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CHAPTER 1 l
Jane Weston heard the cold
wind and sleet beating against |
the panes as she dialed the Cen- b
tral Employment Bureau again. |
She said in a tired monotone, |
“Miss Weston calling,” and glanc- |
ed at the office clock.
It was 11:80. Every day for .30
days, while she was at this|
temporary job in the Oceanic Mag- |
azine office. Jane had called the,
same number. Regent 3000. Re-!
gent 3000. The sing-song refrain’
buzzed in her mind. 3
And each time, as now, she had |
received the same reply. "Son'y.{
No call for you yet, Miss Weston." |
Jane sighed and put down the
telephone. She began to type
again. It was a relief from think-é
ing about herself. |
Or was it? It was maddening, |
counting off the hours from eight |
to six. A good, steady job thut§
absorbed her was what Jane |
wanted. For more than a year she'
had taken anything—typing, holi
day clerking, switchboard work,
anything she could get. She
couldn’t admit defeat; she couldn’t
go back to that little middlewest
ern town until she had found what
she had been looking for when she'
set out alone for the city. |
Back in Indiana, Jane had been
a girl’ of high, keen spirit. She
was the middle child in a family
of five and had neither the intense
self-reliance of the first-born or
the home-loving content of the
last-born. She wanted to see
things and do things that were|
beypnd the ken of her companions |
in the town. And Jane was prac
tical. When she wanted a thlng,l
she went after it.
In the midst of the final letter |
in her wire basket, she looked upi
and saw Dickie Landon grinining
at her. Dickie was no more thanl
a glorified office boy, at his tlrat|
job. He had tried to date herl
every day for a month.
“Have you ever been to Coney,
Island in the winter?” Dick asked. |
““That's the best time. No crowds,
no hot dogs, just the long sweep
of the ocean and—"
“Am a breeze so cold it'll freeze
the marrow in your bones,” she re- |
“plied. “No, thank you. T'll take a
ecruise to the South Seas on uJ}
luxury liner.” |
She smiled knowingly, for she
had just typed a letter to a very
wealthy woman who had written
the travel editor of the magazine, |
asking about cruise to the South |
Seas. :
“Aw, come on"” Dick begged.
“Just this time. You're mno Kkiller
for looks, Jane, but you knock the
shine off the others in this build
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Suddenly he turned and said, “Swell tub, isn't-it?” ! !
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| TOMORROW: JANE BOARDS THE CRUISE SHIP, MEETS A SURPRISE |
ing. 1 ought to know. I've tried )
to date them all.” 3
Jane flushed a little, but sm-f
smiled at Dick's naivete. He wa.\l
as open and frank in his übser-:l
vation as a child. i'
Nevertheless she paused in lwr!j
work long enough 'to glance utl
her image in. the wall mirror.'[;
She kad dark-brown eyes and a |
pers, cushioned moutt. Her red: (
dish hair was set in smooth waves |
away from a high, white forehead lw
She had never thougiht of herself ]
as being especially pretty, but
there were plenty of young men ‘
who turned around to look after
her when she passed on the,
street, I |
At this moment there came the
faint sound of a ship's horn’ from
Ethe river. Jane glanced quickly
toward the window which over
1100ked the shipping at the piers.
‘l“ar down she could see the tug- |
| boats nosing a giant liner, like a
| sleek greyhound, out into the
l water.
Streamers of white paper hung
from the stern of the ship, and‘
faintly Jane could hear the noise
of the sailing. She could see thel
black throng on the pier-head,
| waving handkerchiefs to the peo
ple on board the departing cruise
! ship.
She stood up and tried to dis
tinguish people on board the ship,
but they were too far away. The
ship steamed down the bay, car
rying those people to life, color
and gaiety on tropic seas. {
“Down to the sea in ships,” es-i
| caped Jane's lips. Then she sigh- |
ed.
