Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-08

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denly confronted with very difficult
problem. Miss Elinor, and you have set
about its solution in way that COM
mands my deepest respect.
"Oh. Mr.. Sandysp exclaimed the
girl. blushing deeply and drawing a
long, quivering breath, but quite evl-
dently glowing with qualification at the
praise of man whom she knew to be
sparing in his commendation.
"Now, I am not sure, " he continued,
'.but your coming here today has set
tied in the right way matter that has
been troubling me for some weeks past
There is telegraphic situation in this
city which has been the cause of more
worry to me than any of the other
hundreds under my control 1t is the
office at the board of trade.
"At the board of trade" echoed Miss
Elinor. looking at him in some alarm.
Eyes, he answered. THAT situation
demands qualities aside from those of
KEY or pen, which l should be loath to
think unobtainable, but which 1, of
late, have had some difficulty in secur-
ing. What we need there is absolute Sc
crecy. There must be no suspicion, even
of any leakage from the wires, because
messages come there that make and un-
make fortunes. Of course. many of the
messages are in cipher, but neverthe-
less, cipher or Cot. the utmost caution
must be observed so that none, save
those to whom the messages are sent.
shall get the slightest inkling of their
contents. l have changed operators
there three times in as many months,
and while against the present man |
have no direct proof-if I had I would
discharge him-there have been COM
plants and vague rumors of leakage
which are, to say the least, most annoy
ing. I have made up my mind. in any
case. to remove that young man to the
interior of the state, and the only rea-
son he has not been removed before now
is that can't for the life Of me tell
with whom to replace him. Until you
came in it never occurred to me to give
the situation to a woman 1t doesn't
quite jump with our preconceived no.
tions of things that woman, of all
persons, should be the one to keep Sc
cret, but most of our preconceived no.
tions are wrong, and if you are willing
to try the experiment am Of course.
you would be dealing entirely with men,
but l am sure you would meet with
nothing but the utmost courtesy from
all.
"Oh, am sure of that, said Miss
cClintoch earnestly "If you give me
the opportunity, don't think you will
have reason to regret it.
Every we'll Then we shall look on it
as settled Call here tomorrow morning
at 10 O clock. and I will myself escort
YOU to the board of trade. shall leave
one of my assistants with you in the
Office for week. and by that time you
will probably be familiar with your new
duties Anything you do not under
stand he will be at hand to explain.
Promptly at the appointed hour Eli
nor waited upon the manager at his Of
fee, and together they walked to the
tall building in which was housed the
board of trade, the only legalized gam
bling place in the city, where methods
differed somewhat from those ut Monte
Carlo, these differences being entirely
in favor of the Mediterranean resort.
for there the unscrupulous gambler OBJ
tains no advantage over his compare
lively innocent competitor, and lies have
no special market value Every city in
the land holds up it's hands in horror at
the mention Of Monte Carlo, but points
with Just pride to its Stock Exchange
building. Thus do we honestly acquire
the reputation of being a humorous
people
Mr.. Sandys was silent during the
greater part of the walk, and Elinor's
mind was busy picturing the new life
about to open before her, so greatly dis
similar to the old. The crisp freshness
of the air and the bracing influence Of
her long walk to the managers office
had exhilarated the girl. who expert
enced without knowing it the glorious
prerogative of youth. Added to this
was the delicious sense of being about
to earn honestly what money she need
ed-blcssed independence, the greatest
boon that can be bestowed upon any
living creature.
Sandys had pretended the day before
that their conference had been based
entirely on business principles, but no
question of salary arose between them,
which would have been one of the first
points to be discussed with any one else
by the manager after the question of
skill was settled. The girl had felt no
anxiety on this score, being content to
leave the amount to her fathers old
friend, and her confidence was not mis-
placed THAT is the board of trade
building" said her companion. speak
ing for the first time since they set out
together.
Eyes" she replied ~ walked
around to see it after my talk with you.
but did not 60 in.
"Well, we will 60 in now. / hope
you have weighed we'll what I said to
you yesterday. There is no doubt in
my mind that after you learn the ways
of the office you will prove quite COM