The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16

I from his task for q minute II contained
tas extraordinary statement TO . 1soss1cie
customer TIA. ae could gs- tire goods any
Snere n The market at pr-ces 2H1ST nose
tsat | bad quoted The osn!a.3E .. nesa-
I've had made considerable difference II ne
meaning. Baldwin looked Almost sad IS as
returned tke letter - 1.a.
ASs Walton saGd ~, II ! c-Gra,e
sonsta!1g % you. can yoa take i o. lHe
She looked over her shoulder with sunny
ssEltls ard repftez3 that sire saouid De de-
/ Eghts3 % oelige him. Accordingly he began
70 dictate from his memoranda and she %
w-.te. S1s was even s,ower and more Ek-
yard w3fh the machine than ! rad ever oe-
fore known Der 20 Be, and I watched aer
with that painful 50 nsat4or that one feels
vaen an amateur MUSICIAN is doing MS
leaped TO nv f@es. bot BaIlwin was quaker.
He caught her just as she would have
Jack" said he 70 he, with deadly calm.
we are fools ard brates- We Save lei this
ch-.d r0rtags herself before ou- eyes
A. for myself. / was speeches.. Shame
choket mr.
'-ssrt one OF the blue devils for Doctor
.oh. Row perfectly fanny SAID Mss
Walton. and sire laughed feebiy. IT'S an
awful name for them but it suits them 50
much letter than anything they can poss.-
by been oE9rtstsnsd."
viii do the particular 'biue deviI'' who
vas ass.gned 10 this Nilsson the justice 20
say t5at re- performed i with exemplary
ceisr.ty. We brought doctor from near
by drug store-whic8 boasted Of a real one
in next 10 no tine 81 ali. hut Miss " alton
was quite recovered when he arrived.
He Insisted or having look a. hsr arm.
however and she bsrea Il for him much
r.7~~s eqs'1v than she night otherwise have
done since the sleeve detached itself en- ne
fvlsat%a- 81 i few pins She was kint
enough % say that BALDWIN and need n's
go away. ana SO we saw the rounaest and
most perfect arm in the world. with cruel
brulse all along the side o. H. He looked az
ne and al him. and We silently voted our
] sent Mss Walton home though she
/ would Willingly have remained she was
eack again next ~ snliI,ns ana h p,
move Il Size insisted upon doing some kind
&C work. however, SO | let her superintend
the laeors Of the blue devils wao at me
! longer having been totally unable 10 resist
her influence.
That influence began TO be Felt in another
quarter before many days were over Bald
VIII who acquired the habi, OF dropping In
as often az be had IN old days, said that
the change in me was worth <5.eo year IN
nav business
You're mol an undertaken. you know, old
man" said he ard people don't Ike 10 see
you act Ike one. In times ike these It's
money IN your pocket 10 look cheerful It's
sn advertisement 1t makes you consplcu-
Gus "
Perhaps Il was my better spirits, or II may
have been only chance, but al any rate my
business began 10 improve, began 10 work
more efficiently. / Liked 10 be IN my Office
and to he busy there.
CONDITIONS presently were so much better
that | was able TO engage an assistant
for Miss walton. / found girl who really
knew something about stenography, type
writing and business, ana then advanced
Miss Walton's salary and made her head or
the depart ment 1t was more or less OF a
Joke. but Baldwin, who Is d good business
man. approved Of II highly. / saw great
deal OF him during the next eight or ten
months. and the reason was only too OBJ
V.oGs Ee used 10 call at her house, too.
and he told me some things that / never
would have learned from her.
She and her mother and little sister were
the family. and they had not a penny eX-
except Alices earnings They had lost all a
few months before ] first saw Alice. and on
that day when the light Of her unconquera-
be cheerfulness first dawned upon me they
were absolutely without resources. even
lacking the means FOR getting proper food.
mat had sent her away upon the weary
round Of seeking FOR employment that she
had Travelled day after day in WEAKNESS and
dlscoprag ement-no. not the last, for she
MSS Incapable OF il.
I couldn't bear 20 think OF 1t, and there
was another thought that panied ne in
those days I felt that must lose her. It
was easy 10 see that Raldwin's affections
we're deeply engaged. Wei II would he
splendid match for her-a rich, handsome,
splendid fellow Ike Baldwin. tried 10 feel
Ike Christian about H.
one day not long ago he came into my
Office early. Again, as on that first day.
;'I've one to say goodby. ola man." said
Re. m going abroad and may be gone
! don't know how long. years perhaps"
In heavens name" cried, what IS the
meaning Of this?"
Just then Alice came in. Baldwin turned
toward her bowed with the ge2tlest defer
enca Imaginable and then hastily lift the
room,
closed the door after him, cutting or the
observation Of the "ex-blue devils" Alice
was trembling as | turned 10 her.
Has Il gone so far" / said. Have you
really jected this man? But It's none Of
my business Don't say anything. The
words were 00t q my mouth before could
stop them"
There is no use couceal.ng IT," sad she.
81 cnt.dn, - away from wa. admire and
respect MI Baldwin. but I DO not love
him
''You- heart Is no longer your own!'
cried. moved by something in her voice
She smiled through tears AT me, and then
for tho very FIRST moment In CDR acQuaint-
ance Rad i g.oam OF hope. ! sad what was
y ny he8~t as We'll As could. and she re-
pied as ] had To right ever 10 dream that
such wola0 could speak 20 me.
So our relations are - 10 reversed. ! am
n serve her all the rest q our lives, Can
help Ner "a she has helped ne? / am afraid
* is not IN ne bat can try.
Bar this IS aside from The subject / be
Eau u speak - Miss Walton as s.enog-
rapNcr typewriter and Office assist ant, and
As such cannot recommend her She can't
write Shorthand or use q tyrewritug ma
catne and as f0r business or any other
Judgment. inst .htnk Of her rejecting Harry
baldwin and accepting me-