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Chapter Nine
Pursuing Packy
Mr.. Jonathan Harland Adams
1y1 was plumbing the nadir Of
despair. Ten days had now elapsed
since he lad been dispensed with
atthe door Of Miss Patricia North's
apartment: ten gloomy days the
termination Of which found him
no furth e I along in any Of his
plans involving that young wo-
man. But this hideous condition
had not been brought about
through lack Of effort on his part.
Having proved to himself that
he had cracked up in q big way
for Miss Patricia North, Jonathan
Harland had seated himself and
lei his pen run riot on the day fol-
lowing his visit to her apartment.
BY mid afternoon the postman
had deposited in Patricia's letter.
box q miSSive that should have
caused d polar bear to put In q
rush order for consignment Of
electric fans.
But Tacks received no reply to
this letter. In fact, he received no
reply TO the next four. The sixth
.epistle was returned to the PEN
gum Club unopened. So were the
seventh, eighth. ninth and tenth.
AndsWhile this direct-by mail
campaign was failing so lament
ably. Tacks had practically pitched
his tent by . telephone. To date.
however, his telephone efforts
had be en- tinavailing. Either his
ear had been rewarded by that
hollow buzzing which signifies
that the telephonee is not at home
or Miss Patricia North, answering
and being informed who was calf
ing. had straightway hung up on
him.
All this Mr.. Adams reviewed
modify as he walked along to-
ward the street upon which Packy
had her abode. For Tacks, 70 his
inner shame, had taker TO haunt
ing this thoroughfare by n ] 6 hit,
hoping for a glimpse of his god
dess. Just what he would have
done had she vouchsafed him q
sight Of herself. he had no definite
idea. Something. he assured him-
self, would have occurred to him
As yet, however. the problem had
not arisen.
But he knew no other method of
getting IN touch with her. Perhaps
ifsshe saw him dejectedly over
looking the gutter, she would re-
lent and toss him a conversational
crust. Il was worth trying. any.
how Furthermore. it was rleces-
sary 10 the game OF North. South.
East and West Tor which inven-
ton he had, figuratively speaking,
kicked himself around the block
q multitude of times during the
past few days. He. as the origi-
nator Of this form of amusement,
was getting no fun whatever out
81 Il. Whereas he had noted of late
asseries OF satisfied cat expressions
on the countenances Of Messrs.
Hardness, Steele and Cutler. In
one way or another. these gentle
men had contrived to get it across
TO Tacks that they were making
excellent progress with their re-
spective assignments.
To lower his spirits even more.
New York was in the grip Of fine
and ubiquitous drizz lie tonight.
Against this evidence of elemental
displeasure lacks had arrayed
himself in brown felt hat with
dipping brirn and q light raincoat.
His appearance, as he turned into
Packy,s street. was not unlike that
Of the eminent Mr.. Sherlock
Holmes gum-shoeing his way to
glory.
He took up q position in the
shadow of an ambitious young
maple tree whose trunk was pro-
tected by an iron continuance and
waited. in S epuichTasI silence.
About fifty yards q way doomed.
Packy's apartment house. q grim
and forbidding pile.
& -
Vale. OF The Unlovely
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