Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1941 — Page 27

THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941 ABBIE AN' SLATS

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AS THE HOURS ROLL ON THREE BEAUTIFUL STRANGERS DRIFT, SEPARATELY, INTO THE CAR, THE BABY-FACED MAN GLANCES QUICKLY UP FROM His PAPER AS EACH ENTERS: THEN RESUMES ——— HIS READING sseeee

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WEDNESDAY Bee successfully avoids Meeting Jenkins but eatehes the full force of Déne’s anger when she returns te the foor. Bee knows she fired now, pleads for her ob Suddenly | Miss Dane bursts inte tears, condemns | the management that makes her act so | sternly, and to Miss Getz “It wasn't | like this in the old dyvas, was it, Gets ale?"

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE BEATRICE HUNTINGTON DAVENPORT backed off, slowly and unbelievingly, from the spectacle of Miss Dane sobbing like a baby, her head on the capacious bosom of Miss Getz. Miss Dane's tortured words rang in her ears. “It wasn't like this in the old days. T'his, she thought slowly, this is what's at the root of the whole trouble with this store, Everybody's being driven. The store has become a Frankenstein—-running wild on the momentum of its own

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strength, its own power, I'he store made money for grandfather But he loved it, too. 1 was his servant his child— never his master And now it's money. Now the love is gone, there's nothing but profit behind it. Profit. no matter what the cost She looked down at herself, her hands touching her sides curiously “The store hes been run to make money for me For me Because I was useless, be. ause Bruce Sheldrake and the trust company thought it was what I wanted. . J A moment later, she denied that to herself. “No! They were doing it for themselves, Because they had the power over it. Because it made them strong and feared They knew I didn’t care, I simply didn't count. I got the money and hev had the power.” Her lips tightened, grimly, “That's Jl over now. I'll show them!” Miss Dane and Miss Getz had disappeared into the cubicle where Miss Dane worked over her purchasing records. Beatrice decided, “I'm going up Mr. Bruce Sheldrake right now!” She marched to the elevator, the light of battle in her eyes. o

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the elevator door Anthony Bradley walked out. “Anthony, listen—" she began, before all the other considerations overwhelmed her. She stopped, and suddenly her heart stopped, too. For Anthony's face was bleak and tired, there wasn't even any joy at seeing her in his eyes. “Anthony, what's the matter?” “He turned me down,” Anthony said hearsely. “He-—he listened to it all. He made me explain a doz en times. And then—" he winced, “Then he laughed. He said I was crazv. He told me—" Oh, the pain

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in his voice, the bitter, bitter pain! “He told me to go back to floorwaiking.” “He dared!

(strings, but I thought the hard way ,,| was better. So that leaves me hold(ing the bag, and it leaves him laughing.” “How could you strings, Anthony?” “There are always ways ...’

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He dared to he dared, all right.” thony moved his head as if to] clear it. “He kicked nie out, be-| ause he's the merchandise man- | ger and I'm just a hired hand.”| “Wait. Anthony! Come back | there with me! I'll fix him!” What could vou do?” Anthont asked wearily. “It'S no use, Bee I'm licked.”

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” ” BEATRICE realized then that! she couldn't march into Bruce Shel- | drake’s office in the high-handed | She stood very still, searching devastating manner she had en-| his Anthony's hands were|visioned a moment ago. Something curled He struck at a Anthony had said, a moment ago, counter savagely. “No, I'm not stuck in her mind. “I want it| licked! Ill show him yet! I'll{proved.” show them all!” She wanted her conclusions about | “Anthony,” she said steadily,|[this store proved, too. Just to] “If vou could go right into Bruce | descend on Mr. Sheldrake, screams | Sheldrake's office—if you could take|ing that the store was heartless | this idea straight to the Duchess and unjust, could too easily be put| herself-.-aould you do it?” down to a temperamental vagary,| “What did you say?” 'she saw slowly. He'd soothe her, | “If you could march right over the he'd get oily and unctuous after head of the merchandise manager [she had summoned Mr. Weeming and convince someone higher up and the president of the trust comthat veu're right—" (pany. But they'd all be like grown‘You don’t understand!” he cried ups handling a child in a tantrum. | impatien:ly. “It's not the satis-| They wouldn't take her seriously. | faction of getting the best of him!| The indignity of realizing how It's not even the prestige of having richly she merited not being taken an idea of my own tried out. |seriously was like a cold slap of That's not what I'm after! I want water in her face. “But all they it proved, don't you see? Any crack- know about me is that I was wildly pot notion might be presented to |extravagant, and bought Clarence | Sheldrake, or that Davenport girl, lan airplane and suits and a string and tried out and it wouldn't mean of polo ponies. They think I'm! thing. Just that the guy who (spoiled, stupid, and criminally irre-| presented it knew how to coax and sponsible.” | flatter This thing is mine. It's] Unconsciously, she had slowed lid! Tt's good! I want to shove it down her pace behind Anthony | down their throats, not have it put through the crowded aisles. “I've over on .ccount of anyone's in-|got to do this the hard way, like! fluence ” Anthony. I must have proof. How He lowered his voice, apologetical- (can I get it?” Iy. "Oh, the deuce with it! I could| Through her mind there whirled have pussyfooted around, pulling |half-remembered details of financial

eves into fists.

reports, profit statements, employe turnover, loss of work hours. ... She couldn't straighten them out and realized, sadly, she wasn't fitted to cope with them, “I need a lawyer, I need Weemie! But I can't go to him now. He'd think, too, I didn't trust his former stewardship. . . .” Only Mr, Weeming hadn't had anything to do with the store. That was the trust company, and Mr. Sheldrake. “I need a lawyer. I need a brilliant, honest humane lawyer, Grandfather had always said, “Beatrice, the possession of great wealth is a tremendous, a solemn responsibility.” She had never believed him. But now she stood at a counter of the store she owned, and tears stung her eyes. A voice inside her sobbed, “Oh, Grandfather, you were right! What shall I do?” (To Be Continued)

(All events, names and characters in this story are fictitious.)

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