New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1928, Page 17

—— — — — — — — 2 —\ — 3 v SSA=S SR THIS, HAS HAPPENED Ashtoreth Ashe and Sadie Morton are exchanging confidences in ‘Sa- lie's expensive apartment, The apartment was rented and furnished through the amazing gen- crosity of Hollis Hart, multi-million- zire bachelor, who felt sorry for Sa- die, whose misfortunes were really overwhelming. Sadie, however, proves an un- grateful little wretch, and threaters —when he tires of playing with her —to sue him for breach of promise. Meanwhile Hart has become inter- ested in his new stenographer, Ash- toreth, a beautiful and cultured girl. He is astounded when he discov- ers that Ashtoreth and Sadie are , friends. And Ashtoreth is afraid' she has forfeited his attentions. She goes with Sadie to her apart- ment, in ordey to learn what details she can of the astonishing affair with Mr. Hart. Sadie is also curious, She asks Ashtoreth if Mr. Hart has accused her of blackmalling him. Her franknéss does not disconcert Ashtoreth. “Well, aren’t you?" she demands. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VI Suddenly ‘Sadie began to cry. “Y.y-you think I'm h-h-horrid,” she sobbed. “Why, no, T don’t,” insisted Ash- toreth without a great deal of con- victon. “I've only heard one side of the story.” you're trying to m-make & -hit with him yourself,” accused sadie. Ashtoreth had not thought of it before. terms. Now—to herself—she admit- ted, “I suppose I am Aloud she said, “Don’t be silly, Sadie. Take another drink if it will make you stop crying. And for Lecaven's sake, be rational.” She drained the shaker and hand- ed the weeping girl a goblet. “You're not having any yourself,” wailed Sadie. “You—you just think you're too good. “It's not that,” explained th, “1 hatc the stufr.” “I never had any myself till late- defended Sadie. “It's got on awful kick—this bootleg gin. When it don't make me laugh it makes me cry."” Ashto- I'd leave it alone then,” advised Ashtoreth. : “Yes, you would! Well, maybe vou wouldn't if you had all my trou- Lles. I'm down to my last $50—that's what T am.” Ashtoreth laughed. “You can't expeet me to weep over . I'm down to my last 50 cents. nothing unusual, either.” | “But what am I going lo do?"| moaned S “Get “How this shack? #Probably you couldn't, Ashtoreth, “Why keep it?” sadie tucked a pillow behind her buck. “You wouldn’t undcrstand,” she obscrved, “because you never had a layout like this, Ash. But, now 1 ask you, suppose you got together | a swell little cabin like this— would you walk out on it? Heaven Jnay protect the working girl, like (hey say. But T never saw heave pay no rent, nor buy the groceric And, once you get used to vefin laent, Ash, il's awful hard to give it up.” “Did Mr. Hart rcally 210,000, Sadic ¥ elf a job.” 1ld T carn enough to keep agreed give you od defiantly. ., cither. Cuckoo, that's ot so much money he don't Know what to do witn 1t. Endowing homes for cats and things! 1 guess he got a few laughs out of me. And that's all & guy like him wants. He can wiford to pay for his fun.” “But $10,000, Sadiet” “What's that to hi 10 ecents to yon or “Tell me about it! toreth. But Sadie grew suddenly reticent. “How do 1 know what you got wp wur sl she wanted to know. “Maybe vou're after him yoursclf. And God knows T ain't going 1o start no competition with vou, Ash. T'd be licked before 1 hegan. Why should T give vou the low-down? If Holly Hart's God's swell gift to hungry wimmin, Why <houldn't T hang on, while the hang- in's g00d 2" Ashtoreth may %&ve heen a snob. Most people are. She considered Sadie both cheap and common. And 80 she felt that the girl had insult- ed her, resenting the assumption that there could be any rivalry be- tween them. “Don't be vulgar, Sadie,” she cau- tioned, and shrugged distastefully “And don’t you high hat me!” countered Sadie. “Coming out here to drink my gin and get an carful of dirt! And then putting on airs like | you was somehddy! how do you get that wa: Ashtoreth realized that she' had made a mistake. Without know- ing exactly what might develop, she knew that -she must win Sadic's conjidence in order fo protect her own interests with Hart. She might even ‘be able to act as an intermedi- ary between the two. Thereby es- tablishing a personal contact with Hart. Hart was wealthy and power- | ful. And interesting besides. Ash- toreth wanted very much to know | him. Now she tried die. You don't really care for him, do you?” she wheedled. Sadie removed her cigaret and blew a few Insolent rings, spearing them with her stubby little fingers. She had tossed her hat off. her Fair was tousled. like Clara Bow's. | At least, it was supposed to be like Clara Bow's. Careless and abandon- | ed. She ran her fingers through it | and when she had spread it like a | tawny little mane, she leaned back against a purple satin pillow. Then she began to hum. “He's my weakness now!" hummed Sadie, and looked provo eatively at Ashtoreth She sang the chorus through, im- wrovieing » hit ne <he went Just like implored Ash- e diplomacy on Sa- along. | At least, not in such crude [ = N = —y 7~ — G\ % ———— - o —— —— = E\ — NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDLY, DIIUULILR — > DGHY ) ) — - - PRAR — e — Ashtorcth may have been a snob. She considered Sadie both cheap and common. “Don't be vulgar, Sadie,’’ she cautionod. “And don’t you high hat me!” countercd Sadie. When she had finished she threw her feet in the air and clicked her | merry red heels smartly. Then she laid her hand on Ash- | toreth’s