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Subconscious Courtship
j..m woman' txtrmardlnary sent m te http tullert from inttrftr.
' ing with htr lit U teti in thi, facinating nevt
By BERTA RUCK
inttier of "The Wrong Mr. Wrteht," "The Arrant tlevtr," i'fc.
r A CewWH, 19ti, Vedd, Mead A Ce.
irk Mrm Offer
nVt begins with the first leek,"
Lt h first KISS'. ., , .. i,i.
H8.. Saw e. of date the cer-
i -: i.nM that iey-" "."."",,
P'" '" J ffinnre of ceurtsiiip nr mi,
the first ' . ttintisht. Leng
Zfven ine i"v ":, ..r.iti.ti im.
? ixe. ft nest ei iiukh-"""" ",
Ker! thS'unacknewllBl wayward
h " trail! suppressed, of Urn-
SI'S ...tnlltics" net recegnizcci, must
Jmcntaim . cmblned te pre
lw w",T he SnwteUH personalities
TIETA they call "That time when
m"rthta7ffnTr ef'SJVer and Herry
J ftte.WaM:tOT.i,- dny they mw
OrmlcnBci. Ht t,mc 0nc
gifrtCD " nVremlslnR circumstances.
l"il! fffflwrh ether, though net
tt-ffbSklJ'lita room, and
I- riin he woke up next morning,
! t elm chad's mind (quite tin
wondering nbeut women) had
E.V. Liar girl. I'lensc realize that
, particular 'inn. . h, .,ftt.
LSS'iM '"K of thn.t icc,ln'?
'.ndrioTat-uelike
!a hefw thnt he had te be rein
fficS. Her first glance at him In
Lt'.lrawinf.roen.had oenvoye,
Kit lmrr.en..H,c i.., - -
1127.1011 100K .'
iven nt the
!. f Hip r hostess' murmuring
Mm instead of suddenly lilting
P"..L .. . .i. u..riiinif. ntizzicu ioek;
rC h d loekVd n him n nt the
1816 nui '"".... ,.,. liiiirmiirlni!
"l. ht . Mulct- Cnrlillchnel")
Elf she. the girl, were baying te her-ISf-
?'A. AtVt! This Is mere 1 kc
Mr Much mere the pert of man. He
B1ih ""'., .. . , ,,i,i I..... nniiip.
CBrmii'iinpi iiu "i "":..",;
iu.m n way ei nei mu'iiuin .
ijmen's names.) II- hnd net notice.
Im hee (facee of women he never did
Jrtlce) or hat she hnrt'eii, except
tint it was (inns, l'ru" .
giliut wblle bar., arms. Mut even he
JSld net help noticing that nh.' had
heM nt him again, Mill In Hint odd.
iteck-lnklng way. several times during
& He hadn't taken her In:, lim
Helt, their hejt. hnd take,, her ; in.
rirmiciinei nun incii - "T.
iiifi. Opposiie le mm nau niv iuis
ether girl and her eye.
Afterward in me nrawiiwiw i"
tad been iniiMc, nn.l this gin nan
.u.n.l nrnnlilllfllliini'MtH. OllCP tlltrilliT
i ng slie had looked ncw-s the piano
mho had looked across the cbrjsan
Hifmums of tin dinner-table, search
billy at Carmlchnel. The s-ort of leek
one feeN een when one is Mand'un?
with one's baels te it (ns he was). Hut
thry hadn't M'"ken a yerd tegether: he
bid been talking te Mrs. Helt.
Then when everyoeoy wns going
iway, this gazing gin nan uene some-
thing ertiler still, unrmicnnei ineuciii
ihc'd piuie. He had seen her in the
kill, with a big fur wrap-thing en.
Alene, he was remtng dewnstair in
wrch of Jim. who had offered hint u
ned-nUht peg. Suddenly, en a laud
inf. lie hud found this girl nt his elbow :
in1 again Mie ti turned tunc ioeic unen
kirn. He had been sure bhe was going
te cneak le him. She had actually
opened her lips.
Then Jim Helt (one of tlte worlds
Hent biitters-iii, bv the way) hnd
loememl into view. The cirl hnd darted
Ipitt them With upMnlrs ngain. Her
likirt and nukles, flitting swiftly up-
Imird. n climnse thrnush the banisters:
Itbat w.ik the last lie hnd mmmi of her.
But thnl hnd net been the last lied
kennl nf her.
This morning, the morning after lite
dinner, his telephone had rung juat
I he wns half-way through Minving.
' With a muttered grunt he'd put dew.t
kin brush, and in hut pajamas hnd
raced down the wooden steps from his
bachelor room into the Chelsea gnrase
oeiew wnere tlie telephone tee(l en
i bracket among ether people's meter-
icies anil eaehes of oily rnes. netrel
tins, lerk-uu boxes of foeK Hp had
expert ed te he rung up this uierning.
though seareely as early ns this, by n
Bin he knew in the Air Ministry. lie
took up the receiver.
"is tliar Mnjer Cnrmiehncl?"
