| Show tAP AP YEAR GIRL GILL BOB EDEN IN JIN HERE TODAY t e INC C came to say goodbye Avery before boarding a lew ew cw York City where he change his name and be- be ain in He had to tell some- some t d taken ken a thousand dollars where he was assistant i g wile wife r ry had bad run up bills he heI heay ay y and It Jt t looked like lir-c lir It I easy to play a sure tip ont on Jt t put the thousand back inand Inand in and have enough left iny in iy y all of Donnas Donna's bills But ork And when the tip the market slumped lumped he jdith who had always aIwas loved than Donna ad faith In Toby She he had stolen could think of or his being caught prison She told him not y tonight to wait until 8 the morning She would row w a thousand dollars lo loir tor to to- r ir older sister Rita is her JY She believes Rita has hasey hasey icy ey sa saved saed ed tON ON W WITH THE STORY AFTER ArTER EIG EIGHTEEN TEEN I squid uld hear Rita humming as I d d' the bedroom door and anda a little sigh of relief the fear when she came Rita might be out she opened the door and andu u the room where her sis- sis ting RUng on the bed looking into I Arrow black and white box I Iere ere child and look at my I- I Chase Irrow asel Rita turned a happy Ad d Judith it glori- glori ous And from the black and white box she tenderly picked up a shining fox fur flecked with silver and sho k it fore forc Judiths Judith's eyes ces The fur quivered as she held it it and the silver glistened against the black A large dark tail with a whitish Up dragged across the bedspread Feel it Rita urged and Judith picked up the fur with her cold fin fin- gers Soft Sort softer than anything she had ever felt before Like deep downy downy plush I just lust bought boucht it this afternoon Rita Rila went on stroking the black head Finally got enough money together You know Ive I've been saving saving saving sav sav- ing for it for a long time A LOT OF MONEY Judith did know That's why she sank into the small low rocker at the foot of ot the bed and eyed the fur help help- lessly Rita was one of her hopes for fora a thousand dollars For she knew that Rita was saving for fot her silver fox fur and she had come home praying pray pray- in ing she hadn't bou bought ht it yet jcL Well Rita had and that hope was gone look awfully smart with my mj tailored black suit sui wont won't it it Yes the girl answered dully She wished she could be more enthusiastic about the fur but she couldn't If H I Rita hadn't bought It today perhaps Toby could have had his thousand dollars I paid 50 for It Jt but its it's worth ilOne it il One of the nicest Ive I've ever seen Oh I could have had a lot of cheap ones but I 1 never buy cheap things I dont don't t like them This satisfied me Toby waiting for her tomorrow morning What if she had to tell him she hadn't been able to raise a thousand thousand thou thou- thousand sand dollars dollars' What a 3 lot of money a thousand dollars was anyway When you jou only made 2250 a week and md your family wasn't even well-to- well do you didn't think in terms of a thousand housand dollars Judith thought miserably And she had been so confident with Tob Toby She had promised him shed she'd have the money He was depending on her If she failed him him but but she couldn't fall all him She had to have t the e mone money I UA HAVEN'T VENT IT NOW 0 You haven't any money have you Rita Rila Rita caught the note of desperation despera despera- tion in her voice and looked up from rom the fur interested but her fingers continued to stroke the lustrous pelt pelt hats the matter Need money Yes I can let you have 50 next week If It you really need it badly I haven't it now Fifty dollars dollars wouldn't wouldn't do any good It was only a drop in the bucket buckel She needed 20 times 50 And next week wouldn't dol dot dolI dolI dotI I I need more than that thal Have you done something wrong wrong Judith Quick alarm in Ritas Rita's s 's eyes Judith had never asked to borrow a cent from her before belore Even when Judith had been out of work for a week and Rita had offered to stake her until she found another job the thc girl had refused to take money from her sister No uNo nothing wrong She arose rose from the rocker and nd walked swiftly I out of or the room Ritas Rita's eyes followed i her into the living room then sank back to her new fur WHAT WAS THAT Judith was beginning to realize now that raising Tobys Toby's thousand dollars dollar wasn't going to be so easy She sat down by the fire where John Avery was reading the evening paper Mrs Avery was in hi the kitchen setting some biscuit dough For some time the girl sat watching watching watching watch watch- ing the heart of ot the red burning coals utterly discouraged Father she said at last slowly could you lend me a thousand dollars if I promise to pay you back with interest John Avery removed his reading spectacles with one hand while he held his paper on his lap with the other What was that I UI asked you if you OU could lend me mea a thousand dollars if