Show of tAt ci you Continued from yesterday She tried to plan plan and and couldn't Her brain always alwa's In tune tune- with events of the moment things that went on around her was unaccustomed unaccustomed unaccustomed tomed to the burden of anything that had to do with tomorrow or any deeper problem than the discover discovery dis dis- cover er covery of ot some new zest for tor today Once John John funn funny old John who had loved her for such a long time had had taken her by the shoulders swung her around put his hand under un UT der ler chin anil ami forced it up so 0 that she had to look up into his face Cace and had said Will Viii you ou really marry me Jo Joanna Joanna Joanna Jo- Jo anna And she had said Sure What bat else was there to say What else to think about Ready Read any anytime anytime anytime time he was But John asked her then What hat sort of ot a a wife wite will you be beto beto beto to me Joanna And do you think Ill I'll be the kind of husband d you ou r really really real real- ally al- al ly want And that was Johns John's old fashioned fashioned fash fash- Way Mussing things up As Asto Asto Asto to what sort of oC a wife shed she'd be how could she explain She knew deep down Inside her that shed she'd be d d. darned good one to him but she hadn't been spending her time thinking up ways to explain why Small chance The wives she knew were the kind that men who weren't their husbands were vere always alwa's buying red roses for She had tried to wonder once wh why men bought red roses for other mens men's wives but she had given it up She knew why these other mens men's wives drank more out of other mens men's hip pocket flasks than they did out of their theil but she couldn't have put that into words either elther And she knew too that these wives whom she met at dancing places at the cheaper and gaudier cabarets to which her boys could afford fo to take tale her and at t oc occasional occasional oc- oc beach parties In the summer sum sum- mer time were not the kind shed she'd be to John But how In the dev dev dev- the deuce could she get all that into common sense words So all she could say to John that time was Aw you ou give me me a pain You take what you get and Ill I'll take what I get and whoever kicks first can take the gate Which h made John say a thing or two she didn't like and a quarrel was the and so that was that She knew perfectly well what shed she'd do with 50 all at one time With she was like a schooner schoon at sea with the masts broken down With one million dollars her dollars her head ached Joanna wasn't very good at figuring things out Why Who Vho What was the strange astounding unbelievable ble thing behind It Shed She'd always marveled marveled mar mar- at t the things people thought up for the movies and for the plays Shed She'd even thought of herself herselt as married t to a Wall street broker with an apartment on Park avenue and anda a butler and a maid all her own All girls had crazy dreams like that But shed she'd never heard of ot a thing such as had happened to her She didn't know wh what t to do about it except to togo togo togo go to Mrs s. Adams where she roomed and somehow w that was a I waste of or time She ought to be out outspending outspending spending her money But where should she begin Lets Let's see First I now that she had the cost shed she'd buy some what some what Good Lord With a million dollars everything she could think ot of seemed cheap and useless And Cohen He thought shed she'd fallen for a I a-I 1 CHAPTER V Continued Well Veil shed she'd get some flowers for Mrs Adams who had been worrying worrying worrying worry worry- ing about her hen last weeks week's room rent take them home sit down and see If she could think It over Then shed she'd try to get that jazz mind of hers her's down to business arid and figure out what was to be what hat Shed She'd been let In for something by somebody somebody somebody some some- body for som some reason or other and while the going was good shed she'd go Joanna didn't like th the way sy the chauffeur acted when she rapped on the glass that separated separate them and when he had stopped the car caI carand and anti put his head in through the thedoor thedoor thedoor door she told him to stop at flower shop He was cold and up in the theair air ike air Jike he knew things He said that she didn't need to rap on the glass that there was vas a speaking tube And he added one of the things you must learn learn- since youve you've pulled the gears Into high speed She Im knew w what he meant and nd she wished she knew how to give poison to some sonic people She tilted her chin and md told him shed she'd asked for a flower shop and not education Roses noses No The last time s shed she'd ed wanted a day oft off from the store to go on an automobile drive with kIth witha kItha a fellow who'd got a car from somebodY somebody somebody some some- body shed she'd told old Good MornIng Morning Morning Morn- Morn Ing that It was her birthday and she was giving a party Good Morning had sent her a bunch of ot roses as a birthday remembrance of his plans upon her and she had to listen to his his' soft stuff for a week afterwards until until she tho thought the roses were paid for So she didn't like roses Lilies They were what she re remembered