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Show THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT, eeeeEeE---- iy One 1 | ICYIES | top Bd Stay fon j © KATHLEEN NORRIS-WNU - ‘SOHAPTER XI- Continued ~~ His se, heard "iis. O'Connor wan making entries ® ies fat soft han¢\ in a big book. i said she wold pay half. -jat's entirely satisfactory to ei Mrs. O'Connor told her, ami"They want nice, quiet-looking "> and they'll like you. I supWeyou haven't a sister or a cousin inf like to go with you? It's quite at jk, the girls say." elo, I haven't,"" Sheila said. And ats self she added, when she was f, te quiet, snowy street again, leg AY likely won't go myself!"' sy went home, and found the nq dreary Te ent rooms empty of the and Bronx dark. An- tny had gone away with Neely and The sight of the place re: ed Sheila of the day's desolat- dventures, of Ma's unkindness, e's doubts, of the Me Cann My, who were so ready to be- " that she would run away with precious son and be married ustice of the peace! had an old imitation leather se. Sheila dragged it out from the big bed and began to pack g hard as she did so. She EL that they would come in and "ier at it; they would be a long ty persuading her not to go! "im be sure, she had given Mrs. ft "‘nnor three dollars, but then were three dollars in a crisis T Ris? The thought of the money Ruwnded Sheila of her precious fifty , and she took it out of the io. J of the kitchen table, to N tit lovingly. She put two bills ~"again, crying harder than ever. should have ; forty dollars them, Ma very often in Joe Carscadden said "Bubaly: --id you see that girl across the Ma?" - "saw nobody." guess I'm seeing Sheila everyue!" Joe said. "It looked like Mi set sow I tell you,'' said his mother, "y have that child all wrong, Oi Mc Canns." cat all but stopped short in his nim pacing, to give his mother an Pemnded glance. pat Ma, you then!" Js blame a meself Mrs. e On. -ou didn't have to hand HI *Joe said. take that Carscadden into the together. answer. Joe prayers dark. Sheila wore an alpaca that had belonged to some as empty uniform girl who had basely deserted the Pender gast Hotel the season before, and a white organdie apron and butterfly cap. She slept in a long loft room above the garage where there were six beds. At one end of the room was a washroom with a shower and two tin basins, and above the basins was hung a card of printed rules for all the chambermaids and waitresses at the hotel. They must wear fresh uniforms daily, bathe daily, wear hair-nets and manicure at least once daily. "Does anyone?'' Sheila asked Nelly, the girl who had showed her where things were and what she must do. Nelly merely laughed disagreeably. Never in the world had there ever been contempt more stinging, biting, complete than that Nelly felt for everything connected with the Pendergast Hotel. Nelly's favorite comment upon Sheila's innocence and ignorance was a scornful smile, and Sheila came to the point when she could anticipate the smile, and avoid it. Sheila only asked questions the first day. After that she was too tired to be interested in anything. Her feet burned, her ankles ached, and she told Nelly that her spine was like a rope with red-hot knots in it. CHAPTER or endings. These were lost in a haze of exhausted sleep. The dining-room opened at seven, and on alternate days she was supposed to be downstairs, filling salt cellars, cutting butter squares, stacking plates, folding napkins, an hour earlier than that. On alternate days she could sleep until almost seven. She set tables, reset tables, brushed crumbs, filled glasses. She went out with penciled orders, filled I didn't, to walk- her for ‘‘His having money matter two cents to her! She want him, and that was all was to it." spakes well for her, it does aid her mother. ought it did!'' ere's few ger'rls seemed so alone, -# in that big room, of us riding her." N Mey KN had me so with kid, every twisted about, Mrs. Carscadden said confilly, arresting him on the long Nis, "I it didn't after. know Did "um, or they what they want didn't her to t thing for him to do was stand a? .fut you don't think so, Joe?"' his r asked seriously. 