Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-20

come to my service highly recon
. mended by friends Of mine In th
I country, and though he had been " 1t
me for seven years In town, he neve
!. came into the Office Of q morning tina
!. | was not reminded Of the green field
. and the running brooks and that sor
!, Of thing, indigenous to all traditions o
the rural neighborhood.. he was onl,
about ten years younger than l was
and I have many times sat watching
him plodding away at his desk, silen
as sphinx and faithful a. fanatic
and wondered why 1t was that h,
Should be as he was, and as l was.
with the money, and he with the mum
berless good qualities that would be az
ornament to wealth, even though he
lacked In that polish which wealth
seems to demand.
But ! paid him good salary, for
could afford to, and his twenty-five
hundred year appeared to be almost
as satisfactory to him as my twenty
five thousand was to me.
Yet he wasn't half the man was In
youth and love Of life, and used To
twit him about his advancing years.
and tried to get him to go and call on
the ladies with me. BY all that IL
lovely, you should have seen him the
first time ! asked him to go with me
to call on particularly bright and in.
teresting young woman l knew, and
whom he had met on one occasion when
she had come to my Office with her
mother to see about piece Of property
the mother wanted to buy. The girl
had flashed her brilliant eyes on Jer.
envy, out OF pure mischief, because I
had told her OF his diffidence, and she
wanted to make him feel as uncom-
Portable as she could. and for minute
or two was fearful that would lose
my valued servant, 80 evident was
his desire to incontinently run away,
lie blushed two or three colors, and
stammered SO when he tried to talk to
her that l thought he would get his
tongue twisted around his teeth. and
in moment OF confusion would bite It
on. When she had gone, asked him
how he would like to go up and call
some evening, and he showed signs at
once OF hysteria. Then told him II
he would not do that would send him
up to the house next day with the pa
pers Tor the mother and daughter to
examine and sign, and though he said
no word and bowed In humble submits
sion to my Will, felt SO sorry for him
that ! took them up myself
And here, l may say that little
thing like q woman never had the least
effect on me. At least, in respect Of
giving me the panicky feeling that
overlook Jeremy every time woman
came In sight. lie was bachelor, OF
course, for how could man Of his
shecplike courage be anything else?
lie couldn't, and Jeremy was . living
example Of It, Even the young woman
who manipulated the typewriter was
source Of discomfort to Jeremy.
She had been with me for three years,
md was most exemplary person, not
20 say very intelligent and cookbook
ng one. Being woman, she did not
ret as much salary as the man, but she
vas quite we'll satisfied with the nine
hundred dollars year paid her, and
must say my official family was very
greeable In its relations to me and to
tself. ! felt this particularly, because,
or some time past, Miss lliggins--that
vas the young woman's name-had
een occupying good deal Of my at.
ention, and l am pretty sure that II
eremy had been dashing young fel-
,w or dashing old one, he would !,
ave made me have more or less pal =
itstions Of the heart and other disa-
reeable sensations which are expert !,
need even by the best Of men under
,me circumstances. I
But jeremy ] wasn't afraid Of =
aremy, and the more he tried to fight =
~ Of Miss Higgins the more twitted :
or on the growing fondness for her = =,
i'd detected and was daily detecting .
my faithful secretary. Miss Higgins d
ould always laugh at these small
easantries Of mine and would give ~
@ her very sweetest smile, partly, /
'esume, IN recognition Of various "
rvices | rendered her, which were not .
lied for in the contract when she =
me into my employ.
Why shouldn't | be agreeable to her? :,
n excellent young woman Of excel. y,
Mt family, with nothing in the whole ~ ~
de world against her except that she ~ ~
rs poor. OF course, that was an oh. -
,tionable feature to some, but 1t was
t to me, for had money enough for =,
20, and ! could afford to be entirely III
,interested when it came to ques- co
IN Of the disposition of my real senti- Oh