The Washington times., 1935-02-28

She gave him q hardened
push and broke completely
free. The hot flush began to
ebb from his face.
I'm trying to make you
understand" he said tenSely,
but she cut him short.
"Muck-that's what I call it,
ridiculous moronic muck! Twist
ing my wrists and smearing my
face with your filthy kisses. I
suppose you expected me to SIM
ply go wild with ecstasy when
you put on the cayeman act!
A fat chance!"
. Won Guerdon whitened under
this whitening blast, his eyes
narrowed, but he made no at
tempt to recapture Juliet.
''It would have been more ap-
propriate," he said incisively,
'if you'd thought to make that
speech to O'Hara-in time"
No Escape
Juliet turned her back on
Won Guerdon and began to
gather up her street clothes,
throwing them over her arm.
Her face felt hot and prickling.
Her bitter flareup at Won Guer-
don had been an automatic es-
capement for her emotionS-but
actually in her heart she was
contemptuously sick of herself.
It was difficult to blame men
Won Guerdon and O'!EIara Spe-
cifically-for lack of control.
I've only myself to blame"
she said to herself. "I hate
these girls who leave themselves
open to this sort of thing and
then yammer about the man.
In the first place, I'd no bust.
ness getting all worked up with
O'Hara. 1t makes me sick when
! think Of it! 7 should have
stopped it cold in the beginning.
Won Guerdon isn't a fool-he
knew what was going on and
he, naturally, thought he was
next on the list. I must have
been looking for trouble myself
when got to stewing around
in old memories and mixed
O'Hara up with them. And both
Of them claiming to love me
ugh!"
She Strengthened up and
turned to face Won Guerdon,
who was struggling to regain
his compoSure.
"Il stay here" he said
quietly, until you leave.
There's a dressing-room in
there"
Juliet looked at him quietly
and saw that, for the moment,
he would cause no more trouble.
His willpower had mastered his
excitement and he stood with
the military precision of a
sentinel.
Nov you're behaving sensi.
bly," Juliet smiled at him, for,
actually, she felt a little sorry
for his humiliation. "I know
this isn't pleasant for you-or
me either"
''Exactly!"
It was a bitten-off word and
she noticed the whiteness
around his temples and cheek
bones.
"Oh, for heavens sake-let's
come down to earth!" she cried
in a burst Of revulsion to the
whole situation. ''Look here,
we're both acting like idiots,
aren't we? We've all got good
jobs in the Institute and we
ought to pull together instead
OF erupting like volcanoes. You
and O'Hara are all right and
so am I, whether you believe it
or not. How ebout it-want to
be friends?"
She advanced with her hand
outstretched. The sleeve of her
negligee fell back over the
rounded firmness of her arm
a femininity so pronounced that
Won Guerdon almost trembled,
but there was in Juliet a power
other than sex attraction; it
was the capability for comrade-
ship and it Shone from her dark
and fearless eyes, revealed itself
like a bright flower on the smile
on her soft lips.
The trouble was, Of course,
that comradeship wasn't exactly
what Won Guerdon wanted, but
even his baffled resentment had
to melt.
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