The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-21
SERIAL STORY
CAST OF CHARACTERS
YLOUISE HOLMES

CAST OF CHARACTERS
ANN BROwN-Orphan daughter OF
gambler, alone IN an unfriendly
PAUL HAYDEN - Stock room boy
STEVE cLAYBoURNE A wealthy
CLARA BRooKs-Dime store coun-
IRENE TEMPLE-society debutante.
YESTERDAY: Arrested for driving
while intoxicated. Steve sends Ann
home in a cab. Clara arrives at the
same time, fearful, drunk, and angry
because the men practically threw her
out. But by Monday the party has
gained glamor for Clara and she re-
gales her friends with the story. Paul
oYerhears, is angry over AIMS part
in the affair.
CHAPTER XVI
Ann briefly described the I'M
successful evening to Mrs. Pringle.
'I knew better than to CO." she
concluded. That isn't what l
want parties with men who
wouldn't speak to me if they hap
pened to be with their mothers
or sisters"
"Or wives" Mrs. Pringle put in.
"Gracious-do you suppose they
were married men?"
mot young Claybourne = the
world would hear about it If he
got married. But Jack Baltane has
wife, my husbands niece is her
personal maid. Very likely Flora
bellies friend is married too.
II don't know what comes over
men, too much money, I guess.
Now there's nay Joe-he may not
be much, but he's faithful. l never
leave him enough money to be
anything else"
Ann began, ooh, ! don't think
Florabelle would" She did not
finish the remark. After all, what
did she know of Florabelle ? Beau
tiful apartment, stunning clothes,
frequent parties, glamorous APP
| pearance.
Ann pondered over the queer
assortment of girls who lived on
the third floor of Mrs. Toilets
rooming house, not realizing that
they represented cross section
of thousands of rooming houses, a
coming together, through neces-
sity, of varying personalities, each
with her own set of emotions and
standards, each trying to lick life
in her own way.
There was Clara, weak and silly
and loving; the twins, gaily riding
their popularity in the cheap tav-
erns; Myrtle, grieving for a worth
less husband; Florabelle, pitting
her not-so-young beauty against
terrific odds for the sake of tran
sient thrills. And there was Ann,
herself, an ambitious struggler,
perhaps more clever than the
others, but imbued with their
frailties.
AIMS mind strayed on to Paul
Hayden. There was something
about him that weakened her de-
lenses. She thought of him too
much, longed to see him with a
thrilled wishfulness that amazed
her. Was she falling in love with
Paul? The disastrous effect of
such a love warned her to turn
back before it was too late.
Two definite reasons stood In
the way Of loving Paul Hayden.
First, he had plainly stated that
love and marriage were outside his
calculations. She admired him for
his honest directness. Secondly
Ann intended to climb the ladder
of success alone, unhampered by
ties of any kind. This meant that
she must be on guard to keep her
emotional self in the background
|
Ann left the shop at 5 O'Clock
to find Steve Clsybourne cooling
his heels in the gloomy foyer. His
eyes lighted with pleasure as she
stepped from the elevator and, al
though she knew she should pass
him with a cool nod, she stopped
when he extended his hand.
II thought surely you would