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this; "but you know Mr.. Hale aud 40 an
that and have time to snare y

y
that and have time TO spare
But have helped you n little" she ex-
rloincd with eagerncss 81 have written
you several things and you have always
published them. Last week you made an
editorial Of one"
so, indccdl Then you are Mark VIII
lis"" and nodded my head like Chi
nese mandarin, | have since been inform
ed. "Mell, you are not only very beau
tiful young lady, but you are u clever
one, too. dou't know that we ought to
refuse Mr.. Mark Willis"
ooh, please do not, she cried. 'Tshould
be so glad to come here. aud think could
soon learn to be useful. could cut out
! paragraphs for you, aud that must be such
stupid work for you to do; and | could
write on what subjects YOU Thought best
End If you or the other gentleman wanted
to go away for a few days am sure could
do different things for YOU. And" she
added, you might both want 10 10 away
together. suppose today you also would
have liked to hive left town on the POS
train. Wouldn't You have been more com
Portable TO have known some one was here
ready To receive messages orattcnd to your
orders5'
At this how could help smiling, ard I
told her that her reasoning almost CON
WINGED me. Indeed" added. ut would
DO 40 but for two reasons-one, we do not
need you in the slightest and the other is
that this stufIy Office is no place for q
young lady"
She stood up and could see tried to look
entirely Indifferent, but her lips tren,bled
and her face paicd
"Of course them" she answered me,
there ia nothing more to be said. and |
can only beg your pardon, MIR. Crawford.
for having troubled you."
AS / sat still looking Mt her it flashed
upon me that perhaps If knew more OF
the history of this 0r should not 40
hastily ehut the door upon her. And
have very strong feeling about Ci,aD-
pointing women. When | married nv
VIII" and had only meager salary upon
which to live, and grum bled enough be-
cause had to work all night, and in con.
sequence slept nearly all day. thought
Wa deprived Of my share of sunlight and
oial life, and my wife tcnderiy agreed
with me.
After she suddenly failed in health and
died | discovered that she had worked in
our little house all day and sewc,l for the
shops ut hight! 1t was thus she bought
my little comforts, And now that She was
dead and could not share the comfort and
repoSo OF my life it seemed to me that be
cause Of her deprivations ought to be
more Thoughtful OF other women. Little
enough did nc cir. guess how often they
owed some little pleasure or indulgence to
the mute pleading of my wife's memory.
Thinking thus said:
"Arc you quite determined on newspaper
work, Miss Woolstinc:"
Quite. And perhaps should tell Won
that lave an offer which can accent
from! The Royal Express, although have
not written for them, bat have lust come
from there and they seem dcsircus of try
ing me-
do YOU want to 90 there''
she flushed painfully. NO, do not. It
is so public. There are so many men going
and coming"
rubbed my hands nervouslv
sit down, Miss Woolstine; who did You
see therc-at the Office"
MI. Finley, the editor"
and YOU will go there?"
81 think | ought at least to try il. 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
peru carriage Of the head and th~ most
, harining coloring. Her eyes were darl,
aud tender, but pride and obstnacy curved T
her pretty mouth, and I often thought it
could not BE- plca>ant to cross her will But
nus fer 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 nav
wife, who was also a Margaret, and knew
she would not have allowed the child to
20 into such a crowd as frcQuented The
Royal Express, and said;
Hive you no mother"
Il have only my uncle" she answered
land he is angry with me Ny mother
ana father are dead"
Very we'll" said |, "some one must
lake care of you, and am going to ask
ion to let me try for 4 little while until
your uncle has slept his anger off And
although We DO not actually need another
EDITOR you can he of use to us, and want
you to come"
Did Size resent this half CrudQng invita-
lnu? No. sac looked at me with content
md happiness in her eyes and asked me il
81" shonli begin the next morning.
When Hale came down stairs Miss Wool
slime was gone and was in little room
:ack Of our Office taking papers out of a
icSk.
How is this" he said with fine afrec-
alton Of wonder, didn't you get ofe"
"lin'e,' said |, I'VE are going to have an
II her editor, and this room will have to he
made !endy for her at once. think we
mt Il mating on the floor and make it
ock clean and cool, and wen hang Il pink
'urtain at the window. This le,l, will do.
mt we must get Il better chair. II youwill
lear our belongings out I'll send Marcy
or the scrub woman and Ill go for the
Mating
"by George" said he, "are you daft,
y hat on earth are you talking about"
And when told hiln he listened and his
ln!y reply was an occasional ejaculation Of
oh, Lord"' but his iutonation of that eX-
preston never varied.
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