The Coolidge examiner., 1933-04-07

that he had been Manager OF the
Glee Club she got all worked up and
said he must have got many a
Thrill out Of the job.
She asked him where he had his
Hair Cut, and II that was d Real
Pearl In his Stick-Pin, and did they
have Movies In Sycamore and had
he ever thought of going on the
Stage and If so. Whyl 1t didn't take
Herm long TO size her up as Cute
but Shallow-Beautiful but Dumb.
He never read any OF the Letters
she wrote Back TO Madge and
Ethel and LOra. telling about the
GOotie she had been stringing. 1t
Is very difficult for an Intellectual
Giant to realize that he Is being
Joshed by some BabyFace whose
Brain seems TO be absolutely at
Rest.
In every Large City on the Other
Side the educated Greenie went
into Shops and permitted hypnotic
Sales-Girls to load him up with Junk
he didn't need and didn't want. And
yet. 1t seemed To him. all of the
/ time. that they were a lot OF de-
ferring Menials who simply wanted
TO learn his Royal Pleasure.
Becoming a Trained Seal.
He came back Home with bust
ed Letter of Credit but the Complex
of Superiority was working over
time. He still suspected that the
Creator had put aside all other En-.
gagements and devoted Week 10
working out the Plans and Speciti-
cations for Herman Wyckoff Tetley,
Bingham, 90. It's certainly great
II you can feel that Way. 1t helps
one To get through many a Rainy
Afternoon-yOu know. just get in
front OF a Mirror and wallow In
your own Personality.
1t was about Chistmas Time, 1923.
that the handsome Young Gentle
man with the best Speaking Voice
ever heard at his Alma Mater. first
met the Grass Widow known as
Geraldine. when Herman got a
Flash at the vivaciOus Shoulder
Blades and the carefully-blended
Complexion and the Third Act Cos
tune. he should have crossed his
Fingers and run Two Miles In the
Opposite Direction. but he was rath-
er Intrigued. II the Reader will per-
NIT us to get away with that Word.
He felt that Geraldine might prove
to be an Interesting Study. She
turned out TO be Nothing Else But
Never having attended Bingham
College she had To rely on some
Practical knowledge she had picked
up on the Side. She sized up the
cocky valedIctorian and speared
him as II he had been a Fish. She
took the proud Patrician and made
him a Trained Seal.
Long after. when the Lawyer
showed him the Letters which had
been purchased for $4,000 and
asked him where he got such words
as "Babyola." "SnoopkIns." and
Honey Bunch" be said he sent her
the notes to keep her from dying Of
a Broken Heart or Committing Sui
eide. as per Threat
Ii required the Services of all the
hlgh-priced Attorneys In Sycamore
to side-track the Breach-of-Prnmise
Suit. The Fact that the expensive
Detectives from the City dug up on
Geraldine almost enough to send
her to the Chair. did not alter the
Fact than an old respected Fam
lily, such as the Tetleys. dating
away back to- the Time of the Span
tsh-American War. could not afford
to be involved in an unsavOry
Scandal.
The local Bank received a Crimp
from which IL will not recover for
many a Moon. Geraldine started
for Atlantic City to work at her
Trade. Herman kept under Cover
for Weeks Most of the time he
was in his Room. reading. over and
over again. his Masterpiece entitled.
Certain Phases of Feminism."
When he came to that Part about
Women being the Weaker Vessel
and condemned by the immutable
Laws of Creation 10 remain such,
he would tear ont another Handful
of Hair and carefully deposit il on
the table.
MORAL: An Grafton will do no
Harm unless prepared and deliv-
cred.