It turned out, however, that she was not destined to be lonely.[Pg 192]
MUNSEY’S
MAGAZINE
JANUARY, 1925
Vol. LXXXIII NUMBER 4
Too French
THE STORY OF A NERVOUS WRECK AND HER ATTRACTIVE YOUNG COMPANION
By Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
YOUNG MANDEVILLE RYDER entered the employment bureau with extreme reluctance. Indeed, when he opened the door and saw so many women in there, and heard so many feminine voices, he would have backed out again, only that he was too young to dare to run away.
He was twenty-five—the age of pig-headed valor. He had undertaken to do this thing, and he meant to do it. Instinct warned him to flee, but he paid no heed. Hat in hand, he advanced to the desk and somewhat vaguely made known his wants.