| Show I She Looked Like a Million w B By CORONA REMINGTON Copyright E EVELYN C VELYN ACTON glanced quickly around to see whether any of the waiters walters were watching then deftly removed two rolls from froin her gay little red-leather red handbag and put them on the table beside her cup of ot steaming coffee It gave her a feeling of prosperity prosperity pros pros- verity to breakfast with the successful successful success success- ful tul business men and women of the town This morning however she was rather depressed for three solid days she had been hunting a position without without without with with- out success and her funds were now reduced to small change She looked wistfully at a Juicy piece of fried ham that a patron patron had hastily left on his bis plate at the next table and crinkled I her little nose as its fragrance came I invitingly to her It seemed to tease her and make the dry rolls drier In her mouth Then after she had finished finished fin tin she did a strange thing As she rose from the the table she opened her purse took out a pencil and piece of ot paper then sat down at the ham table As she scribbled aimless words she noticed that there was a clean spoon beside the plate and the knife had only been used for cutting so she was not afraid of ot it only it-only only a matter of seconds seconds seconds sec sec- now and she would be nonchalantly nonchalantly antly placing bits of ot the tender meat In her ber mouth but but sensing sensing that someone someone someone some some- one was at her elbow she looked up Into the Implacable face tace of ot a waiter walter Pardon madam permit me to remove remove re re- move this and you ou will wUl have hae more room to write The ham was whisked away and the clean spoon and the knife that had only been us used 00 for tor cutting but quick I on the heels of ot disappointment came a serge of escape if that waiter walter had hadnot hadnot hadnot not come at that moment he would have seen her eating the other pa paIron's pa i itron's tron's Irons breakfast f Evelyn rose adjusted her little tittle black hat gave a pat to her dress and walked out Making your way in a bl big city isn't until lose so bad she reflected until you your position rind and then then then- poignant homesickness rushed over her as she thought of the little home town she had left and of ot Jack Dalton who had wanted to marr marry her and whom she had so flatly refused All right he had said with a 8 shrug When you get through with your career you ou can come to me That was four years four years ago ao With a toss of Impatience she pulled herself together and walked swiftly al along ng If you want to Impress people she soliloquized you have to hold your head up wl when en you yon wear a five dollar dress marked down from 1 1218 l U on the tag and want It to look like a 75 75 15 French room creation So she walked j jauntily Jauntily uni i c down the street her di disappointed stomach stoma lr already beginning beginning begin begin- ning to scream for the ham It didn't get That was one deceiving thing about a coffee and ami rolls breakfast t it had a way of pla playing hide and seek it was there and then suddenly it was gone gones uN Now w lets let's see Wheres Where's that address address ad dress she went on Yes Empire Empire Empire Em Em- pire building The Tire company They said to call at ten Its It's three blocks down and two across Ill I'll just about get there thereon on time Wonder how many others they wrote to call caU too But my letter was a good one If It I do say it maybe It-maybe maybe th they'll yU take me And the big building swallowed her up She left the elevator ele at the seventh seventh sev seve floor and turned the knob of ot the big door leading to tp suite You wanted a stenographer she said to the man roan at the high desk showing him her letter Yes please step this way Miss Acton He showed her to the office door marked Private and returned to his desk As she entered the man Inside turned to face her then he lie rose and andI I took both her hands s In his I Evelyn uE I he said gently as the girl I stared at him her face suddenly blanched then she recovered herself I and greeted him flippantly enough Same old Jack Dalton she laughed a n little forced laugh You look like a million dollars he said surveying Ing her Lets get out of ot othere here where we can talk Like an on automaton she followed him out of the and they went to toa toa toa a little restaurant nearby I was so excited waiting I 1 couldn't eat breakfast fast he explained you have When have When I read that letter signed Evelyn elyn Acton In the handwriting ing I knew v so 50 well welt well It was the biggest blest shock I ever got got she laughed You were prepared prepared pre pre- pared because you JOU knew I was cornIng corn com com coming ing but I wasn't- wasn't Youve changed he said after atter a 8 pause I dont don't know what It is theres there's something a a little wistful about you What Is U It s Its It's ing Wistful I r Downright hungry 1 I thought Evelyn but she said Youve changed tOO 1 too youre you're 1 dont don't know know even even nicer than before Nicer than a career he asked Dont fool me Evelyn Im I'm serious Uh huh IU I she replied slipping a II apiece apiece piece of ot broiled him Into her mouth Come on he begged Lets Jets get ge out of Jf here before I 1 express myself In public but Evelyn elyn only crinkled her nose at him gave his knee a little tittle pat under the table table and and said Youre going to eat a good break brenk breakfast fast last before you leave this restaurant And he did did- They did I mean menn |
