Show Pot pothooks hooks and hangers hy M E MARCH copyright jamms DIMY lind come early it was regular lesson night but the lie shark I 1 wouldn a appear for peril perhaps aps half nn an hour plenty of time for jimmy in which to learn his fate so he sat in the little parlor of louises hoine and waited presently she would como come in briskly her brown eyes demure her lips smiling and jimmy young lawyer though lie he was knew that tits his heart would skip a heat beat and his ruddy face take on a still deeper hue ashe as he faced her in vint that room lie had sat bat three nights a week with louise andyes and yes terry gerard the shark who was the particular fly in jimmys ointment aliv ali v did he need a commercial education anyway his 1119 business require it jimmys did at least so lie had represented to louise when tie he had hogged begged tier her to teach him film the urt art of shorthand so around tills table the three had sat louise and tier her two mated pupils both had invented their need of a knowledge of shorthand in order to ile he near the object of their abrec eions ills heart skipped a beat as louise entered while he was holding her hantl hand which find bad been extended in welcome lie he looked at it idiotically us as it I 1 lie bad never seen it before why jimmy said louise looking nt at him in surprise you promised to write my answer today and so I 1 hive get it gasped jimmy mall service punk was it yes or no silly she answered diving into her pocket 1 I say id mall it to you you to come this evening to take your lesson well I 1 she handed him a notebook that Is my answer she told him sweetly lie ile looked at it helplessly je he exclaimed for the first time lie he envied that shark ue he could have read those marks it was at recess the night before that it happened the shark had left early louise had told alua good night in what seemed to jimmy a most unnecessarily interested fashion and jimmy had bad forthwith laid ills his heart and fortune nt at his teachers feet in a sweetly businesslike manner she had promised to write him her answer that Is your answer repeated louise jimmy set ills his teeth and began to study those awful marks with a vengeance alnee A gasp escaped him there was a familiar chicken track in that first line it was the one phrase he had learned very early in n the course thinking some time to use it craf craftily 1 I love you youl I 1 he recognized that when he saw it it was there but what was that silly little mark preceding the word love teacher he said in a wheedling tone which he sometimes used teasingly teacher you made tills this character a little lame I 1 cant quite make it out he held his fits breath that answered louise turning to him and spelling the word phonetically Is id idon don d o n A t half length you know ow to add t jimmy stiffened and the notebook fell to the floor when louise left it there and turned away again he be exploded 1 I hope youre satisfied he be said thickly youve made all kinds of a fool of uie ine deliberately too louise raised her finger warningly and listened 1 I think terrys coming slie she said iles hes early jimmy swallowed and looked for his fits hat hal ile he was certain now the shark had won louises smile showed that it was radiant and her face was shining with a glory that only love can bring cant stay for lesson he mumbled erti cramming mining the letter into ills his pocket and making tor for the floor it was a false alynn enid eald louise after a ament of looking toward the door that shark began jimmy angrily lie he a wonder asked louise ile he cain rend read shorthand like print good night said jimmy thickly but said louise innocently have you read all the letter jimmy there are some good phrased there here and you should sidy 1 I know no of them thundered jimmy and enough 1 I dont love you ln in the first line enough I 1 can read that thal the doorbell rang jarringly jimmy gave a farewell blick backward look saw sav tier her brandishing another pa per before his eyes felt her hand upon his fits arm but he jerked away angrily from those fingers lie he hold had so PO loved loed to touch accidentally of course at their asks ill read no more fool marks he said but this Is a typed transcript of the fool fol marks jimmy she explained 1 I knew you iou were a fraud and prepared tills this for you and suddenly tier her arm went about ills stubborn neck tightened and brought his eyes down within range of the typewritten words 1 I dont love you halt half as much its as im going to jimmy waited to rend read no more but blinking at the heavenly light that enveloped him he kissed tits teacher and together they went to the door to let in the shark ir |