She clutched her companionviolently by the arm.
Rubenstein for a series of timepayments which could be met by Clyde.
She shook her head negatively and sobbed the more.
There were the letters, theone hundred dollars, the furnished room in Montrose
Street.
It didnt seem to suggest any real aid for
her.
Wear that little black hat with the red ribbon
under your chin,will you?
I need aroom for some one who is sick and hasnt
much money, but its notso easy to find either.
His glance was quizzical, curious,
imperative.
She fairly vibrated with the intensityof her
approval and delight.
I wont promise, but Ill see and I think I canmake
it.
He had had nothing until recently and always
wantedto run away.
Oh, I know, sobbed Esta, but Ive been so
foolish.
Oh, I know, sobbed Esta, but Ive been so
foolish.
They were never together any more without his
insistingupon the real depth of her regard for him.
Moren that no one would dofor you, now, would
they?
Youre sure you couldnt make it to-morrow night? And
now Ive brought all this trouble on Mammaand all of you. Her eyes, as they seemed to
him, had a kind of dancingfire in them.
He took it out of thewindow and held it up. He
opened it, andsaw a flight of steps dimly lit, up which she might have
gone.
And so, now he stood, staring and puzzled the while
Esta cried.
Its strange that she wouldnt come here if she is
back.
Perhapsit was just some one who looked like
her.
Alsothat she would be the smartest-dressed girl in
Kansas City beyondthe shadow of a doubt. He had seen hernear Eleventh and Baltimore,
or thought he had. Alsothat she would be the smartest-dressed girl in Kansas City
beyondthe shadow of a doubt.
Oh, I know, sobbed Esta, but Ive been so foolish.
And more to extricate herself than her mother, shefinally observed, Poor Mamma.