Telegram-herald., 1890-11-16
THE NEW DEPARTMENT.
she Editea the Column on Love
and Aatrimony.

lG4lEalc4 E.4At4& hes Ia ton ana fclNe-
tance. der thoughts cried cut almost
sudiblY, Where i al the courage
With which / loft hone? They Viii
hear uy heat beat and think l Sm
knocking. anyway, 50 / might as well
DO il. II he . perfees bear. as they
sell me. when - wOgk, BE can't do moro
thsn eat me"
Then she gathered strength enough
70 call Ibo attention OF a setibbler with
IA. Who called ouE Come in, +" 10 her
feminine rap, as be followed his voice
Ia dazed fashion from out the heaps OF
papers. books aud dust in which he had
been immersed
To her intimidated request FOR Mr..
Barrows the editor, he replied: "Oh;
you wanv % see the chief First door
20 the right" ana sank into oblivion OF
her presence
Thus encouraged the intruder acceded
to the request TO please knock on the
first door 70 the rig ~, and was told TO
''come in" by busIaess-like voice.
Now that the hrst awful moment OF
admittGnce had passed hsr spirits rose.
giving strength TO her purpose and
tongue. is this Mr.. Barrows?" she
asked. as the sole occupant Of the room
rose 10 his feet at sight OF tho unexpoct-
ed and altogether taking" indi ividusl
approaching his desk.
Yes, miss" he replied, ''can do any
thing for yoa%
Looking straight up al him. with her
whole stock Of courage to the front,
she said: Yes, sir, you can. | want
work. Have you any to give me?"
II she had asked for bread the editor
could not have been more surprised, as
he looked at the brown-eyed girl whose
distinctivoly feminine and protected ap-
pearance and generally well-kept air be-
li0d her words. At last he recovered
sufficiently to say: What kind OF
work DO you want9 Have seat and let
US talk about II.
Yes, thank you, / might as well sit
down and come to the point Immediate
ly. You and / have mutual friend in
Mr.. Jameson. the architect He knew
wanted something 10 do on a newspaper,
and mentioned you as the only editor OF
his acquaintance. did not know even
as many as one. ] am still in my salad
days of journalism. as you have probably
surmised, never having been in an Office.
but good many of my things have been
published over my first name-Jean-
the last name is Eliord-Jean Elford |
wrote only for rRmusementunt til my father
died two years ago. when / was twenty
one. Since then my mother and have
not found life such smooth sailing.
Now, l want some regular employment
on paper, and am willing to begin at
the bottom and work up"
Now Edward Darrows was an editor
hardened In the ways Of feminine appli-
cants for assistance; besides being a
bachelor on the wrong side of forty, wit
the reputation Of being what has truly
never existed, = woman hater. But tho
way in which this girl struck from the
shoulder" as he told her afterwards,
overthrow his defense at one blow.
well. Miss Elford. shall be glad to
do any thing in my power for you, II
only for the sake OF Jameson am
surprised at his sending any one TO me.
considering my reputation for growing
when in M den, he added, with a
quizzical look.
She laughed and dared to reply: 81
must contess you are q surprise 70 me,
foe I was assured that # would be tax
ing my life IN my hands, this interview
ing you abou newspaper work"
The veteran glanced at himself in an
advertising mirror hanging on the wall.
wondering II ne had reached his dotage
10 like such impudenc from a stranger.
In few words he explained TO her
the hardships OF such life. the army
Of volunteers enlisting in the war Of
words FOR bread every day; and finally
that be had no vacancies on his paper;
moreover he knew nothing OF her cspa-
bilities ss hs had never happened %
come across articles signed Jean. Bus
because I know nothing OF you is no
sign you cant write he put in as
sugar plum after bitter pill Al
though I can do nothing for you perms-
nently. II you viii send ne something
you have done perhaps | could publish
an article now and then OF help you TO a
place in some otner Office"
After which sac could do no more
than b grateful for crumbs and rush
home 70 get up something fine in her
very best style fOT tie bear that did
not growl
In their small apartments uptown
Jean found Der mother. who had heen
left in the dark in regard 20 this vent
are Tor fear oi disooursgiug opposition.
The mother oonjectured that events
we're IN t6e air from the eTclonic en-
trance q Jean. ordinarily "a dignifed
as = boyish face and exsbersncs q life
would permit
Mother. mother. here 7 ar
Have you gone taroazh he fsry
furnace without singer
Ma Ellords anazeuent increased
"a Jean described the whole soena
she indalred in lsagh- which asooed
for nsny tAinz< whea. after asserting
that Mr R2rro~s ~ss Tood-looking snd
sinxnfsaed II Be did wesr z ssses
ard h.a SEEN noeth. IN tone -
oonsical resignation Jean sighed oun
"But [ sappose he a married. a. are
most of the nice uen ons meses-
Reulen bar. asurhter. that these
rsrticalsrIv nlcs married men have. n
sac majority ~ cases. b-aer nas3e - -
the covpsaionshfp - god ~3ves Tou
~ill haze - tsrn sonse uEiT dscklinE
fntc as~.a sor1e 8av
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sriasesr aG ~ 8sys shsn sase soue
canos yoush - rsisA vAs tae eneF-
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