| Show W I 3 I r Makes A Motion c CYNTHIA was only hal haIr conscious oZ of the spring which uncomfortably WM wa-i ring to Poke Its way through the upholstery of r the seat front cushion of the 1 little black a as with her eyes 12 lI closed she watched the panorama pan pan- orama 0 ot lovely homes ot of the he wealthy they were paSsing out In the northern Martin glanced at her tout fOut of the corn corner r of at bis mUd mild blue eyes He Be thought that s e had never looked m more e beautiful than at the present mo- mo ment r the said softly hardly aware that he said It ft aloud that I jut had th nerve to marry you and be done with It Aware that he had spoken aloud he hoped that she had bad not heard beard It fl was prePosterous to to 8 suppose that t Such ch a vivIdlY beautiful w would uld give herself to hIm He had considered t the e project of marrying her a presumptuous ous dream In spite of her s encourage encourage- gement ge- ge m ment nt of the Idea WhY dont don't you she returned after a moment turning her eyes upon him him as though she were a little afraid Of t what she cUe might find They made a t turn n and In his preoccupation cupa lon Martin let the right hind wheel whee get iet off ott the road II H Jockeyed Jockey d the he little car back upon the road with elaborate care are glad of the the slight Interruption I dont don't Cynthia he began car fully rep replying l g to her question ib because Just b ca sc Im I'm afraid that's all Not for mys myself Jl but for tor you I couldn't tand stanch it to think that perhaps wei we have have- to tOl foi a while In n one one or of those awful suites aultes of rooms for tor light ho housekeeping w where ere you youve you've ve got to ta fix the furniture just 10 on account of the space the door door- bed lets Jets down Into at Youre You're too and fine for anything like that I You always will b be perfectly silly wont won't you I If I am pretty Im I'm no pr prettier than thousands of other girls and what 18 13 there so about me Nobody but buta a you ever noticed It And the contest Have you forgotten about the contest No and I also haven't forgotten that probably a a. million other born optimists are trying for It too Twenty thousand dollars Is a lot of f money to pay pay just for ft new advertising slogan everybody will willbe be af after r It You ant piCk tp a newspaper news news- newspaper paper or a magazine anywhere without seeing a page dedicated to informing the world that the Motor Car Company will pay for lor a sales logan Martin Youve You've been so sure all alongi There was was a note of puzzled impatience im- im patience In her er v voice ice as though he had somehow broken faith with her He winced under It it was a new attitude on her part Probably her father had said laid something to maybe her that ex ex- It IL Aloud h he said U The lIThe Maximum Car at the MInimum 15 isa pea peach h of a a slogan all right Im I'm almost sure Ill I'll win the prize with it- it but but- But echoed Cynthia looking at him strangely It If you only wouldn't but she added after a moment Her eyes Martin saw aw were heavy with so something some some- ething e- e thing she hadn't told him brIght with the excitement of It He knew better than to fo question her c concerning this however you voU know Martin he began 6 bwl- bwl d- d I denly apparently havIng decided that he- he had bad done enough wondering 1 1 haven't told you before for fear of at hurting hurt hurt- ing your feelings but things h have ve b been beena n a little difficult at home these last few w weeks eks Im I'm 23 now now Daa 1 be getting He does t und under under- r.- r. stana that my ork at the ls is only the preliminary groundwork for or 1 a career he be doesn't believe In careers for women but he does believe belleve t that at young women should marry early and settle down s perfectly right I Im I'm ashamed of myself But this career business isn't tha thae something new Well yes but It it wouldn't t In Interfere with us marryIng Suddenly fie e gaVe gaye her so so much vided att that he nearly threw the car off ott the narrow ribbon ot of concrete agal again 1 III I intend she went on firmly to I S. S psychology and become a ps p's psycho psycho- cho- cho analyst that is a sort of r gist aIst l see tsee 1 Martin gravely He looked across at he her lovingly The queen could do no wrong And she certainly had hada a right to choose a career even If It wo Interfere With th their marriage Lord knew anew hed he'd put It long enoUgh Its all settled In my mind CynthIa continued She sat up very vety str straight and 10 Its I know So youre you're naturally surprised il I wasn't thinking about that he told her r gloomily I was thinking about your father Hes He's right Weve We've been engaged for tor three years now Inow No wonder be begins begins be- be gins to think Im I'm no good Darn Dam tt it 1 Just cant can't seem to get ahead arl she objected mildly letting her shaPely hand res for tor a a. moment upon his m. c passed t the e goll goh Units links greenly with the lun Warming upon the grass they were silent n but shortly after they had cleared that stretch ot of road and were again In a reSidence residence section Martin Bud sud- denty deIlly Ilo slowed ed down the car car an expression almOst of reverence his f face ce He Hem m