Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1940 — Page 14

. By LOUISE HOLMES

CAST OF CHARACTERS ANN BROWN—Orphan daughter of a ; gambler, 2lone in an unfriendly city. PAUL HAYDEN—Stock room boy with : ambition. rE CLAYBOURNE—Wealthy playy. CLARA BROOKS—Dime store counter girl. IRENE TEMPLE—Society debutante.

YESTERDAY—Steve waits for Ann at the shop, but she is deat to all his pleading for a dinner date. She meets Paul at the El is puzzled by his anger. ‘She finally wins a smile from him and & promise of no more misunderstandings, goes home happy.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN ANN STARTED DINNER. She set the table as daintily as’ the shabby appointments allowed, placing the violets in the center and a silver spoon at each place. Creamed { salmon, Clara insisted upon calling i it gold fish, hashed potatoes, fried “to a brown crustiness, pickles, hot _ biscuits and jam. The little meal was ready when Clara came in. | “Hy'a, keed,” she said. “Hello, yourself.” “Gee, aren't we ritzy these days?” “1 wouldn't say so.” _ Clara picked up one of the spoons. “Why do you set such store by these, Ann?” “Because they're real, 1 guess.” “You can get a whole set at the dime store for what one Qf these costs.” “Yes, I know.” “What’s the -difference?” “Considerable difference in quality. Nice things do somthing for me, Clara. I can’t describe" it. Sometimes I dream of linen sheets and satin-edged blankets and perfume in the bath water and silk ‘things next to me—" “You're the craziest kid. Better get those things out of your head. Folks like us are better off not to think of satin-edged blankets.” “Maybe. Dinner’s ready. I want

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I are smelling spring in the park tonight.” ‘Clara pouted. “You have all the luck,” she said. - “I can’t get anybody but a truck driver and he has to support his old lady.” ” » 2 WHILE CLARA WASHED the dishes and Ann changed her dress, there was chatter in the apartment. Neddy and Teddy danced in. Neddy talked and Teddy echoed. They had both won cups for térpsichorean prowess at the Roseland dance hall and they displayed them proudly. Myrtle drifted in. She sat on the edge of a chair, her rough hands folded in her lap, her big eyes deep in purple shadows. She admired the cups. “Me and Bill used to dance,” she said wistfully. - “Have you seen him lately?” Clara asked.

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“I can’t see why the birds don’t use our bird-bath, Mamma—1I even put : soap chips in it.” :

“It’s been two months. Ma couldn’t give me the money last month. - Bill was awful .disap-' pointed. So was I.” She brightened. “I think I’m going to make it next week.” Ann came to the bedroom door, her eyes sweet.with sympathy. “Will he be coming home soon, Myrtle?” she asked. “Eighteén months and 12 days. He’s learning the welding business. Maybe we can have a little place of our own—" She swallowed painfully, trying to smile. Neddy smoke up. “I wouldn't wait if I v.>s you,” she tossed her head. “You're only young once. You'd be pretty if you fixed yourself up.” : Myrtle looked down at her red hands. “I'll stay on here with his ma,” she said. “I'll wait.” “youre a fool,” Neddy told her. “Just a fool,” said Teddy. Ann spoke sharply from the bedroom. “Leave Myrtle alone, She knows what she wants to do.” came into the living room carrying a dark silk dress. “Would you like to have this, Myrtle?” she asked. “We're about the same size and it doesn’t fit me very well. ‘I think it would look better on you.” . Myrtle took “the dress hungrily. “Oh, it’s pretty. I haven't had a new dress since Bill and me was married. I'll wear it when I go to see him.” Stammering her thanks, she ran from the room, holding the dress close to her thin little breast.

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SUDDENLY A STRANGE girl ap- * peared in the doorway. Clara greeted her noisily, saying, “Ann, this is Betty. She was my roommate. She got married and lives downstairs. How goes it, Betty?” “It goes something wongerful,” she said, her eyes shining. Clara and the twins were plainly envious of the narrow band on Betty's finger. “Well,” Betty said smugly, “I must get back to my husband.” She preened herself a little. She said to Ann, “Won't you come and meet Jim?”

Ann walked down the stairs with |

her. Jim wore overalls, he had not shaved recently. He acknowledged the introduction" awkwardly. As Ann turned away, he caught Betty in his arms. There was a closeness about them, a sense of belonging, that brought a quick ache to Ann’s heart. a ‘i ! She glanced<“down. the stairs at the hall door, watching for Paul. At that moment voices came to her from a nearby room, the loud, rough voices of men. “My split was twenty-five— gimme twenty-five or T'll—"

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sneered. 7 “I could: tell a few things about y ” “shut up, you fool.” ‘The door opened and the two men who had spoken to Ann when she first arrived at the house, came into the hall. They were thin and sallow and furtive eyed. Ann hastily ran back te the third fioor. oo PAUL CAME. He spoke pleasant‘ly to Clara and the twins. He and Ann departed *in the midst of excited chatter. ‘They walked four blocks to Garfield Park and wandered through the dusky paths. The night was soft, with something of painful sweetness in the air. ‘They sat down on a bench near the lagoon.” _ They talked easily of impersonal ) in the pleasant

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“I paid my way at the fraternity house by pressing suits and waiting on table,” hé said. “Living with a gang like that for four years makes this sort of life seem pretty lonely.” “Yes, I know what it is to be lonely.” dn He hesitated for a moment, as if turning something in his mind. Then, “The fraternity men in town have an organization, the .Athens Club. © The spring hop is coming off next week, I'd like to take you if you'd care to go.” : Ahn’s eyes shone, A dance—a

nice dance—with Paul. “Oh, Id love to go, Paul.” Then, dubiously,! “But won't it bs expensive—terribly expensive?” ; . “I suppose -so, but gosh, Ann, we've got to have a little fun as we go along. I've got a small reserve and I'm going to spend it on one nice evening for you and me.” They laughed together youthfully. The night was filled with stardust, it throbbed with life and Jove.

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