remembered remembered re- re of her mothers mother's funeral Geraniums A long time ago when she was a a very little girl she used to go out In the mornings and water the geraniums in the front yard before she went to school Gee dee ee that was a long time ago If II there was anything she he hated at that time it was ger geraniums because they seemed to be such utterly useless things for a girl to have to put water on But Dut her mother liked her geranium bed That was about the time that her mother and father used to talk about her marrying the tIle druggists druggist's son when he grew up They were about the same age She was always in trouble In those days She had to kiss the the- druggists druggist's son whenever they happened happened happened hap hap- t to be together with nob nobody dY looking because hed he'd quit giving her Ice cream soda if she didn't but she didn't like Jike ike him He de demanded demanded demanded de- de too many kisses for each ach soda Ten cents apiece would have been cheaper If it shed she'd had enough dimes The fellow always passed her house In In Inthe the the them m mornings while she was ivas' ivas watering the flowers and stopped And she had had t to go around the corner of the house and kiss him or hed he'd charge her for her herIce herice herice Ice cream soda after school Shed She'd never liked geraniums But her mother did So she wo Wouldn't take roses roses' nor lilies to Mrs l Adams but geraniums Mrs 1 Adams was not a bad sort If she didn't kick about her money ma maybe be beshe she wouldn't get It The florist explained that geraniums geraniums ger ger- didn't come In bunches but butIn butin butin In plants only People dont don't buy them as cut flowers you know he le explained They take tale them in pots Well Veil heres here's where you u learn something you didn't kno know Joanna Joanna Jo- Jo anna informed him Just cut me up up ten d dollars dollars' worth of plants will vill you When I I wan want geraniums I want geraniums Im I'm a different class from other from other people you know Funny that she should think of geraniums s and her mother and the druggists druggist's son because she had a alot alot alot lot of money in her bag and wanted to do something for Mrs 1 Adams Shed She'd forgotten what whal geraniums looked like But Mrs irs Adams hadn t. t When Joanna Joann overdue in her room rent as usual stepped out of the automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile in front of ot the rooming house something electric brought the slatternly but ut motherly landlady landlady landlady land land- lady to the window When hen shed she'd rubbed her eyes eves and recognized her delinquent roomer she estimated d the armful of flowers Joanna and geraniums And it a limousine What's wrong To the chauffeur who helped her herto herto herto to descend and who took her bundle bun bun- dle the dIe the wrap she had put aside for forthe forthe forthe the new one of mink mink Joanna Joanna said You may go back now to your boss And it If he lie asks ask ab about ut me metell metell metell me me- me tell him Ill I'll see him at church will wall you The man saluted Mrs Adams watching from the window saw sass It Joanna suddenly was upset again Sa Say you she said her lips set et youre youIe Just about the same as a anew anew new v run In an old pair of oC stockings to me but yOure yOu're running the wrong wa Way Were We're saying goodbye now and well we'll probably never say hello again but Id I'd like you Jou to remember that you you ou were in on the start of something today that's going to have a big finish He made no rep reply but Just looked at nt her somewhat sorrowfully She added it seemed seemed And It didn't start the way you think and It wont won't finish the way you expect take tale it from me Then her flowers hugged close she went into the house Mrs Adams was a dear old soul or a mean old termagant accordIng according accord accord- Ing to whether you OU owed your our room rent or not Not that she was so much different under the latter circumstances but the general as aspects aspects aspects as- as of her seemed different As Asa a matter o or of fact she was good for tor Our our weeks of or arrears for any girl girland and after that why as many more as a girl required if she was in int inand int t t- t and nd actually to get ou out of ot ft It Joanna had once comforted a girl friend who had mort mortgaged a E d her room rent for for two weeks nhE ad on a dress she couldn't afford with Never ever mind dearie deane Th The first weeks week's the hardest hardes t. t After that shell she'll pray for Cor you OU and I guess that wont won't do you OU harm any either elthel Mrs Adams was breathless with curiosity when Joanna faced her In Inthe Inthe inthe the drab room room which gained its proper designation from the Ironclad Ironclad ironclad Iron iron- clad rule which the landlady laid down meticulously to each new lodger My l young ladies ladles receives their company of ot the other sex In Inthe inthe inthe the drawing room Her lien young ladles ladies customarily referred to the big front room downstairs with the two spindle legged gold chairs and the three overstuffed things In faded red as the drawing room only Joanna speechless for fora a tI moment shoved her flowers Into the landlady's arms