Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-05-08
forth again when / am once more
Ge0rgiana Pendleton.7

Ge0rgiana PendletOn."
Aunt Dorothy wiped her eyes an
trcmblingly poured out the tea; al
then another long discussion followe
but ali to no purpose. The girl ":
firm as the rock. An adventure,
and romantic spirit had been arouse
that not all the reasoning in Christel
dom could allay.
Accordingly, at the appointel tim
she found herself at a. appointc
place, climbing with fasrs Jaatiny hea,
. long flight Of stairs which led to
spacious corridor, upon every side {
which were doors leading into Office.
Upon one Of them she read, "Charle
Waldo.' She timidly rapEed.
clerk opened it and admitted her int
an inner Office, where sat Mr. Waldo
He was neither young nor old, DOS
scsstal black hair and eyes and Il grea
bushy beard. He scarcely noticed til
pretty blOndo boy, except to remarl
his white hands, and that he locke,
altogether too fr,il for work. But a
the refinement of his manners contrast
cd so strongly with other boys, VIII,
had driven him nearly distracted b,
their noisy and awkward ways, he re
solved to give him q trial.
~ believe Your name is Gcorg'
Pcndlcton," lie said.
"Yes, sir" timi,lly.
"DO You whistle!n
"Oh no; never, sir"
:" I am glad of it, for it is against of
flee rules. That, with singing, has
proved cause for more than one com
l'ctcnt hoy being discharged from my
Here is your desk, and
there are some papers I wish copied
Immediately. You may begin work at
Dnce. The wages are already settled,
believc.n 3zs+-9
Glad to escape further questioning,
She retreatetl to her desk, and COM
writing. Mr.. Waldo was all
lay completely cngrossed with his eli
,nts and books and papers. He
noticed the new hoy, save
when some directions were to be given.
At night, when (;c0rgiana was about
o take her departure, he spoke kind
y ana lns';scsi the quality of her
work.
Aunt Dorothy spent the day in
tate of the most fcverish anxiety
>:le waterol the little geraniam
il the cracked teapot Oh the win
l0w-letlge, at least q dozen times, for
,etting every time that it had been
lone before. Her work Advent wrong,
md had to be done over again. Her
lands took to themselves such trelnbl.
ns fits that at last she had to give up
ewing. But the long, lonely day
nally came to All end, a quick, bound
ng step was heard upon the stairs,
nd George came in with a laughing
ace that was quite reassuring.
"Oh, Aunt Dorothy" exclaimed
he, ~ am in clover. have Just the
icest place in the world-a neat little
nbby- hole all to myself of a room to
rite i'll, with the clerks Office on one
lde, and on the other side great glass
oors leading to the Office where Mr.. |
Waldo receives his clients. And then,
unity, he is such q quiet old block Of |
o0d. He has neither eyes nor ears
n any one. If l did not whistle or
ng, | might, for all notice he takes of
u, spin on my head Oh the stool a
Del portion Of the time.s u,
" He is not a y0nng man, thcn!n
;ked her aunt, with her face lighting
"Oh, no! HE is old enough to be
grandfather. But, aunty,
am very hungry. Is tea ready!"
In time, Aunt Dorothy got accus-
med to Georgie's disguise. Things
ent on smoothly at the Office Every
eek was brought home tho ample
Ocecds Of her. labor, and they had
any q luxury unth0ught Of before
eorgie had her long hair made into q
lignon, aud used to get back into her
i clothes OH Sunday, and, with the
any additions to her wardrobe she
as now able to afford, accompanied
y aunt to church. II tho neighbors,
,itli whom they had nothing to do),
't,cetl her at all. they supposed the
onA old maid had q niece, also, who
n somewhere out ut service during
9 week. fiz sac. L.
Occasionally George was sent oNt
; her employer upon some errsnd,
lich proved . PLEASANT break to the Il