Nogales international., 1933-06-03


asked for dog and he got her ono.
now GO ON WITH THE STORY
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Shortly after ten o'clock Sam
brought the car to the front door and
slowed away her two suitcases
The bank teller at the bank greeted
her with friendly smile Good MORN
ing, Mrs. Packard. Say, that was some
Nttle tumble you took. How do you feel
after it?"
':Oh. I'm all right, replied, Joyce
hastily. She pushed her check in at him
and stood on tiptoc with breathless
impatiencc while he deliberately
connted out the money. Then she
seized it, thanked him abruptly and
almost ran out to the car again
When they we're well out Of the town,
hliinning swiftly along the smooth
roads, Joyce felt her nervous fear
evaporate under the stimulus of an ir-
resistibly mounting spirit OF adventure.
This was going to be fun, she reflected
Happily,
They reached San Francisco about
nnon and Joyce parted from Sam with
mingled feelings Of relief and regret.
AS soon as she was installed in her
clean little room at the big Y w. c. A.
Building she proceeded immediately to
: carry out her plan of action.
The days passed rapidly. In the
mornings Joyce went out for her in
stFuctions in driving car. In these
dives, much to her surprise. she had
little trouble in learning to handle a
machine
/ She spent the afternoons riding. in
beautiful Golden Gate park. Her first
fi,nidity vanishing very quickly, she
made gratifying progress and every
day looked forward to her ride with
+, greater pleasure.
One day she overheard some girls in
the. Y. w. cafeteria talking about the
: Chinese restaurants, and, her interest
aroused, she set, out to explore these
exotic places.
One evening she went there for din
ner, pleasantly weary after a day OF
riding and driving the car.
Dreamy and contented, she presently
wandered out of the restaurant, to re-
aiixc a moment later that she had left
her book on the table. She retraced her
steps.
A man was sitting at the fable she
had occupied, and she was Disconnected
to find that he had picked up her book.
81 say, is this yours 2" He was on his
feet in an instant lease sit down.
want to talk to you about it. This IS
really very eKtraOrdinary-
Joyce sat down. her embarrassment
vanishing. She felt at home with this
man. as If she already knew him well
enough to be casual about the meeting.
Why should she feel that with a man
she'd never seen before? He grlnned
at her with such informal friendliness
chat Joyce thought he must, surely, be
a friend OF Friils Packard. And yet
and yet-he was So unlike the, Manzan-
ita naen She stared at him, frankly
curious.
He was much taller and looked all
most as young as Neil. She guessed has
age as about thirty-one or two. A spietl-
did physique undoubtedly, with wide
shoulders and strong arms. AS tor his
face. the details of it impressed them
selves on Joyce so strongly in the first
few minutes Of their meeting that she
felt she would never lose the picture.
''l'm afraid I'm not altruistic enough
to give the book to you," laughed
Joyce. "Robert Ainsworth is one of my
fayorite authors, and I've wanted to get
hold of this book for years, but never
could. It's out Of print. you know
The little Chinese waitress, subtiy
smiling. approached. "Some. tea?" she
asked.
Joyce rose hastily. ''Mo, 40. tisust
90" :,
srrhen I'll go with you" he said at
once. thrusting a bill in the hand OF
the little Chinese girl, and following
Joyce. who was a little beWlidered Dut
glowing with pleasure.
They walked for over an hour. and
Towce discovered that her new friend
had read nearly every book thai! had
been written, and that his etlthusiasmS
were largely hers. He agreed eagerly
with her opinions of Robert Ainsworth
whom. he said, he "revered above a!
other nnoderns." He praised Alnswortf
SO lavishly in fact. that Joyce had
sudden sense that he was making fur
Of her, and for the first time she fcl
a slight hostility toward him. She coul'
not bear her admiration for Ainsworti'
whom she considered so gifted writer
Hastily getting her bearings, she dis
covered that they had gone in circl
and were again near the, V. w. {. A
and she therefore led their steps III tila
direction. 49,
Goodbye" she said "and its bee