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boat whistles and saw the tiny gold- in en circle of the ferris wheel turn- hering over and over.
ber
Beautifui Eden Roscitar, Barclay's Department Blore, ves wil EXTERTAKRES
mother, Molly Rowalter, elder sistet. Myrs, and her young brother, Mike. The two girls support the family. Molly touliahly ponds money saved to pay the rest. Ellen decides to work nights Deenland dance hall hostose until the sum is made up. The hostesses must we
́evening dresses and Ellen has none,
Steven larclay, &7 and Ellen's employar.
Then the stars came out.
"Listen, what time is it?" nsked Ellen suddenly, "I've got to get to Dreamland and you promised to re- turn the car to your friend."
That doesn't matter," Larry ró- plied carelessly as he leaned across the table toward her. "The only
so the alti crying and discovers the allu ton. He enda Kiten a lovely frock when she refuses to accept it as a gift” Ellen formats her wealthy employer's Kindness when t Dreamland she meets handsume Larry thing that matters is that you and rowgate, an artist. Ellen discovers Larry is I are here on this roof and that you engaged to Elisabeth Ifowes, debutante. have the lovellcat eyes. Did you She is burt that he has falled to tell her thin, but, though the beileres film, but he a pollao-ever take a good look at your eyes
-Ellen?"
derer, she sontinure to see him.
Ellen quarrels with her mother, refusing to break an engagement with Larry to recent one from Barclay. She goes to Conny 16,
and with Terry and finds herself more and
more in love with him, »
CHAPTER XIV
But Ellen was not to be diverted.
she rebuked. "Don't you over look "No wonder you're always late,"
at your watch?"
"As a matter of fact," he laugh- ed, "I haven't a watch. I'm afraid Coney Island was having a re-if I carried one I'd have to look at cord Sunday. Under a cloudicas (rit."
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sky of electric blue lay an ocean the Ellen was taken back by the sume shade Alled with people who novelty of this viewpoint. What had fled the heat of the elty for an idiot he was! But she was the heat of the amusement resort.little troubled also. Larry had die The golden sand of the beach was tinctly told her his friend intended completely hidden by the swelter to use the car that evening. She ing multitude. People sprawled had her job to remember. She could under umbrellas, in steamer chairs, not be easy until she knew the or lay face down on the beach, sur-time. She told him that. tanning.
Policemen herded lost children while frantic mothers searched for little Jimmy or Ike or Jane. Pienie parties gorged on popcorn and hot dogs. Young husbands proudly pa raded with their young wives. Pretty, pale-faced girls strolled in pairs, bright eyes alert for the chance of an escort. Lovers taught their sweethearts to swim. Life- guards bobbed up and down in boata, listening for cries of help. It was a record Sunday.
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"Honestly," said Ellen in awed voice, "I've never seen
BO many people before. Never!"
"You mean so many that you wouldn't like to know," Larry am- niified thoughtfully.
"Snob," she accused him. "Certainly," he agreed. "So aro you. Confess it don't you think we're the nicest people at Coney laland, the afternoon?"
"Certainly we are." Bho agreed demurely, delightfully conscious of his hand on her bare arm, delight- fully conscious of his nearness when the crowd pressed them to-
gether.
"Still want to swim with all of New York for company?"
"I still do."
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Sumewhat aggrieved he set off in search of a waiter. When be returned he was amiling broadly, good natured and cheerful again.
"Everything's fine now," he tensed her. "It's too late for me to take the car back and it's too late. for you to go to Dreamland. It's 15 minutes of 9."
Ellen uttered a cry of horror. She stood up.
"We'll have to leave this min- uto!" she cried.
"But no you don't understandi It's, 100 lato to leave. We'll stay here and dance. What # lucky bre: k my not having a watch!"
