The Washington times., 1926-02-01
Every Man Is in Love With His Ste
nographer-Or His StenOgraher Is
in Love With Him, !" Says Student
of Human Nature.

DON'T know, Flossie snlIIeo,
u wiping the end Of her little pink,
swollen nose with small hand
kerchief that was fragrant with
the smell of jasmine perfume.
don't know Men are so funny!
When she left her at the door
of the honeymoon flat, Mary Rose
walked slowly home.
1t was dusk, and new moon
rode high in the violet sky, like
silver sail boat.
The fresh odor of opening buds
and new, sprouting grass was In
the cool, electric air. And her
memory carried her back to a
year ago, when she had walked
home on just such a. night as
this-thinking about John Man
ners, just as she was thinking
about him now. Loving him as
hopelessly as she still loved him! i
1t had been spring then.
It was spring now.
But Mary Rose was sure that
I'm her heart it would always be
December.
CHAPTER LxVI
One afternoon toward the end
Of April, Cornelius Tuydeman
came into the office two hours
later than he usually returned
from lunch.
1--WE been playing hockey with
I an old friend Of yours" he said,
looking down at Mary Rose and
showing all of his handsome
white teeth in a wide grin.
She raised her head, with its
coils of shining brown hair, from
her typewriter. who was that!
she said.
Jack Manners he answered,
and then. as she said nothing, ne
went on:
HE is a friend OF yours, isn't
he? He said you used to be
secretary TO him over at Dex-
Mary Rose nodded gravely.
'SYes-I used to work for him,
was all she said.
she wondered il John Manners
ever had been a real friend Oh
hersg would friend have be-
Ifeved FIossie's absurd lie ABOUT
herself and Tom Fitzroy? OF
course there was jealousy
Sometimes that made people
relieve tales that otherwise they
would have pcoh-poOhed!
ssOueer thing about his engage
~osnt 70 that pretty Miss HING,
wasn't it?'' Cornelius Tuydeman
asked later In the AFTERNOON. he
and Mary Rose were faSt Decom'
Inc very good friends, and ne
was not nearly so shy with her
now as he had been.
wildly Curious
She swung around in her chair
and looked curionsly at him from
under her level black brows.
..tIow do you mean--queer?'
che asked. She was wildly GU
rioI,s to know about that broken
engagement. She had wondered
ten thousand times wnich ollo
of the pair had broken t--DOfis
or John.
well, they've been running
around together for years ano
wears" Tuydeman told her. re
stopped, and seemed TO be turn
ing something over in his n1ihd:
Way back in high school
DAVIS. Doris HING was in love
with him" he said at last.
can remember the way the girls
all used to laugh at her FOR be-
ing so jealous of him. She would
sulk all evening if he danced
twice with anybody but her.
And then several years ago
they got engaged. But for some
reason or other the marriage
didn't come off. There was some
talk about her refusing to marry
him at the last minute because
she thought he was in love with
a red-haired widow he met at
college"
Mary Rose felt herself suddenly
grow hot with jealousy Of a red
haired widow that she had never
heard of before in her life.
Engagement Off
But if he was in love with
any red-haired widow, he must
have got over 1t in short order"
Cornelius Tuydeman's even voice
went on. Fer, first thing
knew, he and Miss HING were
going everywhere together again.
But / guess the engagements
off for good this time. They tell
me that she's rushed off to Eu-
rope for two or three years. And
I can't say that Manners looked
.