Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1928, Page 41

THE EVENING STORY Wanted—Lady Companion. must dance with us tonight and stay tomorro vou will be able to, I hope ETH sighed as she opened the > His blue eyes were bent on her momllgx pfip,er {md ‘c&st h«;r eye | eagerly over the “Help Wanted” column. | .. = e She Bad ben In Honolalu tng | LU0 ML S by, weeks and as yet not a sign of | he begged. work. It was beginning to worry her, | itate especially since there remained in her Small account not sufficient money for | passage back to San Francisco. Certainly nothing for her unless she wanted to take a job as somebody's will, she hesitated. “T mus there's omething I must do then.” They waited for her downstairs while | { she sought an eventng gown. She must ’l it, even though it took most of it her remainitet cash. A wave of fear gook. . Beth wasn't s0 sure that she | passed over her when she considered new enough about cooking anyway. | the vu«(bm' that she might not suit hvn_\m B m]ielp wnlxmll her ;"\u‘ after all.. stray ¢ personal column. OW | would be no possibility of that.. as a rule this column in Honolulu |she ‘ newspapers does not amount to much. | long when before her in the mirror | But on this day was: was that vision in metallic lace and “Woman desires lady companion for . besides the trip to coast. Fare in return for com- | Was playing the part of the pany. AppL\' in person at 2245 Makiki | “It was made for you, Heights. | she wheedled. One minute later Beth was getting hair positively red ready for that interview, She was cer- | It was a perfect dream of a night. tain it was exactly the thing for her.|Such a night as would happen to &/ But wasn't she in luck, though, to have | girl once in a thousand years. Beth | seen that advertisement! She dressed | Was thinking this he stood on the herself in a little green and white | balcony with Mr. Cramer by her side.| sport suit that she had been in\vpm]ed The sobbing of the native music in the | into buying by ingenious sales- | ballroom and the movement of m-m\, woman. But shs gave thanks to the | feet came to her ears like an echo from | woman at the moment. cer- | the past. Already she was thinking of tainly her color and quite lucky, too— | Mr. Cramer as Jimmy. (His aunt called | some ope had said. Bits of bronzy hair | Jim James pRdEDee | terably lov little | peeped from beneath a small green | = ot . Bat that hid almost all of one brown | houghtiul attentions - .But my dear,” turns that bronze | Surely after all this there | .| Hadn't THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928, Of course they would accept her—after this, The ugly little doubt crept in to spoil the moonswept night. It would be nothing less than black trage they didn't! With that expensiye gown she had bought. . She began to feel a little sorry that she had bought it. She might™ have | made her old one do. But there was the wall of the guitar and the throb of musical volces back there, and here the splendor of the moon-washed island_before her. She | couldn’t be sorry for long. | “You are a sweet chil Jimmy was \lkl\h\d her there and lll% arms creep- ing slowly about her. *I envy aunty in fact, I think I may go She felt, more than saw, two blue eyes, rather darker now, peep- ing into her face. There was a faint- ly sweet breath on her cheek, then it was pressed suddenly into a button |of & man't coat. her trip- | along she couldn't think such 5Immvmoughu5 She wasn't thinking of the pain the button made. She was exulting that | the ubt of a moment before had | vanis] They would take her now. he sa s0? They danced awhile then, No need to talk. Per- haps it was the cadences of the music. She was just slipping through the living room to the balcony—all alone this time-—when she heard volces. She Lnew them both. One was his_and SMITH’S TRANSFER & STORAGE LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE MOV mooern FIREPROOF suiLoing |IWE CRATE, PACK AND SHIP| PHONE NORTH 3343 { manners . . . She thought with a little ere. Still Beth had another eyt thal | twist of her heart that she would have :.“m'.