The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-24

mate at school. Dick says she's coming home soon. I'm sure you'd like her. Maybe we can have lunch together some day"
 "I'd love that. I suppose lots of wealthy girls go to Merrywood Hall" Natalie, eagerly studying news of society events, had fre- uuently noticed that many of the most popular brides were gradu- Iates of Miss Cranston's exclusive school.
 "Yes. I wouldn't have been able to stay after Dad died if it hadn't been that Miss Cranston was an ol dfriend of my mothers and she insisted on keeping me there. I'm so glad I won the Larne prize be- cause I'm naturally an indepen- dent person."
 "I'm sure no one would ever grudge doing anything for you. ] know I wouldn't"
 That's sweet of you to say SO, answered Gail, wondering if her estimate of Natalie had not been harsh. Perhaps it was kindly in- terest and not just inquisitiveness that prompted the other girl to ask so many questions.
 "You must have felt deradfully when you found you were penni- less" Natalie went on. "Still l should have thought if your father had any paintings they would have brought good deal"
 "No, they didn't. At the time my father died, lots of galleries were closed. A friend of Miss Cranston's told her that pictures which would sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars in normal times were being given away by artists for just enough to pay for a meal"
 "Really?"
 "Yes. know lots about art and artists" Gail smiled as she re- membered her gay, improvident father. The sale of a picture was always an occasion for a celebra- tion-perhaps a grand dinner with a theater party afterwards, or in the summer long weekend at some seaside resort. Peter Everett gave little thought to the future!
 The waitress served them. Then, as she hastened away to attend to other customers, Natalie re- marked, i've been thinking 8 lot about you since we met. How strange it must seem for you to be all alone. I've such heaps of rel- atives. They make me tired. :. I wish some of them had never been born~
 Natalie! What a dreadful thing to say! You don't know, how I envy you. If I had even one liv- ing relative I'd be oh so happy!"
 For an hour the girls !. dawdled over their food, comparing their likes and dislikes. AS they rose, Natalie insisted on paying. Gail remonstrated, but the other girl paid the check. Again Gall felt that not only she, but those girls whose remarks she had overheard. had misjudged Natalie. Gail could HUI AhOW tAAdG LAlCAC Wdo AACt14Ou in Natalie's generosity! AS they approached the movie theater, Natalie suddenly ex2 claimed, There's someone you should know-Rita Cordell. She's fashion editor of one of the news papers" Hurrying after her, Na- talie called, "Rital". ...se. HOh hnl10 Nata1feIO
 T want you to meet the winner of the John S. Larne prize-Gail Everett. She's Madame Lizette'S new designer"
 "Oh, I'm delighted. It was only a few days ago that I asked MT. Larne about the prize winner. He said he understood 8 society girl had won it and probably she wouldn't do anything further with her art"
 "I'm a working girl" Gail an- swered. T called at MT. Larne's office but he was in the south, so I just went ahead and got this job" It sounded very simple. Gail wondered whether she should have mentioned Derek Hargreaves' part in it, for now she realized if he had not come to her aid, she might still be wandering about New York looking for work.
 I'm due at LiZette's some day soon. Maybe she'll let me have one of your designs for my col- lumn. I'm ever so pleased to have met you. Be seeing you soon." 
 As Rita Cordell hurried away Natalie said, 'I'm awfully glad we met her. She can do heaps for you. And you know if you want to get ahead you've got to cash in on all the publicity you can get. Grab 1t every time. Take that from someone who knows"