| Show EGGY ARLISS looked up if from her work behind the ll 11 counter of a popular candy r store to meet the astonished sj S gazo gaze of walter landrum why peggy what are v w you doing here peggy smiled bewitching ly 17 weighing up candy anything I 1 can do for you sir sure said walter throwing a five dollar bill onto the counter ill take two pounds of your best candy for my best girl but say re peg im sort of knocked oil off my fett feet lin finding ding you clerking how did you land this by going after the job when daddy wrote me that it would prove a hardship financially to have me ime go home for the holidays with the consent of my aunt with whom I 1 live here I 1 sought work and found it with but little trouble you know all the merchants are needing extra help now sure well I 1 suppose when school opens up again therell be one more fur coat on the campus eh no walter im not of the fur coat variety I 1 guess most of my earnings will go into matriculation fees tor for next semester but I 1 do hope to buy myself a new evening frock tor for that dance you are to take me to ln la february 1 well dont go in too heavy for it please and make my old tux seem shabbier still ive given dad a whopper of a hint for a new one guess ill if i F 0 11 why not get it yourself You relf ni ill prod him up a bit remind him about christmas and the matter with getting it yourself broke in peggy but walter was not given the chance to reply as a customer came in just then and peggy turned away to wait on her that boy walter landrum landi um would make a wonderful fellow said peggy to one of the clerks when her customer had gone it if he were to be thrown on his own resources tor for a while on christmas eve peggy pe aggy had bad an early morning telephone call from JV walter alter im trying to catch you before you leave heave for work peggy will you lunch with ith me today at the phoenix 1 til be delighted walter if you yon ra manage anage it between twelve and one suits me HI 1711 be by for you at twelve sharp flurries of snow were falling promising a white christmas as peggy and walter pushed their way through the busy throng and found a table in a secluded nook of the big dining room As soon as the order was given walter began 1 I brought you here peggy to tell you something of great importance what exclaimed the astonished girl 1 I went out oat and got me a job rm im working and I 1 am getting a thrill out ot of being some account ive taken my last douar dollar from dad for clothes and fun ive bargained for a new tux and im going to pay every last cent of it myself peggy laid her hand gently on his welter walter youre a trump tramp I 1 glory in la your decision end and hope stick to it I 1 know you will never be sorry of it so do 1 peg and I 1 have you to thank for it gee wont that be a grand dance we are going to arrayed la in our self earned finery and they smiled their genuine appreciation of each other when college again convened walter stuck to his bis job at odd hours and saturday afternoons he was working for the love and respect of a certain coed co ed who gave him the necessary encouragement to continue 06 1929 western newspaper union |