0." He hesitated. ‘‘Of course, st I thought she and Peter just stringing us,'' he con» "and then all of a sudden we were there it came over hat she was telling the truth." i MRope she's not mad at us,'"' Mrs. eeadden murmured fearfully at Foor. heila? : Oh, she never stays "he said comfortably. make her a batch of muffins Bupper; she likes them!" the an decided. ‘‘It scalds me that old me yesterda', Joe,'' she a, "that she'd been cookin' a bast, an' to her I never about said anny- it!" Ou certainly rode her!' Joe Stooping to grope for the doorin the dark. t anny more than the rest of the mother protested uncom"Look how es, but Sheila Lizzie only done!"' minded it you, Ma."' Joe," Mrs. Carscadden oe "don't say ny, you know feels when T, Ma. 2" Joe said, that, darned well how she thinks you're It's locked; she's not said blankly, of the Je, she must be home!"' he's not. She couldn't lock nh, could she?"' Joe asked, wes the key from its usual a mace on the top of the n, " God she forgive us, Joe, herprohiddoor where be!" aybe she went to Marg'ret's."' le'd not do that, Joe. She was i of with the fatigue that was o f e'll be back,'"' ‘‘Does anyone?" Sheila Nelly- they?'' ‘think they thought Peter had fisfer into something, and the only Joe said, anx- at night tremendously good-natured and apologetic persons were arriving for dinner. This was all very well for Miss Watts, the gracious cled head tips, but and the and capable and spectawaitress, who got the big it told heavily on Sheila other girls. They had to take on extra tables, to hunt about for tablecloths and napkins not originally provided, to apologize for food that had been used up, and to make additional trips for substitutes. They worked in an enormous pan- try served from the kitchen below by dumb-waiters. The order slips, with Mr. Benny's O. K. on them, went down on the empty elevators; each tray had a slip on it when it came up. Sometimes when a big party required more than one tray a bus boy was summoned But the girls were ask for help; Mr. not to assist. allowed Benny to decided that, and if he did not like a girl he would smile a teasing smile and observe that she could make two trips of it, just as well. The girls, except perhaps for the favorite the moment, detested him; they were especially tired or ous he could make them, and they of when nerv- things hard for wasted needed en- ergy in despising him. asked trays, staggered in with loaded platters, staggered out with trays of empty soup plates. The guests at the Pendergast were paying for evwanted evthey erything anyway; erything. Sheila learned not to overlook anyThere was a disagreeable, thing. pimply young man of nineteen In the pantry, who checked the trays and made all the trouble he could He had auabout doubled orders. thority, and anyone who wanted to work in the Pendergast dining-room had to take orders from Mr. Benny. "Tear it up, and go out and get he their entire order written over!'' first said scornfully to Sheila on the terrible day. ex"T only have. to add the two came tras to it,' Sheila said. "They they'd said mother in late, and the have what the rest have." get "Tear it up and go out and said Mr. the entire order over," Benny, unruffied. I have "T'ye got their order! All 7° to do is add two more to himMr. Benny tore up the order self and smiled at Sheila. get the "Now you go back and ‘and next whole order," he said, about head your don't lose time ‘ 1? eg didn't came lose in my head. The two > late-" ast eee be about ase lighting a cigarette an . Benny, Sheiat match ciadcing oo over the the order la. ‘I tell you to go get your head again, and not to lose 2 7° preitd fidies hours were ward from from seven to ten, sumably and from six twelve-thirty to two, to nine. ment. This was the official state- But in fact they ‘ here?"' mutiny. she ‘What's asked took Enclose Pattern Name were from until after almost any early hour At half-past ten o'clock at night. re six six in the morning, at the din ae fishermen were rattling with fretroom doors, and nurses top rooms chaufand nurse-girls and maids the feurs and valets who stayed at othto lives their They gave hotel. ers, for sixty and seventy and eighty dollars a month. ‘"They to argue, well All very have a day a week, haven't they?'' What girl could be satisfied, at eight- een, or twenty-two. or thirty, with cents ee eee in coins THOT ETO i i @ she heard her own name. er, and if Sheila had thought of any- up?" . "TI don't know." "Well, we've had a great time, told her. left,'' Frank you since on the a reporter been "There's front step about half the time. My telethe answer dare mother doesn't phone."' ‘TO BE CONTINUED} * * Calif. EEE EES EEE HOES hh kk A General ' Mala") WOOK * ° THEN le) = s i * Moisture in courages the causing food all moisture tor and be spilled foods. s " the refrigerator engrowth of bacteria, to spoil. Wipe off inside the refrigeracareful to remove Future Ours Remember this also, and be well persuaded of its truth: The future is not in the hands of Fate, but in ours.