The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-01
Every Man Is In Love With His Stem
Ographer-Or His StenOgrapher Is
in Love With Him, Says Student
of Human Nature.


AVA and pencil and went down
the corridor to Mr.. Dexter's hand
some office.
s'Sit down. sit down." he said
60 her without looking up. I'll
be ready for you IN a minute
He went on reading his morning
mail.
suddenly the door opened and
IN came a large, flushed woman
IN a purple suit and a small
purple hat loaded with feathers.
Her face was almost as purple as
her clothes. Mary Rose hardly
recognized her as Mrs. Dexter.
''Good morning" she said po-
,litely and stood up to go. But
Mrs. Dexter barred her path.
She looked her up and down with
angry eyes.
$50 this IL the womanI This''-
she pointed a gloved forefinger
at the shrinking girl. So this is
the woman who's trying to break
up my home!"
CHAPTER XXxV
At first Mary Rose wondered
whether she was losing her mind,
or whether Mrs. Hilary Dexter
had lost hers.
Trying to break up your
homer she echoed, her eyes wide
with dazed bewilderment.
Her words and the look on her
face seemed to enrage Mrs. Dex.
ter all the more. She swelled
visibly, and the plumes on ner
hat shook with the angry nod
dings Of her head.
That's what / said, you young
bussyr' She seemed to leap at
the girl as he said it, and Mary
Rose dropped back into her cnalF
That's what I said!'' she re-
naated. and she brought the palm
~ her hand down on the top OF
fha desk with a resoundin smack:
ssTrvin1 to take my husp9nd
awav from his family ana me.
Taalrine dates with him, and going
riding with him In his autoinO-
MARY Rose opened her lips to
a.nv that she had ever gone any
there with Mrs. Dexters pus-
rand hut Mrs. Dexter gave ner
- c6ance to speak. With
-,eoven1enf that was like the snap
- : whip in. its swiftness' the
f,,r.o,s mate OF the president OF
the Dexter Company had turneo
0n W ScornfuI Look
$50 this Is where you've been
eor two or three nights week
aver since last spring. IL lit Out
nth this creature!' she all but
.n,,aked at him. while sat
nome. poor fool that was. think
Ink that you were at the Racquet
club. or playing billiards with
Billy Edwards. as you said you
werei I've worked and shaved Tor
YOU for twenty-five years Hilary
Dexter. TO put you where you are
today! And this Il the thanAs
get for It'll
her eyes flashed look OF scorn
at the shrinking girl ano tnen
went back to her HUSBAND ap-
palled face.
II you were a poor man se
cried. mot In q century! Wnat
she's after il your money not
you! And you, you pIno iooi'
Won can't see II. You think sne's
in love with your gray hair. per.
haps, or your age and experience:
Hah"! She laughed bitterly.
''Margery-" Mr.. Dexter opened
his mouth tinidly.
Don't you 'Margery me- MRS.
Dexter told him furiously: You
lust keep your tongue between
your teeth until I've had my say.
,i'you hear?
Listening
II would have been q miracle IL
he hadn't heard. For Mrs. DeX-
ter was talking at the very top
of her voice. And suddenly, to
her horror, Mary Rose realized
that tie door of the room stood
wide open. Outside. without d
shadow Of doubt. the whole office
force was Istening-was taking
all this in. with enormous relish
enjoying it to the nth degree!
She got up. intending to shut
the door, but Mrs. Dexter barred
her way. mo, you don't" she
said. You sit right there, and
hear me out. What I've got to
say concerns you just as much
as it does him. she jerked her
thumb in her husbands direction.
and went on:
He probably thinks you're in
love with him! He probably tells
you that all that stands in the
way Of his marrying you and liv-
ing happily ever after, is myself!