‘ “Huh! It’s one of those cruises
| to nowhere,” Dick Landon scofled.
| “I'll' bet they don’t have any
!more fun than we had on the|
Show Boat last summer. We used |
to go up the river and back all in!
‘one night.”
| But Jane didn’'t hear him. She‘
picked up a newspaper and turn-
I ed to the steamship columns. “The |
is. 8. Orinco sails today ‘at noon
with 440 on board. Among the
passengers are Prince Raoul d'Es—‘
pinay; Jack Fields, international |
tennis star; the Barl of Abingdon;
| Lola Martinez the danseuse; and.
| Alberto Grandi, the tenor—" |
J! From somewhere Jane conjured
| up the sight of a romantic ITtalian
baritone who sat on the deck un
}—der the stars and murmured a
| lot of nonsense about the moon- |
{ light and kisses on Lake Comb to
| hér-—Jane Weston. Or there wnsi
a bronzed young man with blond
hair and blie eyes on the sun
deck of this ship who asked her if
she'd like to go for a swim in the
Pompeian Room which was luxu-i
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
rious and smelled like bath salts|
all the time. : ‘
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The buzzer on Jane's dsek!
brought her back from her l'ev-{
eerie. Dickie Landon said, “Hey, |
wake up! Jerry, the boss, is call- |
ing you.” '
But Jane had heard. She had!
already picked up her dictqtioni
pad and was on the way, smiling |
and alert. i
She found Jerry Seal h_unchedi
up at his desk. He was ,louseung]
his brown hair and when he look- |
ed up, his eyes seemed tired.
“I'm " sorry tww spring this on'
you,” he said. “As 1 told you when |
you came, the job was temporary. I
Today I'm ‘forced to tell you- thei
magazing is suspending publica
tion. After . today your servlcesl
will no longer be required. Nor
will mine,” he added gloomily, “asl
soon as I untangle the 'business:
end of it.” i
Jane thought about Jerry Seal's
wife and two youngsters and for
a moment didn't think about los-|
ing her own job. Tears came to|
her eyes. They were the tears she
had been holding back all day.
She gripped her chair hard, but|
- she couldn’t keep Jerry from see
ing her wet eyes.: '
i He smiled in his friendly, robust |
way. ‘I know it's tough. - Look
‘here—take some time off this aft
ernoon and scout around the |
agencies for a new job. I'm going
to lunch now with the publisher.”
Jane stood up and thanked him.
:Then she went back to the outer
| office, put on her hat and coat‘,
;and left the building. v ~‘
‘ A cold wind was blowing in;
|frnm the river and instlnctjvelyl
‘Jane drew her coat closer aboutl
{ her. She turned up her collar and
began to walk. “I've got to save
‘cartare,” she confided to herself.
| “Besides, most of the employment
‘agencies are close together in the |
| downtown business district.” ‘
[ But she soon found the walking |
difficult in the slush. The icy |
lwind cut her face and her galosh- ‘
es were sodden and heavy. ¥rom |
| a corner drug store, she called harl
}mommat(» at the walk-up "roomi
| with cooking facilities” they
| shared. \
] “Fm down town making the
trounds of the agencies,” Jane
| said. ~ “I'm through at the office: |
!there isn't any more job. Won't!
| you come down and share my |
| misery this afternoon?”’ |
| Alice said, “Have you had your |
j lunch.” '
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| “Well, you little idiot, go ml
; Kramer’s on Canal street and or
| der some hot food. And wait for
me there.~” |
Jane left the booth and enteredi
the iittle white-table-top restau- |
rant with its pleasant smells ol"
vegetable soups and pastries. Shel
sat down at a table before the
window and ordered a bowl of
| clam chowder. l
~ She and Alice had often made
the rounds together. Alice want-l
"od a steady job, teoo, but l’mdl
found nothing except spare t_\']zmgl
{julm to do. There was somethinzil
disheartening about entering a
~crowded employment bureau alone,
' but, - together, Jane and - Alice
sailed into the agencies,'one after
the other, with chins up and
- spirits soaring. Employment mans |
Cagers liked to see them come in.'
i’l‘he harrassed managers always
said, “Nothing for you two girls
Itoday. But I'm looking out for
you. Come again tomorrow.”
