Show found a title for fot his story the weekly short story by DOROTHY DOUGLAS M LI EMIT rumpled his mr fair clr aly in vain 1 no hint of an inspiration came to his bra brai brainis nIt I 1 seemed beeme temporarily drained of all plots and be ti wai was under contra contract t tr te the arpia argus to turn tum out another my mys tery story tor before another sun un bad set over hia his attic window henry began to with he had taken up brick laying as a profession fes sion perhaps it tired the mu ran cles ties bat but certainly there woula be none of that devastating brain fan fog that besets the overworked writer of and not least in con sider atlon there would be the reg blar ular weekly check of goodly pro port lins nill coming in to help pay for hayna 1 old alts suits pressed and shaby hat bats blacked re then iut cut of that fi g bound in III henry found himself look ina in at a tirl girl a face fact a face so to con ported by the frantic effort the she was making to and a v vital ito spot lu her thront throat with a pair of ghastly sharp scissors that henry wasn gasn t ure sure adether or not she wai was even good looking the face was reflected in a email small mirror that hung la in the light of bis his window tor for the purpose of assisting the dally daily have henry took a swift surrey survey of the window windows ot of the I 1 flat a s and yea ye there in the t h window pa 4 just across the court he could see the girl in her awful effort to blab stab her self elf with those mar mur derous bould bold he be la in timet time it henry en printed d down 0 wn the tain stairs do dashed eg to the a apartment Part ment door around the corner flung himself up the four nights flights of stain stairs that must lead him to the door of the girls cirl flat and in a breathless panic lest he be too inte late to save the life of th that at poor girl rang the bell with a loud peal peat lie ile breathed a sigh of denef for within the apartment he be heard foot toot tepa steps approaching the door and to henry henrys now vivid he fancied the root footsteps dragged dras gei as if the girl were viere uncertain ai as to whether she he would answer anser the summons aa nimons or continue her deter m nation to end it all henry braced himself the girl might la in her fevered unstrung trung state of mind attempt to bury those blades in I 1 Is own flesh lesh by mistake she opened we tit door and stood fazing gazing wide ade eyed at her imperious Imp ertons door ringer certainly she the looked da d and she still clutched the scissors in her right hand while with the ther other she endeavored to push b hack ck the half head of long hair that bung hung across her shoulder what Is it I 1 Is the house on fire or something sho oho swiftly inquired of the troubled looking youns man at her door no er nothing like that f simply though thought you w re trying to dio d away with yourself those I 1 saw you from my win dow making such frantic borts efforts torts to find your jugular vein or whatever vein it t Is that runs through the throat that I 1 dashed across to vieve henry stood gazing at the girl ctrl who ho now with her be r face lace vt opt into normal lines gave him m a great sense of pleasure me ife that the very last thine thing in the world I 1 I d think of doing it its s a pretty jolly old world to be alive and kicking in I 1 think then she rant burst into laughter so merry that breary u was wits forced to colu her then why the awful effort efforts with ith thesel be indicated the id sets sors she stopped laughing long enough to answer him it 1 I was merely bobbing hobb lna my hair or rather trying to and slid I 1 have made pretty much of A ik mm moss of lt iti I ve been hocking hacking away trying to ree see the back of my head for nearly half halt ao an hour bour I 1 loath to hairdressers hairdresser that the reason I 1 ve put up with long hair when nearly the entire tj is hot bolhen hed henry gazed at the hair in question ind a nille smile grew la in his hi eye eyes you certainly are making rather a mess of It looks look a bit choppy I 1 have a hunch bunch I 1 could improve on 3 lour our mirk ork ea so you would be at least if ait presentable table J joyce yee stood stora doubtfully gazing at glenry henry needing needling his proffered as I stanie badly and realizing in her heart atiat tince since he had butt made uch such a frantic effort to save the life of a complete stranger he must be a right sart rt of chap lie liasides sides joyce hal had i a queer little feeling that she he TOW grow to like henry vyner ills hi ere eyes were 10 80 blue and honett honest and mirthful shi opened the door wider and henry stepped casido her dainty little flat once inside they looked at each other an I 1 bunt burst into laugh ter certainly they presented a funn funny Y picture kad now to work laid said henry taking the treat great scissors cli iori from her landi lands you rant coat go about half hill 2 thorn horn any longer sit in that c chair hair in a good light and if you are sat tt lefler with the tb bob I 1 fire give you you are going to lien sign a contract to let roe me do it al 81 in the meantime I 1 have found an idea for a atory story alch I 1 bhala call barbara boha bobs and when I 1 ve sent it away thia this afternoon you must nett me and have danner a me where 0 if it you yon bob me nicelli nicel yI I will joyce smiled sweetly op up at henry yoa you will be bobbed more than nicely icely raid sold henry and knew thai that the little god of inspiration bad come to him hint in love A 1111 L tIc Clur u r no pr IVY nu |