Ifn
Ipe'scw
stared it wasn't n flirtatious
stare at nil, as far as he could judge of
stares
He was probably the worst judge
olive of fllrtntleusness in any of its
manifestations. Ills round shaving
mirror reflected a concentrated single
set face of twenty-right; n lean young
fnce witli a purpose, and that purpose
worlds nway from love. Personally he
considered It was "u jelly geed thing
he did happen le be such n forbidding
looking beggnr." He, like most of his
sex, hud n peculiar gift for "net seeing"
dctnll that women consider of impor
tance.' A whole Kncyclepcdln Hrltnn
nlcn might be compiled of things Cat
michacl didn't see. Net the slightest
idea hnd he that any one could con
sider his tiprsnnnl nnnenrnnce in the
least attractive.
Jevertbeless It wns tvnlcnllv that of
a soldier and n sportsman; than which
one can nsk for nothing better. 811m
of figure, both he nnd his shabby clothes
were ndmlrably built. He'd fair hair,
relentlessly flattened back out of its
kinks nnd streaked by premature gray :
light-blue eyes with black points look
ing very straight nt whatsoever it was
tnat lie did net really !cc: small glided
mustnrlip ever Huh n flrmlv flttins ns
n tight-shut deer; chin held high en a
womanishly smooth threat. Expres
sion ; the usual public-school mask,
plus something Seme people might
call It "Vision." Fer the thlnsis Car-
michacl didn't pee were nlwnvs con
crete things only.
ximt morning he breakfasted en cof
fee, toast mill kipper cxecrubly pre
pared by the charwoman, who wns wife
te n neighboring chauffeur and who
"did" for Cnrmlcliacl ; he'd another
telephone talk, with the Air Ministry
man this time, that led te nothing, in
particular; be wrote letters, that would
nlse probably lead te nothing much.
Then he took the tube, the l.im. nnd
during the whole journey he wondered
wuy en cart Ii he'd ted the e rl he
could come. Hadn't be troubles enough
en his bunds? Hndn't be his own spe
cial engrossing nnd permanent trouble
wit n uie
"Unnk, Hank." rasped the conductor.
Carmlchnel stepped off the bus.
He was "for it" new.
Morning wits nt twelve and nil was
wrong with bis world. Alse, thnt .Tnn-
unry, the city wns witnessing n revival
of the real old-fashioned Londen fog.
'VliHnllnl. t. .!....(... . t .
-a-iiiuiiKu ii iiuKY-er.'mnp-niiPii mine
and its pervading wet souffe flavor,
Cnrmiehuel made his way, past groups
of ether gropers, te the pavement,
te the turning that led le the frewnlnig
block of offices of which he'd jetted
down the telephoned address.
Wondering ever it mere mid mere as
the interview drew near, he took the
lift te the top lloer. and found himself
opposite ground glass lettered panes:
"KLPH1XSTOXK I1K0THKHS.
IMPOKTKHS AXI MERCHANTS"
r.lnhinstene? Her own mime? Preb
ably she was the jeung daughter te one
et the iirm.
nu uiriien te "imiuirieti, hut n
middle-nged in. -in with a pointed Iwnrd
confidential clerk or manager ftem
Ins appearance wns at his elbow
"Is It Mnjer Cnrmiehuel? Yes: will
,ou be se (feed as te come this way,
piease.'"
He was shown into n large nnd lux
iirieus private etiiee with a Kcnereus
lire Mint had already cleared the room
of fog. Carpet, thick and (.cnrlet;
iieeTtiirug black, mahogany mantel
piece seven feet high, with a small
siher-cased traveling-clock in the mid
die of It. Everything nbeut the place
was solid, expensive and conventional
and, nt nn immense tnble-desk. clear of
"vcrything but a black satin bend -sack,
n pair el while gloves and a tightly
compressed sixpenny market bunch of
violets put beside the gloves, snt this
girl who hnd gaed'nt htm se intently
the night before.
"Yeu Wonder Why I Asked
Y'en te Come?"
Cnrniichael's light-blue eyes took in
li'lle of her except that she was differ
ently dressed, of course. Fer one thing,
"he had a bat en.
woman might hnve observed ihnt
this hut of black velvet was faultless
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The Yeung Lady Acress the Way
m innr .Majer I'nrmicnnci?" n r i.J i.:.,T .. i i i "'""
ntle. extienieiy feminine and self- , ' f J , li d "V LI""1 H fflnth,,nB '?
swsjfd M.i,-e Ind asked. t ween ten and fifteen guineas; thai the
"Yes," he had replied. He hoped '".t , ,1,e M "uiri w 'J restrain.
M the invention which allows the I1'"1 'T'1' wulkiiig-dress of line blue
that
TWfnn speaking through the telephone
in bpe ine person nt tne ether end would
never actually come into being. Whnt
the elrl tinw lillf.llliv lltm im 1'nlllrt lt,in
btbdd would have been the chin and
uiws et n snow man talking into a
receiver smothered In shaving-lather.
