Show the strange awakuni awakening Awake nini ng As alan drake let himself into his apartment part ment at on the morning ot of june ath he thought of 0 the excitement of ct the hectic week lie had bad lust just passed through alan was waa a young lawyer who had established a fairly good practice in kansas city he was to be married in two more weeks and the pre wedding parties were in tull full swing lor for alan and his fiancee were an attractive young couple liked by all who knew them alan was the topical young lawyer immaculately dressed with a clean healthy appearance that made you know that lie he had been on the track team for ills his college he was taller than the average man and lie he had bad the broad shoulders slid mid slim waist ol of the athlete he spoke in a clear crisp voice and ills his diction was precise and clear cut alan quickly disrobed dis robed and climbed inac bed just as he was about to drop into slumber he remembered that he had not nol wound lound the clock poor alan he was nearly worn norn out with nil all the parties pirt les and without the bid aid ol of the alarm clock he would n never C v c r be able to get to his office belore before noon why had bad lie be made that appointment with mr backman tor for 1030 and all those letters that must be an jweied tomorrow weighed on his mind preventing sleep of course he had to meet joan tor for lunch tills this partying and celebrating was going to make nervous wrecks out ot of them before they were married why people leallie that the young couple needed time to prepare tor for their marriage why they let him straighten out bout his business affairs instead of spending his time in endless dancing and merrymaking merry making not that alan like this but it was b ginning beginning to get tiresome all these things kept traveling in mind till he finally fell into an exhausted sleep into which no sound or dream penetrated when lie he awakened the heat of the day had bad already set in for kansas Is hot even in june with a start lie he leaped out of bed surely he had overslept over slept quickly he glanced at the clock as he blushed about to leave for work he was amazed to find that the clock had stopped at he distinctly remembered winding the ane clock at and surely it have run down in two hours but he found such was the case he snatched the telephone called central and found that he had just 10 minutes to his office alan rushed out of 0 the apartment building still wriggling into his coat lie he passed the paper boy irom from whom ho he usually bought the morning paper which aich he read in the subway on the way to work in such a hurry that alan even see sec the puzzled look on the boys face MV mr alan drake lawyer walked into his office with all the dignity that should belong to a rising young lawyer miss alias wheeler looked at him with an expression ot of curiosity mixed with pique then she slightly shrugged her shoulders as II if to say oh went well its none lone of my business alan was vexed by her queer behavior but he had bad too many things on his mind to bother about his secre be beh ailor hallor ho he hurried through with the dictation answering only those letters which he considered most Pr pressing then dismissing miss wheeler to attend to transcribing her notes be set to work on that new public works case in the meantime he was impatiently waiting waltin 9 tor for mr backman to come in mr backmann Back mans appointment was tor for 1030 at eleven alan rose from his desk and strode to the door separating his office from the outer room where MISS wheeler worked miss alias wheeler was so busy typing out the letters that be h decided not to disturb her several times he repeated this performance till at noon lie he impatiently jammed on his hat and left he had promised to meet joan at the savoy at about 1215 so he directed his toward that place he went into the room and as the waiter conducted hirl him to the usual table alan asked it if his flance had come in yet the walter waiter politely replied in the negative alan sat down at the table but retrained refrained from ordering until lie he was aas joined by joan he waited patiently at first but as the noon hour slowly passed lie he began to think that joan might have quit shopping early enough that iff h make him lose so much of 0 his valuable time or that she might have sent word to him he finally sent in his order and slowly commenced t to 0 eat his meal he still hoped that joa joan would come in because they had so many plans which they still had to make at about two alan decided that lie ho stay away from his office and work any longer not even for joan he left word for ili her in case sho she called to have her telephone him at the office besides alan planned t to bo ru rush a b out to her house as soon as he could when he arrived at the office by this time quite exasperated with the two broken appointments he found miss wheeler had finished the letters and was walting waiting to have him sign them he took tho this letters and the first thing that caught ills his eye was the date june ath 11 that was the proverbial straw that that b roko broke the camels back first the clock hod had r topped stopped and he be had had to go without breakfast brcak second miss wheelers queer behavior third mr beckman had not kept his appointment fourth joan had tailed failed to meet him lor for lunch and now aliss wheeler h had a d typed all the letters and dated them one day ahead alan lose his temper very otten often but today was enough to try the patience of 0 a saint he had had a feeling of 0 confusion since he had wakened ile he started in to tell fill all this to miss alias wheeler she listened with a gasp of 0 amazement at first then her face became scarlet with indignation at his placing all the blame on her finally she stopped him with the exclamation well of 0 all the nervel nerve 1 then she proceeded to tell him where he was wrong her first words struck him dumb and he be listened dazed larto clyto her recital you scold roe me tor for a mistake mi 1 miss wheeler exclaimed yesterday you come to the office at all you sent no W word rd and I 1 had bad to stay here all day in the boiling heat with nothing to do waiting for you to come mr air backman came and waited two hours to waited at the see you your fiancee savoy till she became anxious as to what could have happened she came here lor for you and whon when I 1 could explain nothing she called you at your apartment of course there was no answer to the call and she left here quite wor ried I 1 stayed till five waiting then I 1 left and when you came in this morning you offered no explanation at all benumbed brain finally realized that he had slept entirely through the day ot of june seventh too many parties had fatigued him to the point where lie he could not wake up the clock had finally stopped because it had run down of course it took some explaining to straighten things out and alan was the butt of many a joke but other than that he be was none the worse w rc for his slight I 1 g rip van winkle depiso episode de a |