but she'll be coming
around to that sooner or later. She
hasn't even admitted it to me yet.
But can read her like a book. So
If you should decide to come back,
I know there will be no objection
from Jennie. Hilary is still in Paris
and we've just had our first card from
him. I guess he's too busy throwing
money away to write his mother a
letter"
For the next two weeks Patience
fought to keep from wiring Mr.. Tot
ten that they were starting for Green
Acres. Money was appallingly low
and neither of them were any nearer
job than they had been the day
they arrived. But when she remem-
bered what going back without max
ing good would mean to Janeli, she
squared her shoulders and tried to
hide from her sister the fact that she
was frightened and discouraged.
As Jan sank deeper and deeper into
despondency over her lack OF luck
her mind turned oftener to Hi. the
cause of all her trouble. Sometimes
she could not help being certain she
loved him as much as she had that
day in August when he had stopped
the car on the road and asked her
to marry him.
How, she argued to herself, could he
help being furious with her when he
was certain 1t was shs who had broken