FEBRUARY, 1924
Vol. LXXXI NUMBER 1
Nickie and Pem
THE STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO WASTE HER LIFE
By Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
“PEM, you’re too darned good!” said Nickie.
“I don’t call it being good,” replied Miss Pembroke. “I call it simply being self-respecting.”
This was the sort of thing her friends found objectionable, and Nickie began to object now.
“Lord!” said she. “Don’t we work hard enough to deserve a little fun now and then? It won’t hurt your precious self-respect to speak to a man now and then, will it? I can’t—”
“Oh, that’s all nonsense!” interrupted Miss Pembroke. “I see enough of men, and I put up with enough from them. When I’m off duty, I don’t have to put up with anything, and I won’t!”