Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-07-15
Clerks in love are requested by
the management not to think OF
the adorcd object between tho
hours Of nine o, m, and six p. m.
aRy ORnRu ~

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Now George Peters was very, rny
methodical person for 80 young man.
When letter got into Peters hands it
went through certain routine and tho
answer departed from him to the copy
ing book and from thoscopyihg book to
the envelope and the envelope, letter
and all, with Enclosures marked, went
into the letter box with q regularity
that nothing but the Office clock could
emulate, and even that, the clerks said,
was not as regular as Peters, for they
claimed it was always fast in the morn
ing and mighty slow in pointing to six
o'clock.
1t is little wonder, then, that Peters
stood high in the confidence Of old man
Dentham. Bcntham was Bentham
brothers & Co. There were no broth
ers and no company-that was merely
the firm name-it was oil Bcntham.
Perhaps there once were brothers and
perhaps there was once company,
but that is all ancient history, anyhow,
and has nothing to do with this strictly
modern story. And it did not Interfere
with the fact that old Bcntham's name
was lovely thing to have Mt the bot
tom of largo check.
The clerks never specialized on the
probable effect Of love on Peters, be-
cause it never occurred to them that
such thing as Peters falling in love was
within the bounds Of possibility. Love,
~, al mt
can be dockctcd and ticketed and re-
ferrcd back for further information,
and entered in the day book and posted
ON the debit or credit side of n ledger,
ST. what on earth could Peters do with it
il he had it? Manifestly nothing. If
they had known as much about human
nature as you or ], they would have
surmised that when Peters did fall it
was time to stand from under.
And who should Peters fall in love
with but the very woman of all Others
wrom he ought never have given a
thought TON other words pretty lit
tic Miss Sadie Bentham, if you please.
1t made Peters himself cold when he
thought Of it, for he knew he had just
Us much chance of getting the moon or
the saureateship as the consent of old
man Bentham. The clerks always said
that it was Miss Sadie who fell in love
with Peters, principally, ! suppose, be-
cauhe she should have known better,
and think my selfthere is something to
be said for that view of the matter.
Anyhow, she came to her fathers place
Of business very often and apparently
very unnecessarily, but the old man
war always pleased to see her, no mat
ter how busy he happened to be. at
first she rarely looked at Peters, but
when she did flash one of those quick
glanccs of hers at him poor Peters
thought he had the fever and ague. lie
understood the symptoms later on.
don't know how things came to q
climax; neither do the clerks, for that
matter, although they pretend to. BE-
sides, they arc divided in their opinions,
SO | think their collective surmise,
amount to but very little. johnson
claims that it was done over the tele
phone, while Farnam says she came
to the office one day when her father
was not there and proposed to Peters OF
the spot. One thing the clerks are
unanimous about, and that is that Pc
tiers, left to himself, would never have
had the courage. Still, too much at
tention must not be paid to what the
clerks say. What can they know about
it2 They are in another room.
Peters knew that he had no right Il
think about that girl during business
hours. lie was paid to think about thu
cid man and his affairs, which were mo-
nearly so interesting. But Peters wat
conscientious, and he tried to do hi
duty. Nevertheless the chances arr
that unconsciously little Miss Sadie oc
cupied some small portion of his minC
that should have been given up to tn,
concerns of Beutham Bros & Co, anC
her presence where she had not tn,
slightest business to be threw the res
of bis mental machinery ort at gear.