FIFTY-TWO WEEKS FOR FLORETTE
By ELIZABETH ALEXANDER HEERMANN [ELIZABETH ALEXANDER in Saturday
Evening Post, August 13,1921.]
It had been over two months since Freddy Le Fay's bill had been paid, and Miss Nellie Blair was worried. She had written to Freddy's mother repeatedly, but there had been no answer.
"It's all your own fault, sister. You should never have taken Freddy," Miss Eva said sharply. "I told you so at the time, when I saw his mother's hair. And of course Le Fay is not her real name. It looks to me like a clear case of desertion."
"I can't believe it. She seemed so devoted," faltered Miss Nellie.
"Oh, a girl like that!" Miss Eva sniffed. "You should never have consented."
"Well, the poor thing was so worried, and if it meant saving a child from a dreadful life——"
"There are other schools more suitable."
"But, sister, she seemed to have her heart set on ours. She begged me to make a little gentleman out of him."
"As if you could ever do that!"