knee, “You're a good kid,” she pro rounced, and cocked her frowsy Read. “But you're awful dumb, Ash.” | “All right,” agreed Ashtoreth. | “I'm anything you say. But let's| not quarrel any more, feet and and down her up Sadie jumped to walked restlessly the room. “It's no good,” she admitt; ing a weakness, iIf you ain't weakness's weakness, if you what T mean. And T ain't Hart's weakness—not by a “hav- your know Holly darn me about it.” besought Ash- | But Sadie was vagu: “Same old story,” she mumbled. “T got in a jam. And the family kicked me out. Just like the mo- vies. And the poor goil wandeged the streets all night—and got a hell of a cold. Ended up in a hospital and darn near died. When I got [ 4.0 Il handsomely bound in cloth. Formerly sold Yumdreds o fascinating ovels to choose from. for $2.00 and $2.50. Now 75 cemts & copy. Sorrell and Son Wallfowers. . BN Make this a better I went back to the office— I'd been working there before. And Mason fired me. I guess 1 went sort of crazy. Anyhow T breezed into the boss' office and turned on the weeps. He fell like a load of bricks. “Maybe you won't believe me, Ash, but it's the Gospel truth. He made a speech about catsiand when he got through he handed me $10,- 600, just like it was carfare.” Ashtoreth laughed. “No wonder he’'s your weakness " she observed. Yeah. Well, it don’t look like it was going to do me a flock of good. T spent that money, just like them drunken sailors you read about.” The girl rolled her ecyes ecstati- cally, “A chiffon velvet a cloth of gold evening wrap, and lobster newburg every night for dinner,” she boasted. “Fourteen pairs of shoes and a radlo to get Hawaii—oh, gee, Ash! “I rented the apartment and fur- nished it to the eyebrows. And pretty soon Holly got me a job sing- negligee and S .Winifred Van Duter «.Leonard Nason THE PEN SHOP 297 MAIN STREET U \ ——— ol SASE —— f— — — Y 1 .\k _ e ing over the radio. They canned me last week, but he don’t know that yet. *“Everything was hunky-dory, with Holly like an old Dutch un- cle and not s0 much as kissing me good night. I used to pinch my- self to mee if it was true. Then, all ot a sudden—blogey!"” * “What happened?” Ashtoreth, v “Well, you sece—" Sadle leaned nearer. -“Men ar8. so damn mean;, .they don’t want to pay.for anything they don't get. Don't make any difference .how much money they got. Holly must of felt he was getting cheated. And be hadn't guts enough to say so. 80 he just sort of eases out of the picture. Ashtoreth was unconvinced, “What makes you think so asked. “They're all allke,” Sadle wisgly. “They got idea in their heads—men. Holly walked out on me. what T get for being pure. “Oh, Radie, you're wrong, dear. 1 know you are. Mr. Hart lsn't that kind.” Sadle wagged her golden head. demanded she conutered just one See how That's “They're all allke, I tell you" “But T happen to know,” insisted Ashtoreth, “that Mr. Hart's interest wasn't at all—like that, Sadie.” “Yeah. He'd be llable to teil you."” Badie acoffed and flaunted her short skirts derisively. “T tell you, Ash—you're an awful dumb egg.” Bhe smoked silently for a min- ute. “A girl ean fool all of the men some of the time, but she can't fool herself all of the time, nounced somberly. “And I guess [} got my eyes open this time. “Holly was always telling me 1 ought to put away something for a rainy day, and I took it liter-l. Next time I'll know better. And believe me. Ash, I'll have something to put away — something nice and compromising. Letters, Ash!" 8adie pounded her round, knee emphatically. ‘Letters!" ” echoed Ashtoreth. ure, letters. You can raise hell with & few letters,” amplified 8adie. “Sell ‘em. Bring 'em to court. Give 'em to the papers. But I haven't 30 much as a scrap of pa- per. Oh, I've been to see a lawyer. I wrote Holly something about silk only to scare him. “] got a new boy now—the law- yer I went to see. He says maybe we can frighten Holly — but prob- breach of promise. But that was] ably he's too cagey. I don't know. “Probably,” uncomfortably, “But Mr. Hart's been so wonder- ful to you!" she exclaimed. “Why do you want to make trouble? I, should think you'd be glad to keep what ‘'you have, and thank your luckg stars.” “And me without a job?” moaned Sadie. £ “Géod Lord, you're not crippled. or blind, or anything. Go get one,” suggested Ashtoreth curtly. “Say, Ash!” Sadle clapped her hands in child- ieh glee. J “1 got an idea. Let's live togeth- er—you and your mother and me. Gee, your mother'd love it, wouldn't she? We could take care of the rent somehow. T'll get a job, Ash ~—honest I will." Sadle was coaxing prettily, and her empty little face was radiant with excitement. “I bet your mother'd like to get & job, too, just so's she could live in a swell place like this and help out on the rent. We could get an- other girl, too, maybe, to make things easier. You and your moth- er could have the bedroom, Ash. And me and the other girl could | Ashtoreth assented ‘ = e e sleep in the living room. There'd |Adam street, both of Worcester, be plenty of room. Will you, £8h?|were taken to the Memorial hospital Please, Ash?" (TO BE CONTINUED) And what does Ashtoreth think of hardbotled Sadle’s suggestion? Ash’ toreth hated *gold-diggers,” but— Men in Hospital After Automobile Collisior Providence, R. I, Dec. 13 (#- Phillip F. Sullivan. of 100 Elliott street, and Ralph Aromaenco, of § in Pawtucket early today, after an |automobile in which they were rid |ing collided with another in North | Providence. 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