Arizona republican., 1892-11-30
TAKING HIM DOWN.
,Now Miss-er-er-Miss"

ANOW. Nl llNH VI ~hloo 'Fosdick
 aTbanks, very much Now, Miss Eos Eck ln commencing your work as a '.snographer for the firm of Poplin & Son fl is necessary for me to instruct you :. tb your duties. l have charge of the sorses respondence-entire charge
 Nv name, Miss Fosdick, is Nipple"
 .Yes Mir Nipple" the girl replied meekly
 alp the first place" Mir Nipple went ou leaning back in his chair so as to ex- rapd his chest to it's utmost capacity, and and twisting the ends of his mustache both hands as he spoke; ''in the first nlace. always insist on my stenograph- s,s taking me down verbatim ct litera- i'm suppose you know what that means It's Latin he added conde- scendinEly
 "Yes, sir
 Well Miss Fosdick. have had the houses correspondence in my hands for several years. and the Messrs. Poplin bavecome to rely implicitly upon me. ln- deed do not really see how this depart pent could move along without me.
 The girls gray eyes looked at the in- dispensable clerk with an amused twinkle.
 "l think can say, Miss Fosdick," the young man proceeded as he settled him self more comfortably in his chair, "and think can say it without the slightest egotism or desire to boast, that 1 have made the letters of POplin & Son famous throughout the business world as models Of English composition and ornate die soa"
 The clerk watched the countenalce of his nsw assistant closely to note the impression of his words,
 Miss Posdick nodded understandingly sal smiled h was sweet smile, for shs eOald not smile any other sort had shs tired
 "Tbass are the reasons why l always inEiSt ca absolute accuracy on the part Sf nay stenographer do not permit svSa the alteration of a single word or any osbeF change whatever l trust yea apRehend me clearly.
 H0uits so, Mir Nipple"
 Then we will begin.
 Mabel Fosdick's first days work was ls.tsetly satisfactory to the hyper critical correspondence clerk. He found hiRsslf taken down with unvsrying seeuracy In the transcribed letters, too, the words were all spelled correctly. She RsSer struck the wrong character aA her machine--a fault so common among tspewriiers, and one which some times helps to make typewriter com naneation resemble Egyptian hiero- giyphics.
 The 6rm of Poplin & Son had beeL served by masculine typewriter, but the style of the correspondence clerk had become too oppressive for him, and he had resigned
 This was exactly what Mir. Nipple wished for he longed for typewriter with laughing eyes and golden hair upon whom to lavish his flowers Of Ian guage-such being as he had read about in the fuuny papers.
 At last he had found one to suit him, after much examination of applicants, in the person of Miss Fosdick.
 Everything went on with apparent smoothness for about month. The members of the firm noted with ap- proval the modest demeanor of their new typewriter, and the other male clerks in the establishment envied Hip pie his pleasant duties
 One day the elder Mir. Poplin sent for Miss Fosdick to come into his private office
 Sit down, please" he said when she arrived. 'l have here letter from my friend MT. Shaw. of Shaw & King, who says that a communication from this firm contains much irrelevant matter"
 Poplin looked over his glasses at Miss Fosdick and found her blushing, with her eyes cast down He asked, not un- kindly:
 Did you write letter to that firm latelyg'
 "Yes, sir
 Then you know it's characterY'
 Yes, sir.
 What have you to say aDout TUT
 "l wrote it down just as MT Nipple distated it, sir
 "So 1 supposed after reading it; but is it not rather unusual to insert in let ters extraneous remarks made during dictationY
 He has always insisted on being taken down verbatim ct literatim, sir, the pretty typewriter went on with some confusion, "and really, sir, Mir. Nipple has annoyed me so much with his at tentions and has refused to desist that felt must do something to crush him. I'm sorry 1 took the method did-l oughtn't to-oh, dear, what shall dT And Miss Fosdick put her dainty cam brio handkerchief to her eyes. and her speech dissolved in tears
 "Therel therel my dear girl, don't cry" said Mir. Poplin soothingly.
 He took her hand to assist in the com 'orting operation and placed her head