Show HER HEll OWN I I 0 cIl cA GIRL of GOODBYE TO MAMIE I I ought to have been glad to get I rid of Jerry Hathaway so easily easBy but butI I was not Instead I too was ready to cry as I turned away tr frOm m the telephone I had hardly hung up the receiver when the front doorbell jingled d and andin andin andin in a few moments Mrs Irs Ryley Hyley came bouncing upstairs fairly bursting with excitement and curiosity Theres a wonderful car In front of our house and a man in uniform is at th the door saying that the be beautiful beau u lady inside the car wants to know if youre you're ready to go with her Judy She got t all this out g before she no noticed noticed no- no that I was packed ready to leave the matter here she asked quickly You and Mamie haven't had a spat have you Mother said Mamie Marnie before before I could answer Judy and hare are better better bet ter friends than ever but she has lad had a splendid position offered her heras heras heras as companion to Miss Meredith and she is going to live in her home Its too bad Mamie Ryley that yourself could not be landing one of these fine jobs said her mother Jealously You know youre you're getting getting getting get get- ting little enough for your services in yo your i f present place Immediately I had a hunch and before Mamie Iamie could speak I said Mrs Ryley I think I have a Job for Mamie as well as myself There is a young society man in town who thinks he can write books and he wants a secretary Well you needn't get It for my daughter said Mrs Ryley up in arms immediately I wont won't have a daughter of mine working around one of oJ those writers Why I read in the paper last night that a man had used that very excuse to lure young girls to his room Maybe its it's the same man Mamie can find her ow own Jobs I smiled to myself as I thought my ruse did not work worl I was trying to help Mamie Mamle out in her dilemma and had only made matters worse Oh mother please dont don't pay so much attention to those sensational newspaper stories cried Mamie Iamie impatiently Im capable of taking care of my own affairs If I weren't God I knows I wouldn't be here now that shameful thing you I are saying to your mother Mamie Ryley Ryle Ive I've heard enough from you I said Goodbye for I knew if Mrs Irs Ryley started shed she'd keep it up Indefinitely I went downstairs hurriedly hur hur- thinking that the mothers and daughters of today were as far apart as East and West Vest Copyright 1926 NEA Service Inc TOMORROW TOMORROW Barry Barry Jr |