The Washington times., 1938-02-25

purse smut OUT all gayeIy lEOul LlS1
mood. Your services are no lon
ger required, was not very gay
New Year greeting.
Duly she turned over and over
in her mind avenues which might
lead to other jobs. But her expert
ence was limited. Not stenog
rapher, not a bookkeeper, not even
a filing clerk, about the only job
she could hold was that of sales
clerk, and for the present she
knew no stores would open their
doors to her nor to the thousands
of other girls "let out" on New
Year Eve.
The great voice of the man in
front of her again crashes into
her thoughts. He could lower
that a little, o. hire a hail." she
thought resentfully. He sounded
too gay, too confident, too alive
with gayety and joy to suit her
frame of mind.
Wonder what some of these
people would do let loose on a
Kansas prairie" she heard his
laugh. Bet they'd fall down
when they hadn't each other to
lean against"
WESTERNER MAKES PLANS
"A Westerner," she thought,
and her mind drifted to imagined
plains and milling cattle, unim-
peded horizons, wide stretches of
distance. She never had seen the
West, nor anything but city
streets. She wondered what "other
places" would be like. Since her
anchor of a job was gone, she felt
restless, wishful of action, impa-
tient at the confines which had
hemmed in all of her life.
A movement ahead attracted
her attention. wish we could put
on a night together" came the
big voice, cant you chuck the
in-laws this once?" But a quieter
masculine voice answered, You
don't know how I wish I could.
But why don't you come along?
You know you'd be welcome"
The big voice rang out again,
"Go visiting New Year Eve in
New York, on my first visit here
in II years :. should say not!"
he emphatically declared. But
don't worry. I've got that letter
to Janet Flynn. Never saw her
myself, but my friends say she's
pretty grand.
Maybe she'll take pity on a
stray maverick for one evening.
But I'll get hold Of you when I
come back. Save a week end for
me, 10 days from now and I'll
see if this old town can't stand a
coat of red paint"
The bus rolled on. Lora watched
the eager head in front of her
turning, one side to the other,
eager to see all he could from
the shaking seat. Janet Flynn -
she thought. The newspaper re-
porter whose name was on the
first page of almost every issue
Of The Daily Beacon. It would
be some one like her who prob
ably had more engagements than
she could meet. to have this given
to her too. But as she sat there,
she grew rigid.
LORA BECOMES JANET
IT never saw her myself" he
had said. Just one evening of
joy, perhaps dinner, perhaps a
theater. Probably if she hadn't
seemed to have reached the end
of everything, such courage never
would have been born, but before
she realized what she was doing,
she had got up and slipped into
the vacant seat and turned a
bright, gay laughing face to the
big, brown one bent inquiringly
towards her.
Forgive me for such an intro
duction," her voice was gay as her
smile. But heard you speak
my name. Do you mind?"
Mind" he beamed. Mind! ]
should say don't. Whv didn't
you come uo here before?"
"I noticed your friend was leav
ing" she explained casually. "and
as I'm not going back to the Of
flee again this evening, thought
that, if we had mutual friends
I'd better find out all about It,"
He tugeed into his T1ocket and
brought out a letter. There" ne
BANDED it over. "That'n speak fo1
me. Honest. TN all rioht. Jesse
and Caro- said, if had any time
lust to hunt YOU uo and say
Hello and ask when you were
coming out to learn how to brand
cows"
She opened the letter. "Grand,'
she said, "but I heard you say you
had the evening free. What arr
you going to do?" He turned, I'm
going on to ENGLAND tomorrow,
he explained, ION the Queer
Mary. Want to see what real bis
boat is like. I may go to Jersey :.
the island where they have thu
Jersey cattle, you know" casually
''I'm going over and right hack.
have Just this evening. I hadn'
any plans. If you would if Vol
could s. ?" His eyes were wist
full, but compelling, too.
NEW YORK NIGHT LIFE
"Spend it with you?" she tool
him up. "Yes. had a couple O
parties on, but I know what They'll
be like, and by II o'clock no op'
at either Of them will know
whether I'm there or not. HOY
long is it since you've been in NeV