The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-11-08

or thought l saw, chance for
woman to do what all you men could
MT seem to do. So did my part, and
now if you'll do yours, believe the
trouble will stop right where it is"
Raymer evaded the business part OF
it, and gave praise where praise was
due, taking her hand and letting his
eyes say more than his words.
Il think you are the bravest little
woman l ever heard Of" he said,
warmly. 81 haven't the least doubt
in the world as to the success of
your appeal, and no one but wom-
an-no one but yourself-could have
made it. You may be sure that Girls
void and will do our part
''lf you will, l think we may con-
slider the strike settled" She rose
and made as if she would go, but that
was only because her courage threat
ened to fail her while yet the major
half of her errand was undone. She
fought a brave little fight, and then
went back to sit down beside him.
There is something else" she be-
gan, nervously, land l don't know
just how to say it. May I say any
thing | please?"
Certainly. Th. privilege would be
yours in any case. but you have just
earned it thousand times over"
"iou-you have had some dealings
with the bank, haven't you?"
with your fathers bank, you
mean? Yes, we keep our account
there"
81 didn't mean that; 1 meant-in
the matter ola loan"
"No, not lately"
She looked the surprise which she
did not put into words.
'But you did borrow money, didn't
you?"
eyes"
'And you paid it back?"
81 did; or rather. we did. Mr.. Girls
void came into the firm just then,
and put in enough capital to pay us
out of debt
She was twisting her handkerchief
around her fingers, and otherwise
displaying degree of embarrass-
ment which was quite foreign to her,
or to naNmer's knowledge of her.
"Would you mind telling me how
much it WASP"
"Not at all; it was $95,OOO."
$50 much as that? Somehow, 1
have never thought of Mr.. Griswold
as IA capitalist. But it was good
investment for him, wasn't it?''
at would have been if we had not
had this strike
She paused again, and again as
saulted as one who will not be daunt-
ed.
"How much has the strike cost you,
Mr.. Raymer?'
ga great deal more than it would
at almost any other time. We had IL
FIXTURES, and they have lapsed, of
course. One hundred thousand dol
lars wouldn't more than make us
whole again."
$50 much as that! All of Mr.. Girls
wold's money, and more" So much
she said, and then she was silent I'M
til her nervousness began to be con-
tagions to Raymer. At length she
said: you know Mr.. Grswold pref
| ty well, and love him; and | know
him pretty we'll, too, and-and like
him. Did he ever tell you how he
came to have SO much money!
"Why. no. In fact, never thought
eno,@h about it to be curious. From
| ilc l;.la he has told me about him
self | hay" gathered that he inherit
| eel something from his father. and
Tat accounted sufficiently for his
mcnns.'
Now Griswud had been more con-
Ehrmtin with Mnrgrry than he had
| ever Ecrn with his business partner,
so SHE knew the story of the slender
pntrinuny. and of it's spending. But
what has here been written down of
MarTery GrierSon has been ill-written
If it has not shown her to be far
more discreet than her sex or her
age would bespeak. And because she
was wiser than her generation. she
went swiftly aside from Griswold' S
affair.
81 think that is all l had to say
she said, rising again. "All excepting
,n,e other thing, and that is harder
to say than all the rest"
Raymcr rose with her and took her
hand again.
"After what you have done, il
mustn't be hard for YOU to say any
thing to me, Miss Margery."
''But this thing is hard-for me
not for you. You say you keep you,
account at the Wahaska National
Keep it somewhere else, Mr.. Ray
mer."
lie bowed in ready acquiescence
asking why | should do it," he agreed
"But--but it is right that you
should know why" SHE fa!tercd. IN,
father does not like you. Need
say morr?'
lie pressed the hand he was still
holding and smiled down upon hel
from his athletic height.
"You needn't have said that much
have good cause to know it. AM
that makes your loyalty and good
ness of heart all the more wonderful
to me, Miss Margcry. | hope the
time will come when ] can show yo,
how much | appreciate"
She snatched her hand away am
turned from him. Though he mean
il not, he was slipping into the con
ventinnnl attitude and il was NOR
than she could bear just then. Good
by" she said. abruptly. and before h,
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