‘;‘“:ng":“‘,f;;f O Teohs |0 say good:by to him when she sailed. | joned that one would know at once that she was extremely prett She took a taxi and was set down | Defore the entrance of &an imposing | home. A soft-footed Japanese woman admitted her. As she entered., some- thing told her that she was not the only girl in Honolulu who had read | that notice There was a row of chairs about th room—every one tenanted by & woman | desirous of exchanging company for tated and then stopped where she was. There was no place to sit certainl, No one offered her a chair. One woman of doubtful age. | after an interval during which she had looked Beth over from her little green hat to her white toes. sniffed audibly. | Her attitude said plainly that it was a sin to have so much beauty wrapped up in one person, and she did hope this woman would want Teal compan- jonship and not & picture to travel| with her. A step was heard. There was a ge! eral shifting of chairs-and rearrange- | ment of feet. An expectant hushl or that she seemed so cool in (mn but he smiled and beckoned her to Zollow. “This is for my aunt,” he expllmcd; after he had offered her a chair. Then cakes, cookies, 1313 YOU STREET N. 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Our repren Legegegeedege ¢ B 8 gLee (;A‘:: LI(;E 1T COM V'/a:h;nz!un Sales Office 419 Tenth St. N.W,—Main 6260 1339 Wisconzin .;&,fis, g g e agic agh, g i DDt e e entative will call WASHINGTON PANY PPLIANCE HEADQUARTERS Georgetown Sclse Office Ave,~-Weet 618 <\ 00%00& P Mq}fid »d*%; s AEZRRE the other was the soft, cultured volce of his aunt. “I don't sce how T can find another at this late date,” she was saying. “James, you should have told me be- fore!" “Well, aunty, dear, I didn’t before either—" he laughed “But you wouldn't think of her with you—" “No, but—tomorrow will do—" There was his laughter again. The blood in Beth's body seemed frozen. The scoundrel! She could have scratched him. To keep her hopes high when he knew all the time she wouldn't be hired. Tears burned her know 1t slightly. sending cyes. She tried to keep them. from Full- Fashioned Silk Hose $1.95 Value Extra Sheer Chiffon and Service Weight AV heiand ards of the Finest Hose in “this group. 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Yes, and there was the gown—her money— She turned and ran out then. They wouldn't need to tell her. She ran down the front steps and crossed the lawn, keeping within the shadows. Down the hill, her delicate tissue slip~ pers crunching the gravel and the dust mounting over her bronze head. What would she -do? The words sang themselves over and over in her brain. Suddenly the lights of a car flashed upon her and it came to a stop with a screech of brakes. “Beth!” babbled the excited volce of Jimmy as he swept her, tears and all, into his ari and carried her to the car. “Why—what does—why did you do this?”. he asked as he took out Lumberjacks $1.79 Value Corduroys and woolens in attractive color com- binations and sclid Sizes 6 to 15. econd Floor Boys’ & Girls’ Roller Skates $1.50 Value Famous Racel bearing Skates. adjustable. $ ball- Fully ent Little Tots’ SWEATERS $1.79 Value All-Woo] Coat Style A wonderful value for baby’s needs. White, °* tan, pink, blue. Sizes to 3 years. The ¥ Second Floor Boys’ WASH SUITS 79c Value 2 for Broadeloths fancy pat. terna. Sizes 3o The Falr Necond Infants’ Long Silk Dresses $2.50 Value Only a Limited Quantity k Excellent quality Ju trimmed with “fine ‘la The Fair, Second 500 Men’s Shirts $1.75 Value Fine Bro:ddoll- an Woven Madras Ccollar attached or neck- styla. Sizes 14 to 17, Sweaters $1.79 Value Wi atylish garments for Excellent for sport wear. Sizes 30 to 44 The Fair—Busement. a handkerchlef and wiped the tears away. “I heard what you told your aunt it " she sobbed. “And I didn't want to wait—Ilet me go—" she begged. “You don't need to try to make it easy—" He drew her, resisting frantically, to his breast and held her there. “It's b he sald after she was quiet. “I don't want you to go away with aunty-—-that is—unless I will be able-to go along, and I don't know just yet whether 1 shall be or not—-" “I thought—" he hesitated, “I thought if I could get away we mlght both go and call it a —honeymoon!— would you, Beth?" He didn’t have to hold her then. In fact his arms had relaxed and still she lay there, hiding a happy smile in the sleeve of his coat. “What does aunty .say?” she asked | finally. “She is very much in favor of the honeymoon idea,” he smiled. “You see, she doesn’t want any one now but you either, and—" he turned her face to his, “I know I w}ggt havne any one else.” (Copyright. 1928.) . At the forthcoming Dickens ball in London a Christmas entertainment or- ganized for charity, a quadrille will be | danced by descendants of Charles Dickens dressed to represent well known characters from the famous novels. Quick Relief for that Cough— PISO’S s a pleasant, effective syrup used since 1864, Soothing—containg o0 oisie._35¢ aad Gocscs. Uss PISO’S THROAT and CHEST SALVE with the syrup. Applied asternally, it quickly perietrates. PRE-EASTER DOLLAR DAY #= FAIR rripaY—2-DAY SELLING EVENT—saturoay . 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