| Show lf Jit W lm tl In t Z z o 0 Q lr l LCK cz l A CHANCE TO EARN Remember Im I'm not Insulting you you I Lane rp repeated Get rid of that pursuing villain Idea Yh Why child b by crooking my finger I can get Iet a hundred pr pretty tty little playthings thinS of women I tell you Im I'm sick of ot that sort of thin thing And Im I'm Imsick sick of debutantes and three season feuds feuds' and sporty young youn women and fascinating young widows dows and designing dowagers downers and demure creatures with claws sweetly hidden hidden all all In their In Individual In- In ways way pursuing me Yes Im I'm being being beins be be- ing ins honest with you ou BIU Billy Im I'm Imsick Imsick sick to death of or this falsity and wastefulness wasteful wasteful- ness that Is called society Id I'd give m my right hand for a a. wholesome life lite now nosy and then You could make I it t possible Lane went on on looking Into Claires Claire's faco taco with witha n a straight frank gaze saze You say you cant can't afford to live livo In a better than this How much do you Jou pa pay here Eighteen dollars YO Ye gods Well get out of hero here and pa pay three times that Ill I'll see to it What's it to me mo What do co o a a. few paltry dollars a month amount to o compared to the of 01 having a place to fly to sometimes for a a. taste aste of or peace and genuineness Claire looked at her visitor with the same sincerity that was in his hla face Im not Insulted Mr tr Lane she Rhe he said but It couldn't be managed I believe you jou mean absolutely what youre you're saying But Dut for tor MY OWN SAKE SAIE I couldn't do tt it IL Ive I've got bot to earn everything I have But you ou would be earning carninE it put in Lane Jane eagerly caserl Dont Don't you OU know there is nothing so hard to buy as friendship Dont Don't you ou k ow there are arc millionaires who'd give sive half hal their In exchange for one disinterested kindness shown to toward toward toward to- to ward them 1 Yes said Claire Clair Claire I r know it And that la Is wh why friendship lp IS precious precious precious-be- bo- bo cause It cant can't be bought It has to be given Id I'd give you m my friendship Mr I I Lane But I wont won't sell it to you I cant Lan Lane studied her a moment What VItal a funn funny thing convention is Is isn't it he be said Here it is considered perfectly all right for tor me to spend 15 a week weck on candy and flowers for tor a a. girl Irl I like But its it's all wrong Tong If tr I spend the tha money in something useful Reminds me ml of or a girl I met once who told me mc shu sho had nothing to cat eat for tor a whole week but tho candy a man had sent her Another time she pot ot a rebate on 50 worth of or American Beauties and bought hought herself shoes and a coat with th the money moncy But it would have been highly Improper iia It ii a a. man had bought her the things thinS's sh shwa uhe wa suffering for tor Now herc here's a suggestion he wenton went wenton I Ion on as Claire sa saving eaSing ln nothing eyed him I gra gravely vely Instead of raising your salary seven dollars Im I'm going to raise It seven seven- teen Youre You're earning every penny of or It Theres There's work enough in m my office to tt keep pcp you OU bus busy from half haIr past eight In th tho morning till un six at night Lengthen your OUT hours if you want to earn more mOIe money money- S That's a fair proposition Hallinan tells telli a ame m roe me you can draw Claires Claire's eagerness showed sho In her c eyes es I did two s for a patent specification specification cation the other da day she put in In and both were used Oh I wish I COULD do something along IonS that line line line- You can Interrupted rue Lalie with quiet firmness Theres no no reason on earth why you cart t be useful to Bender Lane Bonder Bender a an aR an any male clerk and just justas as well paid Ah Ahl Its It's getting late late late- Lane looked at his watch and rose His manner was an exact mean mCl between do- do de do- ference and easy tasy friendship There was I Inot not a suggestion of or familiarity nor o ot patronage He knew know women too well voll to te I blunder night Good Billy Emy Berton hr he said holding out his hand Will you OU L promise to think over carefully and Intelligently In In- In- In all nl I have said 1 Yes said Clah j J I r will To b bo continued S S |
