Middletown transcript., 1892-12-29
7HE nEV CASHIER.

DO NOT KNOW w "n"S -
on what recommendation the man
soer Of the Giralda brought a cir
fron Iowa to act as clerk and cashiel
in the restaurant.
The new cashier had lived in
town where there we're differences il
social standing. but no recognized
distinction, after you hae
left out the sedimentary poverty
striksn class. She not only hac
NO notions of the lines of social cleav
ape 10 o great apartment-bouse, bu
sbe had never heard of chaperonage, ol
those other indelicacies that 60 along
with the high civilization of a metro
nol;, have no doubt she was tht
hest scholar 10 the arithmetic clas'
in the village high school, and ten tt
one she was the champion at croquet
She took life with a zest unknown tt
ne New Yorkers, and let the starch.
;e.t people in the house know that sht
vas Glad to see them when they re
tnrned after an absence, by goine
across the dining-room to shake hands
with them and to inquire whether
thew bad had good time. Even tbs
gentle frigid manner of Mrs. Drups
ecould not chill her friendliness; she
was accustomed to accost that lady in
the elevator, and demand, How il
Mr.. Drupe 7" whenever that gentle
man chanced to be absent. 1t wai
not possible for her to imagine thai
Mrs. Drupe could be otherwise
than grateful for any manifestion Of
a friendly interest in her husband.
To show any irritation was not Mrs.
Drupe's way-that would have dis.
turbed the stylish repose Of her bear
ing even more than misplaced cor
diality. She always returned the
salutations Of Miss Wakefield. but in
tone so neutral, cool, and cucunbrish
that she hoped the girl would feel
rebuked and learn a little more diff
depce. or ut least learn that the
Drupes did not care for her acquaint.
ance. But the only result of such
treatment wss that Miss Wakefield
would saw to the clerk in the office:
Your Eastern people have such stiff
ways that they make me homeslck.
Rnt thew don't mean any harm, /
Some of the families in the Giralda
rather liked the new cashier; these
were they who had children the
little children chatted and laughed
win her across her desk when they
came down as forerunners to give the
order for the family dinner. If it
were only lunch time, when few peo-
ple were in the restaurant, they went
behind the desk and embraced the
cashier and had a romp with her.
The smallest chaps she would take up
in her arms while she pulled out the
drawers to show them her paper knife
and trinkets; and when there were
f.wers, che would often break off one
apiece for even those least amiable'
little plaques that in an apartment
house are the torment Of their NURSES
and mammas the livelong day. Thi-
not only gave pleasure to the infantry
but relieved an aching which the poor
girl had Tor a once cheerful home,
y now broken up by the death of her
parents and the scattering abroad OF
brothers and sisters.
The young men in tue house
thought her /" a jolly girl since she
would chat with them over her desk
as freely as she would have chatted
across The counter with the clerks in
Cedar Falls, where she came from.
She was equally cordial with the
head-waiter, and those of bis staff
who knew any more English than
was indispensable to tie taking of an
order. But her frank familiarity
with young gentlemen, and friendly
speech with servants, were offensive
TO some Of the ladies They talked
it over, and decided that Miss Wake
field was not a modest girl that at
least she did not know her place. and
that the manager ought to dismiss
ler if he meant to maintain the tone
of the house. The manager. poor
fellow. had to hold bis own place
against the rivalry of the treasurer
and when such complaints were made
to him what could he do? He stood
out while for Miss Wakefield, whom
he liked, but when the influential Mrs
Drupe wrote to him that the cashier
at the desk in the restaurant was moi
q well-behaved girl he knew that It
was time to look out for another.
IF the manager had forwarned her
she could have saved money enough
To take her back TO Iowa where she
might dare to be friendly as she pleas,
ed with other humans without fear OF
reproach. But he was not such fool
as to let 20 of one cashier till be found
another. It was while the manager
was deciding which of three other
Young women to take that Mr.. DruPe
was stricken with apoplexy. be had
finished eating his luncheon. which
was served in the apartment, and had
lighted cigar, when he fell over
There we're no children, and the
Drupes kept no servant, but depended
on the housekeeper to send them =
maid when they required one. SO tina
Mrs. Drupe found herself slene witt
her PROSTATE husband. The dls1
tracted wife did not know wha
do: she took hold ofthe needle oWh'
teleseme, but the words on ths dia
were confused: she quickly moved tn'
needle round over the whole twenty
four points, but none Of them suite,
the case. She stopped it at porter.
moved it to "bootblack, carried
around to lice. water" and success
sively to "coupe," "laundress, an'
"messeDger boy" and then gave up Il
disspair, and jerked open the 200
that led to the hall. Miss Wakehei'
- ,ha novt anArt