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say So Her temper had gone up a.
e her heart had gone down.
IN do what I can" she said, with
out zest.
"Einel Ever meet Duvvy7"
Good AS soon as came in that
door, I knew you were the person ]
wanted" declared Berkay Caldwell, ex-
travagantly. Would you mind start
ing to phone right now?"
She was regretful. Next week would
see a reunion, with banquet of the '88s.
She must see to postcard reminders,
caterer, and sherry.
"'88s Good Lord None Of that
bunch would know DuvVyl"
"One OF them Is her great-aunt,"
said Linette, consulting a list.
"Oh, she doesn't speak to that great
aunt"
Linette agreed finally to clip her
day in his favor A desire to please
Berkay Caldwell. Of which she was
furiously ashamed, outbid her sense
of duty, besides loyalty to the '98's .
Linette surmised Shrewdly that II
! Duvvy was not seriously in love with
the married man. she might have de-
! signs on merely larger living. In that
case she would seek larger contacts,
( or stepping stones.
Linette thought suddenly Of Georgia
| Hay Duvvys roommate for a Few
weeks, until they quarrelled over
date. Georgia had married one Of New
York's best pent-houses.
She 'phoned Georgia-while Berkay
sat on the desk end and swung q
nervous leg in excellent herringbone.
Linette. and Berkay, got a quick,
sharp lesson in the solidarity OF the
younger generation.
Georgia, a green-eyed brunette who
could have married even better pent-
house, said promptly, yes, saw
Duvvy last night. Tell you where she IS
staying? How silly Of you. Linette. /
suppose her family Is paying you 70
sleuth her out. I promised her that
nothing would drag her address from
me-"
Iinette 'phoned 90 or more names.
One girl had glimpsed Duvvy two
nights ago in a gay spot in the Sew
entities. Another had seen her in q
taxicab, going north on Madison ave-
nue.. Another had heard that she was
staying with some one at the Waldorf
Ritz. Not the married man. A married
girl friend.
Finally Linette sighed family. Ber-
kay gOJ JIc sign. buJ Ills OWAA PAOD4SAA /
was uppermost in his mind.
1--WE just got to find the silly child"
1--WE got to phone a salesman who |
has been promised the contract for the |
new carpets for these club rooms,
said Linette, coldly.
He said absently, "She's crazy about
swing orchestras. / daresay you can
tell me, Miss Shaw, about the most
popular spots here" He was little
embarrassed again. explaining that ne
had not been in New York for over
year He was in charge OF the Maune
and Caldwell office in Chicago. So he
was green about night spots which
Duvvy, the life-loving darling, would
be most apt to visit nightly.
Because the restless little devil won't
be sitting in q room and reading q
book to pass the time" he said, adj
miringly.
Linette flushed. At least four nights
In a week she sat in her room and
read a book. Tonight she likely would.
Yet once she had expected better OF
life. In square black cap and robe, on
4 day in June. strolling the Roble
campus, she had pictured gayer fu-
lure than her secretaryship and sec
)nd floor old-fashioned room in Mrs.
Augusta Semple's boarding house on
East Twenty eighth street
Old, stout, wheeZy Augusta Semple
vas q Roble alumna. too. "a. Another
vas slender, white-haired Mrs. Sem
-ici, who once had left bleating kid
n the deans office and now glumly
watched Murray Hill lose its old homes.
Another was Mrs. George Jollyce,
he cabinet member JoIlyce, who once
rad been almost expelled from Roble
College for leading a militant group
Iown the campus carrying Single
standard banners but who now snorted
Indignantly at girls who wore shorts
n public.
The three women had looked after
dnette Shaw, daughter Of dead Lucy
Shaw and granddaughter Of Malinda
Ihaw, all three Of Roble college. Janet
Semrfci somehow had learned that
linette, after seven months in New
Fork since her fathers bankruptcy
nd death, had not got good position.
fortunately, agreed Janet Semrici and
Inne Jollyce, Linette was pretty and
lever. Not loud, nor queer, nor over
exed, nor rude.
Augusta, stout, tired, worried and
onely, was delighted to get q Roble
fri who could ten her 80 much up
o-date news about Robe. Almost Lin
tie was reJuvenation for Augusta.
And Iinette, after q Siege Of en-