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Show Si claim, thus dtsrnis- lc, C V ks work P i wild ,,u'0 IL !im time in lim- at Mod ,.lIk..j E K muri' t I'.iv. .something Jn f, t1S'v,rk' Ing hours. !onC! nucn , ,ay sadly ""KllBifnn. ' .till I 111 .. L r. I ..t I.,- - tared Ul ' ' IWihev ' ''mMStlf in a r RrneW I caChln ' l- P'- ""Hlwas afcair ten '" '' m.-d . II. ' 1 1 Ear n " Now Blnclty! Jane mutln.,, Hm her LfcanaDer- ' 1 to w.i ti K left in ' ' ' ft K. aPI, Kit he " Kood ' m and land r 1 w K,jC (,, yonr ; faglled thr.t he 'oi. I him! But thi HHu me v girl njiEtlned f fjEee. I Infu.pr : ' lfVaflp the yfEr for I . V . aaJEect you Kt's "th. j tKi tli'- of flee ! ' I t '-iflpe doo: v nssKtoor ci l IOKkek tc Ilk hop-htmtb hop-htmtb nut 69 OfSft .her tet St did i i itaiKdon'; Xiko yo'i riusBUce'1 Don that ih. ' ranged. 'Clothes do make a difference." ehe admitted. "Bpt it's very easy to look nea.1 and clean.'' "If you live nt home, and have i mother," the eiri added hardly. Tho landlady won't allow washing or iron-InR iron-InR in our boarding house, and laundries laund-ries charge too high." Jane woa terribly .orr- for this girl, though he realized that .ho was on the wronx trail k What's the use m a i)tison philosophy. Bomethinc in licr pathetic face made Jane determine to help the little thing, so she look hr-r street a way. At the corner Jane handed her ten dollars which th.j girl refused to take Hut after Jane ns-ured ns-ured her tliat she wanted to he her friend, and wanted t.. loan the money just until she sot a position anil was Well igain. she took It gratefully. "I want you to conic over lo dinner tonight. Mv mother will be Klad lo have you and 1 think it would cheer you up." Jane suggested "Do you mean it?" "I'd lovo to have you. We have a Vict! ola, iand a funny little dog, and you'd Ibve niothe--. It's getting lonely evenings that makes it hard for Kirls working In the citv isn't it "I "You're awfully sweet." the girl, s nil led wanly. "Then you'll conie?" "I guess a home-cooked meal would just about make me well." Juno know that what the girl need-1 .I was a littlr. cheer and encourage-1 ment. Jane decided to share with In .. for une evenlns at least whit nhm could of her hime inspiration. Jane1 never appreciated her mother and the. tln9 kitchenette apartment so much as she did at tluu moment. Ami she thought less of the Reynold's tour-1 s'.ory house and rich limousine that day. Th? position in the Insurance office' was attractive and available. Jane was engaged at once. The position was ih:i of private secretary to the president, presi-dent, who was a splendid type of Vm-: erlcan business man. quAclr. precise. ' hut go; withi lit good humor. The da;, wont quickly, The work' was so Interesting, Jane forgot everything every-thing N'ot until -he was on the way home! did sm; remember the little ?!-l withi pinched fare. Jane had given her ten dollars Perhaps she would never see her again At the door. Jane was me: by her mother. At once the knew that something some-thing was wrong. "Who sent that girl?" Mrs. Kich-' arils rl. in,-, n lod i-rosslj . June observed, her friend of thel typewriter agene huddled on the1 couch, weeping hysterically. She was' . bv: i) . ;k r ftet .is s,. moane. . j .id ! no. only wen her skirls to.. hort, but; there . was a very ucriy hole in her' .heap silk stocking Jane slwaysl won- wool in the Winter, and college I heeia, 1 "Why should she come here lo car-i ry this way?"-Jane's 'mother re-' peat, d. Jcnp went over to the girl and pat-' ted her upon tno ba'ck. i 'What's the trouble-; Remember i in- ' Here 1 am your fri.-nd." Th:- girl looked at her with rd ' eyos. " l Hullo!" tho choked. "What's yoL,- r.ani. V ' Jane asked.1 I forgot to get It this morning." T h'- fflrJ flared up angrily. "h, I suppose you're afraid yoa ' wont get back your ten? I suppose you want to have m address too Well, I ain't got an address What no ou ihlnk of that?" "Jane." Mr- -Richards' said Indignantly. Indig-nantly. "Vou reaily must ask th's porson to leavo the house." (Copyright, 1922, by the Bell Syndicate, Syndi-cate, Inc.) Another l in.- Installment of This Story Tomorrow |