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B Y ELIZABETH JOBB AN
W iIA ’1 HAS GONE BEFOHE
A b ea u tifu l young w oiuun find»
hcrsi If on Hie sidew alk in u strung»
illy .
She cannot rem em ber her
nmiu nr w here »lie came fro m . She
ha» n o th in g In her purse to te ll
I n i lit Who she I*. A young mini
w ho lias M i ll her ill the hotel w lle le
»he is slopping notices her und
hil.es her Io the h otel in a cab.
■»here »lie find» that »lie 1» regis
tered, ill I're iie h as "M iss Eve No
body of N ow here.”
I he cle rk lias
been cu llin g her Mis» Bursons. The
young m ini tells her she is in New
York. Hi» name is E rie H am ilton
of Chieugo. She i» te rrifie d ut her
loss o f m em ory. He ii.sk» hi» frie n d
H r. t.iirrie k . 11 nerve specialist, to
m il ill the hotel. H r. C a rric k talks
encouragingly, hut says Hint
he
w ill send u nurse to »lay w ith the
m ysterious "M iss Parsons" that
night.
Mis» N obody listens w h ile llm n -
ilto n tell:, her w hat the doctor has
»uni, then steps in to another room.
When the nurse arrives, the g irl
has vanished fro m the h o te l!
Eve's d eparture was sim ple. She
w ent out of ii hack door in to the
servant» hall of the h o ld , where
»he encountered u young F re n ch
man pot le r, w ho claim ed Io recog
nise her. He had seen her in Paris.
she
•Then y >u knew m y name
d eiiim uli I eagerly. But the p orter
hud fo rg itlen that. He w ou ld w rite
nt once t » a frle n 1 in Paris and fin d
the nail • o f tl
Am erican young
lad y they had both adm ired. He
te lls hei o f an apartm ent house
w here t. e ja n ito r, he th in ks w ould
take her in. Meantime, w h ile H am
ilto n is anxiously h u n tin g up the
nerve »1 -eiulist fo r w h ite , Eve gets
In to a I; sicab and drive» away.
She ui ange» w ith M arcel’» frie n d ,
the jn n il ir o f a dingy little a p a rt
ment In use on the East Side of
New Yi k, fo r a sm all furnished
apartm ei I. He tells her not to he
tie fr ig h ned if she hears the young
wom an w ho occupies the next
apartm ent come in very late in the
m ornin g
Eve wonder» w hat sort
o f a pla e she has got into.
The g r l in the next apartm ent
is Iv y D avenport, a professional
cabaret dancer w ith u weak heart.
Eve belt » her one n ig ht when she
is ill. Iv y sugggsts that Eve, w ho
is short o f funds, should take her
place in the cabaret. Eve th in ks
it over, dislikes the idea, but real
l i e >» that she has to do something
to earn a liv in g u n til she fin ds out
w ho she re a lly is, Ivy has tw isted
the nan e o f "P ersonne" w h ich is
the only surname Eve know s fo r
herself, in to "B erson ."
Eve fin ds "Jake's a strange sort
o f place and the g irls w ho dance
there even stranger, though kin d
to thé stranger w ho is ta king Iv y ’s
place.
She meets a young man numed
H unt, w ho fra n k ly te lls her that
she doesn’t belong there.
want us to.* That brings them back
again."
She look Eve to another table on
the short list Jake had sent her.
T w o men o f a d iffe re n t type sat
then-, but they
responded
Io
Queenie'» in itia l udvgncc as rea dily
11» the firs t p air had done. They
were m iddle aged Eanndiau cattle
men, out fo r u good lim e, und they
had it w ith Queenie, w h ile Eve took
such uuld share as she could in the
ban tering dialogue and danced sev
eral times w ith each o f them. A p
p a re n tly th is encounter was as suc
cessful as the firs t, fo r both men
showed such u flu ltte rin g regret
w hen it ended. Before that, m ore
over, they bad unconsciously help
ed Eve through the little m atter o f
the firs t h a lf of the special p ro
gram. W h ile th is was in progress
she reinuiued w ith them, and Jake
seemed content w ith the arrange
ment.
i
The long night w ore on. At the
end of it Jake sent fo r Eve,
“ You’re u w ri',” he im personally
announced when »lie again c o n fro n
ted him in his o ffice. It was h a lf
past three and his s ta ff wa» p e r
ce p tib ly w iltin g . So w ere his re
m ainin g guests, but Jake him self
showed no sign o f the n ilit ’s strain.
