Show Anne Herrick By John Patrick Lally tally BEGIN HERE TODAY Facing the prospect of ot no more paychecks Anne Herrick and her father lather la fa fa- fa ther Chicago school teachers go over the Herrick family budget to see where they can economize Anne gives up her university night classes and Mr Herrick decides to give up his car Then Mr Herrick collapses under the strain and worry and dies within a few weeks But for the unswerving loyalty ol ci Peter Nash the Herricks would have found the tragedy impossible to bear P Peter ter in Its love Jove with Anne sees to all al the details detail and proves himself their friend Anne is disappointed disappoint disappoint- ed to hear nothing at all from Dick Hardy the man she loves Annes Anne's younger sister Jane is fond of Peter and suggests that one of them will have to marry a man who can support the family NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY INSTALMENT XII XU Do you have anybody in mind Jane asked Anne shrewdly Nobody in particular she he said with assumed nonchalance but Peter Pe Pc ter Nash seems to be rather interested inter ested in the welfare of the Herrick family Anne smiled You do like Jike Peter dont don't you Yes Anne she said so soberly erly I Ido Ido Ido do like Peter Nash So do I It agreed Anne warmly There never was anybody like him I But Anne exclaimed Jane I thought you were in love Jove with Dick Anne frowned Her lips tightened Did you OU see Dick around during our trouble Did he come near us once H Has he hc called me Maybe hes he's sick Maybe hes he's lost Jost his job joh Why a hundred things might have happened to keep him awa away Im I'm surprised at you Did you write to him or call him on the phone Anne shook ler head glumly No Jane Janc I In some ways Anne youre you're a goose You know darn well that you love Dick Hard Hardy And unless Im I'm Ima a Hindu hes he's crazy about you You may be right but what arc are we going to do i if the holders of our mortgages refuse to accept scrip That's what bothers me right now I I I S Delightful fantasies distilled from rom the elation that filled her heart beckoned beckoned beckoned beck beck- Anne the morning she received of her unpaid salary in scrip Although she had been told the stores stares wouldn't accept it and she doubted the truth of the report surely she told h herself the holders of the mortgages against the house and the furniture would be glad to get it il She decided they'd simply have to take the scrip Otherwise Otherwise- She refused to let herself think of or what might happen if it they refused andas she hurried across the loop Joop to LaSalle street buoyant confidence projected her thoughts into the future future fu fu- future ture and she he debated various ests shed she'd employ to convert into cash the paper she would have left With the money she went wenton on a mental shopping spree a dress for mother shoes for Jane stockings for for mother stockings stocking for Jane and anda a new hat for herself maybe herself maybe there'd be enough to finance a trip to Michigan Mich Michigan igan City by boat Such were Annes Anne's thoughts as she iSh she entered the office of the realty firm to make the mortgage payment on the house Usually the manager Robert Whitla attended to her ac ac- count Today he didn't seem to seel see her when she came in She thought it rather strange but excused him on the assumption that he likely was occupied at the moment She spoke to a clerk I 1 am Anne Herrick I came to make our payment He went to the file ile containing the ac ac- ac count Anne was not more than ten f fet feet et from rom Mr Whitla He moved his chair slightly as though to escape her intent gaze Suddenly she knew he was deliberately ignoring her The clerk returned and stood between n her end and the manager As Anne opened her purse the clerk said The payment is is' past due Miss Miss' Herrick As a matter of fact the payments have been ular for some time WeThe We WeThe We- We The reason you haven't been paid rebuked Anne is because the teachers have not been paid Sorry Miss Herrick he replied curtly were not in interested rested In that As a matter of f fact ct your account has been before the board and theres there's a notation on it to foreclose unless the payment Is lei ma made e promptly Anne choked back the burning words that rose to her lips She was silent then from her purse she count count- cd ed out in scrip and said l I I III pr presume sume this scrip is accepted as cash Please Miss Herrick said the clerk scornfully You really cant can't expect us to accept this can you Why its it's not worth the paper its it's printed on Annes Anne's purse slipped from her nerveless s fingers and clattered to the floor She turned to ice stood frozen staring vacuously at the clerk I whose contemptuous evaluation of the paper had transformed her budding make-believe make world to a desolate future future fu fu- fu ture inhabited by satyrs that seemed to gloat cloat over her misery She was recalled from her fearsome fearsome fear fear- some contemplation by the mocking voice of ot the clerk who with an intonation Intonation in n. n of incredulity asked Did you honestly think wed we'd take this stuff He fingered the scrip dis dis- As Anne emerged from her stupefaction stupefaction faction she retrieved her purse then for a moment her restraint took wings Such men as you ou are arc a disgrace to Chicago At a time like this when every loyal Joyal citizen