The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-01

Nancy didn't cry. She starred
Is, continue her little speech. Her
ideas came faster than her tongue
could utter them. Howard Yves
colt was standing before her. fol
lowing every gesture, the move
rhsnts III her lips. His eyes grew
darker and darker until they
we're like two shining Goals.
ssGirl, you're magnificent.
Ebu're an actress. wish Be
isco could see this
Mr.. Wescott, please don't De
s'I mean I'll I've never seen
more animation in & woman n
All my life and I've met quite
few. I've met women VINO
would have reacted in many ways,
some would have screamed. Per-
haps some would have submitted,
npnne would have slapped my race.
You're the first girl I've ever
kissed who stood with her back
AGAINST the wall to give q logical,
reasonable explanation OF why she
shouldn't be kissed.
you're adorable. You can
have a. many afternoons off t. 90
fc that damned style show Az
NM want. You can have my car
~ drive up there. I'll drive yon
myself. But I'd much sooner nave
YOU give up that model idea.
You're not the model kind. Yousie
s.Don.t tell me what / am any
more. All that i want Is = chance
without being made love 70 Dy
every man i meet.
what ia YOU mean, every man
Won, meet, Who else has Deen
making love to you2D
lie walked UP close to her with
sudden fierceness.
is9h. no one" she stammered.
- was lust making II plural Tor
emphasis. You know what
mean. IL mean you, mostly.
There was q smile on her race
now. She reached for the door
Knob and before Howard Wes'
colt could get to her, she wa
Harriet Crosby didn't look up
fronn the letter she was typing
when Nancy came through the
door. Her face was just about as
stony as a human face could be.
Nancy was on the verge OF say'
ir'r something ito her, or trying
to Justify herself but the words
would not come.
eve nothing to be ashamed
or she thought, and she remem'
hered the advice of Mrs. O'Day,
offan given, that IL anyone were
frIia 70 himself ana his own con-
ecfence he needn't care what any
c,e thought. Mrs. O'Day said
this not knowing that William
gf,hkespeare had said 1t first
,lFc thine own self be. true
thou can'st not then Be false to
Ant how hard 1t was to prac-
ties that, now that Nancy had
occasion 10 apply It. She walked
nRar 10 her unfinished work
fyTSf filing Just never would get
ap..1. with these love-making IN
tnSrltnfkons The thought of IT
s,s~aacht q little smile despite
nefgelf. Her sense Of humor had
offen saved her in tight places
before. -
Sehe glanced at her wrist watch
hundred times that afternoon,
ana finally. in desperation, IN
strapped it and put it in drawer.
vphen she did this Harriet crosby
,aiaed her eyes and Nancy
thourht there was almost look
NJ rilspicIOn in them.
ssrhls watch annoys me" Nancy
MD more to break the uncom-
fortable silence than because she
wanted to start . conversation
ssYes7, said Harriet, with
suggestion Of sneer in her tone.
Just "A she had thought, Win
the watch out OF her sight, and
her determination to keep her
mind on her work, the afternoon
did fly. when 5 o'clock came
eli the filing was done, with the
exception OF a few letters.
She decided she might as wen
stay until she was through SO
she continued working on al
tnongh Harriet closed her desk
WIN q bang. just on the stroke
Up, put away her typewriter,
,a n started powdering her rather
se nose. She even dabbed
ne rouge on her cheeks.
49, was the first time Nancy
.L seen her use makeup and
- sgnt came as great relief.
@lLleL completed the operations,
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