Lookit here." "He was all I had," said Mary simply, her lips trembling.
"Yes, I know.

But what's up to-night, Mollie?
You're still.

Anything gone wrong at the store ?" She was looking at her room-mate keenly.
This was their regular time for mutual review and for the restoring gossip of the day.
"Well, you see, Annie, they told me that times were hard now after the war, and more girls ready to work." Mary Warren only answered after a long time.

A passenger, sitting near, was just rising to leave the car.
Annie also said nothing for a time.

"It looks bad, Mollie," said she, sagely.
Mary Warren made no answer beyond nodding bravely, high-headed.