Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-30
"None in the least" affirmed.
"Just what is the idea, please?"

sometimes WomanS strategy
succeeds where a mans would take
longer or fall" she responded.
wait" She leaned forward in her
chair and knit her brows in an effort
at concentration. "Just line or a
word or two would do, would it?"
"Pe ,fectly. Yes"
"Tk en- If / could get him to write
short note"
at would be the very thing"
She smiled and rose to her feet.
"Wait here. am going to the Of
flee for some paper and pen and ink.
l will return to you in a few mo-
ments." She hurried away down the
hall.
/ rose again and went to the glass
side of the house and looked out. The
sky had thickened still more. In fact,
sky had thickened still more. There
was little doubt that storm was ris-
ing.
Suddenly l felt a desire to get
away and accomplish this last errand
of mine and get to the office and
back to Dual. Then | nodded to my
self. Once more in the old magical
way the road was smoothing itself
before me.
l had come here to Sc this girl and
get the package, without any idea be-
yond that. had even been distul bed
as to the manner in which / was GO
ing to get the specimen from Mallet,
and now here was this girl stepping
forward and suggesting the simple
expedient of getting him to answer
something which she would write.
1t was simpleness in itself. l Won
dered that l hadn't thought of it my
self. Yet, after all, it was more a
woman's method.
AS she had said, feminine strategy
would often succeed where masculine
methods might not. There would be
nothing to excite any suspicion in
Mallet's mind at receiving note
from his cousins fiancee. Then why
should he hesitate to reply?
And that reply would fall into my
hands, and l would take it to Dual.
l wondered if Dual had suspected
what would happen when he told me
to see Miss Burton.
No matter, the wheel was going
around, and what would happen would
happen.
At least Dual knew what that hap
pening would be. Why should
worry? After all, l was but an
agent who went where l was sent and
did what l was told to gain what !
went for.
Back of all my work was the great
er intelligence of the man in the
tower who directed me in all that ]
did. / grinned as stood.
AS a child l had loved to read the
"Arabian Nights" Now the whim-
sicle thought came TO me that the
relation of Semi Dual and myself was
that of the Genie of the Lamp and
Aladdin reversed.
Dual was the Afrit, all right, with
transcendent power, and / was the
mortal, but instead of my telling my
enslaved magician what to do and
when, he was ordering me about.
could imagine Dual's quiet laugh
when l should spring that on him in
one of our friendly talks.
The click of the girls returning
footsteps turned me away from the
window. She entered the sun-room
with an envelope in her hand, which
she extended to me.
'If you will deliver that to Mr.
Mallet by messenger l believe it will
gain you what you want" she pre-
dicted.
81 am sure he will answer it, anG
you can have the boy bring the an,
swer to you. And, oh, Mr.. Glace, i
do hope you succeed and that Mr.
Dual clears everything up quickly
1t, means such lot to Gustav and
me-"
"We will succeed. Dual doesn't
fall" | assured her. 81 thank you
immensely for this note. I'd have
never thought of this way, and it's sc
easy that it can't fail. Now Pm off. ,
Quite frankly she held out her hand
"Thank you SO much for coming, and
good luck" said she.
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