The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
CHAPTER TWO

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L = sure that she mad realized
trouble was brewing when she saw
Tony heatr Tor the A5rary's ref
ereEce department. only a girl.
Sarah was certain. could have drawn
Tony into the gloomy quiet Of the
reference room. and kept him there
for THO whole hogrsi
Suddenly Sarah came TO another
Of her quick. intuit!ve decisions.
Tony was turning booEsh because
Of that red-headed girl from Geor-
gia. ann HOLSTER. who had been
added % the staff only this week
and Temporarily assigned 20 assist
Mrs.. Heating. reference Librarian
There was not a chance in the
world that Tony AIickle would fail
20 notice "a pretty girl anywhere.
Following her -hunCh" Sarah
walked from the Information desk
40 the reference room and looked
ins dc. At the far end Of the room
Tony was huncled over a table. his
block hair rump.cd as usual. appar-
emily clgr0ssCd "A a large book
Epr, I'd before MIN.
Sarah won't back 90 the lobby
She was willing 20 give Tony the
benefit q the doubt.
An hour elapsed before he passed
IN, information desk Half way 70
tie door. he stopped. retracing his
stop what a hrst-class sleuth
you re turning out 70 be" he said.
'Weu. what ars the fndings?"
Sarah met his amused eyes and
laughed. so you saw mel I've Just
: Cec.ded maybe 1 was wrong"
"NO. you were quite right. But
wrong. too 1 came for information
the first time. I've come back be-
cause I've been knocked for a loop.
Think OF finding a girl Ike that
shut up in a reference room when
she might be-"
when she might be listening
20 y0gr ardent phraSeS2'
"When she might be posing for a
painting
Don't pretend with me. Tony
He smiled back at her. Well,
admit t0r the sake OF argument that
I'm more of a man than an artist
auc that I have been trying TO meet
her What's the harm2'
Get along. Tony. I've got work
% Co'
Couldn't you wangle an intro
ducfl0u Tor me?'
IL can not. This is q library
not bureau 70 promote the dark
plots of ambitious young men, Get
thee behind me. Satan. or rather.
the doors in front"
Troy wasn't taken in a day,"
Tony aid blthely. sarah, did you
notice her cves2'
81 noticed ler hair. In the in
rere li peace and sanity-and es-
pec.aIfv u that girl wants to hold
'ner job mere. L think she should
.sunlus DO a little"
"e.me day I'm going to put that
RED hair on a magazine cover. See
= DON'T
FL hope not" Sarah replied de-
gou-ly.
All afternoon she felt vaguely
troubled. NJ last coming 10 the
.reaL-Iuon that Ann HOllister-Or
rsrrer the combination of Ann Hol-
lister and Tony NIickle. irresp0nSi-
ble young commercial artist-was
the cause of IL.
The trouble was that Sarah really
liked Tony. Women invariably did.
Eileen Wallace Tor instance.
More than once Tony had told
Eileen he was through, yet she was
constantly bobbing up again
She was sorry he had seen Ann
aolliSter- He would be dangerous
for a girl as young. as unsOphiSticat-
ed rs Ann seemed.
Sarah and Ann had spent several
hours together the day before and
the older girl had realized that.
while Ann was intelligent. she was
- long way from sOphlstiCatiOn-
The following afternoon Tony ar
rived as usual He bowed eXtrav-
ncantlv 20 Sarah. passing her desk,
a hooking smile in his eyes.
Occasionally ne ran nand over
his black hair. Sometimes he
stopped reading TO sketch on a PAD.