Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-22
'AONE-MAN
WOMAN
BY HAZEE DETO B97CHEZCP
IS2/ e. PUBLIC LEoG6e co
CHAPTER XXI
An Impulsive Move
<<"H HATS not an interesting
subject" Harriet returned,
smiling family. I'm just


subject" Harriet returned,
smiling family. "Pm just
a very ordinary girl, living
a very ordinary kind of life"
But you're the kind of girl who
ought to be living the most extraor-
ed, quickly, eagerly. You're the
kind of girl men want to do things
for, you go to mans head" He
leaned across the table and covered
her hand quickly with his.
Harriet drew her hand away in
stantly, and he laughed uneasily.
please don't do that" she pro-
tested quickly.
st won't" he murmured huskily
"but you're sc. sweet, and SO utterly
unconscious of it. It's hard to keep
from touching you"
Harriet knew now that she was
going to have trouble, and that she
had done wrong in accepting this in
vitation. 1t was plain to be seen
that Charley had no intention Of dis
cussing office affairs with her, and
it was also easy to see that he did
not intend to waste any time in
showing her what he felt.
She wondered what his feelings
were exactly. Did he merely want a
desperate filtration with her, or did
he mean what he said? Harriet had
never had any experience with the
lighter forms Of Irritation, she had
never f1irted with any man, and she
knew intuitively that it would tax
all her ingenuity to carry on fir
tation with Charley. He was so OBJ
viously a man of the world, and he
had evidently known many women.
No doubt she had appealed to him
because she did not exactly classify,
because she had not welcomed his
advances, because she had almost
avoided him.
She went on with her dinner in
silence, eyes downcast, busy with her
thoughts, and finally be spoke.
you're angry because I did that"
he said suddenly.
She raised her eyes then. Yes"
she said evenly.
"I promise not to do it again." he
voiced impulsively. II want your
friendship, and 1 won't do anything
to frighten you. You won't hold it
against me, will you?"
His tone was SO anxious that Har-
riet smiled involuntarily. you
mustn't act as though it meant a
great deal to you," she said, making
an effort to speak very lightly. Aft
er all, I am merely your father S
stenographer and. therefore, some
one from an entirely different world.
It's too great a distance to cross to
make a friendship between us at all
possible. I came tonight because
you were kind to me and l was lone
ly, but it mustn't happen again.
Charley laughed at that. CAS- If 1
would agree to any such thing" he
said, taking the reins into his own
hands. do you think I'm going to
lose you just as 1 have found you?
We are going to be friends, and to
prove. it you are going to the theater
with me, and then 1 shall take you
home But it won't be the last time,
no, indeed. You didn't expect me to
consent to any such arrangement, did
you"
Harriet made an evasive reply. She
knew that it would be useless to
argue with him, but she would have
to think out a plan to keep him at
distance. If only there were some
way that she could get him to talk
about Barry. She wondered if he
really did like her so very much, and
if it wouldn't be possible to use him
in some way to her own advantage.
The trouble with that lay in the fact
that if she showed too much inter-
est in Barry Neil, Charley might be-
gin to wonder why. She would have
to play her cards very carefully If
she undertook a game of that kind,
and that it seemed very sordid to
play on Charley Harmon's feeling for
any help that she might get from
him. And yet it was for Barry!
Surely she ought to be willing to do
anything with Barry's freedom at
stake