Show claire the r wallflower by LEETE STONE copyright C CONLEY was a wall flow or er ever since kindergarten lays days I 1 now in her last year at a fashionable nestled in the connect vent hills site still lucked lacked that in definable quality that draws men claire was psychologist enough to tc know that one convincing public proof of power to attract men w would instant ly y include tier her in n that sought for inner circle that reached out successfully toward mattura masculine site she was not unpopular she played excellent tennia and bridge and tier frank per son allty won tier her admirers 11 mong among the nth athletic letic contingent out but her constant wish was to t be included in that elect group of girls who got letters every day in bold characters and were invited to every naval academy dance looking from her open window one june morning with the scent of new mown tiny liny from the great meadow behind tile dormitory meeting her nostrils fragrantly claire admitted that hr latr h r deslie desire to male make a showing bo be tore fore the girls was camouflage deep in her heart site she linew knew she wanted a mans companionship sha visualized a lionie home with a sunlit sun lit living buom and a yellow china ten set and a tall man who smoked a pipe drop dropping plak ashes on the floor and kissing tier her when she site she went to attend a talk on the act rc social charm by a beope bespectacled eta female in tweeds whose mind had bad ions Iong outrun tier charm claire observed tile the lecturer pencil poised over tier her note book with a slight sense of pity angular flat cheated and masculine 1 how 0 w could this woman have captured the art of social charm all at onie once she herself was captured by the womans comans incisive logic trenchant lines wrote themselves mechanically in her notebook and unforgettably on tier her mind I 1 eyelashes lips and na alm figures will catch a husband but it needs brains to keep him film caged in content anal another its the woman who acts immediately on the sudden sometimes startling intuition of mind that conquers and keel i 3 men women and society tit at her feet that t afternoon the tennis tourch tournament m eat finals were due ciaire was well in line tor for the toll tall sliver silver cup site she I 1 had never neer felt more fit more alert mental mentally lj and phy physically sMally her service and net play were superb at the stroke of 04 four she slashed over the vicious court length lob that won her fier the CUP tier friends trooped the court to congratulate even as as site she smilingly responded a weary wear y reaction a set et in athletic honors what did they matter who tha purr and whir of the dally daily mat mall plane sounded overhead As the group watched it the even drone of the motor ceased and a sputtering series of coughs and rack racking lag explosions took place at once tile the graceful man made bird began circling find and gently dropping down to the long flat meadow ideal for landing it in the stress of reaction a daring intuition swooped down like the plane to the flat tired expanse of claires Cl alres mind tle the corat charm lecturers line returned to her consciousness with renewed force the mall mail plane glided to a skillful loading landing on the scented beld so near the alie watching girls that the pilots tali tal handsome floure us as he stepped from his flying niche to tho the ground was distinctly visible it if only he will turn and look at us thought claite almost wavering la in tier her daring course of action designed to prove to the girls once tor for all that she was not a wallflower but in truth a mans woman As if in obedience to claires Cl alres mental hie file young man turned and need faced the group with d n smile and it a cheery casual wave of tits his hand claires alres Cl cuel cue I 1 flinging her racket down she returned the wave enthusiastically crying to the amazed group why why its joel they must have put him on this run and site alia flew across the field toward the pilot who hot had turned back to his motor joe looked around at the sound 0 of r claires Cl alres running feet and went a trifle white under wilstan lil his stan tan as she threw her arms around tits hla neck hug met me sho she whispered as though you loved met ill explain later if leave me your address you ou explain he murmured in a breathless baritone suddenly he held tier her shoulders out at arms length and stared hungrily at her A blush reddened ills his boyish face then he smiled its as if he something no ono one else cot could ild see ile he folded tier her close again so close claere felt the thud of hla his heart they clung so a brief moment housing herself from tier her new heaven and all sit t once a little afraid ozithe stare star e of the waiting girls she forced his arms arms away gently 1 I must oh I 1 must run my my dearl dear so mus roust t I 1 he replied eyes on the moll mall tings bags but im coming back right 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