New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1928, Page 17

THIS HAS HAPPENED Virginia Brewster, upon the sud- den death of father after losing his fortune, goes to live with a girl- hood friend, Clarrissa Dean, and her father, in epite of the objections of her fiance, Nathaniel Dann, who dis- trusts Dean’s motives. Becoming un- Lappy in her new home, Virginia phones to Niel's studio late one night and is surprised / when his model, Chiri, answers. This plarts the sced of jealousy. Hoping to get Niel away a company he controlssofier him a high-salaried position in San T cisco. Niel begs Virginia to him and go west, but sh let him sacrifice his art "\\l]\. Clarissa becomes jealous of ginia over her fiance, V' 1 resolves to leave but when she to say farewell o her host Dean tries to get her to stay und asks her to marry him. When she refu fndignantly, he tells her that Dean has rry s 10 Vir goes A lump rose in her throat, and fe there, father had cheated him out of $100,- 000 and that she will have to marry him to save her father's honor, She mays that she will earn the hundred ! thousand to pay him in one year's time or marry him if sha fails. Then she slips quietly out of his house and goes away in a taxl, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XVI “Well, if it's an address in New York you want I'll get it for you,” the driver eaid in answer fo Vir- ginta’'s reckless statement. He had pulled his cab over to the curb and #at, head turned to face his fare, while tfe motor fdled noisily. Virginla hesitatcd to reply, aware that she had plunged headlong into a situation that contained elements of danger. To tell an unknown taxi- eab driver that she wished to obtain & 16an on a valuable ring, just be- cause he looked sympathetic, was foolhardy to say the least, and Vir- ginla knew {t. She had been trained in the ways of the rich who know how to guard themselves from un- hecessary risks and she was taking herself to task now for her impetu- osity. But the driver was waiting and he did look like a decent, regular person. Virginia threw eaution to the winds and decided to chance his hon- esty. "I should like to go to eomeone who will make a loan on a plece of Jewelry,” she said as nonchalantly as shs could manage, “A reliable per- ®on, of course,” she added firmly. “Thats easy, lady; I know a guy over here on Sixth avenue who'll treat you right. All the ¢chorines go to him.” “Is that a recommendation?” Vir- ginia asked, curious to know why it | should be eo. “I'm tellin® yuh. Them babies has got genuwine sparklers, all right, They can't trust ‘em except with a white guy. You can't go wrong if you follow the chorus dames when they send their jools to be ‘reset.” He laughed good-naturedly at the lit- tle deceit practiced by those who keep their dealing with pawnbrokers a secret matter, and Virginia smiled with him. “All right,” she said; *take me to your friend and I'll see what he| can do about ‘resetting’ my ring. Ity isn't a diamond, though,” she hasten- ed to explain as a belated precaution, in ¢ * had any unscrupulous de- signs in his head. “I haven't * she went on. Tt was tr liked sapphire er, he had Virginia had e for them o she had been conter to expect them later in life Kknew now that it was bes hadn’'t had the money to bhuy them. She wonde was being swept with the traflic across town, | though roung girl ar, ghastly, paralyzing fear, froze it what eacrifices he had made order to give her of pearls that nestled rosily in gray velvet case in bag. Suddenl right, Tho: barr] n the two strings a her traveling she et rigidly up- terrified with a new thought. pearls represented the only between her and dire want! What if they were not hers after all! | They might have to go in the liquida- tion of her father's estate! For the first time since &e had been deprived of her father, her heme, and even her dearest friends, Virginia faced squarely the t of poverty. It was a soul- teal for one who was utter- loss without funds, But how little it would have mattered to her | if she could have been sure of & future with Nathaniel! Then she conld have found diversion in le ing to bear an economniic respons bility. Tt would have hegn thrilling just to share success by ®roxy with him, helping him. The driver's voice recailed her to her immiediate quest for money. How far from a fortune ehe was! “Here we sre lady,” he saving &8s he beamed upon her from the open door. “I'll go in and introduce you. And here's a tip. Hold out far about 25 per cent more than this geezer offers you, He's square but he ain’t in business for a ride.” “Thank you,” Virginla murmured and climbed hurriedly out of the cab. The shop they entered was small, only half a store, but the show win- dow was fillod with an assortment of more or valuable odds and | ends, and Virginia was reassured to |see a tray of wristwatches that look- | ed as if they had erigin on Fifth avenue, Evidently the owner of this place was used to handling good things, she thought The opening of the door was in- stantly followed by the buzz of an was EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY until further notice Whole Lobster or Steak Dinner 11a.m to8p. m. *1 SOPT SHELL CRAB SANDWICH on foast ... 