Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-04-14

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her agitation; she felt he had wit
messed the whole little scene an(
that perhaps he might not pleas
antly judge her. And, after all
perhaps she need not have been 81
precipitate-perhaps she need no
have felts affronted just because
a detestably cavelling and domi
neering individual had criticised llcl
braiding and then wanted to marry
herI
III need not have left the factory;
Alf Kamaron will consider me silly
for that am certain he will,'
she sighed as she glanced after the
stllwart Young fellow, who just
then. moved from tho column and
went toward a buster division oftle
department.
,IGsie.dilnot 60 in quest of the
trihe due her. She donned her
neathat and trim jacket and went
straightway from the big and noisy
building, where she had been en-
ployed only since the beginning of
the season.
The early dusk was already dar-
kcning in the snowy winter street,
and the tall lamps, like huge orange
sparks, glimmered along the pave
nent. Again she sighed ruel'ully.
Sheswas going home sorrowfully
and alone, as she had never done
since she had known ALT Kamaron
the always plainly dressed and
always genial ALI, whose gentle
courtesies had frightened and
gladdened her monotonous life and
irksome labor.
"He will be sorry have gone-I
am certain he will" she thought.
And at the instant the steady
and familiar footstep sounded be-
hind her, and the vigorous and
plainly dressed figure WAS beside
her.
"What was the troubleW he in
qnired in his gentle and direct way.
ibid that Hunt make himself Of
lensiye77
Gle has never made himself any
thing else,n said Josie, ready to
cry.
And then with girliSh difidence,
and in a pathetically deprccatory
way, she narrated What he had al
ready sufficiently comprehended.
"You are a brave little working
girl" Mr.. K;naron commented
with q peculiar smile. "You would
never profess to honor Il person you
deem despicable-not even when Il
bit Of deceit might be an advantage
TO you"
''But 1 should always like to
honor an employer she ingen-
uously replied, as size paused be-
fore: the entrance OF her own home.
repeated, Nth 1taGfAGtI' b N' kEamayysa!aa
laugh, as he held her hand for
second and then reluctantly let her
70. DWELL. you may learn to honor
him, Josie. And you are to come
back to the shop i'll the morning.
am authorized to assure you of
that"
Josie fancied he looked oddly
amused and provokingly myster-
ious, but she ventured no questions.
She was gratified to feel that she
was really going back to the noisy
old shop and to the peasant conf
panionship OF the considerable
young fellow who was always so
merry and gentle, and who wore
his unpretentious working gal b
with such royal dignity and kingly
grace.
And so she went back to the fac
tory-but not to resume the lrk-
some braiding.
Half way down the work-room
she was confronted by ii chunky
parsonage, respondent. with a gor,
geous cravat, a wonderful pin and
a conspicously immense watch
guard.
s.We have filed your place." Mr..
Hunt grandiloqucntly announced,
with his shifting eyes wandering to
everything except the attentive
face before him. 1.-THE fact OF the
mat. er is, we want only skilled Ia
Dor. We cannot afford to keep
working-woman who spoil our
goods and who are prone to Il most
reprehensible insubordination."
''And the fact Of the matter Isl"
began The quiet voice Of Mr.. Kama
ron, who had suddenly become Wis
IDLE, his hands full Of papers, the
familiar pen thrust beneath the
natty cloth cap-"the Whole fact is,
that you have no authority what
ever here. When our superintsad
ent wishes a holiday henceforth, he
must employ a less presumptuous
substitute. We have had quite
enough OF your 0nclOuS lnsCfuc
tons and unauthorized ordering
We do not want you in the bull
ding, sir! Is that sutficient?"
The substitute superintendent
shambled backward, and so obse-
quiously that the irreverent Josie
actually and unbluShingly laughed;
despite her sore bewilderment.
And MIR. Kamaron, noting the
troubled and bewildercd look,
smiled only roguishly.
"Your mistake was not so singu-
lar, though" he explained. '.The
maine of the firm has not yet been
altered, although the firm itself was
dissolved some time ago. | happen