The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-10-24

month. She was almost tempted to
write and remind him of It, but she did
not.
Jennie and the demonstrator drifted
apart. The latter during her brief so
journs in town was busy laying in
fresh supplies of clothes. Fine ralment
palIed upon Jennie, and when the voIu-
Bile demonstrator took her departure
Jennie turned 10 her magazines, pa
pers and home letters with q feeling
Of RELIEF.
Then came her promotion at the
store and with 1t friendship worth
havlng-a friendship which represent
ed rescue from the desolation Of hall
bedroom and the borpors Of cheap
boarding house fare. For the trio of
girls took furnished rooms and cooked
those things which were at least whole
some and of good quality II not elabo-
rately prepared. Her salesbook each
day showed a steady advance. Placed
now In a regular department, she had
her regular customers Dim visions OF
being head q a department Ioomed up
before hRT. and yet
They had been to Fashionable thea
ter. They had won nhe4F VERY best. "
these three busy women. and had treat
ed themselves 70 seats In the front row
OF the balcony. Between the acts from
this point OF vantage Jennie had leaned
over to watch the gay assemblage.
When she reached her room, she
turned the gas On full head. and. hldnG
her mirror, she studied her face. 1t
was not an unpleasant task. Indeed
the doorwaIkeR In her department had
remarked to one % his friends that the
little country girl was ''deTIish pretty,
by Jove." She shuddered as Ghe re
chilled his words and his fopptsh ap-
pearance, even TO the pEfntad FOB which
swung from his alk embroidered vest.
Then. strangely enough, her thoughts
went back to Frank Wilson, With his
strong, resnlute face, his squnTe, deter
mined shouid9R hin keSu blue eyes,
which could be wonderfully friendly
without a eteam Of tmpRrtin@oe in
their cleaF dptha She bD1shed her hair
vigorously as she bgarted herself thus:
Jennie Holmes YOU'RE goose You
thought that when you came to town
you'd actually be pnr& OF the life Of
this great, busting citD-0 part OF the
guy world you saw at the theateT to-
night. And n pretty figure you cut,
working in a store with hundreds OF
other girls at so week. You're get
ting pale and ugly, too. and l have u
good mind TO send you back home to
Grafton"
Then she thought of Thanksgiving
day. only two weeks OF, and her aunt's
little front room with the organ, never
opened now, and-the store. oh, dear,
the ribbon boxes must be in shocking
mess by this ume And she cried her
self to sleep.
The next morning she was late ut the
store for the first time. The girls left
her writing. 1t was a meek little let
Ter telling Frank that she did not Ike
her work and asking very prett1ly for
her old position II the opening, COULD be
made.
The reply came by wire:
Position open. VIII expect you Monday.
The trio in the furnished FuOms re
solved itself into duet. The other
girls were sorry to lose them bright
faced companion and secretly snvted
her the beati1c expression with which
she made her preparations fog depaP-
ture They received one postal card an
nounclng her safe arrival Mt, GEaeenn-
Then ensued long silence
II guess she found the seoss N as
bad shape as she anticipated. can
4ust picture her Strengthening up ribbon
boxes and sorting trimmings" laughed
one OF the girls And then she sighed
and went buck 10 such realhies'aS bar
gain hunters and cash"
And the next day came the.lstter-
did not take my old position, but I
think I will like the new one Hlst a9
we'll. perhaps even better. FRANK ana
will be married Christmas day. can
you come Up? 1t Will be very quiet az
fair but I'd love to have you. II you
can't come, OF course I'll send yoh some
~ the cake Give my love to the girls
liked You know which ones mean
am too busy to write more now put
come II you can JENNIE
The two girls looked Mt each other
and pushed back their untasted luneh
Said one:
"We might have known it She
never was meant for business life.
Come on. We've just fifteen minutes
left, but we can get set of that hem
stitched table linen. wonder which
express company goes. to Grafton"
The other girl stopped to kiss a, pho
tograph on the mantRl
Little girl, we miss you, but not half
SO much as he probably did wheR you
came to u.s."
And there were tears in her eyes
when she looked in her purse fO1 Ger
tain FIVE dollar bill