00 . 35¢ SODA SHOPPE and RESTAURANT 95 WEST MAIN STREET Next Door to the Western Union .|ment she pulled | than ehe NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1928 ectrie guard and in & few sec- onds the proprictor appeared from a back room and turned on more light. Virginia watched nervously for any covert signals to pass between hi mand her taxi driver but she saw nothing 0 arouse her suspiclons. ss, this 18 Uncle Simon, a good guy,” the driver announced amiably. Then, to the guant old man he said, “Treat her right, friend of mine.” Virginia pardoned him for that, divining that he meant it as a favor. “Wait for me,” she directed as he turned back to the door. “Well, well, what can I do for you, young lady?" the pawnbroker 1aeked when Virginia turned her at- tention to him. He was peering at her from under shaggy brows with a seriousness that was not in accord with his professionally cheerful voice. “I wish vou te look at a ring,” #he said with determined poise. She did not want him to know that this| was the first time she'd ever been in such a place, With a quick move- the sapphire ring from her finger and lhLanded it to hin, He bent over it for an instant and then said, “Wait,” in a blank tone | that told Virginia nothing of his im- pression of it. She 6tood while he took it to a light and studied the saphire under a magnifying glass, “Do you want to sell it?" he bark- ed at lier finally. “Oh, no, 1'd just like to secure a loan on it,” she answered quickly, »d at the thought of parting with the ring permanent] “How much do you want “As much as you will give me,” she told him simply, with no idea of bargaining, but because she did nq know the exact value of the gem “One hundred.” hundred!” she echoed in Why 1 thought 5 stopped short, averse to telling that she had believed it worth ma advantage of her ignorance. “Yes?" he urged eagerly 1 thought you would give least two hundred,” she aiming the dark “One hundred.” h But when Virginia few minutes later she eaid sald decisively €eft the shop a hiad $125 more had when she entered it She was glad she had received the driver's advice but her plensure would have been short lived if she had heard the pawnbroker congrati- ting himself upon his end of the ain. He's ‘resefting’ waiting driver, “And ths tnereas: “And 1, with a s to you I she told the wry smile. got the 25 do we g0 back Ritz?" he inquired gayly “Yes, but tell me first absolutely certain my safe here?” Virginta worried, You can take my word and my to the ire you Netty S Women s Apparel 15 Arch St. Packard Bldg. | Dresses | Fine quality ' | all-silk ma-| tevials. Pop- ! ular colors. 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For the first time in her life she inquired about rates before taking accommodations when she was at last alone in the cheapest ‘room in the Ritz had to Uncle; she's afoffer she loeked the door and turned to survey her new quarters and her new lite, She had been in humbler cham- bers in when traveling in villages and towns with her father But that had romantic, while this place; change from t wealth to a penniless girl with a bit- | ter, staggering undertaking ahegd of her, she failed in it! A lump o {fear, ghastly, paralyzing fear, froze | it there. done to make with Fre him &} Lim, but that escape would not clear her father's iz men sitting in club windows, whis- pering over the set hundred in fear that he would take | S) gr it anything complail the man assured THE POOR BY CLAULE in a hotel, and obscure stopping places out-of-the-wa; all been adventurous, | s common- result of her petted daughter of | a first visible blocking off her happiness if e in or throat and | What a mad thing she had such a rash bargain | erick Dean! She had told 'd rath, die than marry “1 didn't thir mind me tellin’ nar white- @ could visual- e, wired, venerable laughin® at it.” stories Dean would afloat. e r throat strangled cry « heap on the floor, tor a long stunned with t that had come swiftly moving succession fortune | couldn’t hear it. The lump in | that joke about her people, but she slapped Junior for DAILY ARGUMENT PA CALLAN AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN nk Ma would the compan, shoes don't fit, but I wasn't goin’ to let him try ‘em on at the store an’ me knownin' he had on socks 1 ain't had time to darn.” 1825, Publishers Evndicate) “Pa’s new (Copyright, was torn and &he away on a aropped into where ehe lay inert, her shock and upon her in mes to I fatd time, B a to of mis- 8. ang ire {eross that ad given way to night be- | sinia stirred and breathed | . Weakly ehe brashed her her hot forehcad and drag- | F rself to her feet, | faint with lick of food, Hd not oceur to her to order! r to eat. 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