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Show JANET MAKES ADECISION A ADECISION DECISIOND DECISIONBy DECISION DECISIONaBy I D : ! aBy By JOYCE TEMPLE TE'IPLE TEIPLE TEMPLEMcClure TE'IPLEMcClure ' ( ? McClure cClure Syndlc Syndlcate-WNU Syndlcate WNU Syndicate te-WNU te WNU - - WNU Ser Service Senlce lce IAT I J A AT T LAST Junet Janet Conrad came to toa toa A- A Aa - a decision d"clslon dclslon " . . . With a sigh of re- re relJtf relief re relief - - lief lJtf she lumped Jumped up and starteddressing starteddressingShe started starteddressmg starteddressing dressmg dressing dressmgSb dressingShe Sb She " did not whistle as she usually usuallydldmstead usuallydidinstead usuallydid dld-mstead dld mstead did-instead did instead - mstead there was a 1 I ttle ttIe the frown frownbetween frownbetween frownbetween between her finely penciled bro vs vsand vsand vsand and her ordinarily ordmarily sunny face v-asclouded v asclouded v.as vas was v.asclouded wasclouded . - clouded with thoughtNo thought thoughtNo . No sir she told herself no nolove nolove nolove love in a cot tor for me Jack Bento Bentoi Bento1 " ' i sa sa s splace a carlmg carting but nothIng can take the theplace theplace , place of my freedom and my forty fortyberrIe'i fortyberries fortyberne I berrIe'i berrIei berries ' ' ? per As soon as he rings ringsI rings111 I II ll go do down n and tell him no then thenhe thenhe thenhe he 11 II go awayShe awayShe away awayShe She thought back over the tele telegram telegram telegram gram she had received that mom morn momIng morning morning Ing Reach town via v13 auto late thisafternoon this thisafternoon thisafternoon afternoon May I see you seven seveno seveno o clock clock7 ' Something important to tell tellyou tellyou tellyou you . . Jack . . . She knew what the something sometblng 1m im 1mportant important important portant meant and at last she hadreached had hadreached hadreached reached her decision She was glad gladtoo gladtoo gladtoo too tor for Jack s trequent frequent visits had hadcaused hadcaused hadcaused caused her anxiety She had aI alw ays ayslookcd ayslooked ayslooked lookcd looked forward to them and at the thesame thesame thesame same time she had dreaded them themHe themHe themHe He was so irresistibly boyish in his hismanner hismanner hismanner manner and so flattermgly flatterIngly mfatu infatu mfatuated infatuated mtatuated ated that she had always felt the thedanger thedanger thedanger thedangerIf danger dangerIt dangerIf If It he be had proposed to her without withouthavmg withouthaving withouthaving havmg having given her the chance to re- re reflect reflect re reflect - - flect and think thmk it over she would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have probably fallen for him on the thespot thespot thespot spot , , , but this way-thank way thank way - thank goodness goodnesshe goodnesshe he had warned her Now she had hadherself hadherself hadherself herself well in m band hand and it would beeasy be beeasy beeasy easy to resist his pleadingShe pleadingShe pleading pleadingShe She wondered how he would take takeIt takeit takeit It Of course he . would v.ould vould probably probablyfeel probablyfeel probablyfeel feel pretty distressed at first but butI butthat butthat butthat that was natural . . Nobody 1 I ked getting get gettang I . tlng tang turned down She would be as asgentle asgentle asgentle gentle and cons derate as possibleHer possibleHer possible possibleHer I possibleI Her thoughts ran along as she got gotinto gotInto , into the little pink pmk dressI dressWhen dressWhen dress dressWhen I , When Jack saw her a few mln min minutes minutes utes Involuntarilybut later he gasped involuntarily involuntarilybut but much to her chagrin chagrm he did not not'propose notpropose notpropose 'propose propose ' propose And you simply can t say'no say'no say sayno 'no no ' ' no to a man who has not saidWill saidwill said saidwill will you ' He merely remarked remarkedafter remarkedafter remarkedafter after greetings were over overSay overSay overSay Say I know a road by the river riverI riverIve I ve ye always a1.ay5 a1ay5 . wanted to explore It ItShall itShall itShall Shall v . we e take a little spin in the thecar thecar thecar9 thecar9Janet car ' Janet was slightly sUgbtly irritated However How However However ever there was nothing she could do dobut dobut dobut but gotinto consent to the ride so they got gotinto gotinto into the little waiting car and were weresoon weresoon weresoon soon ghwayThe hurrying hurrymg along the h ghway ghwayThe ghwayThe The river road was several m les his lesout hisout lesout out of town and by the time they theyreached theyreached theyreached reached it dusk bad had crept of ott off ! into intothe Intothe intothe the woods and had given the world worldover worldover worldover over to the moon Janet had no noIdea noidea noidea Idea how long they had been drIV drIVIng driving dnving Ing when Jack stopped the car carNow carNow carNow Now it s coming she thought thoughtwith thoughtwith thoughtwith with a little shiver He s going to topropose topropose topropose propose rigl rlgi t here and now What WhatshaU Whatshall Whatshall shaU shall I say say7 ? ' Goodness I wish it were wereover wereover wereover wereoverBut over overBut But he did nothing of the sort . He Hesaid Hesaid Hesaid said simplytook nothing not a word He simply simplytook simplytook took her in bis his arms and she felt hIs hIsgentle hisgentle hisgentle gentle kisses She was hypnotized hypnotizedThere hypnotizedThere hypnotizedThere There was I > someth ometh ng electrical electricalmagnet electricalmagnet electricalmagnet magnet c about h s touch and her hermInd hermind hermind mInd whirled around in i1J a chaos of ofthought ofthought ofthought thought . If only he hadn t brought broughtme broughtme me here Thank goodness he hebrought hebrought hebrought brought me hereAfter hereAfter here hereAfter After awhile a hlle he spoke It 11 II betough be betough betough tough sledding sleddmg at first honey but butwe butwe butwe we 11 II get alongWho alongWho along alongWho Who cares about tough sledding tieddingas sleddingas as long as we re together ! She heard herself saying thewords the thewords thewords words but still stlll she could not be beI be1 I 1 eve her own ears Then this new newJanet newJanet newJanet Janet said 1 > something 0methIng else wItha wIthlittle withlittle with a alltUe little lilting laugh Jack Iwas I was be begInnIng beginning beginning gInnIng to be so afraid you wouldn t tproposeJ tpropose tpropose proposeJ propose ; , You took tuok so long to get toit toitAs to toIt toit It ItAs itAs As a matter of fact he never d d dactually dactually dactually actually get to it but neither one onerealized onerealized onerealized realized it and just at that I > econd second secondthe secondthe econdthe the old dead Janet raised up herhead her herhead herhead head for a last laugh as she chanted chantedderIsIvely chantedderisively chantedderisively derIsIvely Little trick nature natureplays natureplays natureplays plays on all of us _ |