The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-03-28
JANET MAKES A
DECISION
By JOYCE TEMPLE

a T LAST Janet Conrad came r.
"A a decision. With a sigh of re-
lief she jumped up and startea
dressing.
She did not whistle as she usually
did-instead there was little frown
between her finely penciled brows
and her ordinarily sunny face was
clouded with thought.
mo, SIR" she told herself, "n0
love in cot for me. Jack Benton's
a darling, but nothing can take the
place of my freedom and my forty
berries per. AS soon as he rings
I'll 60 down and tell him mo- then
he'll go away"
She thought back over the tele-
gram she had received that morn
ing. Reach town via auto late this
afternoon. May / see you seven
o'clock? Something important to tell
you. Jack"
She knew what the something I'M
portant meant and at last she haG
reached her decision She was glad
too for Jacks frequent visits hal
caused her anxiety. She had always
looked forward TO them and at IT, :
same time she had dreaded them
He was so irresistibly boyish in his
manner and so f1atteringly infatu
ated that she had always felt the
danger.
If he had proposed to her withoUt
10 .,
fleet and think it over she would
have probably fallen for him on the
spot, but this Way-thank goodness
he had warned her. Now she han
herself we'll in hand and if would be
easy to resist his pleading
She wondered how he would TAX
it. Of course, he would probably
feel pretty distressed at first, but
that was natural Nobody liked get
ting turned down. She would be az
gentle and considerable as possible
Her thoughts ran along as she got
into the little pink dress.
When Jack saw her a few min
utes later he gasped Involuntary.
but much to her chagrin he did not
propose. And you simply can't say
mo" to man who has not said
Twill your" He merely remarked
after greetings were over:
"Say, / know road by the river
I've always wanted to explore it
Shall we take a little spin in the
carr"
Janet was slightly irritated. How
ever, there was nothing she could do
but consent to the ride, so they got
into the little waiting car and were
soon hurrying along the highway
The river road was severali miles
out of town and by the time they
reached it dusk had crept off into
the woods and had given the world
over to the moon. Janet had ma
idea how long they had been driv-
ing when Jack stopped the car
Nov it's coming" she thought
with little shiver. Hes going &c
propose right here and now. What
shall I say? Goodness, wish it were
over"
But he did nothing of the sort He
said nothing, not a word. He simply
took her in his arms and she felt his
gentle kisses. She was hypnotized
There was something electrical
magnetic about his touch and her
mind whirled around in a chaos OF
thought. IF only he hadn't brought
NE here. Thank goodness, he
brought me here"
After awhile he spoke. eth be
tough shedding at first, honey, but
Wen get along"
Who cares about tough shedding
as long as we're togetheFl"
She heard herself saying the
words, but still she could not be-
keve her own ears. Then this new
Janet said something else with a
little lifting laugh: "Jack, was be-
ginning to be so afraid you wouldn't
propose. You took so long to get to
t."
AS a matter of fact he never did
actually get to it, but neither one
realized it and just at that second
the old dead Janet raised up her
head for a last laugh as she chanted
derisively: Little trick nature
plays on all of u.s."