The Washington times., 1935-04-11

sweet Of you. How's the con-
ference getting on? Oh! not
yet, Ell? Oh, that's unfair! No,
don't yield an inch. No, I won't
worry. Good night"
Juliet had sought sympathy
and had found encouragement
instead, for Gottlieb had sud-
denly become pessimistic over
the negotiations in the East. He
had told her frankly that the
deal had started to go wrong.
The chain store people were
obstinate in offering impossible
terms. They were, he believed,
dickering with another cosmetic
firm. The agreement that had
DANGEROUSLY promised a fortune
now seemed scarcely more than
a threadbare hope.
O'Hara and Won Guerdon,
too, showed signs Of the strain.
Won Guerdon did not appear
in her office. but phoned her
from his surgical department in
a dry voice.
IT stayed with her ladyship
until 6 this morning. She's
sleeping under a sedative now,
but I'm going to run out and
see her this afternoon. don't
mind telling you, though I may
be violating a confidence, that
she's determined to bounce you
and Gottlieb out Of the insti-
tute'S affairs. Better get hold
of your lawyer right away"
Shortly before noon O'Hara
came in, a rumpled look about
him, his eyes swollen, with an
incipient puffiness under them.
"Good Lord, what a night"
he said YEARLY. ''I wouldn't go
through it again if Hubert gave
me the institute for a present.
Were you able to sleep?"
Eyes, Of course" said Juliet.
"You see, I wasn't involved in
the-as it were-romance."
IT hope you didn't believe
anything that crazy old woman
said" he retorted. "She has
always been off balance. but
never this bad before. That re-
juvenation business set her OFT
her head completely. It's pitt
full, suppose. but I can't stand
it any longer. I'm going to re-
sign and get out"
Broken Reed
Expecting any help from
O'Hara, Juliet decided, was like
leaning on a broken reed. The
man was too temperamental,
too sensitive to his owp moods,
to view the situation with de.
tachment. He had no secure
inner castle of indifference to
which he could withdraw.
do you want me to accept
your resignation now? It hap
pens that 7 still am In charge
here"
"For heavens sake, don't use
that impersonal tone on mel"
he cried, irritably. "1'm not the
office boy telling you he's quit
his job. I'm the fellow you
thought you were in love with
one night. The guy that lost
his head and bought a wedding
ring on the strength of it. And
if you want the truth-I've been
a fool ever since. Do you think
you can be in anybody's arms
like you were in mine-that
highland have him ever be
the same again? There has
been something Srnoldering in
me ever since, and the fire won't
go out. We're not casual strang-
ers, Juliet-without you I'm
nothing at all, just nothing at
all. -. :"
A slow, speculative tenderness
seeped out from her heart. 90.
The world 50 seldom pities or
understands what it calls IAN
able-bodied man." There welled
up in Juliet an almost irresistl-
BILE impulse to take him in her
arms, as a mother might, and
whisper that everything was all
right. But when she spoke
there was no gentleness in her
voice, and her words sounded
harshly critical.
Most Of what you're saying
is rubbish. Why should you lean
on me? If you can't have what
you want, you start plying your
self"
what I'm trying to tell you,"
he said, with exaggerated pa.
tience, sis that I have saved up
enough money to clear out of all
Of this and start over again. A
mans job, I mean, that has
nothing to do with women.
Juliet's heart had begun to
throb gently. where do you
mean to go?"
China is as good as any
place for the first stop. I'd
love to show you the Orient.
We could take a year, at least,
to make up our minds
Sounds fascinating" said
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