Show HER OWN 0 y oy o 0 ell A GIRL o CATASTROPHE I thought I 1 was wag going to faint I 1 knew th that t my bag had been there on tho table before me Just minute mInute minute min mIn- ute before Then I remembered that a particularly flashy looking man had stopped at my table as though to speak to me and I had turned my face away for fear tear that be te would oblige me to make some sort of a demonstration before he could be persuaded to leave Frantically I looked about the table ta table table ta- ta ble and room before beCore I realized how silly It was for tor I knew positively that the man had taken my bag Then It seemed to me that everYthing everYthing everything every everY- everY everY- thing except despair had gone gone out 1 of this world I upbraided myself for doing such a foolish thing as asI I drawing my money out of ot the bank and then I forgot everything except the fact tact that I was In a strange town penniless and alone Unsteadily I got Up from the tho table and made my way to the dressing room I had grown panto stricken at the thought that I had no place to lay my head that night for 1 I Idid Idid did not dare to go back to the hotel note and tomorrow morning have to tell tel them that I had not a cent In the world A feeling of nausea crept over me and I fell down In a chair chall The dressing room attendant came up to tome tome tome me and said the matter dearie Oh how I hate that word dearie I disliked it ft before but when I found my money was gone 1 It seemed as though I could not bear It ft Finally I managed to tell the woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man that I had lost my mon money y Never mind she said ald Ill give you a nickel to call your our family on the telephone and then they can come after you I thanked her but found It Im Im- im- im possible to make make any explanations I and with a great effort of will I managed to rise and bathe my face facen face faceIn In n cold water water While I was sas doing this the at attendant attendant attendant at- at was called to the the thedoor door and andI I heard her say Yes I think the young oung lady Is i in inhere here She says she's lost her money My heart sank lower than thon ever I at this I realized it was the waiter walter and that I lowed owed for my dinner could not pay The attendant came back said Your dessert is waiting I dont don't want any dessert I 1 wildly The woman woman looked at me sus cusp I thought and she said aged g Dont worry dearie Ill I'll l loan the nickel l to telephone your If it you have lost your money money frs Copyright 1926 NEA Service IiI Ie Tomorrow Tomorrow The The House Detect g |