The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
CHAPTER SIX

E.E.S VINO ECHS ~ Dreamy "f
her, and the girls VINO tame out
the same time che did. And there
uaa the hunting crowd from Mary
land and AL the pcop,e shed met 1t
the ysrloug placeg where shed been
~hollGayIng during the last five YEAR,
Paris ana -. Moritz, san Franc!|-
~. Eanff, Palm EHach and, III
cotrge, the tremendous number "tIr
made ~ that small world Of young
%ew Yorx zDciGty. End yet, n
thought AZ sne waited for 8 traffic
light - chan>c IN Fifth avenue a.
cnn o'ciocL m the morning, she never
had icen abe ~ talk 70 one of them
for more rhan The time It took to
tat luncheon.
4nd here size wa4 coming hone
from Ellen Charman's after talking
fcr five hours n thinking that the
evening maa 9tilI young.
Wei. Ellen var intere4tin2. Ta!h-
fr2 to her Wa Ike looking into a
ko,k and readin. abnIt characters
she had never met. Goodneaa
kno~a. EIlen would fl into
F-abicune's get. Or gets.
70 begin With. she didn't lonh
like anything. Size had ordinary
dark hair. ordinary dark eyes, gonG
enough features and Il rather sVect,
a expresHirn. but she threw
them Amy, in fah!enne'3 opinion.
II she had It good hair dre@aer anh
uyed \ little NOR msHeup-
The traffic Deht changed and Fa-
Iietne put hei . in gear. II start
cI with d JERK and had the effect
# temporarily s%u,itchin2 its driVer'E
thoughts.
But later, after she had given the
lcya to the doorman at her hotel
End tod him to have the car taken
away and returned ut eight. hei
thoughts reformed 70 the girl she
had left.
II had been difficult to get Ellen
to tell her her story. and her an
awcts had been simply given; but
Fabienne had formed a picture.
Graduated from college at twenty
two, Ellen had gone into henderson
house, az Willoughby house had
been known. She had been there for
five years-yct she looked no older
than Fabienne - and during that
time she had become director with
the death Of Mrs. Jennings, fts
original organizer. Apparently since
then. there had been nothing else
in her life.
Suddenly Fabicnne remembered
the way the girls face had looked,
flushed and pretty and alive, whcn
she came back from the telephone.
"Bill" Fabicnne said TO herself.
II must find out about Bill" All
the girls she knew talked about their
beaux. Shed get Ellen to.
Ellen was not an cary perBon to
charming. She Hincerely liked Fa-
bicnne and told her that che
thought she had built up a hard
protective shell against the real
b.' 8olI DIV war. ioDItiiJIE Id u iIEI
that off. She was surprised to find
that Ellen vas auch an idcaligt.
Fabienne had no illusions about
hergclf. She knew that she waa do.
ing good work At the settlement
hougc ~ the first month clipped
into the gecond, and the nccnnd into
the third. But she knew it. war eood
only because che would not do ny.
Thing badly. Not bccauge she liked
the work. 1t war just az tiregomc
10 her ~ she progressed from one
job to another AZ 1t had been that
first week.
The one pleasure she did get out
of It waa her friendship with Ellen.
Ellen intrigued her the way that n
"a who did not fall at her feet
would intrigue her. Ellen apparent
~ wanted nothing Of her. liked her
but had no envy Of her, paid her NJ
never offered any return confidence
for the condolences that Fabicnnt
found herself giving her. Funny girl
Ellen.
She asked Fabienne for tea one
Sunday afternoon. Tea with Jus
n other girl would have been al
idea too impossible for FabIennc :,
consider three months ago. Blu
that November afternoon the idc:
was most appealing.
She said. "I could eat plates q
toast, but don't let me. I'm going f
a buffet supper at SIX"
May / ride up with you, Fa
bienne? I'm going to meet Bill
He's working until eight and the
we're meeting at Carnegie hall"
Ellen wore an evening dress tina
looked as IL she had bought 1t n
n Of the neighborhood rumag
sales. Fabienne couldn't bear II
6he said, ELLEN, I don't know wha
your Bill Is like, but unless he
blind, you can't wear that. Get m
n needle and let me do something
about fitting It."
1t was much better when Fabienn
got through with 1t. In fact, mad
OF flame colored taffeta that brough
out the dusky lights in Ellen's HAN
Fabienne frowned over the hair un
til Ellen sighed and said. "All right
see what you ian do with It."
1t was shoulder length and beau
tifully easy to wave. Fabienn
toyed with 1t as II Ellen were
doll. There" she said, at last, civ
Bill an eyeful of that /. and /.
tell you what I'll do: Wen sto
at my hotel and Ill lend you m
little sable Mrnn."