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Wlicn the senior partner Is young,
handsome and unmarried and the woman
In the olllee of a quiet elegance
of face and form, subtly suggestive ol
drawing rooms, it is apparent that
complications become possible.
Oglesby himself had a vague consciousness
of the fact at the end ol
Miss Wentworth's Hrst year there,
It was not so much that, under the
charm of her personality, a Turkish
rug, not originally included In the plan
of office furnishings, had found its way
Into her room?that was a small matter!*
Itut that he perceived a certain
Incongruity in the fact that her slender,
well shod feet rested upon a polished
floor, while he and Stanton
walked on rugs, was more significant.
When incongruities of this sort attract
a business man's attention be should
beware.
Miss Went worth, to be sure, had an
atmosphere all her own, which seemed
to demand a proper setting for her.
To this silent demand of her Individuality
Oglesby made a good many eoncessions
from time to time, almost
without knowing that lie <n?i ?? O"
had a whimsical theory that she was
like lino china and should ho treatod
with tho greatest delicacy.
She herself never seemed to suspect
that there was anything unusual in the
attention that was paid to her comfort.
If a rug were put down in her
room, well, surely It was no more than
proper that there should he a rug
there. If Mr. Oglesby showed n real
anxiety to know whether the chair that
she occupied was as comfortable a
one ns could he procured, Miss "NVentworth
supposed that It was hut the
usual kindliness displayed hy employerg
for their employees.
It was not until the little room occupied
by her containeil every office convenience
that Oglesby was brought to
a consciousness of the fact that there
might be some personal motive in bis
thoughtfulness.
"Um! Seems to mo, old man, that
you're daft on the subject of our fair
assistant," observed his partner when
for the third time In ns many mouths
he had suggested some Improvement to
be made In the stenographer's equipment.
Oglesby answered him somewhat tartly
and In a manner meant to convey
that an Oglesby could under no ctrenmstHiiees
whatever become Interested
In a woman not of his own class.
Still the fuc^that Stanton had noticed
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discomfort. i number of limes when
In* Inn! \vor.;.? 1 h rd?harder by fur
than ho over had with :.;iy woman of
his own worhl?to wi:. a smile from
her. lie even fount! relief in the
thought that with a taet rare in a girl
untrained to : mini life she had added
7-est to his efforts l?y her calm, well
bred, but by no means encouraging
) manner.
"An, Oglesb.v and daft on the subject
> of a st noKrapher!" lie repeated t.) liiinself
witii scorn as Stanton's remark
rankled in Ids mind. *1 guess not!"
* It was fortunate that lie sbonld have
I encountered Miss Went worth on the
street one day while this resentnient
was still warnT in Iiis mind. At the of,
Gee, in spite of ids resolutions, his manner
was unchanged. Over and over
agam he forgot that the cold, serene
t young woman who looked at him very
( much as if he were a mere detail of the
oflloo furniture was simply his stenographer.
Rut when he met her on the street
that day a sudden remembrnnco of
Stanton's speech embarrassed hira.
After all, the Oglesby pride whispered,
"Stanton was right." With this thought
In his mind he checked the smile of
greeting that rose to his lips and
bowed with elaborate and somewhat
, patronizing gravity.
"Intends to be Just as courteous to
me as If I did not write his letters for
so much per month," was the thought
that flashed wickedly through Miss
Wentwortli's mind. Her aeknowledg,
inent of his greeting was reduced to a
t flicker of the eyelids that came perilI
ously near to being Imperceptible.
The effect was by no means lost up;
on Mr. Oglesby and produced In him a
r queer mixture of triumph and Indignation.
"Jove," ran his thoughts appreciat
tively, "she has the air of a grande
dame!"
Then a quick transition took place lu
his view of the matter, and he experienced
a thrill of righteous Indignation
at her treatment. Had he not bowed
t to her precisely as he would have done
to Miss Ten Eyck, with a mere trifling,
Impalpable difference of expression,
which a person In her position could
scarcely be expected to detect?
Just what was going to happen In
the future can never be definitely
i known, for at that moment the vision
of a tall, fair girl, whose eyes seemed
to look into his with quiet mockery,
terminated his train of thought. lie
felt almost as utility as If the vision
had been Miss Wentworth In the flesli,
and somehow the dignified displeasure
that he had meant t;> show when next
they encountered each other at the office
did not seem so possible as It had.
And. Indeed, the "dignified dlspleas
tire" was not at all discernible in the
reference that he afterward made to
that meeting, which showed plainly
^ Ids anxiety to effuce any Impreaalgo
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of patronage that Miss Wentworth
might have absorbed? a reference that
was received by her with an lndlffer?nt
smile and a quick reference to business
mutters in band that left him
feeling neatly and beautifully snubbed. 1
Subsequently, In the stenographer's
room, Miss Went worth took a letter
head from the drawer at her side with
the air of a person In deep thought.
'Alien, with a scornful smile playing
about her lips, she dropped the paper
Into the machine, gave the roller a
quick contemptuous turn and murmured
to herself:
"A perfect cad!"
Fight the conviet|on as he would,
Ogleshy became more and more convinced
as the days went by that a
dire tiling had happened to him.
