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Show I i Are There ThereAny ThereAny : Any Others ? . I IBy By JOSE JOSEPHINE PE PERHINS PEBINS KINS KINSI I ! O Q { McClureNe McClure WNU Ne NeServ Newspaper Newcpnpe Serv Server Service Service"TLJA ; er . Syndlcale Syndlcatc SyndlcaleI SyndlcaleWNU SyndicateVVNU I "TLJA TLJA " AHA A HA ' Listen Llstcn to this ' " "H H "HAHA H HA I I"H 1-1 1 - laughed George Bar B a r n e s sglancing , I Iglancmg Iglancing glancmg glancing up from irom his newspaper be- be beI between between be between - tween sips of coffee and forkfuls of ofapple ofapple ofapple I apple pie , , In Randill Rand't11 Randt11 Randall ' s restaurantHarley restaurant restaurantHarley Harley Caldwcll Caldwcl1 Caldwell , sitting siltIng opposite oppositelooked , looked up from a studj study stud of "used used "usedcar "usedcar "usedcar usedcar " car " advertisements in m his paper . 'ThIs ThIs * ' This is good , Harley , listen'Women listenWomen lIsten listen'Women - ' 'Women Women 'Womenho ' ' \ who \\ho ho 'aho aho \ keep you guessing guessmg arc are arcmore aremore aremore more interesting than others ' ' Now NowI , I II 11 ask you , , are there any others othersHarley7 , Harley Harley9 ? Nope ' 111 III I11 say theie thele there arn't arnt am't amt ain't'And aintAnd ' ' And ' I'm Im ' just dust asell as \ well \\ell ell pleiscd ple\sed ple sed pleased ' \ , , tootf too tf " tfI I "You You " sure ought to know knowGeorge , I IGeorge George , , " answered his companion companionslopping , I Isloppmg sloppmg slopping down behind behmd his paper to tobe tobe tobe be alone with his thoughtsGeorge thoughts thoughtsGeorge George Barnes , the son of the themanager themanager themanager manager of the Planet Prmtmg Printing Prmtmgcompany Printingcompany Printingcompany company , , seemed to have every every- everything everything . - thing tlung come his way , mcreasmg increasing mcreasmggood increasinggood increasinggood good looks , , raises in m salary , hosts hostsof hostsof hostsof of friends fnends and the admiration admiratlon otall ot of otall ofall I otI all the girls in the busy little town townGeorge townGeorge townGeorge George , , with wllh his Ius handsome car , hadthe had hadthe hadthe the pick of them all He picked first firstone firstone firstone one gill g1l1 and then another . . Harlcy's Harlcys Harley's Harleys ' coffee coffce grew cold and his hispIe hispie hispie pIe remained remamed untouched as hIs hIsphysIcal hisphysical hisphysical physIcal eyes remained remamed on the the"used the"used the"used theused "used used " car ' ' advertisements , , whIle whilewith , wIth his Ius mind minds s ejes eyes c es ho he saw Kate KateWcntworth KateWentworth KateWentworlh Wcntworth Wentworth daughter of the leadmg leading leadmgdry leadingdry leadingdry dry goods merchant , in m all her herdmty herdainty herdunty d\mty d mty dainty ' \ loveliness lovelmess Kate seemed Io fo IolI1.e folike tolike lI1.e lI1e like . hImhen him \ when \\hen hen \ dressed in m his best besthe , he wis ws was , calling caIlmg on hei hel het , or takmg taking takmghel takinghex takinghei hel hex to the mo\ mo movies moIes moues \ Ies or to a dance danceThen danceThen danceThen Then he felt at caseIth ease case \ with \\Ith Ith hei hel , , and andalmost andalmost andalmost almost dal daied dared ed to tell her hcr of his loveBut loveBut love loveBut Buthen But \ when \\hen hen he stood at his desk m in mthe inthe inthe the Planet printing prmtmg shop in m his shirtsleeves shIrt shIrtsleeves shirtsleeves sleeves handling