Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-25

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" Avn HERE IT CONTINUES
wemsn is IN Easy Mark
.-rn hand went out to the receiver,
n ~s,eh opened with q 'as5'tonss
- me wall at the end OF her desk.
;.y% s,',h 4 murmured excuse she drew the
WV. .,.,.cs to her lips. She listened.
sS.n Harry Carmichael heard her tone
~pwbo, Oh. Thank you very much
,,,f an afraid not; I am lunchins with
wv. 'vs !. =. an. else today. Good-No; on
hid yrid., shall be out Of town: 30 =, sor. r..
l''',; ~: I don't know. oh, thank yo,,
=. =. N. freesias; lovely. Good.oy.'
". r,.n ~ ss the poll eness vanished
g.. .s.", ..,n. orl, the crossness on her young
49,. ~. .h. dung back the telephone 10
,b,, 4. made q softly V'o'e"' '"0'~
mains. the rubber PAD. ..,.,,,.,
"rhere. You see," she ese'.'meu
.,,,i,v, "rhat's wha; I mean. That "as
- ~. NJ them. Wants 10 take "s out 10
,ureh @ Bunch of flowers, seven 'ano's'A
,. n.nce; lunch, fifteen shil'inss. har''
% p .,,o about the overdraft before
~. M ,;oueurs are on the table. Hopes OF
.,usrinr m matters by marrying me pres
.r,iy 49, I believe I should think
nav. - of--thas person who rang me up
4. cut out the flowers and the res
..u,.nt and said what he came for.'
an. sat back, petulantly. In her chair,
.Tbat-person was the only one Of
men," she proceeded with her sr'ev'
,ne.. There are hnlf.a.dosen others
som. Of them aren't quite 90 obvious
M, IL all. Those IRE worse. More
dI@eult for me, I mean.) 1t 1t ISM
sn oy.rdraft, it's . mortgage. Vi
,ounss ers at school. Or new venture
"a finance. Or sunbeams from cucum
Nm, Or something. They flock rount
m. because I'm q woman and the!
think" she sighed impntiently
"They know q woman IL an easy mark
4 woman With money. It's enough T.
make me wish l hadn't ever achieves
any, Only moneys such fun. II you JUS
u,e Il and buy things and dom. begl
b think in terms Of Il. That's ugly
yu ! have to do that
Her voice, which had trailed a It'll
vearily, rose as she suddenly took IN
ether point.
III these men don't leave me alone
! know what will happen. shall los
ny dair and that means ruin to th
business. That sort Of thing about N
pus me Of my game. I've noticed
already. This gift I havc-of KNOWN
where the luck is-that fails me whe
there are men about trying to 'mak
up to me. (You may think that'
superstition. Plenty Of business peopl
are supcrstitious.) These men and thei
eternal proposals.! They can't bca
to think Of all my money-left unmar
ried - No man, you zee, to kee
Oh the other man. A father, or an un
els, or q brother would be better tba
nothing. Only in my family we'r
deadly short Of men,"
She ,urned to the young man listen
Ing to her. She said, YEARLY. "Yo,
~ the position, Major Carmichael.
He thought he did. Just anothe
manager. That was what she wanted
4 man Of her own class, to keep Inc
out. lie could have boxed her ears fo
bringing him down to the city on
fools errand.
She said They all know I'm I
b found here early on Friday morning
Iherel be another RUG In i've min
utes."
Carmichael. with the grim smile th,
covers ebbing temper. remarked. :"
you answer tho others as you answere
that first one. you'll manage to pa
tor your own lunch after all, I expect.
A, the bluntness and of handedne'
q this. she actually flushed n littl
Yet her face lighted with u certain ~
proval, almost as II she told hersel
II vas just hoping for som,body ,
blunt and as forbidding as this" b.
cloud she merely replied. "lm tir,
o. answering like hat. am tired I
having to answer at all. am afraid
ies. ] know I'm an idiot, and n We
man, and weak about having 10 81
NO.. And one day ! am afraid ! shn
o. badgered and bored into saying 'Yc
70 one Of them. And then my flair wi
so' and everything will be spoilt. !
-, - She looked at Carmichael al
nearly snapped. "You see the on
way out Of 1, for me-"
whats that"
ITS obvious. I must be marie
already. Don't you see!'
re saw it. He got up. lie bowe
ins." 1
she watched him turn away. Th
..as.'nctlve girlish flush was still on h
!see. but the other was there toO---h
,esolve to keep her temper with tn
man who obviously thought her troubl
"ers not worth considering.
wal; one minute" shc said. sittiI
"p straight IN her swivel. chair. n,
assuming the air Of a woman .of. tn
LSnd-.young, but stlll mistress Of he
sH ana Of the olice; again almost NAL
nI nlm into an applicant Tor a 10
1ss1en, please. ] don't want hu
ggsao. you see, an ordinary one. VII
So want 10 somebody who wor
Iot0er me At all, who won't be n