The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-19
At The Tent Revival

Handkerchief into her hand and when she wiped a, |
tears awak she discovered Tony whom she I'D
known since she was little tot going to Bots
school He had been one OF the biz boys who huns
around the school before and after classes He had
two girls. even then. who gave him money She n
memhered He was still handsome. as we'll dressed
as movie star. He knew how 10 be tender. solicit
GUS Kittens was very much in need Of sympathy
She told Tony her sordid little story, o. her mch
ers recent death. her own futile search for empwI
ment and her landladys ultimatium OF her rent a
her room.
Tony had fumbed in his pocket. pulled his hn
out empty I'm flat Just now Kid: lost my shirt ID
poker game last night but will introduce you to
friend OF mine who has a flat on Alfred street 4
real place where cute dish like yon are good ~
twenty or twenty-five bucks every night
He went on TO explain that ne would look ouI
for her. that she got square deal spring her
she got nahhed even buy her clothes Tor her nkqI
her out once a week. TO the Club Casino and dousI
town 10 the Capital Theatre. She would have noh9I
10 debut sleep all day and be charming at ngat
Kittens hands were icy and cold moismnI
stood out on her forehead Tonys proposition nj
not strange 10 her. for this had been her moiheril
profession. Kittens was suddenly little gif gan
learning for the first time from another chlds ~
how her mother. Susan. had been good woman vi
Ill after being left by a gambling husband began
earn her living and get expensive clothes. NuaI
had persuaded her mother 10 LEI her get ransI
fer TO another school. farther away wnere she n
invented a new profession for Susan and nusodA.
who loved them She had been ashamed Of neF III
Their. once she got so she could eai nohinE sue
III year. the doctors at the clinic believed nT
be suffering from strange new maladN, unu ri
Simmons asked her million questions, and u ~
OF her caution she learned Susans real proie''"I
and how Kittens hated IT, i
Dr. Simmons had made her see susan as III
OF scarlet angel sacrificing her very honor tnai pa
little girl might have the Injuries she Nould putt
wise been denied Kitten had been Fred WIN we III
termination TO become a success and repay 80
for all she had done, but Susan had died sluosa,
before Kittens could even finish high school lea'sI
her absolutely alone. helpless. Somewhere IN III
world she had father. whom. she and her mo.I|
never discussed She wondered what no ~oaD " II
he knew OF her predlcment Would ne care ,sI
She had walked the streets every since she W
Tony seeking work any kind Up the s'ree' anu ~,
again-the cross streets too waitress VI
scrub woman, laundress-noih TOO young
young--no references when her feet we're 50 ns.vI
she could no longer lift them she was passing -
tent and slipped in TO rest. Here she found-'ns -
retrieved the fragments of the note iouno nsl N
stick in her purse. reshaped her mouth and ~S"71
preacher
remained In my seat until the bench was smr.
The ambulance had come and gone carving w. III
Francne and Sarah Ann exited togetnei' ~,
woman learning on the arm Of the glr VINO se..'
hated her. Cyd Roberts held her head up Pe'''
heart. going to the man Of her choice 4, "a
Jim Small had pulled "Kittens' Ames sm sl, M
through the surve OF his arm. ana gu'usy hI
through the crowd: holding tightly 10 tne s"'
resembled SUSAN ,t
knew had found the characters Tor my '"'
THE END.