it I promise to pay you back with good interest She felt mean asking her father this favor fa faor favor fa- fa vor or when he had worked so hard all his life for his mone money Id lend it to you if I had it it dear You know I would but I haven't that much Last week weck your mother and I made a small investment with our surplus savings Im I'm very sorry Avery trul truly was sorry Judith got up and kissed her fathers father's cheek DONT DON'T TELL MOTHER Im sorry too Another hope dashed I UI could manage about a hundred dollars if that will do you any good I haven't any more at the present time No a hundred isn't enough Just forget it father lather Was it an investment you were going to make Yes she answered Well it was wasa a kind of ol 3 33 investment It was an investment in fn Toby Locke It meant he could face the world an honest man It meant he could start over Again John Avery reiterated that he was sorry and again Judith kissed him Please dont don't tell mother Judith urged as she left the room for her hat and coat coaL Shell Shen only worry about me She hated to leave the warm fire and go out into the cold But she had to She had to do something Why was it so hard to ask for money Why did It take so much nerve She had even cven been embarrassed embarrassed embarrassed embar embar- asking the favor from her fa father fa- fa father ther and Rita Because it was new to her Because she had never asked to b borrow anything before belore She was as ploughing through h the tho fallen fallen fallen fal fal- len leaves on the lawn and they rustled rustled rustled rus rus- under her feet as she went alon along But she was heedless of them heedless heedless heedless heed heed- less of everything but Tob Toby SHE SUE COULDN'T DO THAT I If she had more time Ume it might be different but she had told Toby she would meet him at 8 o'clock in the morning Eight o'clock now In 12 hours she must either cither have a thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars or go to him admitting she had failed The tree shaded street was deserted and dark except for or cars that now and then flooded it with yellow light Their lamps shot lo long g saffron rays on the bare trees One by one Judith counted off in m her mind the people she knew As the list dwindled she realized that none of them could give her the mone money she desired They simply didn't have it to give Girls she had known at school boys bOj's she had gone out with She had exhausted her family The only other person she knew who had money was Dr Mitchell 1 and she hesitated hesItated hesitated hesi hesI- to go to him It would be humiliating humiliating hu hu- to ask her boss for tor a thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars even if Toby had to have it She couldn't do that thaL For half an hour she walked around the block with a it steady even pace trying to forget Craig Mitchell but finding that he was creeping more steadily into her thoughts as she went on WHAT WAS PRIDE He lie h had d the money He lie was a wealthy wealthy weal weal- thy doctor No I cant can't not cant not even for Toby she kept saying aloud as she walked It isn't right to ask him What would he think of me if I asked him Another half hour went b by She had promised Toby to help him promised him shed she'd get set a thousand dollars so he could return what he had stolen from the bank And here she was refusing to take the best chance she had Fighting against going go going going go- go ing to Craig Mitchell All he could do was to refuse her Would he A slender moon was in the horizon when she boarded a street car determinedly determinedly determinedly deter deter- and started for town Her pride was quite gone Why should pride bother her when Tob Tobys Toby's s reputation reputation tation was at stake when he had no noone noone noone one to help him but her What was pride when Toby might go to prison What did it matter what Craig Mitchell thought Shed She'd ask him The only thing he could do was refuse her She knew his address but she had never been to his house before belore It proved to be an old fashioned stone house set back in a grove of trees She noticed the neat brass placard on the fire tall wrought Iron gale ate as she opened it il Dr Craig Mitchell 1 Physician Phy Phy- and Surgeon Then she was going up the walk to the house shivering shivering shivering shiv shiv- ering with nervousness as she reached the broad front steps The house was in darkness except for a dim light tight in the hall Her finger on the brass bell beIl she hesitated to ring it so she stood there holding her breath biting her lips I cantI cant can't cant can't- I must-for must Toby Pushing the bell she shrank back her lips moving moving ing tremulously It was the last chance If It Dr Mitchell turned he her r down shed she'd have to go to Toby to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow and tell him she hadn't been n able to 10 get the mone money Someone was opening the door She could hear the bolt slip back To be continued |
