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30 lines
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ROMANCE NOVEL NO. 209
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By Fauna L. Tabbycat
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Pat was a pert five-foot three-inch brunette with a knack for brassy banter
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and a willing smile that could brighten twilight into day without a crease.
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But she was so lonely.
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Jim was a placid plainsman with a plaintive drawl that belied his firm
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convictons -- and a gut tough enough to bend a blade back on its kerf.
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He was lonely, too.
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The trouble with Pat and Jim, so perfectly matched, was a simple matter of
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time and place: She was a generation younger than Jim; he lived thousands of
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miles from Pat.
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She was poor; he was rich.
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He was svelte; she, dumpy.
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She belonged to Mensa; he could hardly read his own signature.
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They didn't know each other or, had they known of one another, want to.
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Their destinies were not on a collision course.
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What a shame -- their love affair would have made a great story.
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