Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-25
RATIFIED BY A GIRL.

cd white fingers and bo withnl exceeding
ly pleasing, but fer q reporter with a long
yarn to write and limited amount OF
time to finish IL things sometimes have
different aspect
Near Printing House square Is n type
writing Office which many newspaper men
frequent A now girl came there one day
last week-a real nice girl and an excel
lent operator-but shO had never done TINT
kind Of work before, While sho was sit
ting in the main room upon the afternoon
of her first day newspaper man camo
bustling in, and
Mrs. j., have you got any body to take
two column story In hurry"
Eyes, replied the manager. Hero is
young lady who has just come TO us Miss
Brown-Mr. Smith. You can go into that
corner room"
In three minutes the young lady was
seated at her machine, the newspaper man
was sorting ont his notes, and the door
was closed so ms to leaye them nndisturbed.
Snow, II you will please begin" the
newspaper man said "'In these days Of
stern reality and suffering and struggle for
existence romjaltic episode comes upon
ono with the refreshing delight with which
q traveller In desert beholds an oasis H."
Cliokety. clickety went tho keys,
and them
"Isn't that iovelyl Is it going to be
noyelY'
The newspaper man looked up in amaze
meut, but 1t was utterly impossible to DO
angry with such blue eyes regarding him
In admiration.
no" he said. "Pleaso 90 on. In the
monotonous routine OF Tombs police court
cases, however, there was one yesterday
hohini which lay "a ST an rND1nntir md
SO picturesque that It would almost seem
to have boon created by a great novelist
who Ind striven to excel NIL his past Of
forta'"
When this had been recorded, and while
tho newspaper man was wondering what
he would say next, the young lady, emil
ing most rndinntly, prattled on In this
fashion:
"That's Just splendid. II sounds like
real novel. DID you ever read Clnrissa;
or, The Forlcrn Hope 1t begins some
thing like that only 1t isn't SO interest
ing, Do you know, l never took dictation
like that before. The last place worked
In 1 had nothing 10 do but copy letters.
Oh, denr, wasn't II tiresoIne, thought"
The newspaper man felt his collar get
ting TOO small, but after swallowing soino-
thing that seemed TO stick in his throat
ne salu as comfy as losslDle'
won't you please 90 ong I'm In some
whit off hurry. Whit baSo you gut thores"
"WhereS" In great surprise.
al moan, please read over what die
tated.
"Oh, how stupid ami In these days
Of stern reality'-how do you pronounce
that word-in two syllnblcs or threc9
THINK you - stern reality md suffer
ing'"-
And sho read what she had writton.
Then, Just ms tho newspaper man had set.
tied bnck In his chair, determined to die
tato to the end without giving her another
opportunity to interrupt him, she said.
EXCUSE mo, think my hair Is coming
down.
She went to little mirror In n corner
of the room, examined her hair carefully
and then, after touching up tho puffs Of
her sleeves and smoothing her waist, she
sighed and returned to her seat.
There, now; I'm all ready"
For tho next fow minutes she lind to
work so hard that she hadn't tlmo to say
a single word. But soon the pago was
Allied and she had to insert now sheet,
and that WINS her opportunity.
''Graciousl How fast you dictated 1t
almost takes my breath away. But do
yph hhoN ilAb IL y Rutu IIht-
sicc. We're you thore when all that hap
encd9 My Iwish could be reporter"
Tho newspaper man went on with. his
diotatlon. lie WAS fast growing hopping
mad, but no hadn't tho heart TO say harsh
word to the girl. She was really very
pretty, and as she became interested In tho
story u delicate flush mantled her cheeks,
and twas positive pleasure TO watch her.
But newspaper man has no time for
pleasure during business hours, and these
charms did not interest him as much as
they might have done under othor crcum-
stances, so he struggled brnvely on.
"oh," she suddenly exclaimed, stopping
in the middle of u sentence, did that real
ly happenY"
Yes, yosl win you please 90 onf"
well, tho Idea 1 wouldn't have he
Neyed 1t Do you know, don't believe
half what 1 read in the papers, but OF
course II you say 20 it must be true"
''I'm very sorry can't chat with you,
Miss Brown, but really I'm in great
hurry"
"oh, beg your pardon forgot all
about TINT Fl"
For nearly ten minutes there was not u
break In tho dictatiun, save where u sheet
became fun and fresh ono had to DO in
serted. Tho typewriter kept her lips firmly
pressed together, as II she were exGrting
all her strength to keep silent 1t was
clear to see that IL could not Inst much
longer, In the middle of paragraph she
suddenly stopped, and with brief Elk
ouse me for moment" left the room In
few seconds she returned, with her Jaws
moving oonciusiyely and piece Of chew
Ing gum in her hand
won't you have somel' she asked po-
litely.
"N-n-no-and-i1 tell you what-er-
guess won't hayo time TO finish this
story today. III come back some other
time
'Oh, you're not going, are youS I'm
awfully sorry. l was Just getting interest
ed In the story"
VERY sorry-or-how muchg Here. All
right Good day"
And soising the few sheets that lay in
tho desk the newspaper man went nway
and finished the story with pen.-Ex-
change
Father and Mother.
The sounds most easily produced in in
fancy, such as pa, ma, da and the like,
are generally used to signify father and
mother, but it is a singular fact that what
Gignlles father in one sometimes means