The Dolores star., 1920-09-03
YOU'D BE
SURPRISED!
g, Issv by MecIur. Ns~.p.prr syudie"fs1
By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD

II down IN the manuscript OF ms plaH'
How the dickens was man, already
wildly running his fingers through ms
hair in the throes Of extracting from
his vocabulary the exact woru lur 'le
big moment In the great love s'eue a'
tho end Of the third act, 10 com the
vital EXPRESSION when his ears were
being assaulted hy murdered English
and meaningless slang2 Just listen TO
her AT this moment
Charley blew me TO Il coupla seats
at the show last night"
YOU'D be surprised !"
Sure. and he's going 10 take me to
the dance Tuesday"
You'd be surprised"
With feelings similar to those OF the
historic camel at the placing OF the
last straw. Ainsworth strobe TO the
door and flung ii open.
Miss Carter" he enunciated. will
YOU kindly 90 downstairs and If there
is any girl down there whose tongue
Is not hung in the middle send her up.
If you please. Thank you
Thnt evening Betty, Buffers sister,
listened amusedly 10 Buffers TRADE on
the gender female. "Oh, Butler she
said. "you shouldn't generalize. You
know ! always maintain that every
girl, even the priTnmest, properest one.
has n little bit of deViltry In her. Well.
quite likely nll the slangy, shallow
ones have their Spcck OF sobriety ana
parneStness-She just didn't show you
that side" oddly enough It was not
the last part of Betty's sentence which
stuck in Buffers mind. but the first.
And II was that he recalled the next
morning as he watched the girl who
had been sent up to replace Susie.
Was 1t possible that a girl of this
type, with such deep gray eyes under
level brows. such serene mouth. such
steady polse, possessed any slightest
spark OF deviltry? Butler found 1t
positive pleasure to watch her supple,
well caredfor. accurate fingers and
ponder what hidden surprises man
who knew her well might discover.
Every morning she worked for him.
until at last the finished play was
ready to place before the manager
Butler had planned. on Its completion
a long rest on sunny southern shores
suddenly 1t occurred to him that that
would mean foregoing the sight Of
Miss Lane.
Il say. Miss Lane" he begged boy
ishlv. Just to help me celebrate,
won't you 90 out to lunch with me?"
The girl. who had been slipping on
her gloves, paused, raised her inscruta-
BILE eyes to his, seemed to be consider
ing his proposal, then replied in even
tones, mo. thank you"
A mad desire seized Butler to break
down this barrier of reserve. Her eyes.
he told himself, were the windows of
soul well worth the knowing, or he
was not as adept judge Of women as
the author of three successful plays
should be.
lust this once" he pleaded. "Any-
where You say, and won't do 1t again
I am so glad TO get that thing Off my
mind that | want TO 90 out and throw
up my hat and do snake dance, bu
you can't do that sort Of thing all by
yourself"
Perhaps the shadow of very genuin,
disappointment clouding his face. a.
she still hesitated. finally infiuencer
the girl. "All right. | will" she told
him. Just this once"
That night Butler. sitting cOzily or
pOste his sister on the other side o
the table in the tiny dining room o
the apartment Betty kept for heI
brother, told Of taking his stpnng
rapher out to lunch. "She's quite ii
girl-has depths" he added.
"What's her name?" asked Bett,
absentmindedly, thinking that mex
time she would either put more geln
tin or less water in the dessert of jel
lied fruit.
shes Miss Lane" replied Butler
Betty looked up quickly. mo.
Peggy Lane?" she asked.
Cant say" said the man, wonder
ing why on cash he didn't know her
first name. This girl is rather tall
very quiet and reserved"
Couldn't be Peg" declared his sis.
ter with emphasis. "Peg Is in some
downtown office. but she's the opposite
of that description-or was when ]
used to see her-a regular live wire"
THAT isn't at all like my Miss-er
i mean, this Miss Lime" said But.
Ter In some confusion. "Shs's quite
the opposite"
The sunny southern shores waited
in vain for Butler Ainsworth. That in.
dustrious young man was at work on n
new play which required long hours of
dictation to his stenographer.
And presently he broke his word
and asked her to go to lunch again,
and she broke hers and accepted. And
he asked her to the theater and she
Went. And he asked Betty to come
down and be introduced And the
words OF the introduction were never
uttered.
peggy Lane"''
Betty Ainsworth
"It's been 0gpS since 7 cow yo,, ~