The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-05


editorial OF ono.p
80, inteea Then you are Mark VIII
| lisp" and l nodded my head like a Chi
nese mandarin, have since been inform
ed. Well, you are not only a very bean-
tiful young badly, but you are a clever
one, too. / don't know that we ought to
refuse Mr.. Mark WilEisr'
ooh, please do not, she cried. "Ishould
be 80 glad % come here, and I think could
soon learn 20 be useful. could cut out
paragraphs for you, and that must be such
stupid work for you to do; and l could
write on what subjects you thought hest,
and If you or the other gentleman wanted
TO so away for few daysI am sure could
do different things for you. And" she
added, 'y1u might both want TO go away
together. Suppose today you alse would
have liked to have left town on the 2:05
train. Wouldn't you have been more com
Portable TO have known some one was here
ready to receive messages or attend to your
ordersy"
At this how could help smiling and
told her that her reasoning almost con-
WINGED me. Indeed" | added, sit would
do so but for two reasons-one, we do not
need you in the slightest, and the other is
that this stuffy Office is no place for q
young lady"
She stood up and / could see tried to look
entirely Indifferent, but her lips trembled
and her face paled.
''Of course then" she answered me,
there Is nothing more TO be said, and
can only beg your pardon. Mr.. Crawford,
for having troubled you"
As ! sat still looking at her it flashed
upon me that perhaps if l knew more of
the history Of this girl l should not so
hastily shut tho door upon her. And
have a very strong feeling about disap-
pointing women. When | married nv
wife and / had only a meager salary upon
which to live, and grumbled enough be-
cause had to work all night, and in con-
sequence slept nearly all day thought
was deprived Of my share Of sunlight and
social life, and my wife tenderly agreed
with me.
After she suddenly failed in health and
died l discovered that she had worked in
our little house all day and sewed for the
shops at night! 1t was thus she bought
my little comforts! And now that she was
dead and could not share the comfort and
repose of my life It seemed 20 me that be-
cause of her deprivations l ought to be
more thoughtful Of other women. Little
enough did the girls guess how often they
owed some little pleasure or Indulgence to
the mute pleading of my wife's memory.
Thinking thus / said:
Are you quite determined on newspaper
work, Miss Woolstineg"
Quite. And perhaps l should tell you
that have an offer which can accept
from The Royal Express, although 7 have
not written for them, but have Just come
from there and they seem DESTROYS OF try
ing me-"
do you want to go there?"
She flushed painfully. NO, do not. 1t
is so public. There are so many men going
and coming"
! rubbed my hands nervously.
'Sit down, Miss Woolstine; who did you
see there-at the olfice?"
Mr.. Finley, the editor"
"And you will go there?"
Il think ought at least to try it, don't
you? 1t is one of our best papers"
have not described Margaret Woolstine,
and do not know how to do so. She was
a lovely creature. tall, slender, with a SUI
perb carriage of the head and the most
charming co.oring Her eyes were dark
anu OSAhtA, Jul yAlAC anu OLSNll1tsNl CdIftu
her pretty mouth, and l often thought It
could not be pleasant to cross her will. But
thus far | have never had to do more than
observe what has happened to others who
tried TO subdue and conquer her
As she stood before me, so young and
charming and innocent, | thought of my
wife, who was also a Margaret, and knew
she would not have allowed the child to
go into such a crowd as frequented The
Royal Express, and / said:
Have you no motler?"
Il have only my uncle,n she answered
"and he is angry with me- My mother
and father are dead "
Very well, said l, "some one must
take care of you, and l am going to ask
you to let me try for a little while until
your uncle has slept his anger OFF. And
although we do not actually need another
editor you can be of use to US, and l want
you to come.
Did she resent this half grudging invita-
ton? No. She looked at me with content
and happiness in her eyes and asked me if
she should begin the next morning.
When Hale came down stairs Miss Wool
slime was gone and was in a little room
back of our Office taking papers out of
desk.
How is this" be said with fine aiTec-
tstion of wonder, didn't you get Off"
Hale, 4" said l, Eve are going to have an
other editor, and this room will have to be
made ready for her at once. think vo'n
put a mating on the floor and make it
look clean and cool, and we'll hang pink
curtain at the window. This desk will do,
but we must get a better chair. If you will
clear orr belongings out I'll send Msrvey
for the scrub woman and I'll go for the
mating"
by George said he. care you daft'
What on earth are you talking sbout?"
And when / told him he listened and his
only reply was an occasional ejaculation Of
'Oh, Lordr' but his intonation of that ex-
preston never varied.