The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-27
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stop. a reluctant stop on the part
81 Margie They were approaching
slowly.
Without looking ~ Dan Hafk-
ness. Marian said quickly. I lunch
ever, noon at the Toddle shop
LaSalle street at i2.i5"
The remainder Of the evening
had been blurred like the faces.
Aarians emotions had been
tumble Of shamed CONSERVATION at
her own behavior and a bewilder-
ing. heart-quickening citation. She
had known that Dan Hardness
would be waiting at the Toddle
Sho1 the next noon. and he was
there. hat In hand. smiling, diff
dent and boyish. He had reserved
one OF the leather-coyered booths.
Marian could remember what
they had ordered. chicken sand
witches. tall glasses Of iced coffee,
walnut fudge ice cream. although
at the time she had scarcely no.
ticed her food
They had talked. Dan had SEEM
ed determined to establish his
background and identity. His fam
lily lived in Iowa. he'd had two
years at the State university.
working his way. He'd been in
Chicago six months. He'd just hap
pened to go out to the pavement
dance-just happened. They gazed
into each others eyes, bemused
by the wonder of IL.
Marian had brought the chron
icle OF her life up TO date. Her
family was a grandmother in In
diana. She shared an apartment
with two other girls. She was
stenographer in the Grand Fellows
Brokerage. She liked her Job, she d
had two raises in the past year.
She was going 10 be a private
secretary one Of these days.
Dan had asked, will you let
me see you sometimes ?"
And she had answered simply,
Yes, Dan"
Within two weeks they were en-
gagged to be married, blissful two
weeks, in which Marian forgot her
ambitions in the Grant Fellows
office, when a great new gladness
wiped out the lesser joys. Dan was
making s35 a week, they'd start on
small scale and spread out grad
ually. II sounded delightful. Moth
ing was so important as making
home for Dan. The location or
desirability of the home did not
matter. If she and Dan were to-
gether-
Then, one Sunday afternoon,
they drove out to see Bill and
Amy Ellen Sands. The married
life of Dan and Marian might have
been vastly different If they had
not gone TO see Bill and Amy Ellen