Halfway to the Altar
I knew what it meant to be out of a job, broke and hungry, that's why my heart went out to Ware Renwick, the day I saw him standing outside the window of Trahern's grocery store where I was demonstrating a new pancake flour. Although he looked shabby and hungry, he was handsome enough to change the beat of any girl's heart...
Too Ambitious
People did not expect to find a young and pretty girl as a barker on the carnival's midway, but when my father went to a sanitarium with a heart ailment I stepping into his place. I had been born and brought up in the carnival world and I knew that the show people were watching me and Pete Stacy and predicting that we would soon be going into double harness! But I had other dreams. That's why I went to a swanky resort for a vacation and it was there I met Kingston Gersham, who was the kind who could make those dreams come true...
His Fortune-Telling Sweetheart
No one paid much attention to me on the campus. I was just Patricia Sanborn, a blond, shyly-quiet girl, with prim, New England ways. They would have been startled to know that I was leading a dual life and was paying my way through Emlen college by telling fortunes as the fabulous "Gypsy" Valda, who advice they sought in the Bohemian Tea Room...
Engagement on the Rocks
Jerry and I were engaged. We worked in the same office. We'd often gone out with Jerry's best friend Mel and his fiancee, Elaine, until Mel took a job in California. Jerry and Elaine had grown up together, and Jerry had brought Elaine and Mel together. That's why he was so upset about Mel's jilting. But I'd never cared very much about Elaine. She was too spoiled and self-centered...
Also Numbered Vol.36 No.2
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