Show GUARANTEED ACCOUNTS I Chapter I had cut a L list ot of apartments to rent from several papers and armed with these I set out I had said nothing I ot of my errand to I realized she would doubtless object to our leaving where we were They had signed a alease alease lease for tor a term ot of years while ours was a yearly agreement As I 1 left the subway the very first person I saw was Carol Blacklock Ire He asked me where I was going and I told him I was flat hunting May Ia I walk to the real estate office with you he asked and I gladlY gave him permission I never have remembered remembered how it came about but In some someway someway way I told him ot of my desire to open accounts m in the different stores and Toms Tom's objections We were just passing passe pass pass- ing one e ot of the larger finer department i stores r If you OU would likE 1 an account herE I I II I I know the manager quite well There I will be no trouble arranging it he suggested carelessly Oh I should love It They have such beautiful things I returned Well Veil come ri right ht along with me and well we'll fix it up and before I knew ItI it itI I was in a luxurious office being presented presented pre pre- to a pleasant faced man and had opened an account guaranteed by Carol Blacklock It was aU all done so quickly and so easily I was a bit dazed I hope we shall please you Mrs Randall and thank you for opening the account the man said as he bowed us out Mn v ow w h h at snail hn on b h uy C a rot n v ow w h at snail on b uy C a n wua you asked as we threaded our way through I the aisles to the street entrance Nothing today 1 must look 1001 for tor an anI apartment I II I UNDECIDED I Are yoU really going to move move I am sure I dont don't know I replied I am crazy to but I am afraid Tom ont think as I that do-that is unless I Ican Ican can get a good apartment very rea- rea I do want one more room and also to get further downtown I have an appointment and must leave you now Carol said as we reached the real estate office But It if ItI I hear Of any apartments I think would suit you Ill I'll call you up Do and thank for you I everything every every- thing I 1 replied I I 1 hadn't I talked a e to the e real estate S I wt ent m man n five minutes i when I realized e that I had a hard hanI task on my hands lie He discouraged me In the idea that I could get anything nearly as gOOd as we had for the same money Small apartments are hard to find in good localities at a seasonable reasonable rent It is easy enough to get large apartments apart apart- ments those at expensive rentals but the smaller r ones are taken very quickly quick quick- ly lie he told me However he sent me to two or three addresses not one of which was what I II I wanted Then I tried two more real estate offices and looked up several other apartments But I found nothing nothing noth- noth ing and went home about 6 ocl o'clock ck tired to death and discouraged about moving Helen was worried when she saw how tired I looked and made me lie down and rest She was so kind that I wondered it if I were wise to think of leavIng the only friend on whom I could call in time ot of need A GREAT MISTAKE I could scarcely wait until Tom came home to tell him of my meeting with Carol Blacklock and that he had guaranteed guaranteed guar guar- an account with Call Callman man Co for me But instead of coming home Tom telephoned about halt half past 6 that he would not be home until late When I pressed him for a reason asked where he was going and with whom h he answered so evasively I was suspicious at once that he was going I to be in Edith Colemans Coleman's company and hesitated to tell me Well Veil let him be secretive I would also I wouldn't say a word about the new account I wouldn't even tell Tom TomI I had been out He needn't think he could treat me like a child and I not retaliate He was too much inclined that wa way T 1 was so tired that I went to bed almost al al- almost most as soon as I finished my dinner And I never wakened when Tom came In At breakfast the next morning I asked him where he had been and with whom I Out with some of our Western peo- peo I pIe he toll told me I But who I insisted Xo No one you ln know w was his answer an- an I The usual one Any women In th the party What a question mark you are Sue Im I'm glad Im I'm not as curious as you are But you rou haven't answered my question ques- ques tion I I. I Insisted Were Vere there an any II women with you I Yes four Now ow are yoU satisfied I Who VIO were they Was Vas that Coleman Cole Cole- man girl there I Yes Miss 1 Coleman was one of the four he replied shortly then rose from the table and hurried ort off even evenI I omitting lets his usual morning vIsIt to toI baby's abys crib I Now I was sure I should tell him nothing of what I had done Let him find out as best he could I had to to Tomorrow News of Importance s |