The Nevada picayune., 1885-02-26
THE STRONG g1OT.

the office and leave her with you?"
 "Why-yes. But the. fact ,is, Bessie. we are dreadf0lly busy ct the office just now, and slfan't have much time to attend to her."
 "Qh, well, she'll take care of herself; she can look out of the windows, and there are lots of pie lures to amuse her, you know. On ly see that she doesn't go to the cases and handle thetyr es, to get her clothes dirty"
 "All right. Want to go with pa pa. Lui'
 "Yes, indeed I do."
 And Louie's sweet blue eyes sparkled.
 "Well, get her ready, now, Eess, and I'll take her down with me- said papa John.
 "That'll be a good plan. And when 1 have finished I'll come to the ofIice for her, and we can all come home together" arranged Mrs. Bessie, as shehew about put ting fresh robes on the little six ear old Louie, and tying up her pretty golden curls, so as not to keep John waiting.
 John was editor ofone of the city weekliss, and nothing pleased Lou ie better than to spend morning at the office with him.
 Sometimes she entered into the great press-rOoms, but her pretty dress usually bore the marks of it when she did that, so mamma Bes- sic had objections.
 Her last charge to John, as he hurried out to catch the up town train, was to keep Louie away from the type cases.
 But John did not answer, or seem to hear, and Sho went back into the house (she had been stand ing on the doo,step to see them off Bessie remarked
 "I wonder what has come over John? He seems to be always thinking and studying lately. l would like to know what he's got on his nind7'
 But, as it couldn't be anything very serious, Bessie dismissed the subject from her mind, and prepar ed to go on her shopping excursion in her prettiest street costume.
 And can tell you Mrs. Bessie was pretty enough in any costume. She hadn't faded or lost a speck of her freshness, thougs sLe had been married seven years and a half and had done her own house. work over half the time at that. If that doesn't speak well for John Harding, l don't know what would, I'm sure.
 But Bessie was right in thinking , ohn had something on his mind. And the something was this A writer who had promised to furnish a frst-class serial for the paper failed t9 come to time, and John, who was pretty good in the story line, undertook to furnish it himself.
 It was longer ard far more sem sational than anything he he'd yet attempted, however, and ot course Editor John was very anxious to make a success oft. His thrilling plot involved some legal points, of which he was not quite sure, and he was studying on these points this morning.
 After he had got to the office, to make all correct, John sat down and dropped a postal cara to law yer friend, stating his delima. and asking a reply by return mail, while little Louie though she didn't go to the press room, did find part of a case, which one of the boys had carelessly left upon the floor, and proceeded to make 'pi' out of it, after the most approved order, and greatly to the detriment of her fresh blue dress.
 The next day Mrs. Bessie tidied up her house swiftly, for the pret- ty fabrics she had bought the day before must be taken to the dress- .mak CTS to be cut, and where is the woman who does not delight in thatf
 "Now, Louie," says she yoG can go with me to the dressmaker'a, and as we come home we will stop ot Conner's and4uy acme straw