Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-05-22

a. * Monday evening nay -@t-er--
Il nor. sou VII kzJv ! an a. v,rk-
I 7 suppose sou have 1ot heard cfa1y-
thing. I Ei.l answer a.. The s-s. u
tks sunday rsu-Pspe-s. tu- Office
| jobs seen 70 b career every day
Your loving
TIE t-..5r.rE sunday. driven by
TIE torment -fu-cs--s.-ry and n7-e
tLa1 ever .r love sikh Haze. Craig.
I hea-sl1 IF - the queer Ma. boz- 1T-
.rE tie tine = 1.s tLst- early ~ The
m-----c. 81 o. 20 evsls llv watch
| thar night -sve b. ~ ss:- IL found
tbs:
-D=a-ss. WILL. Ha7e-'t -0s- any
---- letters. ] think that ore r- us-
have 5.5Er ausg. Keep -cursP-r-
..s ! love yc- better shan ever AID
Er-.t a. s-cr marry y5g &C. cor
cEc-1r e. 2 you Eer= bank Fre-.-
-e-t. tod mamma VIA. sou had
5--e ard she. co.. aiI.res your sp-r-
D. Papa --i- insists TIA. In zoo
y5Urz. bu-I arsr .Lst he would give
il Z y0u bad god place. Ch-rup,
cesrs. T. b. J. re1- June and caI
o. shat please. B. the ElT.I1earc
joyce taking about going 20 1--we On
Id. farm 20 COLORADO. WAC k-rss:
Il ae quite maybe sou car e.. Nr.
D % take y5g- /. look f1r az
answer tomorrow Your oEl.
H
Dover hung around 5l. Office al
tia. DAY. gong out 90 lunch with
.org face and looking very do.5rous
q be tired o. xork e. his accumulated
MAJ b; az dusk he snsaked over
70 Ire I'D .gn AID put back her let-
Ter.
Tuesday evening a. Dover lefi the
Office be noticed il a dark corner 4
ne hall q figure tina; looked Ike
joyce. Mss Craig rss ye; in the Of
fee. 20 the manager. still tense upon
his ,su, pursuit Il the little sieDog-
rapher. .oi-sred .1 doorway opposite
TIE street entrance q The building.
He sax them coming out togr,der-
joyce and Haze They walked north,
TIE bookkseper bending over her and
talking as..cuCus.y.
BY Jupiter grosned the man
sger. a. be watched them from afar,
that -jawed bookkeeper has
beaten me % her sftersll, Vel. he'll
get what: coming 20 him, al right
And he DARED of into a side street.
The next day, a. Dover noted, Mr..
joyce vas unusually mOross, di.atory
and contrary. lie even surprised the
genial manager by fash Of impu-
dence. In the outer Office he com
planned loudly Of his "sisyery" and
openly boosted that he meant 20 retire
IN favor q some natural-born slave. ~
Dover noticed that be didn'tsO much
a. salute Miss Craig when she came
in or passed out On Saturday be
gave notice. The manager tired 10
trap him into admitting hi failure
with Hazel. but the seif-satisfed
joyce insisted that be was tired Of the
grind, that he had saved d cOmpe-
tency and that he meant 10 raise sheep
and sell the wool and mutton from his
farm in Colorado.
On Monday, late in the evening,
when Dover mad finished debating
10 Miss Craig and She was gathering
up her note books and pencils, be
turned to her suddenly and with odd
embarrassment said:
Gust a moment, Haze-that IL,
Miss Craig. ! want 10 ask you some
thing
He got up and closed the door. She
flushed crimson, knowing (the minx)
the ill-concealed state Of his heart.
81 just want TO ask you if-you
know man
She was getting pale now.
"A man, honest enough, decent
enough, good enough, smart enough
to"
"To what?" she gasped, wondering
how she could refuse his profTered I
love without losing her position.
"To recommend for bookkeeper,"
he concluded, eying her with pitiful
satisfaction. You know Joyce has
gone. want some one in his place |
it pays 81 800 year-and if YOU
know"
"Oh, yes, sir," she was saying, as |
the blood rushed back into her pretty |
face. II know the best man in the |
wor-that II, frst-rate bookkeeper.
He's honest and clever and the hand |