, 1898-10-01
THROUGH WINDOW.


great gulf. a chasm with precipitous
walls Of stone. We were SO near to-
eether that l could see the color of her
ayes wben the liobt sbone fairly bn+ no.
t,,..r -. ~. Tho ,rIf ond ~ tho hot
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"m " i river 'ne 'n
ing tne river RAJ soutn"ard' Al loon
IT was 1ull OF connecting tides that
clashed ind surged. In the late after
noon it ran mostly northward toward
Printing House square and Brooklyn
br;doe II WAS a river of humanity
.,d ~, mi, ,,o. .ho oo,,or - N.s,a,
,treat In Nav york c;tv
She wos IN tho wester, b.rt and 7
IN the eastern I5o feet above tho b.d
~ tbe stream Crossing was eosv Int 7
could not Or becanse Z had M arrand
How could 7 invade tho office nj stencil.
ton q BLAND and say. "Gentlemen' 7
have come tn tell vopr secretary that T
admire harp,,
IN not think r. fitting even to ash
what name h bo,e of snch aconaint.
ances 40 m;ybt have been abl. to an.
swer would mot have knoyn what
Arm emn,oved her bnt 7 conld road the
o;lt ~,etters on tbe glass door of their
ofsoo when there was LIGHT bebind II in
rho hail Il was hard to make them nnt,
for of conrse thew read backward tn
ma heino oIned unon the other side Of
.ho 400, INT 7 ,ooked across so often
that 7 should have made them ont at
last had thew been Chinese characters
She used tn wear neat and tasteful
clothes and her hair was always inst
r;oht, Her desk and the tvpewritinp
t.bls were rever in disorder and from
that 7 ;nferred that aha had been we'll
bronoht mn. a conviction REINFORCED nv
nv o~hservotion NJ her hearing toward
ali wbo snoke with her. Rnsv from
morn;no Til night. she never seemed to
he hurried or worried. and it seemed to
mo sha never had unfinished work tn
mt aside at the close of the day.
A snrino advanced her window and
~,;ne we're often onen. II was tben that
~ NJ sunshine striking down unon
her n.,e bright morning showed me that
hsr I'VE. ware bozoI. I had tbouubt thew
MIGHT he hlne. for her hair was light.
Shs ON. ~ a slender fluure. not strong
enough. it seemed to me, to work 80
nara I noticed that her cheeks never
had in them enough color to be visible
S,o,r croa. the CANYON
The man Who dictated and signed
most NJ the letters that she wrote was a
unwilling fellow. He looked not more
th.n Ak Init hin hair was almost white.
Ha w.s slwavs very considerate of her.
In his manner. and she obviouslv looked
m to him .s a ureat man. I wondered
vhv he did not see that she needed q
long rest and the tonic air of the noun.
t.ins. Probably he found her indispen.
..hle in his bnsiness affairs. vet I fan.
oied he might make that plea some day
and he answered bv the reaper that no
mortal Ia indispensable,
She was yery faithful in her work,
and I think the voupp man with the
rrav hair a~ppreoiated it. for I often saw
him nraise her. II was easy enough to
Anow when sbe receiyed this commenda.
flor. for it nleased her extremely.
There were two clerks and a book.
keeper in the employ of Stoughton g.
RIsnd. and I judged that all Of them
we're iecnlv oon.cions Of the secretary's
oharmn The Youngest Of them was OBJ.
vionsIv in love with her. and he fire..
ouentiv got mubbed for his attentions.
he vss a tall and handsome youth, with
corn colored hair that rolled back from
his forehead in a wave which he had
the oood sense not to spoil with a comb
and brush.
There was also . souare ehouldered
fellow WIN bris;led with energy. He
saemad IN be emnloyed in outside work,
and Il was only in the early hours that
he had a chance to talk with her. She
treated him with sufHcient cordiality
IN oause ~iaaloua feelings OH nv side of
the canvon-for It pleased me to fancy
mvself In love with her,
i I.astlv. there was the old bookkeeper,
who must have lived somewhere in the
countrv. for he brought her such flow
an :. the florists do not sell and laid
tham IN her deal before she came down.
He vould be alone in the office then,
and bo did not know that l was watch
inc rim from ACROSS the chasm. l have
.aen him snend % mint in srrang.
inc half . dozen Wild flowers, and then
dodge quietly away at the sound of n
item In Che hall. In all my days ut the
window / ~ saw him address her
till she had first spoken to him.
There was a day in June when she
did not come to the office. A tribute of
blossoms awaited her, and / could read
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