"This is Carmlchnel; who is that,
eavV
nxppctlliff te henr n tnnn'a nnme
Riven hy a typist, he was taken aback
J these words.
timer Klpldnstene
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luiirs when von lefi."
'0h Oh .ies."
'Call Vnil Ul'it ltlA tMia nmKiitiiM nt
pm.- - v - - atiift fillip hi.
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K F - f 1 1 1 full linl.l .... h m1..4a
Mi" niphmsteneV I'll leek nt my
took l:rVn. f rnn Whflrn'-"
'Take It ilinvn. nlennu ." Vntlntvm,
n address j t,p cj)Vi "xPar the
Mnk. Itenil it mit. nlnnsn."
He did no.
.''TiL,?t '?. 'ml, rlsht," he wns told.
At IL", Coed-bv."
0t another Werd. Iteeelrxn tuinf.
UP.
Internally odd. If.. Iin.l I....... n.
Ijurpriseij mte muklng fT,e nppniiitiuenr
jen i,, " "icnu ei tue Holts'
Xear the hunk, nf ..II .. !...... .... .i.
Ill I1" 1 I . M"i.''n tll t'Jirill.
serge with touches of black sntlii and
a creamy waistcoat; that her stockings
were of black silk clocked a jour, her
shoes of black crocodile leather, and
that her sable stele, tossed down ever
the chair behind her, backed her like a
shrubbery. A man, most men, would
hnve pussed her dress as "simple and
unlet," nnd appreciated the undeniable
leeks of the girl. Hut net Harry Car
mlchnel. He did net dwell upon her
slim, harmonious figure, n sort of visunl
Yeu met meh"'f-echn of the arms and shoulders,
T was en the bawl nnd exquisite, that he had almost
I noticed hist night. The little of her
lllllir that showed was dnrk. but her
coloring wns fair as that of her nnme
sake, ii white clever-blossom with its
tinge of pink, nnd her face was a pure
oval.
She lifted her chin as he was an
nounced, looking up at him, net in the
least lib she had looked the night before,
She scrutinized him, precisely ns though
he had been some lad bringing refer
ences for the pest of efficebuy.
"flood morning," she said. A
prettily meduluted voice; entire'; im im
peisenal. "(ioed morning."
"Won't jeu hit down?"
"Thunk you." He did se.
Her cloud-gray ejes turned fiem
him le the desk. She picked up these
violets (miserably cold and crushed,
their huii; stnlUs swaddled in ratlin up
le the heads, which wcre surrounded
with ii Teby-frill of green leaves, nfter
the hideeti.s fashion et uiurhrt-biinchcs)
and her least movement was graceful.
Curmichael's mind nearly always
worked just a little, below the burface.
Tlierefeic, though the girl's move
ments, her hut, iiuil the milky gleam
of threar below it were quite wnsted
en him, ether things struck him.
Fi:t of all, he wns conscious that
here was Hemetliing that loeKcd very
feminine sitting nt a desk that looked
pai'tii'iilarly mus.culiiic. Then, he took
in that Him seemed "at home" there;
net as if she had just perched herself
in her lather's or her uncle's swivel
chair for this intcnlcw only.
And, by the way, wheie wnH Mr.
I'lphliistime? It wns surely net thi-i
pictty but disconcerting apparition who
uctiiully "ran" the business?
She spoke, answering his unspoken
sin mist's,
"Of course ou are wondering why I
nskeil jeu le come, Majer Carmlchnel,
I want te tell ou. 1 suppose, te begin
witli, it is bis-aiisi) my nft'niuH nrn gut
ting altogether loe much for me,"
Her iillnlrs? She hud ufTiilrs of Reme
si 1 1' I. I hen. He would liuvii supposed
them In be love aflnim merely except
that in that case slie would certafuly
net hnve sent for a man of his kind".
Hut pei haps she was going te offer him
a job?
Hides, this girl, ,ytn If she had CONTINUED TOMORROW
mer,TilvM.,nt u ,,,lt,1-v' f"KK' .Innuary
morning; Whnt did she want te drng
lJ?7.11,,,r" f01'-' Sl'e Hvi'd Iip
It A ,... In m "" "'Mil' III MI (Mi.l J UK
0' ,''";''''"'' Hill. Why wasn't
"C te nice her I m llt ... m.i i
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wnilcreil ns he ( nisherl wlmvltw in,i
iiit l?'.k i'" " ''I,y effl,,n "" """. dine
ft and ,w lU glt. tlm, mil ((f
tjirls did. he believed.
t-unstnntlv. inii i... l, ,..!..
Inm .. . . i.,,vi, wnu lieill
kHnwi' ''V,K',"S tl,,,,, "''" " couple
Oni"H,' ni,k".'' l,'lc them te dances.
that ri1'?' J", sl,ew (nobody
ji iiiil int Kind nr tiitui fiii
Se Kt.!. ,,".",'".K n'' l,,,t0 ll-l'( anywhere.
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THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERED MR. BANG
Bv FONTAINE FOX
The jeung lady across the way
says she docs a geed deal of read
ing, but for the sake of variety
she docs like a pest-humorous story
occasionally.
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