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J Joan Tries HeriC Her iC Hand id i By JA JANE f OSBORN 1922 Ju by y McClure McClur McClure Newspaper i Syndicate I If yOU yon arc are going to go so to make c fuu tun you'd oud better not noL go at ut all said M Maud Ud as she jubb Jabbed d a ac fork Cork into luto the fruit salad E she had bud selected for luncheon luncheon lunch eon at the cafeteria Narg Margaret ret r i agreed with this and nodded her head vigorously as she and antI Maud laud watched the face of the Bk skeptic Joan oan If f you ou laugh or even ea feel like laughing explained Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet interfere with th the roes mes sa sages c Hell He'll put you ou out If he knows II that you ou are ure the one Joan the third of oC the trio of oC stenographers stenographers stenographers raphers who lynched lunched at the operative co cafeteria smiled with something ver very like superiority Im not not going to to la laugh gh I am going because because be be- cause I want to show you ou that It isn't really mind reading or 01 spirit communication com com- COl com communication 1 or anything thing spooky spool at nil If he really does tell you ou things about yourself that are arc true it Is either coincidence or because he has trained trained himself to tell a u lot about people Just by their expressions their mannerisms the the dress and wa way they th the Wu way they behave generally An Anyone Any Anyone one with ordinary Intelligence could tell te a lot m more than the they do If the they Just set out to observe people clo closely el Well Fell youve you've a right to your our opIne ion said Maud Come Corne along If you jou ou want only nl dont don't laugh and dont don't fee like making fun Well We'll have ha dinner h here re e at half past five ve an anti and t then le we can get bet there e early rl Joan was the youngest of the trio b barely rel tw twenty rt but she had tad a g brain somewhere behind those round blue eyes eeg of her She was no no iner mere meres s so scoffer Coffer r either Goodness knows she fhe told her companions lf If he h han lens has an any wn way of knowing us better betler than titan w wI wa know ourselves or Ot of knowing tv what int I Is n store for us us Id I'd be the first filst to want to profit by It I certainly don t l nt want to pound the keys kes all all m my life If It Im I'm going to meet a man ml I Iloe Ilove Ilove love lo enough to malT marry I want to know It If Im I'm I t nights so that I can get on In ht the ell world After the session with the spiritual spiritual- spiritualistic character reader tha tha night opinion was as much divided In In the short port time the girls had to talk on their way home It seemed clear that th time the only part of the spirit communication communication communication cation that Interested them was that which referred to their own present or possible or-possible l love ve affairs I dont don't dont don't see wh- wh why you ou weren't erent more than convinced said Margaret to Joan He couldn't have got thin things straighter about you ou If he lie hal had known you ou all your life Said you ou worked and liked It but that you jou OU would be he willing to marry If the right man came along that you ou w weren't rent e easily suited and that you ou didn't get acquainted ac uc acquainted with men casH easily He said sahl there had been some one once who land hail cared for you ou hut but h t that he was not to be your our life partner that you jou ou should ait for another I think an anyone one could have e sold said that much Just b by looking at me That mans nans a good observer but hut that's n all 11 J A Anyone Anyone m ne with a keen eye e and a a s could do as Thereafter Joan tried to PIP e the truth of her statement a a her hel own hand at at character reading ea ln Sic She spent what had hitherto been tiresome tiresome tiresome tire tire- some minutes In th the subway observing ing fog and weighing her observations oh r Before man many days dus had passed Joan could tell or thought she could an nn amazing number of things s about toast most t of the persons tt whom horn she had a chance to stud study In this thin way wn I Maud said that since n noone knew these people no no one tell could Quid tell whether r Joan Jonn was really making correct de- de de deductions Thereupon pon It was was fiS de decided ld 1 that that Joan Joan should try Mr Davis who laid hud on only I iu Just t been heen transferred to the New ew York office and about whom none of the girls knew an anything as us yet et Th They 1 had e heard him heard him him fP peik pal but bu la lacome r d d me re h lyt watched d hI 1 I h j as sih h m Wf hail had come Vonie come find arid gone with the order oilier of the firm TJ J would Me- Me members t y mem member e J lIlS lIl'S deduct e Inns and I II later e when th the they w His IUs personal history they would se see Jiow n near i r she c wine to being right right L t Ji I ii 11 of that vindication nUon J Joan felt the her island on the 1 subject subject subject-of of of spook character re revelation relation lation ile depended ended d on an her hel su success ceEs or failure failure- so o she used d her hel hele lH Bhe sh hl-sh e eyes keens keen res-keen N win ut-on ut h. h Mr IiI I pa ls awls closely closel wh when n he wis was vm s In Insight III sight ut she thought h he was not lIot She he tried ta to to f s j tl tUe e perso personality of Mr Davis ts e e better etter able uble to Know ImO It It This continued for two tivo elay lays days The 1 he morn