His linen wus as faultless and his
h a ir a» pastily fla t as they had been
at eleven. “ ra k e -y ’o n -rc g 'lu r,” he
added.
’T h a t’s good o f yo u ," Eve said,
More anil more she lik e d w hat she
had heard o f Jake. “ But 1 w o n ’t
lake the w o rk just now , thank you.
"W h y n o t? "
' l l re a lly Isn’t in my lin e ."
"M ore-m oney? N o th in -d o in ’. F ix
ed-rate."
" I t s ii ’I th a t," Eve hastened to
explain. ‘The m oney side is q uite
a ll rig h t." It was. She hud earned
eight dollar» und some odd cents
by her firs t night's w o rk .
"T h e n -w h a t's -e iitin -y e h ? "
‘I want to do soiik th in g else."
"W h a t? ”
’A w r i’?’ Jake had moved the r e
mote eyes fro m her face as if th is
ended th c im itte r, but when she w a lk
eil to Hi door h asked a question:
“ H ow 'bout Iv y ? "
Eve stopped and tu rn ed buck.
•W hy — she’ll be a ll rig h t to
m orrow n ig lh , w o n 't she.’ "
Eve had a fixe d clientele a» w e ll
as a flo a tin g one. The Canadian
p air came re g u la rly , and accepted
w ith o u t resentment her refusal» of
th e ir in v ita tio n s to luncheons and
other inve rsio ns outside o f the cab
aret. H unt und his frie n d Jackson
also became what the g irls called
reg'lars, though Eve suspected that
n eith er voting m ail could stand long
the fin a n c ia l sta rin o f such fre
quent visits, fo r Jake’s us Ivy had
boasted, was no "cheap jo in t."
Iv y was able to get back on the
job on the fifth night and to go
through her dances w ith amazing
s k ill anil pep. H er specialty was
the "a cro b a tic w a its " Queenie had
m entioned, and her perform ance
was a revelation to Eve, w ho hum
b ly told herself that us a substitute
she had been a joke .; Miss Daven
port was a born dancer, w h ic h un-
d oubtedly helped to explain her
em ployer's patience w ith her a t
tacks. The o n ly employee that
compared w ith her at Jake’s was a
young Ita lia n among the loose-ankle
boys, whose version o f the Black
Bottom was the cabaret’s best a t
tra c tio n .
QUeenle’s high k ic k in g
was "good but not great,” as Iv y
e xjiresse il it.
Muizie, despite her
beauty and superb fig ure, did no
solo w o rk at a ll, and was not above
the average in o rd in a ry dancing.
Eve decided that Iv y ’s acrobatic
w altz explained Iv y ’s heart attacks,
and she advised the dancer to drop
some o f its more ta xing features.
Iv y shook her head.
"L on g 's I do it, I II do it rig h t,"
she announced. A rt came fir s t w ith
Ivy.
Ivy's p o p u la rity in the A r tis t’s
ro o m " was second o n ly to Quecnie's
ami as the tw o g irls stood together
on a ll im p o rta n t issues Queenie’s
rule was s tre n g th e n e d by her
chum 's re tu rn . So was Eve’s pos
itio n . Mis» D avenport had a grate
fu l nature. L o y a lly and lo u d ly she
assure.I the w o rld that n oth in g was
w ro n g w ith Berson. She dem and
ed Queenie » continued interest in
her protegee, and a fte r a b rie f con
test o f w ills she received it. The
head hostess, it appeured, had a
h o rro r o f being "h ig h h a tte d ” by
any one; and fro m the firs t »he
had cherished a dark fear th a t the
newcom er was h ig h -b a ttin and up-
NOW GO ON W IT H T H E STOHY
He asked the question w ith a
"Nope.
M e u n s -th re c -fo u rd a y s -p ', stagin' a ll Jake’s artists. Iv y was
tw in k le , in tacit adm ission that he
fin a lly able to explain Eve’s m an
rnps-m
ore.
