Evening star., 1941-07-06


voice.
"Oh yes I could" Nancy contra
dicted. DO you want to know what
I did with it? I gave it to dad to
settle some of the back bills you and
mother have been running up in this
town"
Clare stared incredulously. Fifty
dollars for that! I never heard OF
such a thing-merchants are used
to waiting!"
Listen, Clare" Nancy told her
patiently. Maybe it's not your
fault. because you've been spoiled
and given everything you asked for
since you were a little girl. But
when I came home last week dad
looked like a hunted man. Those
bills were hanging over his head and
getting worse all the time
Glare had the grace to look little
ashamed. He has seemed different
since you came, Nancy. Perhaps I
have been extravagant; I just never
thought of it that way before"
Because you've never been taught
the value of a dollar, Clare. Why
don't you take business course?"
Perhaps I will I'm fed up with
doing nothing day after day, and 1t
might be fun
cts fun to make money and pay
your own way" Nancy said soberly.
But she had no idea that Clare
would follow her advice; just now
she was bored, but the moment any
thing exciting came along she would
probably drop the idea of business
school quickly.
Clare Gets an Idea.
Adelaide evidently did not intend
to forgive her about the Cancelled
charge accounts, for she remained
hufily on the porch, though both
Glare and Nancy tried to persuade
her to come inside and have some
tea.
I'll take it later, when I'm not
feeling so nervous and upset" she
retorted. Il hope, Glare, that you
will never turn against your own
mother" Though she did not say
it, the implication was plain to both
Nancy and her sister.
Glare laughed about it, and said
carelessly: adelaide is staging re-
proachful mother act. Poor dear, its
hard to begin counting pennies at
her age!"
"You know very we'll that she
doesn't have to do anything OF the
kind, Clare! But ever since 1 can
remember mother has bought any,
thing she liked, shopping indiscrim-
inately, and charging everything.
It won't hurt her a bit to pay cash
now and keep within an allowance.
Look at those purple velvet drap-
cries she bought one year. They cost
$50 and hadn't been up at the WIN
dows for two weeks before she de-
cided that they were too bright,
and took them down. They've been
In the attic ever since, along with
hundreds of other articles that she
discarded in the same way l bet
there's enough stuff up there to
stock a small shop"
Say, Nancy, that's an ideal"
"What?"
"You Just said there's enough stuff
up there to stock a shop, and you're
probably right Tomorrow I'm going
up and look it eger. Lots OF it must
be perfectly good"
Greg on Hand.
"Of course. And that's in your
line, Clare. You have flair for
colors and artistic arrangements.
You might be able to do something
with it,
Mrs. Duval was still angry when
Glare left, and refused to say good
by, beyond a short nod She looked
rather comical, with her soft, plump
face drawn into an expression of
wounded dignity, and it was all that
Nancy could do to repress smile:
Poor mother!" she thought.
"She's getting no sympathy, even
from Clare. Well, Dad is the one
who really rates the sympathy"
She decided to go by her fathers
office and see if he was through for
the day. She knew that he wouldn't
mind driving her out to Fairfield,