morn- lug lot he third da day Joan l r Fint m met tar giu are un d Maud get h before lr s once touts hours I In tl tl to teal theta u the C. h result result- ll of het deductions I 1 e ve never he aak or t. t to him hilt lr I cr h Ms tl I from rew En possibly IUnd Button n. n she sail said He Ile j atel anti Vit sort of man wouldn't wear eHI weara eHIa a wrist watch unless h he hud bad got gat in ma inthe mathe the In lit the service lie He was US In la Inthe lathe the tt rid war war war-I I think In France ranee Of or coD course iise se he hc Is a college man J au g can t J. J that from troll his fraternity plat pin lIes lIe's til kind of mUll man wins who's proud he went to coll college e or nr he wouldn't I wear wear wear-Hils a ds fraternity pin to In business business He Isn't married hint he think of hi hire hi m life aa os h being ln just Vl nt It ought to be Ie Is IR He's Hes L probably got Dot a n lot tint Idealistic notions notions notions' about women Hed He'd be he mighty l good to Co the girl he married but hut hed he'd hede sympathy and und In return re rev e expect lect suspicious auspicious turn torn He Is Just a about the thc modern girl Yet she Interests Interests interests in In- I him That night Joan remained a n little I i after atter five fi to finish some letters As she stood In the hall hell hall waiting for the elevator to take her ller down to the street sheet Mr lr Davis ls stepped from a n bf bend bendIn I In the thc corridor where where- was quite obvious us ushe he he had been waiting and ami Joined tier her j As the they both lived lInd uptown It It was wasa a simple thing to begin the practice of going In the lie subway to together eth r. r Once when It lt- lt ms as a little late Mr r. r Davis ls suggested that Joan dine with him before they start on their sub wa way ny trip That seemed to seal their friendship but It gave ga Joan little opportunity to make actual tlc of her character reading One evening several se weeks later when J Joan an and undo the tIle constant Mr 1 Davis were jolted jotted alon along together In Inthe Inthe Inthe the subway Mr lr Davis ls suddenly looked at Juan Joan with an nn air nil of annoy ante ance Clearly he was disturbed ap op- apparently pIqued and nod disappointed Followed much confusion on the part of JounI Joan Joun I 1 know what you IOU are annoyed about said Joan I cant can't explain now but hut tomorrow Ill Ih tell you ou all about It It It do here In the subway sub some one might hear henr us Then Ill I'll get out of the sub a subway w with you ou and see ee you to your our home I should very much lIk like to have you OU tell me about It was ns Mr 11 Davis Davis' serious seri serl- ous I reply You were annoyed ed said Joan Jonn us ns soon as the they were In the open be be because cause you lU thought I was staring at It that self self satisfied young floorwalker opposite You did seem to be Interested Interested-I but hut how do you know he was a floorwalker floorwalker floor floor- walker waller We w were Ie In the subway late for forthe forthe forthe the office crowd explained Joan Most of these people were wele store workers ers That man maul wore a cutaway cutaway cut cut- awa away coat He wasn't the type of man who'd have a cutaway coat cont unless it was part of of his jog Job I guess youre you're right agreed Mr lr Davis But the important tiling thing to tome tome tome me is that you ou were obviously Interested interested Inter Inter- ested In him taint You Tau dint dont look like the thc sort of of young oung woman w who ho w would In Invite In vite acquaintance with strangers I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess 1 dont don't understand you 0 You dont don't think I was trying to flirt do you gasped J JohnI JoanI John Joan I 1 dont don't want to tc t think so Im I'm Im I'm goIng going goIng go- go Ing to be e frank Wh h I first came cameto to the office i I noticed you OU picked d you out as different from train most must gIrls gills lu iu I offices I flatter clatter m myself I 1 am amp able usually to size people up on eight Ight Anyone Anone with a n keen e eye e and ordinary intelligence can cun do it It From the first you vou were a contradiction You seemed almost demure and yet et that vcr very first filst week eek jou well you well you know how haw you ou used 1 ed to look out at me I wouldn't have hu dared to wait walt for you ou outha that tha t first evening if It it hadn't been for 01 that It was wasa a challenge And now Joan I have haVe grown more than fond fund of or you ou Somehow I feel that you ou are arc the kind of girl I t would like to tu marry But nut of If course If you OU would rather ruther flirt HIrt with e cr every other man you OU sec sei S t. t I IJuan I- I I Juan Joan did not let Mr 11 Davis ls finish his sentence Sh She explained then mitt and there with perfect satisfaction to both the reason for tier her al apparent parent boldness She told him lim too of of the trip trill tu to to the character reader with Maud and Margaret I. I One Jute thing he did say say admitted Joan Juan that I wasn't quite sure of or That was vas that I would sheet meet the theman mun j jI I 1 could really ally care cate forShe for fur I I She told the whole stor story to Maud i and nUll Margaret when she told them therm of her engagement to Mr lr Du Davis vis 1 think d Marg Margaet Mar Mar Mar- And just to sight sighed i g ga et to Maud MautI If lf one of us s had tried our OUI hand at character leading reading wem we we m might ht fight have ha vamped Mr 11 Davis instead of or Juan Joan I |