The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-23
RINGAMY'S SECRETARY.

strong relief the fresh %greenness OF the
trees that now had on their early spring
suits of foliage, Mr.. RinRamy had been
q busy man, but now II he had cared to
take life easy, he might have dom so, for
few books had had the tremendous sue
cess of his latest work. Mr.. Ringamy was
thinking about this when the door opened
anda tall intelligent looking young man
entered from the study that communicated
with the library. He placed on the table
the bunch of opened letters he had in his
hand, and. drawing up a chair, opened a
blank note book that had between the
leaves a lead pencil sharpened at both
ends.
GOOD morning, Mr.. SERVER" said the
author, also hitching up his chair towards
the table. He sighed as he did so, for the
fair spring prospect from the library win
dow was much more attractive than the
task of answering an extensive cores
pondence.
ais there a large mail this morning,
SERVER"
"A good sized one. sir. Many of them
however, are notes asking for your auto
graph"
enclose stamps, do they?"
Most of them. sir; those that did not,
i threw In the waste basket"
''Quite right. And the autographs, you
might write them this afternoon. If you
have time"
II nave already done so, sir. fatter
myself that even your most intimate friend
could not tell my version of your auto
graph from our own"
As he said this the young man showed
towards the author a letter which he had
written, and Mr.. Ringamy o at it
critically.
"Very good, SERVER, very good indeed.
In fact, II l were put on the witness-box
l am not sure that l would be able TO
swear that this was not my signature.
What's this you ave said in the body Of
the letter about sentiment? Not making
me write anything sentimental, / hope.
BE careful, my boy, ] don't want the news
turn into ridicule. They are too apt to do
hat sort of thing IL they get half a
chance.n
80, 1 think you will find it all right"
said the young man; still ! thought it
best TO submit II to you before sending it
of. You see the lady who writes has been
getting up q 'Ringamy Club in Kalama-
zoo, and she asks you to give here an au-
tographic sentim mt which they will cher
ish as the motto of the club. So i wrote
the sentence, All classes OF labor should
have equal compensation IL hat Won't
"Oh, tina willdo first rate-frst rate.n
"Of course il is awful rot, but I thought
il would please the feminine mind"
awful, what do you say MIR.
"well, poppycock-if that expression is
better. OF course you don't believe in any
such nonsense as that"
Mr.. Johnson Rinaamy frowned as he
looked at his private secretary.
~ don't think ! understand you" he said
at last.
swell, look here, Mr.. Ringamy. speaking
now not as a paid servant to his master,
but"
"Now, Scriver,"I won't nave any talk
like that. There is no master or servant
idea between us. There oughtn't To be
between anybody. All men are free and
equal in this country"
"They are in theory, and in my eye, IL /
wanted to make IL more expressive"
"Scriver, / cannot congratulate you on
your expressive expressions, II may call
them so. But we are wandering from the
argument. You were going TO say that
speaking as Well, go on"
II was going TO say that, speaking as
N reasonably sensible man To another,
without any CANNON about il, don't you
think il is rank nonsense TO say that one
class of labor should be as well compen-
stated as another. Honestly now p"
The author sat back i'm his chair and
gazed across the table at his secretary.
Finally, he said
my dear SERVER, you can't really mean
al cissSes ~ Labor sho,',J lave oraotiv
the same omnensationi Tho miner t5e
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