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She Is built builtather builtother builtather ather other slight and her big tJig soft brown brownyes brownyes brownyes yes have an expression as If It she were werei weret I t little girl alone In a large and rather rathererrlfyln rathererrifyint ratherwifyin errlfyln errifyint errlfylnorld ) . } , , \ ' florid \\orld orld World Al At least lec.lst leclst . tint th'1t th1t that ' was the themllresslol1 thempresslon thefflnresslon mllresslol1 mpresslon . gained .alned alned iained , b3 bJ by a .t\e\\ .te .t t e Aess . \ Ise Iseork .teork \ \ \ork ork iork \ ork coil cou coulIe coude coille lIe de > le " who taking an e\ e eenln etening e \ enln/ enln enlnspin enin / . , ? , , spin on onhe onhe onhe he Jersey ; side clde encountered enLounterecl licr her stand standng standng standng ng by tbo tho tb road with a 1 ! blj bit bl . , ) , sultcnse suitcase suitcase'hey suitcaserhey 'hey hey [ ' ' stopped and offered olTered to give herJnn tierMilt her tier herlltL , Jnn Milt lltL . which "Ih Ih " slip yhc ( > accepted at'cpted atcpted ( ' gladly gladlytsked uladbLSked iadlJ iadlJlsked lsked tsked wherehe wherr where- where - sshe she he ssas \ as going ol ng &he he bhe & he re relied relied relied lied l\e\\tor l e tor Aewtor \ efttot \ AS thnt thaI that tov.o tovo to\\n to n torn \ . was wantodes mam want mamatIes man\alles man alles \ atIes odes distant lnd1 ind lnd H \1 1 it \ Has \ \\as as leas \ \ as ettlng getting net tins dark darkhe darkbe darkhe " he be \ ftife Wife Ife InvltPd lnvllpd invited hei hel her to go home With Wither \ wither Ith Ither er The " , hir Ir consented consentedilllngli \\illlngli illlngli ntllingl \ \ l\1Ingl l 1Ingl \ ) It Itfdn itidat ItIdDt fdn idat t mnletny make mnl-e mnl e - / any /tny tny p pirticiilir p'1rllruhr p1rllruhr ' rticul'lr rticullr ' dllTerence difference differencehe dllTerenceb b he said yneu VllelJ vneu she got to \ Newton I\ewton I ewton Aewton e . eOn . * . .Qn Qn . On the way Wjgly WiY bach tJatli back to New Fork York a atop atop top was Tnoe 'D'ltle Dltle mice ' ' at a 8 roadside rest restautint restau restaunt au aunt tint ( nt , The girl bald said she had bid b'1d b1d had ' onlv onh only onlvcupful onhJCUJful only'cupful ' JCUJful 'cupful cupful cupful ) of coffee so far that day day'he dayhe day"he dayhe 'he he ' " meal she ate vef1 venJIed vertlled ed her ber stute- stute state stuteJe"Jt stateae'iL stuteiwt - Je"Jt JeJt ae'iL aeiL " ' After eating she seemed to re reiJl reirL reill iJl irL * . Her name .1ame 1ame same . la IR is Jackie Jaclde Ray Hay she shet1 shetid 1\Jd 1 Jd she1Jd \ t1 . . She had been brought up In an anwo Io orphaage orpha1ge orphange ! . . . When 1Vhen she had grart grad gradajed gradtfed ajed ed from the eighth eh.hth ehhth eithth . , urade grade rade she shea sheHI i \ \\a a \HI HI \ ac < : Pt In the orplnnaoe orph'lnaJe orphlnaJe orptianae ' ; to look 1001 , after otb oth otby otbychildren children chl1dren chlldren though thou.h thouh . ? she wanted wanled to go golfithgh goi lfithgh gohtgb Ugh htgb ! schooL sehooL ' Hnilly f'ln1l1y fln1l1y rinally she leas \ ft , as al alawed ali Led awed , ! cd to attend high hlgb school and earn earnr [ . r _ own way Whin WIILD 1Vbcn the depression deprescon depressionne deprescone depressione : ; ! ne e she couldn couldnt couldn t earn anything anvthtng so soeducation soeducation soeducation education ended when she was ator aor a > lor tor or Hither n'1ther n1ther Rather ' thin th'1D th1D thWin ' remiln remain rem lln In therre theire the thepe rre ire pe she ran a\\ay a ay away a \ ay Instead of be- be befifteen befifteen be-flfteen be flfteen - - - fifteen she Is twenty twent3 t\Vent t Vent \ two years , . she said- said saidn . . - * . . * . n a her travels she his h'1s h1s has ' crossed the thetlnent thetinent theitlnent tlnent tinent three times Urnes and has bas been beenm beenm beenm m the mjyii m.aqt maqt m . qi northern to the most mosttbern mostthemn mostithern tbern themn borders the same number ofes ofes of ofs municipall"8 municipalglng < es s She has bas slept In municipalBing municipal glng Bing l"8 l8 counlryhas countryhas " house bouses houses $ all over the counlry country countryB has also slept In fields elds and In hay bay hayC bayeks baycli8 C eks 8 She calls calks her suitcase 'home home ' 'home'It homeIt ' ' ' It she carries clean clothe clothe'J clotheJ clothes ' " ? and an aU a aU U n electric Iron She washes licr Ilcr her Ilcrthes herthea