“Penny, I can’t tell you how shocked I was to learn about your father,” her chum began breathlessly. “Is there anything I can do to help?”
“I’m afraid not, Lou.”
“What are you using for a car? You must need one badly.”
“Salt Sommers let me have his last night. I’ll get along.”
“Penny, I know how you can buy tires!” Louise went on. “In fact, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about.”
“How can I buy tires? Rubber is supposed to be scarce.”
“When I was having my hair fixed at the beauty parlor yesterday I heard two women talking!” Louise declared excitedly. “It seems there’s a garage where you can get them if you pull the right strings!”
“Oh! A Black Market place?”
“I suppose that’s what you would call it.”
“I don’t want to get tires illegally,” Penny said. “I’m not interested, Lou.”