was I looking at a a. sm small ll bungalow fifty feet teet b back k from the he mat main road Au All oX of Its Its' Unes gr gracefully melted together at just the right angleS There was oft off to the side a a white pergola vine coy cred Several tall straight poplars graced the lot upon Which It st stood od Modern to the minute With Its red tle root roof dormers dormen aDd eme w wr ut h Iron l lantern o C Cynthia's Newly Acquired Psychological Urge T I Gets a Helping land Hand f From Lady Luck yr a t J 4 I above the front door arid and neat black Iron mailbox to match the lantern Now there Cynthia he be told her sadly Is the perfect home for us Oh Cynthia ti If we M It Is perfect pc Exquisite That little front porch i could sit out th there re and study my psychology Martin Theres There's R a sign in the the window Oh MartinI is a sign In the win win- dow Its It's for sale Lets not torture ourselves objected Martin ruefully getting the car und under r way Unconsciously he had come to a complete Walt Insisted CynthIa stop the car again Martin stopped It Now get out and come with me r ordered or dered Cynthia W Wonderingly Mar n jumped out upon the left side of the car and walked around to ta where she him Panic kenat the very Idea of at inquirIng tog Ing the price of at a place like Uke that that- know know- knowIng Ing that t the e owner instant would guess their Ir Inability to meet the purchase price ever evel halfway M Martin reluctantly Cynthia to the thc door Dont CynthIa he be began but It was already too late for the door opened and anda a pleasant faced faced sant girl not much older than Cynthia hla smiled out at them You YOU wl wish to look ook at the house ouse she inquired pleasa pleasantly The word came very fir firmly ly troth krom CynthIa's lips Within as well as without the little bungalow was a poem of order and snugness snug snugness ness Small it certainly was yet by y a avoid avoid- ld- ld lug Ing the s solid Hd heavy type ot of furnishings the owners had man managed ged to create a averi veri veritable table WHILE the women went Into mutual cc- cc VI over the white white-aW blue perfection per per- ot of the kitchen Martin gazed ou out through a window and frowned at the tr trellised d roses the unbelievable green green Lue smoothness of at the lawn the mauve and blue hydrangeas In the neatly arr arranged flower beds As he stood there almost without know know- lug Ing at which moment the decision came ame amehe lie he knew that there was only one thing for him to ta only do-only one honest thing H He was guiltily amazed that he hadn't seen it sooner CynthIa belonged In this sort of setting It was rightfully hers Never could she belong to to him or be placed In Inthe Inthe the sort of surroundings he could afford Martin What are you deeply about It was a pet phrase of CynthIa's which she applied to th certain of his moods tI I think Its It's a dream of a fouse house dont don't you ou he offered weakly Better than any dream of a a ahouse house Ive I've ever dreamed she agreed excitedly The proud oWner owner of 01 all this stuff ot of which dreams were ma sc blushed a little They were two of a kind Martin told only himself Cynthia was the prettier Ghastly shame his running around with her her tying her up with an engagement all this time spoilIng all of her chances She t 1 deserved a husband like the other ther ady one of those kind of at men who could sell people things they didn't want and make unbelievable heaps heaps' of money doing it The prettily cOnfused owner broke in upon his thoughts It Is beautIful but bu we weve we've e got to give it up p. p Somehow Its It's Just got too sm small U for at uS-at least Artle Artie thinks so Weve We've built another another place half a a. mIle from here and andare andare are going to move Into It In a few days now What are you asking for tor thIs put in Cynthia with specious nonchalance Fifteen thousand M Martin remained mute and she misunderstood misun- misun him Hastily she Inserted the rest of her instructionS as to price That Is on a payment part down basis down If you could pay cash wed we'd make It ble enough for such a beautiful place agreed Martin Mart n solemnly feeling like Uke a forger as he mentally cast up figures Five hundred In the s savings bank and a used sedan which possibly mIght br bring ng a hundred and anda a quarter It If the prospective buyer looked wisely but not too well at the engine Six hundred and five dollars not including Including in- in the week weeks week's salary of Six hundred and two fifty with which to make a down payment WOULD you take spot cash T Y q questioned Cynthia In a very fIrmand fIrm and businesslike manner Well Weli Apparently the woman had received Instructions Instructions' to hold this price for the very last las word and to let It out only after long haggling but she capitulated hated at once to the of her ber immaculate kitchen Yes You you could have It for cash i t that figure well we'll take It decided Cynthia hia If you'll just hold It for us fo tor an hour or so well we'll be back and take an option It will take us until Monday to obtain the the rest ot of the cash will be perfectly satisfactory Ill I'll hold It to give yoU plenty penty of time t to J get getto getto to town tow and Presently Martin found himself back