Show I tI t I I 1111 Ir Ir w ml I 1 r I I k b 20 0 Q Q- 1 Ze I i I xu mso U Ut At t t the boarding house houe that Claire went in to dinner In a weary frame Crame of mind Tho The vc very sn le of tf everything the pleasant faces of ot tho the thomen men and anel women at ut the tables sharp sharp- eue oiled the thc contrast between herself and the rest of or the household They looked upon Mrs Irs 8 as s hom home The They hall hail a right to Its warmth an and light and clu chier Thc They had Jobs The They not afraid they wouldn't be able to stay as Claire was wat She wondered how the they had found th lr positions Had Ilasi thc they too perhaps per per- haps ps spent whole days following up advertisements their names and fi addresses dres I and hearing the et eternal rn l Ill let you know or the still more moro final Tho The place Is filled Claires Claire's glance as she seated herself herscH at the tho table happened to rest on oti the tho Tales Tales Tates little spruce har hard working brave stuttering Mr Tate Tale and his big bib placid smiling stupidly amiable wife who lived for tor nothing on all the fair green earth but clothes and whist par par- ties It su suddenly occurred to Claire for forthe forthe forthe the first time why h women held heM hus- hus hand band a as the first aim of th their lr existence Nothing else lse in the living living- earning line brought such fat fal results result Claire felt a great pit pity for little CharIe Charley Charley Char Char- Ie ley Tate ho who was always alwa's being domineered domi n ered over always alwa's being nagged na ed al always always al- al ways way being made to dance lance attendance always being made ridiculous before the other oIlier boarders by the li hi biff heavy useless woman he had married But she did disi not em envy Mrs Ir Tat Tate She de despised despised do- do her Ill not earn m my living that wa way cried criel Claire lre silently as she attacked he her soup Ill JU take Ill take a place in somebody's some some- I hotly body's kitchen first And for tor the mOment moment mo mO- ment sh she meant It It Jane Tarie Browning breezed In and anil gave ve Claire a n bright ht Hello howd how'd howd how'd you ou make ou out t Claire pressed her lips to together and lifted HUed her shoulders for answer answel I i Brownie Nothing at all pursued Interestedly Not ot even a prospect Come on up to my m room after aCtor dinner she he added as aR the two other I boarders hoarders came In and took spats seats at th their Mr table and n tell toll m me about It H. Im I'm Ima a J grand Jand and little advice giver Iver Brownie was wal a grand Ir little wa wage wage- e- e earner e too She had h started seven eYen years before as stock girl Irl at Hart Brothers and hl had l worked her wn way up by successive stages ta es to the post of d de designer dp- dp sl signer ner She was vas earning 60 CO a week now and I if she had threatened to leave lea the firm would have offered her l lea a substantial sub sub- raise They The knew her worth orth and were ere constantly afraid l she would discover r It herself herscH Claire found herself telling Jane Jan r Browning her adventures of the day ay en ending with the struggling architect Dillon who had offered her lf ir a week If sue sl didn't l nt find anything anything any any- thing better Dont take talce It it said Brownie Hook Hookup up with people that have hae mane money I 1 Ican Ican can tell teU from your our description that hes he's one of those poor loor dreamers who never g get t anywhere You'd probably have ha to take most o of your salary sal In promises and cheap dinners with quotations o of poetry thrown thron In Ill I'll give ive you you some addresses for tomorrow But donUt don't waste your time on D. D Whitney It wont won't pay I 1 wasn't going to to laughed Claire But Dut after Miss Browning Brownin had given her tho the a addresses dresses and Claire had gone I Ito to h her r 11 little t tic top floor rend ready for bed she Rhe kept room t t to Whitney poor POOl architect fA wits With looking face tare his kind grin hl office his old pi pipe pille his his h U 1 hl his drawing poetry board Claires Claire's i practical mind despite its nt at Ml I was Just juM a litt little X fober Cober t ta o D. D Whitney's Whitneys ys y's anzio ll Is i J lice flee Her fingers tinsels Itched to tidy Place and himself olf and his up i work Although her reason renon till V Miss lIss Browning was that right is 1 lJ must place pl herself where ah lh I on on Claire Claire knew sho she would o i wholly holl happy y n no matter ho C how neter t money she earned d carn unless sh she mothering lJ something or jo To he be r continued continue |