The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-14
MARY AND HER OWE
She Makes "a Strong Plea for George to
Manager Meyer.
Mr.. J.. ARTHUR MOVER.

Mr.. J. ARTHUR MOVER.
DEAR SIR Il hope you'll pardon my
boldness in writing to you, but have traded
at your store ever since you took charge of
it, and | feel that | know you well enough to
tell you what is on my mind. I'm in love
with a young man down in Ashland, and |
think he loves me, but the trouble is Just
here he is out of a job and he can't spend
the money to come up and see me, in fact /
think he would propose to me if he only had
Il job. I've noticed what a big business you
are doing and | write to ask if you don't
want some more help.
/ would so like to get George a place here
in town, so ! could see him often and I'm
almost sure if he had work he would propose
to me. He knows / care a lot for him and
now if l should get him a job, he couldn't
fail to see that | take a great deal Of interest
in him. You remember when you advertised
those white slippers and said in the paper
that a white dress and white stockings and
white slippers looked so nice and the girl
who wore them would catch a beau. Well l
bought a pair Of your slippers, l had the
white dress and | borrowed a pair of mothers
white stockings q always wear black ones
excepting when / wear the white slippers.
Well ! went down to Ashland dressed that
way and sure enough it was just as you said
in the paper. | saw George and he liked it,
and as he put me on the car to come home, he
squeezed my hand and said / looked Just
sweet. ! got right off the car and stayed a
while longer with him for | thought he
would propose maybe if he was given a
chance while he was in the humor, and l
think he would have lone it if he had had a
job. Now if | can only get him a job every
thing will be all right; can't you take George
on and help us out. | believe he would draw
a lot Of trade to, as he is very popular downin
Ashland everybody likes George, especially
the girls, in fact they make me sick the way
they tag around after him. | just told one
of them last week that she ought to be
ashamed of the way she was letting George
see that she was in love with him. She
didn't say anything, that is anything fit to
write.
| am telling you the whole story so you will
under stand just how it all is. l an sure
George would make a good hand in your
store because he is a perfect gentleman and
talks so easy and nice that people would buy
of him because they liked him and it would
he easy for hin to, because your shoes are so
cheap and nice and | wouldn't like George to
work hard. ! don't like a man to look all
tagged out, in fact if you give him a place l
will come around and wash your w]indowsand
it wont cost you a cent. l would rather do it
than have George do it, and than it wouldn't
do any harm to have George see how l can
work.
l notice you have a machine for putting
buttons on shoes. Now George could work
that splendidly. ] can now see his manly
form in front Of that machine, and he makes
a picture worth looking at. Oh, Mr.. Meyer,
George would suit you, he suits me and it
isn't every young man that l would take an
interest in rs | have in George.
am dreadfully in earnest over this thing.
l hardly slept last night for thinking about it.
When | passed your store last Saturday night,
and saw it full Of customers, how ! did wish
George was in there waiting on them. Now
please give George a chance and you will
complete my happiness, because l am sure
he will propose if he only gets a job.
Yours very respectfully,
NJ. f. c.
Shenandoah, Aug. g., 1896.
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