Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-05-16

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sheets of paper with mysterious HER
oglyphics, and begged her unwill-
ing brothers to read to her. The boys
said they would not have minded SO
much if she had not made them read
the same old thing over and over
again. But Polly was pitiless, assur-
ing them that Miss Brown said this
was the only way in which she could
sget up her speed,'' and asking them
how she could educate them if they
were not willing to read to her until
she knew enough to get place. The
boys pretended not to have much
faith in their sisters schemes, and
were not quite sure that they wanted
to be educated; but they did pretty
we'll about the reading, land after three
months Polly announced that she
could write hundred words minute,
and set about learning type writing.
Then, when Polly was ready for
place, there was place ready for
Polly. This happens oftener than we
think
Miss Brown had a friend who was
going to be married, and consequent
ly was obliged to give up writing let
ters for Messrs. Lambie & Bachelor.
In accordance with Miss Browns ad-
| vice, Polly wrote to these dignified
bankers, offering them her services.
She was answered with pleasing
promptness. Messrs. Lambie & Batch
requested an interview.
1t rained the day after the letter
came, but not whit did Polly mind
that. With fortune fifteen miles away,
one does not wait for the sunshine.
Her father laughed at her eagerness,
and her mother watched the little fig
ure in the gray waterproof around
the corner with smile and a tear
81 hope the child will not be disap
pointed she thought.
But all went well. Polly found the
street and number, and mounted the
broad stairs with quickly beating
heart. When boys go to find work,
suppose their hearts do not beat fast.
But Polly would have scorned the
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pleased to see with how much COM
posture and dignity she spoke when
she asked a tall pale youth if she could
see one of the firm. She was conduct
| ed to benevolent old gentleman, who
looked at her kindly through his glass
es, and put her quite at ease by ap-
pearing to know who she was almost
| before the told him. Without many
preliminaries, he began debating to
to her, and almost before she knew it
she was engaged to begin work the
next Monday.
After that Polly splashed through
the muddy streets, and hardly knew
| that she was not flying. If any of the
solid business men who took the sub
urban train that she did had looked
up from their newspapers long enough
! they might have noticed that the
girl in the old waterproof and soft
| felt hat had very happy face; but
| fancy they would have smiled if they
| had known what it was that made her
| cheeks glow and her eyes shine. To
| them it would have seemed a very
| little thing. To Polly it was the be-
| ginning of the fulflment of her
dreams-the first step in a happy path
of victory.
Mrs. Chase thought the best feature
of the plan was that Polly could come
home every night. It would have
| been dreadful to her if her daughter
had been compelled to live among
strangers in the city
| Now came busy, satisfactory days.
She had studied her shorthand and
type writing so carefully and ener-
getically that, when she came to put
| them to practical use, she worked cas-
lily and well, and was saved worry and
doing over. She was that fortunate
person who knows more than she
needs to know, and so keeps her work
easily in hand
Sometimes, to be sure, the east wind
! got into her temper, and sometimes
there was SO much to do that it made
her back ache; but, if one day was
especially disagreeable, the next was
almost sure to be unusually pleasant.
The office boy was amusing, and
thought Miss Chase a paragon. She
found Miss Lewis, whose desk was
not far from where Polly sat clicking
her little machine, most interesting
person; and everybody was very
kind. The new stenographer tried
hard to do her work just right, and
was bright and cheerful person to
have around; and this may have had
something to do with the general
kindness. She seemed always to