-Jules Jusserand. 2 you must see OAKLAND! e To complete your enjoyment stop at Oakland's favorite HOTEL LEAMI Quiz RATES The Questions FROM $2.50 Special,rates:for families...Write 1. Who delivered the famous orations ‘first called philippics? 2. What is the longest verse in the Bible? The shortest? 3. For what people is Suomi another name? 4, What is the slop chest on a merchant ship? 5. 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For whiter mashed potatoes or boiled rice, add a pinch of cream of tartar to the cooking water. » "‘What's the use of the shiny sort of trail which snails leave behind them?" is asked. "Is it part of their way of getting along?'' No; it is just to make the path smooth and level. Asa snail often has to travel over rough ground, it discharges a mucous substance from a special gland at the upper front end of the foot-the snail has only one foot, you know! This substance forms a smooth path over which the snail can glide. Although a slow traveler, the snail will go a long way, and even climb over obstructions, to obtain favorite food. bl thing at all except Mabel's triumph and Mr. Benny's discomfiture, she would have found some such explanation of the summons. But it was Frank Mc Cann who "It's a great life!' she said to was waiting for her. Nelly. Instantly she was frightened, .of ‘"Tt's a great life if you have an/ what she did not know. She tried infected corn, let me tell you,'' Nelly said. ‘‘Sometimes I wonder why I to back out of the door. "Listen, it's all right, nobody ever left home. My mother run a knows but me!" Frank said. ‘Sit boarding-house; lots of the railroad down, nothing's going to happen to fellers come over for meals. But my you. Honestly, I promise you I stepfather done it, reely. He was ten won't give you away!" years older than Mamma, and what bewouldn't you her on ‘"‘How'd you find me?"' Sheila whisover he put He knew I was onto him!"' pered, sitting down. lieve. "TI never lost you. There was a Much of the talk Sheila heard nowthe of fellow named Buckley waiting for adays was coarse, but most me in the hall that day,'' Frank exgirls were good girls. plained, with a touch of his characOnce she heard her own name. teristic complacence. ‘‘I had him Four of the six girls in the rather follow you. He's done that sort of beds their on small room were lying thing before-he's a plain-clothes of one when afternoon winter one man, as a matter of fact. He saw them said suddenly: you go into the agency on Lexinggirl we were "That Carscadden ton."' staybe to supposed talking about is "But after that I went home!'' They were maring with friends. "I know you did. But an hour ried all right. The Mc Canns have later your brother telephoned; they hushed they and scads of money, couldn't locate you."' the whole thing up."' ‘That was it,'' she said. Sheila lay perfectly still, her very Frank was silent, he half smiled idly But when a girl heart stopped. at her. spoke again, it was on a different ‘"‘Never a dull moment where you topic. are!'' he observed dryly. ‘You see, She had left a note for her mother you didn't run away at all!' of afternoon on that dreadful last "I wish people would leave me ‘‘Dear packing and tears and flight. alone." Sheila said simply. Ma, I am safe and well; I will be "So you're a waitress, eh?" And written. good. Sheila,'' she had seized "Some job,'"' she said, with a smile had she since days few every to send further and shrug. opportunity some gone had ‘Ts it hard?" she Once reassurance. "Oh, help!" into Philadelphia for an hour or two There was a silence. and mailed a post-card picture of a had "That woman-O'Connor, in the she On this church from there. agency, did she tell on me?" written, "I am praying for you. Pray "She had to." for Sheila." "Ma know?" Almost every night she cried her"She knows I know. I told her mothher for self to sleep, longing that night you were O. K." But no matter how hard the er. "Is she all right?" Sheila asked. work in the dining-room was and no It began as a casual question, but matter how lonely and homesick her suddenly her lips trembled, she was free hours, she would not give in. crying. The loneliness of life-Sheila had "‘She's fine.'