Kcep-'er-jobaw cek— let
, had no l ight to put it. and she »m il- ;
ner and d ic tio n to Queenie’ satis
'e r rest. M ig h tfix e ru p ."
cd fo rg iv in g ly .
There seemed nothing else to do. ] faction.
“ I ve to ld you. I ’m substituting
Eve
agreed Io the tem porary job, "She can't help it," she pointed out.
fo r u no the r g irl. She's sick. ’
My G aw d!
and won the vast gra titud e o f Ivy ‘She’s e d-jicated!
" A ll rig id .” he said accepting the
Io w hom she reported w hen she w ind can a poor k id do when her
reb uff. 'W e ll li t it go al that. Shall
fo lks pul her
in schools an’ has
reached home at fo u r o'clock.
we dance again?"
Eve le ft her com fortable, and \ her learned a ll those th in g s ? "
When they returned to llie ii went back Io her ow n quarters, t i r - l
A little la te r Eve unconsciously
table, Queenie rose.
helped
her ow n cause.
cd but u p lifte d . She had put over
“ The best o f frie n d s gotta part,' w hat she had und erta ken ; she had
“ W here you fro m , anyhow , Ber
she announced.
made eight d o lla rs ; she had» been son?" Queenie demanded one night,
‘H old on. W hat’s the idea?"
offered a jo b ; she had been able when the novice had been at Jake's
It was the g rin n in g youth w ho Io keep her w a lk in g nightm are at a week. It was firs t d ire c tly p e r
spoke—Jackson, Ids name had p ro v hay and to feel almost norm al. Best sonal question that hud been put
ed to be—his g rin w ipe d from his o f a ll, there was now no endless to Eve, and Eve flushed under it.
" I? Oh, I ’ve lived abroad a good
face by the a b ru p t decision. Hunt night Io face, fo r the n ig ht was
looked equally serious, and Queenie over. It m ight be w o rth w h ile to deal," she stammered.
•Where?"1
regarded them w ith a pproving eyes accept Jake's o ffe r, i f o nly to do
" In France.
"T h e idea is that you tw o ain 't away w ith those a w fu l nights in
Queenie nodded. L iv in g abroad
the o n ly boys in the place, she ex the court bedroom.
If she could k ill a nother fo rtn ig h t accounted fo r anything.
plained. ’And .lake has give me
‘Can you ta lk F re n ch ? ” she ask
that w ay and earn the money she
the high sign to move on.”
Marcel w ou ld ed w ith sudden interest.
"B u t. sec here — " Jackson p ro so badly needed.
“ Yes.”
surely re p ly from Leon, and that
tested.
‘Honest?
Say! Jake’l l be glad
‘ Now, W illie !” Miss M o r r is was reply m ight lead her out o f the fog.
Some Frenchm en
almost
p ia te rn a lly
reproachful. •»he w ou ld th in k the m atter over. to hear th a t!
"Y ou don’t w m itii get my g ir l frie n d H owever, she did no th in k in g then, ble w in here last week, and none
in bad w ith the boss the very firs t ilie fe ll asleep at once fro m sheer o f us could p arley w ith ’em. A n'
exhaustion and her dreams, when o n ly the n ig h t before you came—
night she’» on the job, do yo u ? "
lie recalled them in the m orning, Sai I ’ll te ll .lake," Queenie added
“ ( I f course n o t." H unt rose and
bowed fo rm a lly and Queenie led lad Io do v. itli large .b u ild in g s and excitedly.
She told him, w ith all the pride
darin g music und crow ds o f w h ir l-
Eve away.
o f the discoverer and Jake again
tig figures.
"B e tte r get out w h ile the g etlln's
Succeeding nights at Jake’s seem- sent for Eve.
good," she said and added another
"Doio’flne," he announced.
d very much what the first one
h e lp fu l h in t fo r the novlcet
‘H I
’Thank
you. I ’m glad of fbgt”
,iud
been,
with
Ute
difference
tbut
wise Io leuve guys before they
t 14
b il l io n
dollars for .
marketing the
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!
FAR M
✓ i|
H u n tt's ja w set. F o r a moment
he seemed about to dispute the r u l
ing. Then hi» good sense assert
ed its e lf and he rose w itha shru g.
"Now?”
" A ll rig h t, he agreed ‘I ’l l take
"Sure.”
you over.”
"D o you speak F rench?”