handhng endless desIgns designs.headings designsheadings . , headmgs headings , , cards and posters , , and andconsIdered andconsidered andconsidered consIdered holIttle how ho\\ ho \ \ little chance of pro pro- promotion promotion promotion - motion there was in m the concern , or orhen orwhen orwhen \\hen hen when \ \ he was depositing his Ius small smallwee1.ly smallweekly smallweekly wee1.ly wee1ly weekly . savings savmgs , and how slowly the thefigures thefigures thefigures figures in m his bank book grew , , Ius his IusCOUl hiscourage hiscouiage COUl courage age failed himI himKeep him I ' Keep you guessing guessmg , " he thought thoughtno thoughtnow thoughtnow no\\ no now noI noNo \ I ' No , , Kate likes lI1.es lI1es . pretty things thingsand thingsand thingsand and has always had them She ad- ad admIres admires ad admires - mires handsome men-says men says men - says so at atthe atthe atthe the movies and ' I'm Im ' glad the dark dark- darkness darkness darkness - ness hides mj my m freckled mug and andcarrotty andcarrotty andcarrotty carrotty hair She adores men who whoforge whoforge whoforge forge ahead like the disowned mil mil- millionaIres millionaires millionaires - lionaires ' ' sons in 111 the pictures Sheloves She Sheloves Sheloves loves romantic men like hke the heroes heroesin heroesm m in the playse plays \ we \\e e \ have seen together ; she longs to live m in a big whIte whItehouse whitehouse whitehouse house with bright green blmds blinds blindswide , wIde porches and sunparlors , , hard hard- hardwood hardwood hardwood - wood floors and oriental orlcntal rugs Oh Ohno , no ' She leaves nothing nothmg tor for [ or a fellow fellowto fellowto fellowto to guess about I know just lust where whereshe whereshe whereshe she stands I must wait walt till I have havemore havemore havemore more money or give her upI upSay up up'Say I ' 'Say Say Say , Harle Harley ; > , , old man , \ wake \ ake up up'It's upIts ' It's Its ' almost one o'clock oclock ' Where's Wheres Where'syour Where'syour Where'syour Wheresyour ' your appetite7 appetIte ? " " I ' IGone Gone , , " responded Harley , , rlS- rlS ris- ris rlSmg rising ris rising - - ingGeorge mgGeorge ing mg George whose bus business mess was deal deal- dealmg dealing dealing - ing mg with figures , cpuld gould ould put two andtwo and andtwo andtwo two together quickly , and his m- m in- in mslInds instlnLts in instincts - stincts slInds stlnLts were ah.a aha always . ; > s generous HIS HISeye Hiseye Hiseye eye caught caugM theI theUsed the I ' Used Car " ads as ashis ashis ashis his friend dropped his paper on the theta thetable thetable ta table ble ble'LIsten Listen 'LIsten ' Harley , " he said , , puttmg putting puttmghis puttinghis puttinghis his hand on Harley's Harleys ' shoulder , "It's Its "It'snext "it'snext "it'snext itsnext " ' next Thursday our crowd is havmg having havmgthe havingthe havingthe the picnic plCnlC at the lake , isn't isnt ' It it7 ? " Why Whydon't Whydon't Whydon't Whydont don't dont ' you and your doll baby come comewIth comewith comewith wIth me and mine mme in m my car car7 ? ' I'm Im I'mtakmg I'mtaking ' I'mtaking Imtaking ' takmg taking Betty Todd Then we can canget canget canget get away early and go to the Falls Fallsor , or somewhere , for dancing dancmg We'll Well We'llhave We'llhave We'llhave Wellhave ' have a better time than staymg staying staymgwIth stayingwith stayingwith wIth the crowd " , ' Thanks , , 111 I 11 ask her if 1 she wantsto wants wantsto wantsto to , " responded Harley , none too toowell toowell