Why. otherwise, was he forever furtively
watching her clear, pure outlines
' with satisfied delight?
Vet his very soul winced tit the
thought of an Ogleshy in love with a
typewriter girl?and one. moreover,
who scarcely noticed him! With that
; thought the queer, unreasonable exultation
that he had experience 1 before
at being snubbed dart**! through him.
' lie was proud of her?proud of her
; as If she had been himself.
For two generations the Oglesbys had
married belles of their day. Indeed, to
be born an Oglcsby--und a man?was
much the same thing as being horn a
' prince of the blood.
And now the head of the Ogleshy
family was absolutely dependent upon
a girl of the people?a young woman
who earned her living by means of the
skill by which her long, white lingers
uckcu on mo tetters tnat pertained to
the vast Oglesby interests.
Admitting that the impossible could
happen, he reflected, wouldn't it be
sweet? ((luring headlines In the dally
newspapers: "Oglesby Weds Ills Pretty
Stenographer!" "Romance In a Wall
Street Office!" The thought was too
much. And he turned to the papers
that lay on his desk with his lips shut
In n cruel smile. She must go!
"She Is a queen, all right." he was
thinking as he held y portentous document
before his eyes in the delusion
that he was reading it. "She's a
queen, but we Ogleabys cannot marry
queens who have got lost from their
qiteondoinx!"
At that moment there was a tap at
the door, and in response to his mumbled
"Come In!" the lady of his
thoughts entered. In less time than It
takes to write It the Oglesby pride
slunk out of sight. After all she need
not go! The mere thought of some
round cheeked girl with a belligerent
pompadour tilling her place made him
feel murderous.
IIi> rove to uliice 11 I'lmli- fnv lint* <llm.
ly aware through the confusion of his
thoughts thnt she had expressed n wish
to speak to him uihui a personal matter.
Then a shiver of Intuition caused
him to look at her Jteenly.
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"Anil I should like to get away as
soon as I can, Mr. Oglcsby, without In- 1
convenleuclng the Arm In any way,"
were the llrst words that Oglesbj'
heard clearly as he recovered from his
dazed surprise.
For a moment he did not speak. For 11
the first time In all his elegant, arro- c
gant life Hubert Oglesby felt forlorn,
bereft! In that moment the Ogleaby
pride was forgotten.
"May I ask why you have decided to tl
leave us?" lie asked at last, very hum- p
bly and with a fear clutching at his
heart as a very probable reason for her
action suggested itself to his Imaglna- n
tlon.
"Of course," he went on soberly, not
waiting for her to speak, "I do not
need to tell you how much I?how
much we have appreciated your presence
here. -We"?
She interrupted him by a little gesture
at once Imperious and girlish. r
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cold reserve of her manner had dis- t
appeared.
"You've all been ao very kind to me
here that"?
Something In the intense gaze that
he bent upon her caused her to leave
her sentence unfinished. Then slowly ^
the color burned In her cheeks like
the lire in an opal, and Mr. Oglesby
was speaking, rapidly, eagerly and as
a man rather than au Oglesby. o
"Don't tell me that It is too late,"
he pleaded, "and that there is some
one else. 1 think I have loved you n
from the first, but"? tl
ITe stopped in embarrassment. Miss
Wentworth looked up at him with a
quizzical smile. f<
"The Oglesby pride?" she queried, 8|
with gentle raillery. n
It was a trying moment. Oglesby
turned hot and red with shame. Tho
Oglesby pride suddenly seemed to him s<
a contemptible thing. Then he looked 1<
up and nodded with dull hopelessness.
Slie would never forgive such nn admission
iih that, he felt euro.
Miss Wentwortli laughed delightful- r
ly-?unnceountnbly.
"The Went wort lis of Boston," slieob- I
served demurely, "are unuMed to being (
scorned!" \
"But how In the world came you to
be earning your living?"
"Family and fortune," she smiled
back at him, "sometimes part company."
And in that smile Oglesby read that
there really might be a chance for him
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"He makes his living by hl? pen."
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Humor and Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITH
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opyright. 1'Jui. by lJuiu-aii M. Smith.
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
If ovory sirl wore as beautllul as slie
links she is. this world would bo pooled
with liourls.
Work that the other follow do?i
ever seems hard.
After all, blind4
noss may be contagious,
for where
there are blind
pigs tliere are
blind polieenien.
More men would
marry if the girls
wore not so particular.
Avoid (lie courts
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v/ J have a reputation
^77T ?1' " doIhirA
dog is not responsible for the kind
f person that owns him.
Some people never say what they
lean, while others never mean what
liey say.
If a man had a lead pipe elnch on
ortune, the chances are that he would
pend his tlmegloatlng over ids fellow
len and forget how to use it.
It is easier to get Into debt than it
eems and harder to get out than it
>oks.
Clocks often go on strike, but luckily
ot for nn elKht hour duy.
Tlie devil iniiRt have an excellent
i'stem of cross references or he would
ever be able to keep track of some
ten.
Rvery woman should be?ln her marW
life with n Ini'Ke stock of credulity
ml should spend her leisure momenta
icreafter in striving to keep up the
ipply.
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A Big Drive in Youth's
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rhiH is no uho"t story, we |
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advertised |
Wo have placet on the mar- M
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