Show A flirtation and a typewriter by HICKS copyrighted 1993 by rae aimor company you are not thinking ot of making any now business deals are you Is a very important typewritten letter said dub bub who was dorting the gnall flinging kling lag tho the missive across the breakfast table to his sister natalie knit her pretty browa brown must be an advertisement ahe she corn coin nion toL how flow disappointing whoa when I 1 expected a letter from mr she slie opened the stiff en liopo and then a cloud darkened b her r yes eyes this was the letter door dear daintiness I 1 am rushed with nell upon my word what effron effrontery teryl I 1 A typewritten letter and to mel met business my two partners par tnora being III which must account for this of communication I 1 know that you cro caro to hear from me and flatter my aalf that yog o 0 would rather receive a lino line la in this wa way than mono at all 1 I think of you constantly an ani the tact fact that I 1 shall bo be unable to run up tor for over sunday as you suggest sug geat docs abot ot van an that you are any the less flear to me I 1 think wo we understand ach ather RO ito veil well that explanations and aro sire superfluous between lax 1 I am hungry for a sight night of you abt aut are your plans as regards coming to town everything 1 Is very gay lim but as you yon must know life la is iberer quito quite complete com to me when you re absent do sit down upon receipt of this and nd write me ono of your nice breezy bettem lah ath all the news especially that pertaining to your charming self sell 11 ever HARRY well upon my word ward what affront aryl ry A typewritten lettjr r and to inel met I X will teach his 1 impertinence a lesma teama 00 oo write him a nico nice brazy letter he will think me a regular cyclone when I 1 tell him of my opinion e of hia his method of correspondence bob cried Il learl hearland natalie left breakfast la in her A week later bin mrs morgan and natalia went to town to do some shop vim harry Vander besk spied them at the opera fou deserve a good scolding he aid said bonding over the girls pretty brown head weats then do you deserve she retorted ed 1 i should hato to got at ali my deserts are boon such cuch a moan mean scamp generally but what particular sin do you reler to now 1 I 1 am zin the habit of receiving typewritten written letters from my masculine friend friends VINA t I 1 ah ali dear little lady but I 1 told you iwas I 1 was extraordinarily busy there can be no excuse for offer ing a lady such an insult 11 wherein lies the harm how obtuse you are can you pre tend that it Is in good taste to say nice intimate things such as hat lat let ter contained through a third person why the nacre more thought makes me blush I 1 ought never to speak to you again how flow your typewriter must oo 00 laughing at ua us both 01 it was gar to do such a thing my aly typewriter mademoiselle Is a thing of iron and steel not given to laughter it Is absurd to try to evade the question in that way I 1 mean the young woman to whom you dictate your correspondence I 1 suppose it Is I 1 a young woman the matter Is 1 even worse it if your la Is a man you think so that ie Is too bad be cause my typewriter 1 Is a man and you were shameless enough to let him know that you dared write such things to me why he knows as much about mo as all I 1 do myself such confidence may do very well so far as business matters are concerned but yen had no right to reveal our friendship to a clerk 1 I love to see you look like that said the man it the music w we r not going to birre forth in a I 1 should delay ray iny confession half balf an hour longer lust just for the pleasure of watching your rage what now impatiently my aly typewriter la in no clerk 1 I do not care who bo he Is 1 nothing can improve the situation oh yee yes you do care that letter to which ou take such exception and which I 1 really prided myself was rather a neat job la Is the wora of the blushing man you see belore be ore you yon you did it 1 I did it with ray my little fingers impossible Do areat yo man nothing 1 Is impossible fa a OL oi ti my tny talents I 1 must go now people are settling down again what a boro bore the music ie Is I 1 am coming to col coll tomorrow to morrow whether you want me or cot tot and next time be sure you are right before you accuse a nice cent gentleman leman of all sorta aorta of horrible crimes natalie pondered pandered and wondered and arrived at nothing but perplexity was it possible she asked herself as the music thundered to A grand 77 I 1 e KR natalie regarded him with ide wondering eyes finale that this entertaining come some what frivolous manof he the world understood der derat stood the manipulation of a typo type writer write 1 it I will prove provo hint him she said as she eh moved out of the opera bou couo o amide the luxuriously attired mob ale I 1 Is extremely good fun to flirt alla and if he a told the truth about this affair of course murse it is e all right and there need be te no break in our little tn timaLy 1 the next afternoon when mr mir entered the morgans private aitt it 01 i room he to ind a chee cheerfully fully bubbling babbling tea kettle and a radiant girl he lie did not notice a queer shaped object on a email small table la in a corner natalie was in high spirits anc ane they skirted the dang dangerous mus shoals 0 of love making as was their custom harry know just how far ar to go in such delicate matters and as natalie knew just where to stop him both found tho the pastime exciting aro are you yon aware my dear that it la Is your obvious duty to send me away I 1 do not know enough to go of my jovn free will I 1 presume you are going taw dine this evening and dicing means a frock other than that fascinating affair you have on 1 I baat arit you to do something for me first with a pleading smile what blasl I 1 hope it Is something very difficult that I 1 may show amay valor I 1 that depenti de eald said natalie with a laugh flinging the black cloth from tho the typewriter it Is not exactly the kind of a task ladles ladies in the past used to set for their faithful knights ts but it Is extremely up to date which latch la Is always my ea endeavor deavor I 1 am crazy razzy to see how these strange looking raa rax chines arc are managed wont you show me the man ti it arned a bit pale at the algat of the typewriter but bis hits was so blight slight as to be imperceptible certainly he lie said stepping tor for ward it la Is scarcely so romantic a task as rescuing your glove gloye from a lions den but much simpler by the way misa was 11 r divitz v piece of paper la Is a requisite of this task will a piece of noto note paper do au thing ri table will do he ran the paper into the machine with a flon nourish riah and began to rattle the keya keys at quite a respectable speed natalie regarded him with wide wondering eyes I 1 he lie can do it she thought the young man pulled the paper out of the machine and hold held it up to h hr there several lines reading this la Is a sample of the work of this machine all perfectly written thank you said natalie Z it Is very interesting don dont t mention it shall always be i glad to do any typewriting aou ou may have but I 1 warn you in advance that my cliar charpes pes are rather high it seems ungrateful but I 1 must send you yov away now the boat best of 01 things thing must have an end een e en the tasu of writing on the typewriter at the whim of a fair oung creature ha ila huml so rolls the world away natalie pressed his hand gently in parting and there was a tender self in her eyes he ile knew know dhe she regretted hor her suspicion of him and hia his gay farewell was interred Inter ded to assure her of bis his forgiveness Van dorbeck paused for a moment on the curb what mat a stroke of luck that she did not insist on 01 my writing an any more when that is to the only sentence I 1 know and he be swung on to a car feeling well 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