Show r April Becomes Aware of Mr Browns Brown's f Extreme Warmth of Personality Ii Serial No Mr rOl Synopsis r fr April A Day Dy an attractive young aid paid worker with the emergency relief relle In Fairmount 0 J I Is slated plated d to speak for or r the L clients Client f at a ar protest r mt meeting The rh h head I of ot the bureau Jerome King an old friend c of A Aprils April's rU family famili warns her that If It r f he elie shown too O much sympathy for r the insubordinates u r at he may mf lose ioa 8 h her 1 lob April goes roes a about ut her r work among m the poor o calls 5 on t the J Irascible C bl ex ditch t will digger present Mike Hike e his hin u side f of assuring the I tory story fo him If It s che ehe chewill he j. j wilt will refrain from going f hO too O far At the theoffice office April goes gee out of h her v way ther to t- t show how her Indifference to to the charms chums of Bill F Brown 1 the mystery man of Charity Charliy Square April 11 and her associates s believe I him to be a paid worker worker worker-a a kind of ot lance free detective check checking frauds fraud f f and tracking d down w delinquents delinquent p CHAPTER TWO Ap April il hardly heard the applause of and his pals als ais so absorbed absorbed ab ab- ab- ab orbed was she in pulling herself to together ether in trying to remember her points She stepped to the front ont of the platform where the light struck sharply on her red- red gold hair her pale pate and passion- passion stirred young face The late cornerS comeron comer corner S on the platform the man who was easing his long legs into the chair back of the speaker was so close he could see the pulse In her white whitethroat whitethroat throat quiver Bill Brown sat very still He was not so much listening to April as thinking of the hour he had passed with her in Kings King's office yesterday Its confidential stuff this report he had explained to Jerome Terome Sorry that girl who 5 helped me before is always so SQ r c busy busy- busy busy- Who April Day Nonsense She's stalling Jerome touched S tits his bell impatiently I told her hershe hershe she must drop everything and help you Aprils April's not experienced She doesn't know much shorthand and she he cant can't type fast but you OU can trust her Ah but should I Brown laughed Trust anybody with a name like that Trust the uncertain uncertain tam tain glory of an April day Shakespeare King grunted Two Gentlemen of Verona isn't it Ill I'll bet youre you're not the first firstman firstman firstman man man manto to make that crack How bout about it ft April Jays Jay's usually se severe severe severe se- se vere expression melted in a grin over Browns Brown's discomfiture as he turned to meet the girl who came through an inner room She flushed but did not answer I t thought you understood you were to help Mr Brown Jay res resumed med his official severity Sit down April Got your notebook Note the alterations and additions for for this report and retype the whole thing yourself before you leave tonight Keep it tIa Yes Tes Mr King Aprils April's glance swept Bills Bill's long easy figure the figure the taffy-colored taffy hair that never would lie flat that look looked d boyishly fair fall in contrast the to hard line of the lean jaw th thi cheek the cool gray grayeyes eyes Bill looked at April as she bent her bright head above her hern n notebook He guessed the taut line about the pretty mouth spelled resentment Then jie he had supposed she was merely a annoyed over an extra task Now he realized this young visitor on Jer Jerome's mes me's staff was wasti tl ti the rebel whose conduct he had heard authorities deplore The ignorant ignorant ig ignorant ig- ig in inexperienced young newcomer newcomer new new- comer corner who dared take the clients' clients side Late that afternoon they had metor meton met meton or on the steps as Brown was leaving leaving leav leav- eav- eav ing and April coming in from a late call He attempted a halfhearted halfhearted half half- hearted apology Im afraid you hated haled that stuff I b bored ed you with this Is morning I hope you dont don't think I enjoy ferreting out the shortcomings of our clients Miss Day No Then why do it Vell t Well there are reasons Brown hesitated got to tackle this thia sort of job Frauds have to be found be-found found out out out- Oh yes I know know and and punished April flung it at him bitterly Ive lye gathered that youre you're responsible ble bIe for initiating our detective s service isn't service isn't that correct Mr Brown You train the chaps who hang round in food shops getting poor butchers and grocers into trouble because they've let some miserable man buy a packet of candy for his children on his relief allowance I repeat that I loathe your job Mr Brown Youre You're not a social worker at all youre you're just a spy Look here really really- But she had hopped into hopped into her old car and made off Brown had not seen the youngest visitor again till now The Mystery Man why had he come April was thinking How he would rehash her ideas at i luncheons and organization meetings meetings meetings meet meet- I ings perhaps to make the high high- ups laugh By this time stage fright was imminent and forgetting forgetting forgetting forget forget- ting the outline she had memorized April plunged into the story of her day dayI I was sent out to tell teU about the the cut They didn't give me a knife but they might as well have A knife for a mothers mother's heart when I had to tell teU her that her sick baby must do with less milk For another woman when I tried to ex explain explain ex ex- explain plain how to make a pot of stew allowing one potato for each child One potato potato so so that if one member mem mem- ber her of the family gets two another must go without All day I r have been explaining things like that I had to take from a blind grandmother grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother the only little bit of sweet sweet- ness in her life life for for of course a asack asack asack sack of peppermints a week is not allowed on food orders The youngest Visitor talked on her pale cheeks suddenly scarlet her blue eyes bright with lith tears By tl this ls time the stir at the backof back backof of the hall had increased to something something something some some- thing approaching a riot Jerome's brown fingers drummed impatiently Impatiently on his chair Mr William Brown the Mystery Man did not stir till April finished and the chairman snapping out of his coma declared the m meeting eting open for speeches from the floor noor During the chairman's closing speech April slipped away through a side entrance She wanted to avoid Gilligan and his crowd wanted even more to escape the comments comments and and the sympathy sympathy-of of her friends the social workers Outside the rain still sloshed in rivulets along the sidewalk but the air all smelled fresh and sweet after th the staleness of the hall haU The youngest visitor drank it in with ith relief She had been a fool fool- she admitted it She was too soft too easy to deceive She would never be beVise Vise wise enough to make a asocial asocial asocial social worker As As' April hesitated d at the crossIng crossing crossing cross cross- ing she became aware of at f a large masculine umbrella poised above her head Rotten night hight said a cheerful voice Cars parked just around th the corner Ill bring it itOh itOh it- it Oh no Mr Brown Then Ill I'll take you to it ft Come along But Id I'd expected expected- to take the bus Im I'm used to buses my old car breaks down so often The dripping little figure stiffened I Iwas Iwas was just standing a moment be because be- be cause cause well well the air all in there was bad and Id I'd had a day So I gathered Bill took April firmly by the arm led her to his hiscar hiscar hiscar car and tucked her in She flopped in her corner closing her eyes while he threaded Main street traffic and stopp stopped d before the door of a brightly lighted grill Coffee said Mr Brown is Indi Indi- Coffee would be swell April Continued on the Following Page |