"I may not make any difference to you," Ellen said, determined to Rober him. "But my job is impor-:
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"But you can't," he exclaimed. was quick enough to mend the She forgot everything except the That's what I'm trying to tell you, situation he had created.
she was dancing with Larry an We couldn't reach town before 10
"We'll go dancing in town," he that. Larry-liked her. In a thot any way--maybe later."
went on. "That'll be more fun sand ways girls understand so we Ellen was annoyed and hurt. any way. This place was begining he had told her so. When he saw suddenly that she was
to get tiresome.” not amused and that a genuine at all. Just a moment before he Ellen could not understand him mood of anger and disappointment was keeping her silent, he changed had been eager to stay. his tone. She thought he seemed disinterested as he asked what she would do.
do
They drove home through 13 fade and the cast was beginning t night when the stars had begun
lighten and that still, cool hul just before dawn enveloped the
As Larry had predicted, Salomon city. When they arrived in Brook They reached the bath house.
was willing enough to accept lyn the sun was breaking over thể Larry monned when he perceived "I'll telephone that I'll be Inte. Ellen's confused excuses, willing house tope. They paused to lool the long queue of sweltering men suppon that's the only thing I can enough to permit her an ovening at the brightening east and to and women lined up for suits.
away from the dance hall when he breathe the delicious coolness be "My God," he said plaintively. "I've got it!" Larry exclaimed. was able to proft as much by her fore they crept into the quiet house Then he demanded, "Can't we do We'll stop at Dreamland and I'll absence as by her presence. But and slowly up the stairs. something about this? Buy some buy all your dances for the eve- Ellen found herself uncomfortable Larry hesitated at the door d body's place or something? There's ning. That'll fix Salomon. You'll the other girls thought it odd. Ellen was to have him. It had She knew long time, as unwilling to go në man, near front too, looks na if sec he'd be glad enough to nell."
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over the arrangement.
Ellen, reluctantly, unwillingly, Anise, in particular, stared curious-been such a perfect evening they **I suppose you've already got found herself laughing with him. and turned to Tony to make told each other again and again, Your tan at Palm Beach and don't It was too difcuit for her not to what Ellen was sure was a' spiteful in hushed, surreptitious voices they cure how the rest of us manage." respond to his easy, Ellen said with mild sarcasm..
agreeable The annoyance faded from his
face.
"Doni tease me, my child," he complained. "I was thinking of you, benyen knows I was. My heart fuil at the thought of you in one of those suits. The trick seems to be getting every customer into suit that doesn't fit.”
remark.
whispered of what they had seen She forgot all that as she and and done; whispered of future oven if he couldn't seem to under-Larry danced the night away on
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charm. After all, she thought,
д
FIRE
He pointed to an extremely fut woman stuffed perilously into a black suit two sizes too small. Sho was emerging from one of the bath houses with a youngster of 10, a slender, wispish little girl almost falling out of a suit two or three: sizes too large. Ellen giggled.
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After all she and Larry didn't go into the ocean. They rode on the whip and in a gondola through Venice that was moon- light blue and slightly too damp for comfort. They rede on the rollor coaster. Ellen, like,100,000 other girls, shrieked as little red cars shot down shining tracks and drop- ped into what seemed miles of lighted emptiness.
"Hey, this idea was 100 per cent. to the good" caroled Larry as he steadied her in his arms, "I must have been missing things all my Ilfe."
They ate hot dogs from the hot dog wagon and cotton candy which melted under the tongue liko sweat- ened air. They breathed mingled odours of sawdust and canvas and popcorn. They went to the sido- shows and poored with fascinated horror into narrow booths. There the fat lady quivered like moun- tainous jelly. The cigarette flend, thin as a snake, smoked endlosely. The sword swallower challenged his digestion with knives and nails. "That remindo me," remarked Larry with the utmost seriousness, "I'm hungry."
"After all those hot doga?" mar- velled Ellen, giggling at his fool-
shncs.
"Only three or maybe four. You're hungry. too. You can't deny it. Your tongue's hanging out at the thought of food."
They lunched on the roof of the Midnight Moon Hotel, despite El- len's fooble protests at such ex | travagance. "They ate lobster New- burg and strawbery foo, with rack- less disregard of their health, while from far below they heard staan.
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