! Scmeone had left a newspaper
y at the table and Jane picked it up
to look at the “help wanted’” sec
tion. But, with a sigh, she put it
down. It was the same old story,
nothing in her line., l
i But a headline caught her eye.
“Sardine Prince Visits America.”
Below was a pieture of a blond,
‘smiling, personable Scandinavian
vouth, aged 21, who was making
+ his first visit to the United States.
|He was the son «of a wealthy
packer of——curiously enough—sar
dines. He was in this country te
' make a study of his father’'s busi
lness interests. He was too handa!
some, Jane thought idly, scanning
‘ his features.
| The young man was quoted as
,saylng, “Fm crazy about Ameri
lcan‘gifla. I might marry one be
fore I go home. Who knows?"
: And for moments Jane stared at
| nothing. -
| She transferred her thoughts to
| words as her roommate, Alice, sat
‘down at the table, ordering a cup
of coffee.
l “Where do girls meet men like
| that " Jane asked, pointing out
ttho smiling male personage. “Cer
| tainly not in an office! There's
'Jerry, who's worried sick about
‘his own wife and two kids, and
{ Dickie, the office boy, and—"
l “Dreaming again!” Alice com-
Evnonted drily. “Why must you
i bick out a sardine prince to yearn
| after? What you want is a job!”
. When Jane didn't answer, Alice
| went on pitily, “You meet men
| like that on shipboard-—taking a
?r-ruis(- to here, there and yonder.
{ They and the fishes don’t inhabit
;dry land. That's how close we’ll
| ever get to one."”
' CHAPTER 11.
l Jane came back to earth with a
“We have to make the round’ be
start, “Let's get going,” she said.
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Jane dreamed of strange foreign lands . . romantic nights under a south:rn moon . star light, the scent of jasmine s . and B
handsome baritone murmuring nonsense— ’
} fore dark.” |
;q The twe girls were systematic
lin their job hunitng. They kncW!
!the short-cuts on foot and subway }
ifrom place to place. They stepped |
| inte an elevator and were carried
’up several floors. ‘As the elevator |
’approached the employment bu- |
!nau, the steady hum of I'q-minim'j
| voices could be heard, rising cre- |
scendo. Jane once said it was ,thei
sound of torturea souls. i
i When the elevator _doorg \\'om:
lopen the noise of the .\\'aitingi
roem almost knocked one pack '
into the car. Low voices, shrill |
voices, business-like calls and |
shricks of laughter. Hysteria and
an occasional joyful squead. Under- |
neath the uproar—the steady un-.
i dercurrent -of human wants and |
wills and ambitions. '
It takes a little steel in one‘l
Jane thought, to advance cheer- :
| fully into such a picture of hub- !
bub and excitement, but she man- |
aged it today. She and Alice stood |
in line, adding their chit-chat to:
the volume of noise about them. |
As they advanced, one applicant |
after another, toward the ,har-’
rasseC manager, their hopes soar
ed untii—when at last it came
their turn "to be spoken to‘—thé‘f
answer canie, resonant and clear, |
“Sorry. 16tling for you today.” ,
After they had visited 10 agen- |
cies Jane's spirit flagged. “It's no!
use,” she said. “We've done this sol
lo!ten it’s like a dance routine. And
still we never find jobs! What's |
lthe use?” ’
] They were standing before a
‘brilliantly lighted show window. It’
Iwas the office of asteamship com- !
|pany and' there was a g‘orge')uslf
i display of color in the advertise
ments. There were signs which
glorified the is'ands set in tronical
.seas. Bermuda. The Bahamas.