? He stopped, studied it never known it-never suspected her for a minute. ‘"‘She misses you." these were, they lonely How before. To this Sheila could make no angirls, Irish-born and Russian-born swer. who were herded like sheep in the "How long you going to keep this hotels; these of great se HIS dress has a beautiful line -slim-hipped, high-busted, exactly the silhouette in which women's sizes look best. And it's so simply designed! The bodice is fitted in with long darts above the waistline, and gathered just beneath the shoulders, where narrow ruffles add a soft, dressy touch, without any suggestion of width or weight. The paneled skirt flows into graceful fullness at she followed Mrs. Kearney to one of the little consultation rooms near the main office. One of the guests of the place had ‘asked her that morning if she had ever posed for trade photographs, and had suggested that she let him have her photographed working a vacuum clean- > Never leave sugar, raisins, currants or peel in paper bags. They all go moist and sticky very quickly. Snail's Trail It was so delightful to see Mr. Benny cringe, becoming instantly conciliatory to Mabel, so gratifying to hear Mabel's demure answer, that Sheila quite forgot to worry about any significance her own message might have. Unsuspectingly "At twenty-two minutes of ten, mindja,'' Nelly might say pityingly. Sheila would eye the slip. flat and ex- 15 No SPHERE going it." ‘Four mock turtle, three supreme of grapefruit, seven oyster cocktail, four bouillon, two cream of lettuce-"' When Nelly, in the beginning, had told her that in the quiet hours, say between eleven and twelve each morning, and three and five each afternoon, she would be free to come up to the dormitory loft and lie down, Sheila had secretly laughed. Lie down-with Atlantic City's winter boardwalk, and the glorious ocean at her very door-not she! CIRCLE PATTERN 149 New Montgomery Ave. Francisco - San sharply. pled tablecloths and napkins, piled dirty plates, checked penciled orders feverishly. She talked so little and worked so hard that Miss Watts, the head waitress, soon singled her out for special impositions. *‘Mary, there's a party just down from New York; I'm sorry. You'll have to start the order anyway-I Always keep flour in a warm, dry place. Damp flour will never make light cakes and pies. oo SEWING This caused a lull, for Mrs. Kearney, silk-clad, eye-glassed, authoritative, was a power at the Pendergast. "Which girl is Mary Moore? Mary, there's a gentleman wants to see you," Mrs. Kearney said. on e" the hem, accenting the narrowhipped look. Make this design (No. 1971-B) of small-figured print, flat crepe, georgette or chiffon, with decorative buttons down the bodice in the front. The plain v of the neckline invites all sorts of different jewelry and necklaces. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1971B is designed for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 requires 4% yards of 39-inch material without nap. Send order to: She had been ten days on the job when one morning, in the very heat of the between-lunch-and-breakfast flurry, Frank Mc Cann found her. At the moment Mr. Benny was making himself particularly disagreeable to an unfortunately argumentative girl named Mabel, and Sheila, listening to Mabel's feeble self-defense, in an agony of sympathy was inwardly saying to Mabel, "Oh, shut up, you're just giving him chance after chance-shut up, you poor fool-he's just leading you on-'' when Mrs. Kearney, who was assistant manager, suddenly appeared on the scene. She sensed C, ) EPARTMENT They ran to and fro breathlessly; their collars wilted, their little butterfly aprons wilted; the girls themselves wilted. Sheila never had had much color, but she developed a pallor that was new. Her film of copper hair stuck to her wet fore- ed by an hour or two; wouldn't poor nine hausted, on her back; she could not even begin resting in so short a time. She ached all over, her nerves throbbed and quivered, her head was dizzy with confused thoughts, her breath was short and her mouth dry. ye8aid suddenly, as they entered of odorous doorway of home. 0 past But by the third day she had discovered that these intervals of rest were all too short. She was not rest- at a lad that has all he has. tell the world there are!'' t you'd not get Sheila to ine for 'um, just because he was man's son."' i! swear I felt sorry for her!"' e ful and wakeful babies were clamoring for admittance, and at half- Sheila grew older, her manner grew more sedate, her forehead had a new gravity, her eyes were wiser. Physically there was a change, too; she was thinner, the contours of her face were chiseled to finer lines. PATI ERN wwG %o head, her clothes adhered to her soaked body. She flung aside crum- XII Days merged themselves into nights, and nights into days. 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