" T h a t'll make a big h it w ith the
‘Nope.
B u tl'llk n o w ’fyoudo.”
new guy,” Queenie m urm ured iro n
Eve laughed. It was the firs t ic a lly . But Eve understood, as she
tim e Jake had heard her do it so easily understood e verythin g
and it appealed to him . H is remote H unt d id and said, the im pulse that
look changed s lig h tly .
alw ays made h im escort her th ru
“ T ha’sthestuff,”
he
approved. th e dancing crow ds to any table
“ S m ilin ’sgoodforbusiness. Y’oughta w here she was exjiecled.
laughm ore."
She w alked b y his side w ith u n
Eve answered in French th a t no !
w illin g steps. She never knew
doubt th is was true , but that she what these encounters m ight bring ,
co uldn ’t promise to keep on sm il- i and each tim e she thus approached
ing in d e fin ite ly , though she w ou ld a stranger every in s tin c t in her
do her best. F in d in g it necessary protested against w ha t she was do
John Hays Hammond. Jr.. famous
to translate this, she d id so, and ing. She constantly rem inded h e r
son of a famous father, who Ins in
vented a “radio eye which enables
Jake nodded.
self that she was there to ta lk to
aviators to “see- (».rough fog.
“ H o w ’hou tsta yin ’on ?”
and to dance w ith lon ely men, to
" I haven’t q uite decided yet.”
help them to have a pleasant even
‘Can’raiscrratcshutgiveyousam cgu- ing, and that the m atter ended w ith
the sort o f place young g irls o f
arantee’sM orris.”
the ta lk and the dance, and that good fa m ilie s could v is it, as m any
"T h a n k you. I ’ll stay tw o weeks the money she thus earned was
such g irls p la in ly considered it, it
longer, anyw ay, unless som ething necessary to her.
tf Jake s was
was surely safe fo r her. Also, she
unexpected happens."
was p la in ly o f use here, in ways
’S’a llr L ”
g
she was not paid fo r. The g irls
The arrangem ents s im p lifie d Eve's
trusted her and asked her advice.
bookkeeping.. Instead o f being paid
Eve Maizie had w arm ed up since
n ig h tly as a substitute she was on
the little session w ith Jenny, and
Jake's w eekly p a y -ro ll at a tw e n ty -
the la tte r had shown a somewhat
fiv e -d o lla r salary, w h ich was aug
(
embarrassing
d ete rm ina tion to es
mented by the dance cards she
tablish a life frien dsh ip.
tu rn e d in
“ S’earyou’F re n ch.”
I beg yo u r pardon?”
“ Talksom eFrench.”
A week later, when
Eve and
H un t returned to th e ir table a fte r
a m id n ig h t C harleston,
Queenie
h u rrie d to them w ith an expression
o f urgency she hastened to explain.
“ Jake w ants you to go an’ meet
that guy over in the c o rn e r." she
said eagerly. ‘I forget his name,
but he's 0 . K. He’s from the West
and he’s been w afC hin’ you ever
since he come in. He jest told Jake
he w anted to ta lk to you. In te r-
duee yourself. I ’ m lo o k in ’ a fte r a
big d in n e r-p a rty .”
"M iss Berson is busy here,’’ H unt
began. H u n t’s a ir o f late had be
come s lig h tly
p ro p rie ta ry .
Miss
M o rris rebuked w ith
a frie n d ly
shake o f her head.
“ Get wise, get w ise ," she advis
ed. ‘T his has happened before an’
i t 'l l happen again. Oi ders is o r
ders. an' she's w o r k in ’ fo r Jake.
You had y o u r tu rn . P’rhaps you’ll
get another la te r on,” she k in d ly
ndded.
,
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
Ralph D’Agostino, Brockton, Mass.,
trying to beat Shipwreck Kelly’s- rec
ord for continuous flagpole sitting, 40.
feet in the air.
William M. Jardine, of Kansas,
former Secretary of Agriculture, who
becomes America’s envoy to the couii-,
try of King Fuad.
Three Days Before the Stork. A
tnrn to Col. and Mr». Charles A. Lindbergh on June,
If dur» to anything In heredity the baby
tjjunwwing»- This >o«»rsph eUw« ♦he proud young psYent» starting o< for g Hight just
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