The Isle of Pines. ¥Spend your|
winter in Sunny Spain”’ “The|
‘roses bloom in Venezuela in wln-l
ter.” . Port au Prince. Gay Ha
vana. “Take a cruise—" ke ’
‘There seemeq to be magic in the
names and magic in the red and
#old and green tints. In the m‘d-‘l
dle of the display was a giantship !
model—a ' white cruise ship. A
'sign underneath said, “This is
vour hotel throughout the triangle!.
cruise, sailing tomorrow. Nassau, |
Bermuda, nine days of glorious!.
romance underneath a t r 0 p ic|
» . A
m;::g was so absorbed that she |1
did not notice the blond young ]
man who stood at her side, look- !
ling at the same display. She said
!to Alice, “All of us inlanders have
iruu‘_ paradise set on islands in the
i southern seas. I wonder why it
| js—"
! Turning suddenly, <he gaw the
yvoung man. He was smiling and
f.l:me realized — with.& shoek tha:
?»\'"nf a deep bluh to ner cheoks
|—that he¢” was the handsomest
| man she had pver seen, T
i thing that had stepped out of a
I movie: 5
; Glancing away, she madns mental
{note. of his blond haiv and hiue
!(«‘,\'f‘s and a face that was tanned
‘ the color. of russet brown. Evi
idently he didn’t. belong to the
{woerk-a-day canyons of the city.
I His bare head and tanned face
| were proof of that.
1 Jane' begah to talk meaning-
I léssly to’ ‘Alice " about the incle
§mént weather, and took her arm.
] But' the young man didn't notice.
YHis 'eves were on the ship model,
fta‘king it all in from bow to stern.
| Now Jane had a ¢hanee to watch
{him. He seemed to be making up
:his mind about something., Sud
denly he ‘turned and, without
imuch ado, said, “Swell tub, isn't
it?’ -He' smiled and, with that
friendly - gesture, he was gone. He
went up the steps into the steam
s ship office and Jane saw that he
limped slightly on one leg.
;- “Masher;” Alice murmured.
| “No;.1 don’t think he was the
!type» at alll” Jane said. “He was
|toq clean Jooking—"
Jane watched the young man
Italking to the clerk inside. The
latter. pulled . down a hooking
’chart. indigated a stateroom on
’the cruise ¢hip, and the young
jman nodded his head.
{ Jane sighed. “And he ups and
| buys & ‘eruise just like that. Do
you know, he looked like a man
from out of town who was lonely.
A oity can be the loneliest place
{in the world. I know. But what
|is it about a city that keeps peo-'
lple ‘from coming together? If a
man speaks to you, just in a
friendly sort of way, as he did,
he's 4 masher. If a gii'l looks in
terested in a-man, she’s a pick-up.
lAnd ‘we just go on being lonely.
'Now, on a ship, -especially a m‘uisr.el
ship, ‘the people come together—"" |
“There you go,” Alice said, “with
'vour talk about cruise ships
again. Snap out of it! It's getting,
‘colder evéry minute” i
. They moved away from the
window when a biting wind caught
them in their faces again. “I've
had enough discouragement for
today,” Jane said. “Besides, . I
d ‘ have to go back to the office and
o tell my kind-hearted boss, Jerry,
(\;thzu 1 didn’t find a joh.” ’
¢! They parted and Jane made her
zway back to the office alone, She
o 1 Was physically tired from the
ditrudging in the snow and her
{ shoulder: droped a little ag she
. | came in. She sat down at her desk
¢ for a moment before she went in
- to see Jerry.
1 She was tired, unutterably tired.
{ As she sat there, trying to com
1| pose herself for a final stab at ty
o ping, that feeling of hysteria and
1 dread came over her again. She
- | picked up the telephone and-dialed
(-;lhr- telephone employment bureau
. lonce more. Regent 3000, She said,
e!'Mits Weston calling—" And
waited.
