Show I Tot Mt u U UI I t M f f I An An IAn n 01 r hi For I By al MITCHELL L clasped c aped h her r bar hands I v beneath the oiled oDed silk s shampoo apron It w a useless to Itt get Welly's waDi telegram out of 01 her b bl bag again She Sh already bad had memorize memorised it it Wally was wa passing ng through Chi cago cao on oa his way WI to to a new Job in Hawaii That was waa all aU needed Deeded to know tn w Every peamy she h tad bad In the world went into this WI sudden udden Every cent ahe he aheI I had in the world except Grand Grand- Granden en mothers mother's twenty notion don dollar r bill bui she couldn't break into that Grandmother Grandmother had sealed it In an old envelope and Ind told her only netel oUlI sow Ift If f saver UI 10 be spiel 0 oe bl soar 1 yoeN or town down If to N M f 1411 bie Wally almost tilled kissed the heart out of her ber in the station Then Than Youre looking I swell we Marianne Mariamne Swell Swe Hows How's How the grand Oh Oh she ahe h lied Uee Forty a week only but only but they th promise me m a raise ralie Ill I'll pretty soon lOon They Th were wen we walking now shoulder to shoulder b along the ramp And your out new DW Job Wally she ahe IheI was wai wa asking Mm him en me m about It I Not much mu to tell ten he replied i Manager of a sugar lUlu plantation Tire Five Fly thou thousand and a year ar and maintenance They let me out of the old Job Thurs Thur 1 day da and I 1 clicked with this Friday AlI HAD at stopped stopped before a flor- flor florist's flor Zits Zit's It window Wally always alwa ad ael matted he be couldn't pus pasa pa a florist florists florist's window In hie New ew w York Yort every very time they the passed pd av i a florist shop hop Wally in It in- in slated on em t stopping In to to buy her bar a single single nIle orchid Gardenias are ar just as nice nice and and I iso so 0 fragrant always told him Ba ay you 1011 must mUtt tarn tikI me mt for tor a piker An Aa orchid for tor Minima nothing less lell woman Now he h stopped true to form term staring In the window Window There There was waa wa a display of orchids with the price marked And And a box lined with creamy gardenias marked too Spa Spa- clay cial 29 23 cents each each Come on od ho he said Old Well have bave to have a flower flower honey bonay bone Inside In he drewa drew a twenty five cent piece PIce out t pi of 01 hit JIll pocket and flung it cn an the counter A gardenia for tar forthe the tb lady 1141 be he said said A fresh camel onel The Tie clerk selected a very fresh one tents cents please plea Pe Penny sales taJ Wally flushed Tie patted his pock pOck- r eta Mariamne Ler l i honey hone 1 have you a penny penny- change 1 J- J I I 1 mach madd madel madela a pretense of 01 I v opening her purse pune She Shit knew there wa was waa no penny there But this thI was war waran an emergency emer enc She Sh took Gran er era old envelope and broke the tile seal at 1 M Ob grand she lied Forty P Forty a week k only only hot but bu they the promise me mo mea s a rate pretty soon Ill ID need change anyhow she said to the clerk OUTSIDE 0 on the boulevard again Wally Willy was silent red faced Wally tell Mamma all en said ald Mariamne quietly You haven't haven't a Job right youre you're right he exploded But I did have Got It U Friday like ilke I l told you honey but butan butan an en hour later they got a radiogram that the plantation had been flooded I INo INo No Job And that quarter was your last cent And you'd spend It on on-me on me Tears Tean were in her eyes Yes Yea just a cheap skate that skate that's me he b hi admitted Orchid tor for Mar Mar- Mariam larone iam I always said But I got lot down to a A liar she said accusingly Were We're both liars tars Me I have bave a e Job yes el Fourteen dollars donan not Dot forty a a week Filing And rYe Ive got ot tine nine teen dollars and ninety nine cents Wally It'll buy the license license- license What license cen he h asked of Marv ag Us d M abe h add u inn ifill You mean you'd marry me and me-and and me with no Job I Would 11 You mean will I and I-and and thank thank you sir yea yes What's the matter Theres There's another florist shop bop he said huskily This is a moment that I calls caUs for tor or an orchid darling some lome money for or It It Ril RId d by rt rests rt tun |