In Inthe inthe the car vaguely seeing the road ahead of at him driVIng automatically Cynthia was doing all aU of at the talking of which there was quite some bit As he listened to ro her he also busied iris hIs mind upon the task ot of formulating words coherently to tell teU her that he would give h her up now make way for tor the man 0 of t I 9 7 k kIp kt t Ip r i ciMs 3 J 1 t t w 1 I Il l millions she deserved The word Mo Mo- he heard over over- over and over again and finally he gave all oI of his mind t to what she was saying Motion you ou see sec Is what rules Motion or flux or whatever you name It gOverns all Without motion there is only Inertia and failure Once start motion mo- mo tion and the forces ot of the tho universe move with you All the world loves a mover Its It's so plain tp to me Martin dear cant can't you see In the mental realm where all meet In a mutual motion Ls is king Take a definite stand start motion and then motion motion mo- mo tion will l carry carry you along while you courageously courageously cour- cour seep moving Do you begin to see dear Martin was not beginnIng to see but no ne remaIned silent silent slowing up as they entered the the city and the cars upon the road roach gr grew w more frequent I never heard such a convincing lecture in rny my life she went on enthusIastically Martin winced at her words So that was It it Cynthia's one weakness Always she be- be what a lecturer said for at least three days alter after she had he heard rd him You see she was sas going on en once youve you've start started d things In n m motion t on the motion will go out in waves In every dIrection Its It's the law of at the universe operates operates oper- oper ates the radio it If not simply waves ot of generated energy The waves once put Into motion will wll go out outto to th that t committee t tonight as they are deciding that award Monday yoU you'll pay that lovely lady who owns the bungalow the balance due and therell there'll be be enough to furnish and start you up In husin ss Then the original origl nal motion If we support It faithfully with both of our wills wHIs shall carry us right along on the crest of the vIbrations cx cx- t tending Into Infinity oh until Martini I do wIsh you could Shave have heard him hIm hImI III I wish that yoU hadn't observed Martin Mar Mar- tin not too sadly Wiry Why Martini Martin Dont Don't you vou care Are you Willing Just to let things slide sIlde along as they have between us for tor the thel last st three or four years arent aren't you going to make an effort rt Martin MartIn please 1 h ve e faith In motion The lecturer said that It wa waS absolutely absolutely ab- ab essential to have falth faith complete unquestioning unwavering faith IT TT WOULD be thought Martin as he 1 made rapid mental calculations He had often ed that lecturers ws as re reported reported re- re ported to him by Cynthia always Insisted that It was necessary for t their audiences to have cOmplete c faith In what the lecturer lec- lec lecturer said in order to get the greatest benefit out of at It ft He Be glanced across at Cynthia He could he reflected go gothro gh w with th the thing up to a certain point anyWay The losing of all of of his savings 1 his I painfully laId away would mark a a definite te end to their hopes for aU all time Then he could he-could could tell her about the h m she was going to get Smiling steadfastly and and- avowedly full to the brIm of motion and faith Martin Marttn drove to the baI baz wl which lc was open until 9 0 o'clock Saturday nIght and withdrew his tsa savings Then they drove back to the fairy palace When Martin kissed Cynthia good good-by that evening h ho was the holder ot of a ten ten- day option upon a bungalow but the holder of little else In the way ot of assets The real estate agent who had executed the I instrument ent of opt option on being also a notary had sworn that the property was positively the best buy on tin th north norU shore Even Martin found somewhat idiotically enthusiastic over the tion It w was a trEm tremendous buy he told hI himself ell Even to hold ms tp an option upon such a beautiful piece of property was an honor hono Just for tor the sake of comparison Cynthia and he had priced two or three other homes that had displayed r sale for sale r signs In Inthe the immediate vicinity Though these proved to be smaller less desirable pl places ces their owners wanted much morel more for them than the owner ot of the house upon which they held an option n. n When f for r Martin the day was over tie ne returned to his room and throttled tied the alarm clock so that It would not wake him us usual at l 7 I ti the tOll following morning which was a Sunday 7 FOr one brief briel moment In the morning Martin consIdered the possibility of his winning the prize money The pr prospect pros pros- s- s almost blinded him with joy It would mean that Cynthia W would uld after all be his that he would have the little house for her an and enough left lefto over to starL himself him him- self sel up in busineSs But his mind Insisted In- In with Its logical tendency In forcIng forcing forc Ing him to look Ibok toward the more likely possibilities Life Lite was never never as easy and as that LATER I ATER at he had to walt wait In Inthe i-i i the parlor while she |