—{ “Sorry. Nothing today, Miss
- | Weston.”
|»| Jane put the receiver back on
.1 the hook and steeled herself. At
|, | least she had three weeks' pay
. | coming to her. She could live on
h that thirty-odd dollars until sheJ
p | found another job. She coujdn't
o 1;;0 home— 1
t She got up, smoothed back her
tlhair. and went in to see the husl-;
t|ness manager. He looked up and
e 1 said, “Oh, hello, Misg Weston. 1]
-idon‘t think Tl need you for dio-z
et tation today. But sit down. Tl've
| more bad news for you.” l
| Jane's heart leaped to the gorge.l
e‘ She listened, wide-eved. ]
5 | Jerry went on, “I feel like a per-l
{ sect heel, Miss Weston, In one
I{day I have to let you go——don't'
eithink I don't know. how hard!
: | things are—l haven't a job now.l
| either. But, look here, it's just
| this—
Again Jane's sympathy went
| out to him.- He was such a har
) {ried individual, as he sat there, all
L |-hunched up over the desk, hig fa,ce!
-swan from worry.
) “There's no money to pay you\
| off,” Jerry went on. “Oh, you'“!
|get it in time, in the course of—
-1 liguidation. But there isn‘t al
| penny for anybody now. I can't
| get mine, either. The publisher is
tied up.”
| Jane said, “But 1 haven't a pen-'
ny to go on with! And no job,;
‘|What‘ll I do?” : i
{ et i
It was the second crisis she had;
faced that day. This news was
| the fi.r%l blow. ii ‘
| 'The business manager winced.
| But he went on talking, “How
would you like to take a cruise?” |
he asked. “One of those triangular
affairs. Pirst -to the Bahamas,
then to Bermuda and home. It'll
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1936,
| give you a chance teo take stock—e
.| look here, Miss Weston, I couldn’t
help this—"
l Was the man mad with his wor
|ries? What was he talking about
ni’——a cruse?
o 9 know it's m)t‘ a job,” Jerry
,?wont on, “but you might enjoy it.
'A breathing spell... You need a
~rest. Thig cruise, starting tomor
| row, isn’t half bad. How would
you like to forget all your troubles
f~and go 7” »
u Jane stared at him without com
.; prehension. “I'm afraid I don't—"
i “Here's the way -it—is: Th(‘e ad
‘fver(isors in our 'magaz.ne—steam
|+ hip companies—have been paying
ug off in scrip. We have a stack
~of cruise passages in the safe.
‘i MoOst of them we sell for the face
‘vvalue- A S6OO cruise nets us only
. S3OO. Some of them we can't sell
lat all. If you :ray xou want to
go on this crlléM?norrdwh r
take the ~and make you the
| present or‘?cruise. I'll charge it
| against the salary we Owe Yyou,
.‘Eand all; will be square.”
i Janeg'’s eyes widened with sur
{ prise and delight. “You mean—l
| can sail on that cruise ship to
| morrow—to islands in the south
jern seas—"
i Jerry was a realist, ‘“Life, color
| and gaiety,” he scoffed- “That’s
ithn poetry of it. Don’t believe
everything the advertisers tell you.
ll write it,” he ended cynically.
} *“Oh—" Jane stood up and beam
{ed down on him with joy. “That's
what I'd hoped and dreamed of!”
Ishe said, whirling in a delirlous
jeircle about him. “I'd love to. I'd
adore it
Jerry felt embarrassed by ‘her
exuberant spivits. He said, gruf
j flv, “All. right. Here are /o
'tickets. A cruise to—to nojvhere.
‘}Now get out of here andglet me
’clear up this jam—the whglie busi
| ‘ness—""
| She picked up the tigkets and
grabbed him for on feivent em
l brace. Jerry sat back in his chair
'und eyed her smilingly. “Young
| lady, this handgome guy. doesn’t
'go with the cruise. - Yeou'll have to
ifina vour romance aboard. Good
éby- Bon voyage and all that.”
. Jane went to the door with his
| last words on her lips. Bon voy
age! At this time tomorrow she'd
be on the high seas, sailing away
—away from all that tensed feel
ing—to romance in southern seas.
! What adventures would befall
her there? : L %
(To Be Continued) -