toowell well pleased withS with withC C U T 0 T the suggestIon Sgestion The TheIi Thequestion 5 S The3 H On OnY Onthe 0the 0 ( Y r W Ii- Ii " - IiquestIon at I question was , , wouldS wouldt would wouldC C . M U t D ? V TKate Kate prefer to go m in mIf inGeorge's m9 5 S 5U If " ! Ba Baf \f f \ V R RGeorge's Iv T I George's Georges ' handsome handsomecar car with the others othersor othersSTOEvlf 5 T 0 R Y Ycar or go alone wIth wIthhun withhim withhim hun him and arrive ill m illplam mplain mplain plam plain Vleof view Vle\\ Vle viess \ \ of all the young people peoplein In his old ark He was sure he heknew heknew heknew knew the answerThat answerThat answer answerThat That evening c\enrng c enrng ewenmg \ he cleaned his car carand carand carand and made it look its best , but noth noth- nothmg noth- noth nothing nothing - - ing mg could change its ancient shape shapeor shapeor or reduce the rattles He drove drovefIght droveright droveright fIght right up to Kate's Kates ' house , instead mstead o oleaving ot of otleavmg ofleaving leaving leavmg the car on a side street , , as asusual asusual asusual usual He e explained plamed the plans forthe forthe for forthe the picnic PICnlC to be held 20 miles from fromtown fromtown fromtown town and told her of George's Georges ' of- of offer of offer . - fer to take them in 111 his car , , WhICh WhIChshe whichshe whichshe she knew was the best owned ill in illtheIr intheir mtheir theIr crod cro'But crov cro\ cro cros \ d 'But But ' But you have a car , HarleJo Harley Harley"she Harleyshe . , " she said looking lookllg ) out of the wmdow window wmdowwhere windowwhere windowwhere where the rays of the setting settmg sun sunplamly sunplainly sunplainly plamly plainly revealed the lumbcrmg lumbering lumbcrmgshape lumberingshape lumberingchape shape , rusty fusty sides and old fash lash fashioned lashconed fashioncd ioned coned brass headlIghts"And headlights"And headlights headlights"And "And And " you have never asked me meto meto meto to go o driving dnvmg with you " she add added added added ed , wistfully ' , Will you7 you ' ? " And will .Ill Ill . you go nov/for nov for nO\1 nO 1 nO1or now \ / ; for [ or a ndc1 ride ? " was all he could say sa ; > . The next day , when George and andHarley andHarley andHarley Harley met at lunch at Randall's Randalls Randall'sHarley RandallsHarley ' , Harley said before opening openmg his hisnevspaper hisnewspaper hisnewspaper nev/spaper nev spaper newspaper / . . - ' , Say , George thanks for that in- in invitatIon invitation in invitation - vitation to take Kate and me t to go goto goto goto to the picnic plCnlC , but she is 1S going gomg in inmy inmy inmy my car . , . You were right fIght in ill what5 whaty what y ou said yesterday about girls keep keep- keepmg keeping keeping - ing mg you g guessing ssmg There aren't arent ' any anyothers anyothers anyothers others . . When you are sure a gIrl gIrllouldn't girlsouldn't girlwouldn't girlwouldnt \louldn't louldn't louldnt souldn't souldnt \ ; ' beIllmg be \ willing \\Illmg Illmg to ride fIde in your yourold yourold yourold old tub you s : > ou find she is , and that she shedoesn't shedoesn't shedoesn't shedoesnt doesn't doesnt ' care how many people peoplesee peoplesee peoplesee see her m ill in it 1t And girls don't dont ' ' have haveto haveto haveto to do any guessingthemselves guessmgthemselves guessing- guessing guessmg- guessmg - - themselves themselves- themselvesthey themselvesthey themselvesthey - they know things before you tell tellthem tellthem tellthem them . " . " _ - - . |