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And with sure step she guided him
safely through the maze of dancers
and deposited him In his corner. "You
look better'n you can dance" and with
the parting thrust she was gone. The
professor regretted her hasty depaT-
ture. He wanted to learn the name
of the soporific perfume she eXuded
and he did want to tell her that her pet
ticoat showed
The professor suddenly remembered
In all such reports mention must be
made of the attitude of the girls and
men toward each other, and he would
investigate one particular individual
as specimen. There was girl who
did not seem so-er-braZen. He
would investigate her, and summoned
courage to approach.
"No, | don't care to dance"
The professor was very sorry.
Would she care to sit out? And as he
led her to his corner, he secretly com
plimented himself ON his rare judg
nent in so neatly mani ging his in
veStigation and in selecting SO inter
esting and attractive specimen"
He would imagine her as a bug ready
for dissection, as in his biological
studies But it would have to be a
very pretty bug. So he chose the
lady bug,
Perhaps because the girl vas pref
ty, or perhaps because Investigations
were SO interesting, but somehow as
the hours sped by the professor no
longer noticed the blatant raucous
notes of the saXophonist nor how
dreadfully out of time the pianist was
hammerng. Again the hall was
smpty. The girl noticed it before he
did His icc.cream soda stlll stood
before him untouched, Its foamy lath-
er all vanished
mo, you can't see me home; but
I'll be here tomorrow night
And when the professor crept into
bed, restless tossing brought tardy
sleep, ftfully interrupted by nervous
dreams
Il declare, Duncan" laughed Mrs.
Parminter the next morning rs he en-
tered the breakfast room fifteen min
utes late, but you look as if you had
never been out before And-why,
Duncan she exclaimed as her eye
took in his person; you're wearing a
colored tie!
He murmured something about be-
ing tired of black and appeared reti-
cent TO his previous evenings expert
ence, vouchsafing the information
that he would again visit the dance
han that evening.
But Duncan" Mrs. Parminter re-
monstrated. i've invited celia Doane
forN dinner and YOU know | did want
you to meet her The Investigation
can wait. Won't you please be homer
He walked the block thrice to avoid
again being the first in the hall and
paid his entrance Zee with an air nj
most Of hruvad< Seeking his corner,
he watched the dancers to find the
particular girl, but she was nowhere
visible. He circled the hail cOlliding
with every other coupe-hut no girl.
Why should he be disappointed? Sure
ly she meant nothing to him-he was
only watching her as a specimen 10
include In his report, So he entered
in his notebook, Dance halls create
diSapp0intraentS early In life Nor
did the Investigation seem To require
attendance the following evening, but
rs soon as he entered the han he knew
she was there. for he could sense it in
his whole body. BY an analytical
survey he considered the question:
why was he 50 glad To SEQ her? Just
to complete his report. He made his
way to her side and she answered the
question ia his eyes.
"An engagement kept me away last
night | am sorry"
The professor was for overlooking
everything he was glad to see her
looking 50 well this evening, And al
though the syncopated melodies Tempt
ed an feet on the floor the two sat
In the secluded corner and talked
what were considered original topics
when Adam first saw Eve. She
dropped her handkerchief aud as both
stopped to pick the my square of
white linen from the floor their heads
touched and somehow-the professor
was not thinking OF analyses then
their lips met.
The professor was dizzy n ae
gripped her hands with a Wild te'r