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AGE 14

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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‘By LOUISE HOLMES

CAST OF CHARACTERS

BROWN—Orphan daughter of a gambler, alone in an unfriendly city.

PAUL HAYDEN—Stock room boy with ambition.

bE CLAYBOURNE—Wealthy play-

Ba BROOKS—Dime store counter IRENE TEMPLE—Society debutante. YESTERDAY—Ann finds Clara's apartment a garish, unattractive place, but settles down to enjoy the company it affords. Florabelle shows Ann her slittering, well-furnished rooms, explains that a former fiance bought her furniture. Ann can have nice things, too, Florabelle says, if she wants them, knows how to manage. CHAPTER ELEVEN ANN HAD GONE TO bed when Clara came in. “Have a good time?” she asked. “Pretty good. We saw a keen picture but we couldn’t get anything to eat because Sam was broke. I don’t think I'll go out with him any more. He has to support his mother. “I'm not hitching up with any guy who's got to share his pay check.” There it was again, every girl searching for a husband. Ann reasoned, “But you don’t have to marry a man just because you go to a movie with him.” “Say, I'm not wasting my time.” Clara turned out the light and climbed into. bed. “Gee, I wish I could get a guy like Paul Hayden.” ‘What's so wonderful about him?” Ann asked. “He's class, that’s what he is. All the girls in the store, even some of the married ones, are making a play for him.” Ann thought this over. Perhaps Paul had reason for his wariness. - “Listen, Clara,” she asked, “why do you and all the other girls want to get married?” “What else is there for us to want?” “Don’t you want something better than this, Clara?” : “What in the world is the matter with this?” Ann tried to explain. “Some people live pleasantly. The men earn a good living, the women keep house. They have children, nice clean little, kids—they use thick white towels and linen napkins—they have Christmas trees and presents—if they get sick a nurse comes to take care of them. Don’t you see what I mean, Clara?” It was a vague picture in the back of Ann’s mind, this pleasant living, an undeveloped dream. Clara settled herself comfortably. Ann’s words had not awakened one spark in her consciousness. “That may be fine for some folks,” she said sleepily. “Us girls in the 10cent store don’t want kids; clean or any other kind.” Ann arose early the following morning. Clara, accustomed to standing at the stove while she . drank a cup of muddy coffee, was amazed, even faintly displeased, to find a table neatly set. “Why do you go to so much trouble, Ann?” she asked. “I don’t mind. Ill wash the dishes while you dress and we can go downtown together.” Clara said, “Gee—that’s good coffee.” - ” = = RIDING TO THE city on the El they discussed the girls on the third fioor. Neddy and Teddy piJoted elevators up and down in the Sampson Building. They danced every night of the week. “Does Myrtle have dates, too?” Ann asked. “No. Myrtle is married to Mrs. Follet’s son. He’s in the pen.” Ann was horrified. “He winged a cop in a holdup. Myrtle was going to have a baby and they needed money.” Clara spoke quite calmly. “Where is Myrtle’s baby?” “It was born dead.” “Oh, the poor kids.” “Yeah—too bad. That's why I wish Paul Hayden would fall for me. He isn’t the kind to get mixed up with the cops or come home roaring drunk every Saturday night. He'd be square, Paul Hayden would.” “Clara—I've got a date to go to the movies with Paul Hayden.” “My Lord—I thought you hated him.” “He brought me over to your place last night, he carried my

“Well, I'll be darned. All us girls have been treating him like the king of Sheba. You come along and give him a tongue lashing. And he takes you to a movie. I'll be darned.” Ann changed the subject. “Tell me about Florabelle. She showed me her apartment last night.” “Swell dump. I don’t see why she doesn’t marry one of her swell friends. : “She must have a good job,” Ann suggested. “Saleslady at the Dressy Shoppe. Gets $15 a week.”

«But she has lovely things, Clara]

—a telephone and radio—how does she do it?” Clara shrugged her plump shoulders. “She gets a commission on sales—she says. She has first choice when they mark clothes down— she says. Most of her duds have been returned or have something the matter with them—she says.” “Have you met any of the men who take her out?” Ann was keenly interested in the new life into which she had dropped. “They never come for her. . They send taxi cabs.” “Oh.” Then, “She’s all right, isn’t she?” “Far as I know. Smarter than the rest of us, that’s all.” Clara giggled. The girls parted at the corner of State and Dearborn. Ann’s heart sang. It was fun to live with Clara, to gossip on the trip to the city. She had a date to go to the movies with Paul Hayden. It was a beautiful world. Paw called in the afternoon. “I've got inside information that Mickey Mouse is staging a riot at the Garfield.” “sounds interesting.” “That's out our way. Ill call for you ‘bout 7 if satisfactory.” _ “gUh-huh—perfect. I'll have time

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“He’s nice—I like him.”

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