New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-05
THE TYPEWRITER.
7

81 beg your pardon! The fact is, old Uncle
Joseph is gone at last ,,,.
Not having the remotest ldea "l,o n,' -, his
Joseph might be- and rather impatient OF hls
Intrusion dead or alive, into that parucuidi
Office Mr. Dalwood was not inclined 10 WASH
too much sympathy. ..o,
about this letter Will you be good enough 10
and he reiterated his instructions pelo'.
closing the glazed pigeon hole thar sepaia.eu
his sanctum from the small Office "nc'N
thc tyuist and her machine waited upon
his instructions Beyond her, again was tlie
outer Office. fronting the street ana coh'dI'i'ls
the only other clerk-a married man WIN 'il
least five good and hungry reasons io' o'i"e
sober and Industrious. -,
The letter was quickly done, and as no otner
business followed Immediately, Miss Lowe was
able tc put both elbows restluIly on the taple
and stare out into sort OF back yard or 10Y
courtesy garden, which was graVei'eu' anu
ornamcnied in the centre by "A melancholy niue
fountain which played perpetualiy, ana always
by itself In the basin of this fountain various
goldfish took their pleasure sadly being Iouho
more often than not comatose ana sWoHeh on
their shingly beds and evidently requiring med
ica aid Being business house nobody cared
much about them, so they langulshed ana dieu
Of obscure pisCatOrial diseases Perhaps tfeS'ei
Lowe unknowingy FASTENED their ends by the De
stowal OF lnjudicious dainties as she passed 10
and fro; but in reality the detected little foun-
tain appealed more to her sympathies, being al
most the only thing to look at out OF the WIN
dow To-day, however she could think OF noth-
ing properly but the legacy, which had been
whose grief at being unable to take 1t away win
him had embittered his last years.
Five thousand pounds sounded unctuous
SPOKEN looked fat and well liking on paper
vet the fortunate legatee could contemplate II
without being unduly dazzled True 1t litted
off for good and all, the fear OF a PENNIES ora
age, which had often oppressed her, bui III othe'
ways. as she knew, there might be disadVah-
taCcs connected with it, Money was a direct III :
centiye to idleness, and the remembrance Oh
dnsultory years spent without aim or purpose
har still q
return to the old sIOth and self-lndug. nee,
neither Of which had gain OF real happiness
W them. To lose now the seli-respect Whch
ne earning OF her own bread had causel 10
lrow and thrive would be "A loss without any
ossible compensation. OF course. To be caged
IN that little glass den-which had been once a
conservatory so much of each day was both
duh and fatgung. but II made the afternoons
of rest and recreation so unspeakahiN delicious
that tea. after office duties were over IN the
cosiness OF her own room. was dissipation IN
itself The delight Of leaving school can Only
be purchased by having been in it. Of that she
felt assured, and stayed thinking 1t all out untlI
long past her official time To GO
"Supposc ! give up this drudgc'y and retire
on Tins fortune Of mine. what shall ! become
Why. nothing but loafer and Nagahohd a.
much as any Of those who gathri round
public house on A Sunday morning That !
shall probably 90 to church viii make no real
difference between Us. save in the eyes Of re-
slcctaliity." 80 she decided to alter little or
nothing # ihc circumstances If her life. except
in - few small matters. which showed thai IA
II "a
tmtly feminine notions upon many things.
"Ou the strength Of this I'll order some good
boots In future each boot ON every foot shall
cost al least ten shiiinpS and I'll get u pair Of
real scalSkn gloves for next winter. and III
have a fowl every Sunday for dinner.
Having made the Typewriter "A passive CONN
danf Of these demoralZing eXtrdVaganc.s she
covered il up and Jared forth gayly into the
Whirling dissipations Of DulvertOn Highest Just
a. she was passing shop she caught sight Of
Il li.tlc ball-an absurd little hall ~ rubber. and
chi kIIfh ed
her This treasure. which she presented surrepu-
,iOuslv the next morning To thu detected little
fountain. 70 all appearances the gift was ac-
ceptahle and the sight of that gaudy little ball
bounding and whirling under tho aus'crc nose
Of law itself Was Il distinct mental refrcShmcnt
to her
Ycs Francis Daiwood was a lawyer as his
father had been Icfprc him bat j. his elder
hrothe. had lived 20 take ia" practice b" would
havc willingly chosen some other rath IN hfe
perhaps with less plodding labor n u Nasucst
ruWo~ hintcd that in his student days he mad
been unsettled Of purpose, and rcsiiVc under
Nc CONSTANTS of his work but if it ever had
J .on So. or was 50 now. there was no indication
The professional mask wa perfect and ho
6c"mrd a uloddIne ana uunctuai as his father
hcf"i' him. OF tho woman who took down
rs instructions iu shorthand before tNpc"riting
them h' kntV ahsolutel; nothing To nina she
Wa merely a pant Of the typeN3iunP nachin-
cry. and the glaze pgronhoc mieht have been
great Gulf dividing them. instead ~ what II
va J. asked concerning her hc would have
admitted hcI diligence and accuracy. and per
haps added that she was wcll-coudUrtrd
young woman But this last would have been
quit an aflerthoueht. ana of that part Of her
Nhloh had u.ii"i and "ou-oicd even The lonely
it'll fountain b. hadr'i the romotost conccp-
:lou She came. sh, did her work she went
and that was an Nov. il Is proVcrbial that /
"tci hiIpn dignity - not exempt from. IA, re- f.
fr'rf1l observation 81 cat: ard as she had a
heart sineulafI' at losurc from itself and only .
~" fountain and her employer o. study in the
intervals ~ business it was only natural that
The human interest should easily win.
"a has.