CHAPTER 11TAKING A WALK
Peggy had recovered a little from the delightful surprise of the check, when Jane came in from a shopping trip an hour later. She decided to say nothing to the other girls or Tex about the unexpected bonus for she had secret plans for the use of the money.
Jane was full of chatter about her trip the day before. She’d had a couple of opposition congressmen on her plane, who’d kept the entire plane amused with their noisy arguments. Another quiet, mousy little man was a famous radio commentator whom the politicians had failed to recognize. The evening before, on his broadcast, the observant commentator had repeated the argument, word for word, and lampooned the pompous representatives heartlessly.
“I see you’ve been grocery shopping,” Peggy said, after they’d chatt
