The Washington times., 1931-12-21
CHAPTER 3


Laurel, drawing out Of the
radius Of Rogers arms after
he had kissed her, my little
brain is all a-whirl! I'll say
you're an exciting devil"
You feel the way 1 do?"
the man breathed in her ear.
"O-oh! sotch goose-flesh!,
Laurel, I'm crazy about you!
7 love you to death"
"That builds me right up,
seeing we're doing our stuff
where the ghost walks!"
"Baby girl, don't kid"
"How I do slay 'em!"
"Aren't you ever serious AZ
allP"
"Wowie!"
Laurel, don't turn me
down."
'sWhy shouldn't I, with Imo-
gen forever sitting in your vest
pocket?"
"But it's you I want!"
"FIa! so the villain leads Lit"
tie Eva into an ambush?"
what do you mean? Am
bush?"
"WeIl, there's two kinds. The
sort that fills the ears full OF
rice. and the sort that fills
the ears full Of hooey! Don't
spill the banana oil in mine,
old dear, because I'm wise to
you."'
"And if I'm not nutty about
you, what am I doing?"
"Perfecting your petting
technique, as Imogen just
hinted."
"Never mind Imogen! She's
out of my life if only you'll
step into It'll"
She'll be hot footing 1t here
in a minute if you don't quit
the roustabout!"
Through With Her
81 tell you, Laurel, you've
only got to say the word and
I'm through with her"
Gas gallant as that?" she
Knocked.
go that's what a female
gets for-what's the word?-
throwing her bonnet over the
windmiIl?"
Laurel, wherever did you
hear that expression?"
"Well, that's what they do
ha saving down hv the old
mill stream"
"That Imogen and p"
"Are that way about each
other. So why should I cop
her Number One he-male, and
drive the poor girl into a nun
nery?"
"It is rather spooky here!
Come closer and you won't get
the shivers!"
Maybe the electric currents
worse! Running into hundreds
.. your voltage!"
Laurel, give me chance"
ITO frizzle me up? Nothing
doing!"
Because Of Imp That's only
hot air"
II tell you, Roger, your fatal
charms would be my RUNE"
But you did kiss me a few
minutes ago! Just as though
you meant it, too," he pleaded,
his arms about her again in
the uncertain moonlight.
Why Should He?
Because girl has a glass Of
champagne and it makes her
sort of playful for a moment
isn't any reason why you should
get all het up about it,"
Pooling me, were you?"
"Mayhap. You darned old
profiteer."
4 streak of light penetrated.
"D'you mean-marriage?"
I do. But I'm not thinking
Of you that way. You may be
a sheik, Roger. but what with
your present entanglements and
your two divorces, you're no
gilt-edged security"
Roger was huffed. What the
hell, Laurel! I don't know why
I stand for you!"
''Nor do t. She was thrilled,
just the same, over her unex-
pected power, however tempor-
ary, over this man whom the
other girls were wild over. 'To
get me all warm and confused
is your ambition, I know. Go
right on hoping!'
Little mink! I could spank
you, and then eat you, LAUREL"
well, hope is a light diet,
but very stimulating. That's
in 6 book by Balzac. It's ap-
propriate to your cannibalism!
$50. You do get a kick out
Of my feeling? You're not just
q little frozen angel with the
wings sprouting2 You're not
just joshing?"
Playing with Fire
"I'm here, playing with fire
and you, because-aS the song
Says-'there's a little bit of bad
in every good little girl!'"
chanted Laurel, twisting dex-
terouSly away from him. She
started to run toward the house,
but Rober was soon apace with
her.
Hold ont" He caught her
arm.
"Whoops! Enough of this
maidenly jiu jitzu!" she gig
gled.
But he drew her back into
the shadow for a moment as
the Side-door of the mansion
opened, and Freddie DeFarge
and the red-haired girl who had
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