The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-15
CAST OF CHARACTERS
CONSTANCE MAlDWELL =

CAST OF ChANAS iENS
=. CONSTANCE MAlDWELL -
heroine; the stand-in. -. :
pEREK MANTHON-an arhs'
who loved money first. -
HlLDEGARDE THORVALD-
Derek painted her portrait:
DIR. ROGERS-he met his most
difficult case.
Yesterday: Derek leaves IRON
tb. airport and Connie, with only
$40, returns to the Museum Tor
her old job. But there IS none
She did put on a good act, any
Inv. ,he reflects, afterward.
CHAPTER V
As Constance walked home
through the gathering dusk after
her talk with Miss Taft at the
Museum that evening, the ten
dollar bill in her purse seemed
to shrink and dwindle.
But life must be sustained even
if Derek was by this time SKIM
ming the clouds hundreds Of miles
away. She topped at DELEGATES,
sen and broke the ten-dollar bill
TO buy butter, rolls, cream and
lettuce. When she came out OF
the shop, she had left one hve-
dollar bill, four ones, and forty
eight cents in change.
Outside her door, a dry clean
er's delivery man was waiting for
her with two dresses she had sent
out several days before. When
she had paid him, she had parted
with another three dollars of the
precious ten And this was the
first day.
Constance hal never thought
of money except in terms of
things she very much wanted TO
own. Now, she found herself
considering il in terms of what
she had to have 10 live.
1t is unquestionable that this
new and terrifying preOccupation
with the fundamentals of eco
Monies was a blessing, however
painfully disguised; for it served
to divert COnstance's mind from
its weary round of humiliation
and devastating loneliness into
new, if rather terrifying chan
nelS.
She was exploring her ice box
to find out how far stores on hand
would go towards averting a real
food panic when the telephone
rang. II was Miss Taft calling.
'If," Miss Taft's crisp accents
said, .time still hangs heavy on
your hands, you might like to talk
to Mrs. D. Major-you know, the
aluminium Majors. | happen to
know that she wants a temporary
secretary to help her with this
Associated Artists Show she's
sponsoring. Only $25 week
and expenses; but | understand
that what you're interested in is
mental diversion rather than sud
den riches"
A lot you understand, Com
stance thought. Aloud she said,
go on. You interest me-"
Fine. Then meet the lady at
Daimler's for lunch at l 80 to-
morrow. Give your name to the
maitre d'hotel and you will be
conducted to her table as if you
were a grand duchess"
"I'n be there" Constance prom
ised. "And thanks a lot"
"And - oh, by the way, look
your Smartest = satorially,
mean." Miss Taft advised. 1.-THE
lady has worn the same hat fol
year%largely, I've always mag,
med, because she's never beer
able TO find another one so gro
tesque-but she likes her cheaI
help to put up a snappy facade
: Constance went TO sleep tina
night bordering an idea which
she might have been surprised I,
learn had often entertained b,
other overweight sOulS--tha
time is sometimes reckoned, no
in hours and minutes, but in emo
tional content II seemed t,
her that since she, had risen tina
morning she had lived a tempeS
tuOuS lifetime.
Even so, she was too numb will
fatigue to forecase the misery o
the next morning. She had yer,
bad half hour when she awoke I,
sunshine streaming brightly owe
the trunk and bags which stoot
packed-ready for going ava,
with Derek today.
She was awakened by the flor
lists boy with the corsage DereI
had ordered for her-all delicat,
rose and mauve and blue witt