Show it Cross Word Cross Word n m Carry By DOROTHY DOUGLASM DOUGLAS M N Copyright had been going about fo for some time now with a far away expression in her eyes and the tiniest I of puckers between her brows Ted Conrad the young oung man who vho had been courting her hel during the last year ear didn't like It at all He realIzed realized realized real real- of ot late that durin during his recitals of some of his bis most entertaining e ek on t the e football field Carrys Carry's e eyes es drifted into that remote distance Naturally Ted was annoyed cd Carry was not giving Ing J him m her undivided at at- It was not encouraging If Ted had been less obtuse he- he would have known that Carry was bored and had taken like Ille the rest ot of the world to crossword word puzzles The far-away far look 1001 meant that Carry was seeking an elusive word for polecat with an m and nd a n u In the center But Hut Ted would have hl been as much bored to work worlo out out a word cross puzzle as Carry would have been to have to sit on a cold bench and watch Ted disporting himself on the football field As a matter of ot fact the thc big athlete and the dainty Carry were not particularly particularly particularly par par- suited to one another nother They had drifted Into a lover like attitude during the summer when there had been swimming boating dancing and picnicking to entertain them She hind had not even told Ted that she was working in the 1000 competition Carry Garry always had a n bit of luck in such suck cases perhaps cases perhaps her optimism helped more than a trifle Carr Carry had hind no hesitation about askIng ask ask- Ing for ing-for for information when she wanted it and of ot course It was always forthcomIng forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming especially If it the wise one were masculine and Carry happened to look up at him with her big violet eyes with their theIl most pleading sion She had so far conquered the telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph clerk In the post office whither she went yent for a n code In three letters u n a Greek Greel professor whom she inveigled Into telling her all nil the prehistoric anImals animals animals an an- of ancient Greece the young curate who told her all the various names of Ecclesiastical nature and she had made a perfect slave of ot the young oung man in charge of the reference department of ot the local library Carry was on her ller way there on a n abright abright bright and sunny morning in November November Novem Novem- ber to get bet et the no doubt atrociously long and unpronounceable horticulturists horticulturist's name for an nn innocent little garden flower There was more than a nip of t frostIn frost In the air nir and find Carrys Carry's cheeks were a healthy scarlet She was as a n wee bit cold otherwise she might have hate continued continued con con- con con- her walk wani to the library and amI the young swain therein As it was she decided to go into the long row of hothouses that sheltered the glory of the flower world In that part of the tha country Carry loved flowers Carry paused on the threshold In sheer delight The hot fragrance of ot the flowers together with their glorious glorious glo glo- rious colors gave her iser the sensation of ot having stepped from a cold silent world Into one of ot life and warmth and love loye She Inhaled the warm odors deep into her lungs and was enjoying enjoIns herself herset to the utmost when she realized that a n young man had had- entered the greenhouse and was WIlS waiting waitIng wait wait- Ing her pleasure j 1 I. I 4 tf I Carry arr P put put the violet Iolet eyes Into use usa and the young oung man of course realized 1 that someone as lovely as the flowers flowers flowers flow flow- ers ers was questioning him Oh I say sar he laughed genially are you ou working on thos those sticklers too I have ha lost weight and three nights' nights good sleep on one word Carry burst out laughing and Binden Braden Bra Bin d den n stopped to listen Which one Is IsIt IsIt It Perhaps I have found It she questioned We Ve will have to share that 1 if we help each other laughingly replied replIed replied re re- re- re j plied Braden He drew from rom his pocket the familiar word cross puzzle puzzle puzzle and pointed out to Carrys Carry's amused eyes the simplest word of ot the ille lot There he said that word I I never heard such suck a word and Its It's not In an any dictionary synonym book nor any other book that I can lIn find Its cue as you know Is most modern mod mod- modern ern girls have it Is Js a perfectly good word Carry exploded Into merriment It Is Isa Isa Isa a cross between a shingle and n a bob bobP She pulled off her hat and showed the astonished young youns man what a bingle was and und he had to admit to himself that It was something very lo lovely ely Inthis la In lathis this particular r Instance And now now for the flower It Is so simple to me that I 1 cant can't think of ot anyone anone not getting it it And with that he be wrote down a conglomeration of ot letters that made Carry gasp It Jt fit fitted fitted fitted fit fit- ted In of course I wouldn't even attempt to pro pro- nonnce pounce It she laughed It un Is Isery very ery good of ot you to help me When the violet Iolet e eyes es lifted again to Braden's Braen's face tace he hoped with all his hU heart icart that there would be at least one j jor j jor or two more horticultural names to brIng this young lad lady to his green green- een- een hom louse house Carry hoped the same e. e 1 As a matter o of fact t ale she was thinking about it the young man was cutting with a tenderness that proclaimed proclaimed pro pro- claimed the flower lover lo a few exquisite ex- ex j buds buds and and a n moment later was putting them into her eager cager hands 1 We will split that he said If Jt I get It Dont Don't you u think we should work ork out the next nest puzzle together together to- to j gether It certainly Is easier Carry softly soft- soft l iy ly admitted tf |