, 1922-04-27
Her Mixup in
Men
BY FRANK II. WILLIAMS


Ernie Crane knew at once that the
girl had made a mistake when she
beckoued to him and made him sit be-
side her in her high-priced, rand-ne
roadster. He was positive she had
made a mistake because he had never
seen her before and because she
seemed to think she knew who he was
And, also, he knew she had made y
mistake because she started at once
calling him George.
But Ernie didn't care much whether
the girl had made n mistake or not.
She was tremendously pretty and at
tractive, the day was soft and baliny
"a freak day in winter time-and he
was Just in the mood for an
ITS awfully important-awfully,
the girl told him. Il have to have
help and-and-"
81 looked helpful?" suggested Ernie.
..That's it," said the girl, looking at
him with big blue eyes that were
shaded by long, silky lashes.
Ernie felt his heart thrill at this. 1t
had been n long time, Il long, long time
since he'd peer so thrilled by II girl.
GU OuHll " ltii nv 'pNh
and-what it is you want me to do,
/ declared Ernie, as they swept through
the city out upon Il macadam pike.
my name?" echoed Ii girl. My
names Grace-Grace Jennings. You've
heard of me?'
"How could / help it?" cried Ernie,
although he'd never heard of her in his
life.
II knew you would have heard of
me- Grace went on. LAS you va you
could hardly have helped it. And the
thing | want you to do, oh'-she looked
at him with sudden, honest distress
81 wish l weren't in this at air.
Ernie looked at her alphabetically.
SIS it as bad as that?" he queried.
The girl nodded vigorously.
"Now that I've met you and seen
you, it's so very much harder" she
confessed in a harassed tone of voice.
Whereat Ernie wondered immensely.
How in the world could the fact that
' she had met him make things harder
for her?
'"I'm sorry" said Ernie solicitously.
"Perhaps things woul be easier for
| Auu II NOu Mtit W hAOH Aht CIV ahh
let me stop some other motorist and
get him TO take me back"
A perfect panic of fear swept over
Grace's face AT his.
mo, o 7" she cried. "That wouldn't
do at sill. No, I've got to go through
with it now that I'm in 1t. But l wish
1 weren't in it, / really do. George.
You'll remember that about me. won't
you. after it's all over?"
Ernie gazed at her in intense sur
prise. Why was she so sorrowful INT
pathetic about 1t? And what was she
getting him into, anyhow? The mys-
terry was growing deeper all the time.
an remember that you are charm
ing and pretty and adorable. no mat
ter what happens :" cried Ernie, with
n sudden access of fervor as he gazed
into Grace's beautiful pleading eyes.
Grace blushed at this and turned
her head away abruptly.
II don't know why in the world l
ever consented to do it," she mourned.
"If I'd only met you beforehand it
would have been so different. Then
I'd never have been in this mess,
George"
The girls distress was so very evil
dent that Ernie came to a sudden de-
cision.
IF that's the way you feel about
IT," he declared, suddenly. TN soon
ger you out of your trouble. I'll leave
you here and %
Rising in his seat Ernie made ready
to leap from the ear. But before he
could do so Grace stepped on the ac-
celerator hard and the machine leaped
forward at such a speed that 1t would
have been suicide for Ernie to have
leaped.
Don't do IT! Don't leave mel" cried
the girl. THAT would simply make