New Britain herald., 1924-08-15
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| bnh let " worry soui eAiu tn'
 Wreck.
 "It doesn't worry me; I'm perfeetl.
 calm" retorted Sally.
 You're nervous, anyhow"
 "I'm not nervous"
 "I'm an expert on nerves" he said
 You cant fool mo. I've spent m, money on specialists and know
 Right now you're more nervous thar I am--and I'm a wreck"
 There was good deal of thai kind Of conversation all afternoon The Wreck had an idea that fl Ii, could get her really angry she nigh, forget about the sheriff for while But the only times she got angr, were when she thought about Bot Wells. and then she was just as likel, 10 be laughing again the next minute. As for getting angry at the Wreck, she refused It was 8 form of comfort that was denied her, tor some unaccountable reason.
 Bob Wells ought 10 have more sense than 10 let anybody fill him ID with fool story about four highway men," she said as she sat down to peel potatoes for supper. Why there isn't any such thing as even one road agent. nowadays"
 We even have 'em in Pittsburgh, Sally"
 Pittsburgh I'm tired of hearing about Pittsburgh. You'd think the sun rose and set in Pittsburgh"
 Not if you lived there" said the Wreck.
 Well, don't be holding it up as a model, anyhow. It sounds-provin- cial."
 He refused to be irritated, which did not help Sally at all.
 But you'll see the sun rise and set there before l get through with it, he remarked with confident jerk of his head.
 Now what do you mean by that 2" He explained. with sudden en- thusiasm that surprised her, that as soon as he had his process finished he was going to take the smoke out of Pittsburgh and take lot of money away from the corporations that made the smoke. It was the first time Sally ever heard him talk much about himself, except the nerv- ous part. They knew he was a chemist, and that was about all. Dad Morgan, not being qualified in chemis- try and regarding it as something that existed only in textbooks, had never pressed inquiries. He assumed that the Wreck was some kind of a professor and let it go at that.
 E,,A {; ! a chemist who did things in steel plants and he had picked up a lot of information about smoke, as we'll as a good deal of smoke itself. He was going to make Pittsburgh as smoke less as though it were run by cleo tricity. It was only & question of time and patience and a little more research he said. He explained the whole thing to Sally, with a lot of words that she did not understand; and while he was talking about and what he was going to do to it, she also learned that he was born in Yonkers, New York, had three sisters, was a graduate of a col lege, had been to Europe twice, had lived in Australia, could play golf, hated the movies and was S2 years old
 "H'm," said Sally. who actually forgot about Bob Wells for few T thought you were older than that"
 That's because I'm all shot to pieces" he said. gloomily.
 What rank nonsense"
 Wait till you get insomnia"
 "Bosh. You only think you're sick. Whatever made you nervous, any how?"
 Women"
 She stared.
 "Women?" she echoed. Henry, are you joshing me?'
 It's fact" said the Wreck. "I can't stand women. There's pair | of them in the laboratory. And three of them in the office. And seven in he boarding house. And thousands of 'em, going to work, and coming home, and putting into you. no mat -er where you go. haven't got any thing against 'em, but I just cant stand 'em."
 Sally continued to stare.
 Did you ever take one of them to movie?" she asked curiously.
 Once But she got sore at it and ,riedl"
 Did you ever learn to dancer"
 "No;"
 Did you ever sit on a front porch md talk to one of them?"
 Not unless they nailed me"
 And you think you're a woman 1ater?"
 He looked at her in surprise.
 T didn't say hated them. don't. just can't stand them. They make ne nervous They act so-" He topped and appeared to discover hat she was woman. "I-excuse ne"
 Certainly I'll excuse you" said sally. because you're big idiot. Put on an apron and help me with hese potatoes"
 He was obeying her when Charley hcSween came into the kitchen, bur tened with two mediums sized grips !