licrhes hes thes thea lodgingisea at the tbe municipal lodging lodgingsea lodgingsea sea Sut But she can't cant ' ' Iron them there thereuse thereuse thereluse use that takes electricity So she sheber sheher shea her ber Ironing at gasoline filling fillingces fillingces fillingces ; ces , , the tbe attendants cheerfully giv glv , her ber .be be the . he privilege prlvl1l'ge prlvl1lge ' . . , tn In ( n fact she sheas shees shetses as es gasoline flillnn filling station attendI attendS attend ' I S * as 8S gentlemen genllemen Truck Truel , drh drts drhers"t drherst ers era erse erae " e tn to the same salDe class 1 ' ' Iho 'the the he only onlyn n with whom she'll shell ' ride rlcle alone Is . a truck driver 'll1ey ll1ey they I ' bey are glad of com corn cornpony cornpiny p'1ny p1ny pony ' ! and lnd never get freshe fresh e . e * . e . eNaturally Naturally , , she sbe has bas had miny m'1ny m1ny many ' un unpleasant unpleasant unpleasant pleasant experiences experlence experlences Several times timeswhen timeswhen timeswhen when she ia 1a ta _ . been unable to turn the theignition theIgnition Ignition s\ s switch sitch sssitch ' \ itch shp shE ' has leaped from fromcars fromcars fromcars cars goln golnfe going ! , at high hlgb speed . . . Gener'llly Generllly Generally Gener'lllythat Generallythat Genenllythat ' that does not worry her because prac prat practlte prattice practice tlte tice has m"dp mdp m'dp m'de mde " ' ' her expert c'tpert ctpert ' . . . But there therearf therearF therearc arf ' occislons occ'lslons occlslons oceislons ' wh.m whm svh.n svhn wh . . n she hasn t time to tounlond tounload tounlond unlond unload her suitcase Then she loses losesber losesher losesher ber her ' 'home home ' . : . ' ' That mp1ns m'tns mtns m ' ' ins that at the thenet thenext thenext ne\t ne t next ' \ town che she ; ? he has to find a job 'ob ob lob ' nnd and nndur1 andwurb andfturl \\ur1 ur1 wurb \ until she earns enrns money enough enoughto to buy a new suitcase sultcace ; and more clothing clothtag cloth clothIng tage Ing tag e . e . a . aIt It was true she said , thit th'1t th1t that ' she was wasgoing wasgoing wasgoing going to r-Te\\ r Te Ness Nekton rTeton - \ ton But she didn dldn t Intend Intendto intendto Intendto to stav stay there After Aftel a short visit she shewould shewould shewould would be on her way agiln ag'1ln ag1ln again ' She has rtas hasno rtasno hasno no de destlmtlon destin'ttlon destinttlon Un'ltion Unltion ' ' She merely hitch hitchhIkes hitchhikes hitchhikes hIkes bel beie bete e and there . . , bhe bile She doesn rioesn doesu t know knowwhat knowwhat knowwhat what Is to become ot 01 of her The wan'lerlust \ win wan winlerlust 'In In 'In.Ierlust ' lerlust .Ierlust Ierlust 'lerlust . ' Ins 111S lids become such a pirt p'1rt p1rt part ' of hPI her hPIbeing herbeing herbeing being th'1 th1 that ( hit ' . she cannot stay In anyone anyoneplnce any one oneplace oneplace plnce place She \ wouldnt wouldn ou1tb t advise ' nnv anv any other othergirl othergirl othergirl girl to follow her example eample ' { . . There Therenave Therenave Therenave nave been many days clays when she has hasnot hasnot hasnot not eaten . . . And there therp have bare been m'1nv m1nv many m'1nvmore manymore minvmore ' more when she wanted to stop and andrest andrest andrest rest but had to keep keLp on goingS going olng . S . e * . eJackie Jackie Jacltle Ray s story interested lntcrected lnterested ; me meAfter meAfter meAfter After my friends who had picked plched her herlip herup herup lip up and shelteied sheltered her ber , hid h'ld hld bad ' told me meabout meabout meabout about her , certain Stlltl statistics tlCS rel'1t1\ rel'1t1 rel1t1 rel'1t1e relatise rel'1t1to relitheto relatiseto ' \ e to homeless wandering wandermg girls sudllenly suddenly sudllenlybecame suddenlybecame suddenlybecame became rcil re'll rell real ' Oh Ohes \es es ses \ es ttieres there s one onp oth other other othcr er thln tiling thine . She could have ; stayed ctnyed as aslong aslong aslong long as she desired In a pleisint ple'1c'lnt ple1clnt pleasant ' ; ' hOme hOmenut homeBut homeBut nut But after hith h'1th h1th 1)ath 1ath ) ' and Qnd a br breakfast abfast she shequietly shequietly shequietly quietly repicked rep1cked repacked her sultca&e sultcae sultcn.e sultcne sultca.e & : . . and wns was wnson wason wason on her ber wav way @ 1333 1933 Bell Deli b3ndicate-WNU b3ndicate WNU b ) ndlco.teWNU ndlcate ndlco.te ndlcote . -WNU WNU - WNU Service Servlco . . . |