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Show ! JUST JANE ! 1 i' By OLIVIA ROBERTS. Z David Carrlck did not mean to be an eavesdropper. He was merely an observer of human nature. And in tlmt capacity it never dawned on him Hint he might hear or bee things that were never Intended for other cjes or cars. Hlght hero I wns going to tell you nbout .lane, but before we get away from David let me eplaln u little further fur-ther that because he was good lookinga look-inga fatal quality In a mail and unusually un-usually cluer and Intelligent u had 'thing sometimes for u poison lie was getting polled. DnId was week-end guest at the Skrrltts'. At dinner, Saturday night, Jane's nnmo uiuie up and when u few things had been told, laughed oer and I'ibcusscd, David oxdrJmed with lutei est, "ttho Is this Jane jou'ro nil so era?) about?" "Just wait till jou see her- re-turni re-turni (I his hostess. "Thoru really Isn't mi) thing to till. She's Just Juno; Unit's all. bho'a a dear I" That night there was a hop at the cluli and this ?ae C'mrlck thu opportunity oppor-tunity he crowd fur studjlng tipes, lie found the usual specimens, nothing noth-ing he had not already In his co!!eeJ Hun of humiins. Then along came .lane lie dinned two dances with her just to hear what she would talk about, l'.ut she didn't talk nt all. She danced cllvliulj, smiled mloiably and an-sucicd an-sucicd reseivudly unj thing he cared to stait In tho way of conversation, hut he realized when It wus oer that ho know no more about her or what she was like than he had before. It was thin that Datd decided to viesdrop. lli did not do It deliberately deliber-ately ut fli st he merely embraced the opportunity when It came. Wanting n smoke, ho strolled outsldo, and, finding find-ing a bench deep In the shrubbery below be-low the veranda, he sut down. Ills thoughts were busy and his cigar went out. It was then that he discovered discov-ered Unit ho was quite near to the end of the veranda that harbored thu punch howl und tlmt ho could hear quite plainly the conversation of those making excursions for a sip of us cooling contents. "What's the matter, Jane?" asked a shrill feminine voice. "Are you tired, sitting out here all alone?" David pricked up his ears. Evidently Evident-ly there was another bench somewhere that ho couldn't see, but thut was In full view of the veranda. "No, hut It's too warm to dunce. If you stay Inside jou can't help yourself. your-self. Out here jou don't hnve to refuse." re-fuse." A few minutes elapsed and somo new people came along. "Hellb, Jnn6l Keeping yourself company?" And so on. Then, "What do jou think of Sterrltt's guest? Has a pretty good opinion of himself, don't jou think?" David sat up and took notice. Hero wns something unexpected us well us iliipliasaut, a new sensation entirely. J' held his bieath for the answer. 'Don't Jump to conclusions, Hob. Mn he he's nil right. I rather liked him." D.iv Ill's rallied feathers smoothed themselves consldcrablj. Then others! came. "I declare If It Isn't Jane. Come up and have a drink. No? Say, what do jou think of that Carrlck? Conceited pup, Isn't ho?" Ye gods I Then Jane's voice: "No, ho Is not I If n mun has unj thing In his hend these daj-s he has a right to bo proud of tho distinction, I guess 1" "Ouch 1" ejaculated tho offender. David was experiencing conflicting sensations. He was beginning to find that Jane had spirit. She wasn't tho Insipid person ho had thought her after aft-er ull. Hut why, oh, why, did she feel called upon to defend him?" Ho loved her for It. David thought over things for a week and In thnt tlrao ho underwent us muny changes as n cnterplllnr. Ho came out n different person, humblo ns the dust. "I'm going back to Jack Sterrltt's Saturday and try to moke good with those people. I guess I have been pretty much of n end. Besides, I'd like to seo little Jane." Jane's cjes widened quickly, then narrowed, when she saw hlra nnd sho flushed consciously. "I'm very glad to seo jou, Mr.' Carrlck." "Then I'm repaid for coming," ho returned meaningly. Ho stayed with her nearly all evening, eve-ning, finding himself unwilling to leave her side. "I know why It is 1 i,,.,, tni.-.m such n notion to her." ho kept explaining to himself. "It's be-causo be-causo sho Is so kind nnd fnlr-mlnded." That night when Jnno looked happily hap-pily Into her mirror sho shook her finger at her reflection reprovlnglj-. "You bad girl," she scolded. "You let him stay that night and hear all thoso dreadful things nbout himself Just to teach him a lesson, and you posed us n llttlo saint on jour own account, i "Now ho likes jou nil to pieces nnd Is getting really sentimental. What are jou going to do nbout It? Ono thing you nro not going to do. You aro never going to let on you saw him sitting there that night. And, another thing, you nro going to keep him guess-Ing guess-Ing for n long, long tlmu how much you renlly do euro nbout him." All of which, If Dnvld had known, ho would hnvo snld proved thnt tho chief characteristic of tho fumlnlno gender Is duplicity. (Copyright, JJ18. bX "35cHci,i,r Newp" |