is making sacrifices sacrifices to keep things going you and your kind want your pound of or flesh le h. h Its It's all ri right ht for others to help keep the schools open to be lenient with people who cant can't pay their bills but you see a chance to make a profit on the su suffering erIng of your fellow citizens and you leap to it like so to many wolves Annes Anne's voice was steadily rising and the words shot forth with explosive fury They reached Mr Whitla He stood up startled and cried Here here control yourself Miss Herrick control yourself Oh said Anne so you ou do know me do He wa walked ked over to her Miss Herrick Herrick Herrick Her Her- rick he said soothingly I 1 purposely avoided speaking to you when you OU came in I 1 knew you OU would want us to accept scrip and I didn't want to tobe be c the one to 10 hurt you th that's ts t's why I didn't speak Im I'm sorry Anne quieted her r rage e vanished she felt feU weak She was dreadful dreadfully afraid she was going to cry but she managed to ask Does Docs this mean Mr Whitla that were we're going to lose Jose our home He replied evasively Im sure something will turn up Miss Herrick You'll likely get paid in cash any day now dont don't you think Please tell me the truth Mr Whitla Are they going coing to foreclose e ethe the m mortgage or not Unfortunately Miss l Herrick we must foreclose It may seem despicable ble ble but we have our stockholders to think of Besides were we're under understate state supervision But you OU need have no immediate worry on that score Under Under Under Un Un- der the state laws you arc are privileged to remain in the house 18 months after foreclosure fore He talked on but Anne wasn't its wasn't-its- 1105 lis If It he would not accept the scrip the firm holding the mortgage on the furniture doubtless would take the same position position and and i if it took the furniture they they they- Presently Anne heard Youre not the only teacher Miss Herrick who will lose Jose her home Its It's most regrettable regrettable regret regret- table but he held out his hands palm upward you can readily see our position Anne left without another word Her interview with the furniture loan broker was a repetition of ot Mr Whitla's Whitla's Whit Whit- las la's views Different only in this respect re reo re- re unless unless the payment was made in cash within 12 hours the furniture would be moved out and sold The two crushing blows robbed Anne of her ability to think coher cohere She wandered wandered blindly blindly through the loop for an nit h hour ur Twice ThIce she bare bare- ly missed being struck by biles bites She came to the realization c her desperate predicament in a Ice loo department store restroom most was the thought If mother li there when the furniture is taken it ill kill her i iAnne Anne knew she needed help Wh Wb When was she to find it T To whom ecu toul she turn Dick She must for forg him he had failed tailed her when z sh shi needed him most Yet Yet- Yet Yet- peer P fer Shed She'd call him meet him downto downtown She went to one of or the store tel tele phones Thirty minutes later she am an n Peter were In his car in lin front of th Congress hoteL I IAnne Anne told him her experience wit with the scrip He said Im not s stir sur r And I agree with you till thi youve you've got to save your mother moth r feelings i They fell ell silent He was the V f to speak Wh Why not rent a small mil apartment on the near north sidI sid side I can drive your mother down they come conic for the furniture th th later I can take you ou and Jane to her he We can cart have a truck take the tm tru- tru trunk and some ome of the things you'll want to keep J But Peter Im I'm simply destitute If I cant can't dispose of this scrip for forcash cash well we'll starve J Cheer up young woman Im I'm if the same maine boat now You should hii y taken the money I offered to y 1 yI yI I have good news for lor you The and electric people will take the sal Cri saland and give you ou the balance in cash cab I 1 thought it was only good I fi utility bills Frankly I 1 dont don't know but I hear some of the teachers saying that C ca could be had for the scrip crip at th the I sull companies Annes Anne's heart bounded with Joy oi oi Excuse me a minute Peter ib sh Jh cried Where arc are you going Im going to telephone and nd finout finout fin fini out if it its it's so Ill I'll be right She was gone before Peter co cosay coul say another word He sat on Annes Anne's troubles marveling t I th she could be so calm and in the face of such overwhelms overwhelm disaster And what had become o Dick He wished he might ask h ii Strange he had not appeared at burial of her father A fair weal friend eh Still he hadn't seem that sort sorL Maybe misfortune overtaken Dick too Maybe Ma j jAnnes jAnne's Annes Anne's return ended his con conj coal tures Youre partly right Pet Pet The gas company said to bring brin dothe dothe do the scrip that it was good to pC the gas bill with it and that tilt honor it up UI to 25 J JWell without Well replied Peter the Insull should do that much for the tea tea ers Most of them lost thousands dollars in Insull stocks nice of or orgas Yes I know but its it's gas company just the same C Con on lets let's start stat hunting for tor that a aP ment mont Where to first apartment Id like to try those teIs up around Delaware the thc rents are reasonable we caal one To be continued Copyright 1934 Chicago Dally Daily NC N |