The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-12

, ing room only" after Brandon had
gone.
Yes" she admitted. quietly. "Af-
ter you left. You see John was all
that 1 had, the only one to share
with. He dug a knife into me and
twisted it around"
THAT shouldn't be serious"
Brandon observed wounds of that
sort are easily healed. He'll soon be
thinking better of his temper-and
his suspicious"
81 am not so sure of that" she
returned, quickly.
HE doesn't understand met
seems as If nobody does. But he was
the only one who hurt. 1t would be
easy to straighten out his mind, of
course. But he couldn't preach at
me, any more. That would make him
uncomfortable"
"Was it, then, SO serious? Is he
so very necessary"
Joanna shot quick glance at him.
I'll not answer that now" she said.
You said there was 10 be a second
question-what is that one?"
You have already answered 1t,
he murmured. 1T had to do with
John. 1 won't ask any more about
him. I'm to be his rival, you know"
Brandons habit Of saying this
sort Of thing so easily, worried Jo-
anna. Any of her boys fumbled
dreadfully when they attempted deft
gallantries.
II believe you could look into any
woman's eyes and say, I love you
with a free conscience and without
a CULVER" she challenged him.
He laughed softly. You will find
few men, in your new career, who
will hesitate with such a VOW" he
replied. And, I fancy, you will
not be long learning how to meet all
such emergencies"
1T shan't fear the men," she
agreed. Its the women. I won
der how I can bring myself to meas
ure up. You see, I realize that 1
shall have to learn a lot Of new
well, learn a lot!'
I'D give most anything II you
would finish your phrase-a lot of
what?"
Tricks" she confessed, laughing
to him. II could hold my own with
Georgie-she's been rather a chum,
you know-or with any of the rest.
If they had anybody I wanted
usually landed them, If tried, and
they had to start early to get any
one away from me-but now, well,
I'm in for new competition now"
Fl WOMAN, a young woman,
q whose smooth black hair
chung to q beautifully formed
head, woman with sombre black
eyes that suggested twin flowers of
night, lowered close to the table and
paused. An observer would have
thought that she had stopped, and
was about to speak to one or the
other of the pair at the table. But
she moved on, her slender hand fiut-
tering at her escorts sleeve. Only
one who observed very closely would
have detected the almost impercepti-
her with a gesture of his c1garet.
Joanna was not even conscious of
the little tableau of an instant.
| Brandon kept her attention.
"You think\ then that your prob
lens will have, to do mostly with
what you are calling competition
from your own sex? That implies
that your plans. when they've
formed, will be a conquest of men?"
Joannas brow wrlnkled. THAT
sounds as If I'd admitted something
I shouldn't. Won't you tell me
what?"
"But you haven't" he protested,
earnestly. what else should there
be for you to plan-but to bring the
moths to your candle-f1ame. Could
there be anything more interesting
for a girl so lovely and so free from
care?"
Joanna smiled into his eyes,
brightly. There really isn't any
thing else to do, is there? For a
No one will tell me of any thing
else to do with the money. And
there are so many things to buy,
I hardly know where to start in.
shall have to find someone, too. to
help me. George has been my best
girl friend, but she's too much like
am. All she can do is to squeal
That's trick she developed until it's
become second nature to her.
imagine men like you. for example.
require more efforts on the parts Of
girl than we could think Of be-
hind the silg counter"
RANDOM smiled with her.
Xix you mustn't class me as so
different from the rest of
your boys as you call them. You
have succeeded admirably in cap
tivating me, without added wiles.
And you can't put me down as a
plain fortune hunter, can you? You
see, I have famous banker sa a
doting uncle and I've heaps of
stocks and bonds and such things
so you are not to consider me as
| having set a trap for your millions"