At the same time she noticed that the old lady had taken off oct her apron Shed She'd never seen Mrs Adams except on Sundays with her apron off oft It gave her something easy to talk about as a tI starter I didn't know It was you ou getting out of the automobile Mrs 1 Adams explained And I wasn't taking chances That's m my rule when an automobile comes to my hoU house off oft comes iny apron I was properly raised In my It young days das Sh Slid She allowed allowed-a tear or two to es escape escape escape es- es cape over the flowers marveling at atthe atthe atthe the assembly of so many geraniums also a tI beloved memory of girlhood in one bunch Then she was ready to be told about the car and the ab absence ence from the store and the reason for Cor the gift of blossoms Joanna made her put the flowers in water turn doWn don the gas in the oven so that whatever was cooking there wouldn't burn put her broom out of the hall hail so it worry her and sit down Then she told her hem The girl began beEan slowly deliberately deliberately deliberately with infinite detail an ac account account account ac- ac count of the summons conveyed through Good Morning and her reflections while she waited In Mr 11 Graydon's office Then her wo word d hurried she became excited she talked fast she got up and stood Inthe in inthe inthe the middle of the drawing room only and talked with her arms as aswell aswell aswell well as her lips She was just about to arrive at the bank in her recital when Mrs Adams who had been listening placidly Interrupted Tell me moe where'd you ou get that new coat Joe Its It's mink aint it And its it's real reat mink too or Ive I've lost my eyesight t Sure its it's real Joanna assured her Its the only real thing Cohen Cohen Cohen Co Co- Co- Co hen had in his shop shop its its it's what hes he's done business business' on all season Cost a thousand bucks and that's what Im I'm coming to When I got to the bank bank bank- You say you OU had a thousand dollars to pay for that coat Jo Mrs 1 Adams Interrupted again In five hundred dollar bills Cohen's Cohens Cohens Cohen's Cohens Cohen's Co Co- Co- Co hens hen's eyes almost exploded And Ive I've got some more lm in my handbag and one of them's for you but never mind the coat till tm I get out of ot the bank wil you ou Care Carefully full with co constant stant repetition repetition repetition tion and with infinite detail Joanna Jo Jo- anna completed her stor story When she had finished she w was s flushed excited crying again Shed She'd rubbed her lips with the back of her hand so much In her nervousness that the scarlet was blotch blotchy and the tears had played havoc with her eyelashes She sank down In a chair and finished with a pose that instantly she recognized as asgood a good one and one shed she'd remember for some future occasion arms occasion arms I stretched down beside her and I palms turned out with fingers spread Now that's my story for you to stick to and what do you know lenow about It Mrs Adams didn't know what to know about It When Joanna came cameto cameto cameto to the million dollars the landlady patted her hair and tucked In a gray wisp that hung down behind but when the girl came to the end she was silent motionless and nd she kept her hand folded In her lap Joanna went over and kissed her heron heron heron on the top of her head lightly She didn't respond to that which Joanna Joanna Joanna Jo Jo- anna understood It was a lot of or news that hat had been thrown at her Now Im I'm going upstairs and try to cry said Joanna gathering her new coat on her arms and giving the bundle that held her old one a kick into a corner where she could salvage it if later And If I cant can't cry Im I'm going to laugh If I cant can't do that either Ill I'll try standing on m my head and s see e If It I can figure things out cut that way She didn't notice a asad asad sad little shake of the head which the landlady sent her wa way was She turned to the door but stopped and opened her bag She selected the crispest of the five tive hundred dollar notes went over overto to the gray haired Mrs Adams showed her the size of it and anti then crumpled It in the old ladys lady's toil worn fingers Mrs l Adams with wet troubled eyes looked Into the girls girl's face and would h have ve said something but Joanna stopped her herby herby herby by putting a hand over her mouth Just keep the lid on the dont want to take it stuff she said I know lenow you couldn't think of accepting accepting accept accept- ing it and It isn't coming to you an and 1 I only owe you for two tivo weeks but but Ive I've got to give something to somebody f haven't I She iva was going out the door when she stopped again and turned around Mrs Adams still was looking lookIng lookIng look look- ing at her dully dull She struck a pose poso that she concluded d. d was particularly particularly barly appropriate for the framing framin of ot ofa a doorway doorway body body leaning against one side of the door frame tram hand stretched across to the other and her chin turned across a a- shoulder into the room Theres one thing you can do Mrs mine Landlady-mine she said You can hold in iq the news till I get ready to spread It and you youcan can keep your other flappers out of the drawing room room only for tonight because because be |