Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-20

most shivering. "I-Mr. Wallace prom
Used to do all that for me-" 80
She put the statement back into her
desk. little disappointed. Then he'll
be here this morning?"o -
Eyes; he'll be here right away. He
had to go to the barber shop" ne
laughed. II shave myself. thank God!'
he added fervently. %7s$S, .
Her manner now became more serl-
GUS and rather. pBzzling. 1t was not
as IL he had done anything which dis
pleased her, it was not even as II she
thought he might; It was only that OF
the delightful woman who is wonder
ing If, presently, she may not think ne
might She was not suspicious. she
suspected that she might suspect. he
knew it; men always know when WON
en- are beginning to wonder II they hao
not better very soon begin to wonder.
It's the only intuition mere men have.
Presently, while he waited, acutely
conscious that some unpleasant ele-
ment had entered into the situation
but densely ignorant of Its character;
and while she calmly went about the
business of her Office management, az
which, it may as we'll be stated now now
as ever, she showed unmistakablee signs
Of perfect competence, she went 10
complicated filing cabinet. extracted
from it certain other papers, carried
them across the room to the desk near
which he had found a seat. laid them en-
on that desk. then slowly turned and
faced him. I'll aa,
"Do you know that Mr.. Pembroke, OF
the Consolidated, is here in town.
To her great satisfaction, which she
would not for the world have admitted,
he did not hesitate before he an
swered; he did not try to beat around mo.
the bush; he INDUCED In no evasions
or delays Of any kind whatever.
Eyes, l know it." he said promptly:
1t may be that some detail In his
tone or manner treasured her, at any
rate her voice, when she spoke next.
was free from certain Icy hint OF
criticism which undoubtedly had crept
into 1t. &, 81 VI q NM B. Il !.
did he come here with you!" b
mo; he followed me herr"
'Have you seen h1m?'' She made
no attempt to offer an excuse for
cross examining him; she evidently
asked the question as an interested
party who has q right to be informed.
Was she not citizen Of Jonesville and
an employee OF the Jones Pepsin Gum
Company Nj III. VI, 3$3
mo; have not seen him, but Mr..
Wallace saw him last night and turned rl ltt
down his offer, too. S55!<55
Instantly the reserve, which, intangi-
BILE but perceptible, had affected her,
dropped from her. She was no longer
In the least suspicious. !. I58s III,
"Oh, I'm 50 glad!" she exclaimed
cordially. 23. i. .1s2 n &
But he failed to note this circum-
stance; he failed to ward against on n
coming danger. AS matter OF fact no
was not thinking Of her as an employe
OF the Jones company. he was not
thinking about Jonesville. he was con-
sidering his own pressing need for
money and the delightful possibility
that through Pembroke, In one way or
another. that need must be relieved.
He rose and paced the floor with light
and hopeful tread, wholly without ap-
prehension. .2z'
1--WE gave him to understand that We
wouldn't sell for less than a million
and q half" He said this half proudly.
Then. with the accents of hopper:
1--WE expect him here at eleven o'clock
with his answer" ,~..f. * 5s7s e -. .s
Her face took on q puzzled and dis
approving frown. "But you Just gave
your word to the men that" Z.
81 Now he spoke definitely and crisply.
No one listening to him could imagine
that he did not mean exactly what he
said: that he had not carefully constd-
cred every meaning Of each syllable
that he was uttering. .=%
g.. rTQ BE CQNTlNUED.l