Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-10


spots In them that swan aud dance'
round and melted Into each other In th'
most absurily molten way. AZ u ther'
might be little caldrons under them
where the light WAS boiled and softenet
down Into some ridiculous girl nonsense
The worst of t Was they always seemed
to be just ON the point of boiling over, a.
10 light, like music. Il had some Kind al
lnscrutsble pathos In u.
40 they got along very nicely With
out any nonsense. Cline would cone II
about half past ten or eleven, look to se'
II the sailor hat was hanging on the psg
grunt out, Good morDing, Miss Chal
cey," and then sit down Ia bis desk q
opeu letters. Sometimes she would sll
demurely for half an hour, her head
turned, looking out % the one clear llttl'
pane In the cathedral window straight Al
bob slocum's gothic ofiice opposite
where there was never anything To b'
.een except Bob Slocum's window shades
AMI that piece of telegraph tape that
dangled forever from the wires over
head, In spite of all the spsrrows that
had tried io pull IL OF. AZ other times
cline would dictate. aud then the clicl
of the instrument drowned the monotl
nou. chirp 90 the Jsnlior'. bullnnch that
vas whistling somewhere.
az course she got Ia know all about
it-whai II was he WAS trying Ia do
and he grew to consult her on some ol
the details. Like q good girl she put
her whole heart Into Il and really tried
tn help him all she could to hnd The
vile he wanted. How could she help ",
aud then, too. she couldn't help finding
out by degrees that Cline drew some
heavy check. aud had swell circle of ac
gualntsnces.
Aud he-w.ll, he, Ikea good, method.
icaI business man, fell Into routlns
here a. elsewhere. Ills heart was con.
.trictei on solid clock.work bushes.
principles, aud one morning when hs
came In the sailor hat WAS not an the
peg. u annoyed him nj once. II al.
WAYS does annoy q bu.ines. man to have
thing. irregular. lie hdgcted In hl. chair
II WAS too bad. Nobony could bs depend
ei uton, and her. were several letter. to
bc answered. lie called swain In.
"wherr 7. that young womanf'
swain .tarted q little, |. " he felt
guilty 10 having abducted her, and said,
"what 10 you want, typewriierf Here.
Wallace aud bureau aud clapp, any one
20 'em can"
And cline shouted, Nonsense! .hui
the door"
Th.n be notIc~l the bronre peg. II had
an lronIcal and pluckei aspect.
lie sat down In the chair by the win
dow and looked AZ Bob >locum'. shades.
lie couldn't help wondering What Mis-.
Chalc-y found to think about during all
the vacant hour. when sh. looked out
there, waitlngly.
The next day when .h. came hs rep
rlmandei her fisrccly. "lt annoyed me
very much" !" n. aid from hi. chair With
out looking round. "lou should have
sent me som. ~ori. depended on YOU.
u. very irregular aud un-buslnes'-
like"
She turned round and looked AZ him
In her meek way. "My mother u dy-
log. :" .he s,Ii. have neglected her to-
day 80 q. no, Ia di.sppolnt you
III. astonishmsnt twisted him rOund
in his chair, and d. came up plump
against the agats-, swimming IN some
Kind ~ lIyh, he had never seen before.
"Confound II, Nj. Chalccy," he .hh.
iamplng up. "wh,t do you mean by
having a slck mother and not telling
What 40 you mean by coming here to-
dayr VIII you never ge, any business
idea. into your headf ! told you TIL.
room VA. 20 be- confidential. do you
call II confidential to act In this msnneri :
I'm surprised, Miss Chslccy, I'm hurt.
lie took down the sailor hat. "lou
arr Ia ~ back to your mother-at
once"
lie opened the door. "IIerr, swain,
get m. coupe" Aud Swain ssw ihc
sailor hat IN hi. hand.
N wa. about a week after this. The
room had half . ton 81 letters In ".
cline used to come, look at the bronIr
peg and 60 away again. Then the SAIL
or hat r--appesred.
Mis-. Chslcey VA. there waiting. 80
VA. her little lunch that she slway. ate
.hcn cline aud wallace vent down Ia
Delmonlco'.. and on Clinc's desk was q
tiny bunch ~ yiol.ts. iIe shook hands
With her, congratulated her on her moth
err. recovery and .aid "P.bsw don't
mention IL, my child. I'm ju.t about ~
Kind a. the average business man-no
more, NO less. We've got q terrible lot
10 bushes. here"
They both laughed.
cline VAS In particularly good spirits
that morning. Il was so comfortable,
don't you know, to have III. oiiice rou'
tine 90 on In II. bnsiness-like way-tn
hear the click Of the instrument; to get
.Lle gllmp.es ~ two white rounded
wrist. dancing q g,llopade; to know
that the chip hat was covering up That
Internal bronze peg. and you couldnt
hear the deyili.h bullfinch. IL went on
about a week. with little bunch of yio-
let. every morning on hi. deck, which
he alway. put In his battonholc when be
went up town. There were two day.
when he hadn't got pin, and .he had,
add .o she fastened them on for him, and
there va. Que awfully nasty day when
be actually helped her eat her lunch, aud
enjoyed IL.
Then the whole affair came Ia sud
den stop. These things slway- do In
real life.
IL VA. Monday morning. She had
hung up her hat aud busted on her ma
shade. we're there. when Cline said, with
q horrible sad expression Of countenancc
"Miss Chilcey, you've been q very
faithful aud efficient secretary, and I'm
sorry I've got to lose YOU, but the fact
4. I've found the woman ! want. aud of
course I shall not need you any more"
She was looking at him dreamlly, as u
.he wondered where the paragon came
from that filled his bill.
EYES," be .aid, "strange as II NAV
sound I've actually picked out the woman
Who I. to be- my wife, and ] shall no,
want q secretary. We've had q very
pleasant time here together, haven't
wey'
ayes, sir"
.And you remember all the qualltie. !
was fool enough 10 expect In one wo-
many''
eyes, sir"
"weli. I've found most of EN-"
~ am very glad, SIR"
"Do YOU think, MI. Chalcey, from
what you know of me that she will have
me u ! ask herr
ayes, sir."
"You truly think so on business prin-
ciplesr'
"les, sir"
"rhen, by Jove, I'll marry her. You
can consider yourself discharged, Miss
Chalcey-Nellis."
And she WAS.
The only unbuslnc-s-like thing they
did was Tn both try 10 look out the ~
dicuious little pane at the ssme time
aud no two business people could do
that simultaneously without looking