Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-08


and Tom will not have more than
two thousand a year I'LL l die"
| The secretary arranged her papers. /
Here are three invitations to dinners"
she said.
Accept them ALL" gloomily replied
her employer. II might MS well kill
myself that way rs any other"
The secretary accepted for Mrs. Van
Stylert the three efforts toward self
immolation.
Here" then she said, 'is letter
from the Society For Assisting Indi-
gent widows and Single Women"
mot a dollar" responded Mrs. Van
Stylert. II will assist no INDECENT sin
gle woman. And l am widow my
self"
Just then IIarroway came in.
won't you spare me u cup OF teai"
he asked.
"By the way" said Mrs. Van Stylert,
isn't this the day Of the Templeton
reception? | don't go to afternoon re-
ceptions. They are so unearthly. But
you do"
after my tea" he replied.
Il don't begrudge you the tea" re-
turned his hostess, but l should think
you would want TO be with Charlotte
as much rs possible now that the
count is so terribly in evidence"
lie caresscd the flower in his button
hole.
charlotte and I understand each
other" he informed her. Whoreupon
she managed to overturn q teacup.
Then l am to congratulate you"
she cried.
mo, no." he FASTENED to say, II meant
: nothing like that"
an my young days" she said, when
? a young man confessed that there was
t an understanding between him and Il
G young lady, the inference was that
G there was-something between them
G 80 there is" lie rejoned. I'VE are
. good friends, comrades, chums."
l. "Impossiblew and she shook her
: head. mo cumming among young
n people of opposite sexes. AS for you,
) you don't know what you are missing.
Charlotte is Just the wife for you, and
t Really, Amy, you are In a great hurry;
r it is ten minutes Of g." The secretary
< had risen.
i az will make up the ten minutes to-
;. morrow" the young lady said, and
left the room.
" uarroway looked after her.
5. NO wonder you are critical" said
/ Mrs. Van Stylert. "She dresses SC
r stifily. And she went away because
n she thought she had no right to hear
n our private talk"
II 1T seems TO me-" he returned, OBJ
K. livous to the latter part Of her words
y that her costume is very well chosen
c. for her work. What fine face SHE
&c has"
t, "She looks like her mother" was thu
n reply. IL went to school with hel
n mother. There, now, run to the Ten
pletons'-and Charlotte"
"a Thus dismissed Harroway left th'
y house outside, he saw the secretar!
going down the street.
IN Now, the secretary was annoyed
r. Mrs. Van Stylert's manner was becom
ie ing atrocious. Before these last tw
10 weeks the lady had been Kind an
We friendly. But for Mrs. Van Stylert'
Kindness and friendly interest sh
would not have got along so wei
lg But all that was changed now. AM
what had she done to merit the slight
er to which she had recently been sub
jected?
True, Tom Harroway had been tre
e. ouently at the house OF late, developln
re a craving for afternoon tea that verge
closely on dissipation, and all the tim
eel he was there his hostess was full o
IT. encomiums for Charlotte Templeto
OF and as full of miserable fault hndin
IL. for the girl who acted in the capacit
H. of secretary,
10 Harroway saw her going along I
er front Of him. lie made up his min
'c- that he must join her, She may HAY
u seen him, but she suddenly shot roun
n corner, and when he reached the col
ner she had disappeared from view
ID How unkind women can be to W.
men" he unused. Mrs. Van is lettin
We herself out. Maybe, though, she Ia
TN been all along like this in private, an
now I go there 80 frequently she
it, getting not to mind me. And l al
he to blamew And he went on to T.
i
on In her rosy room Mrs. Van Style
felt more comfortable than had bee
the case for days.
Did after ALL" she said vaguely, "sciel
on tific experiments are wonderful things
She rested her chin on her hands an
ne looked into the fare of the crate wit
cir a reminiscent expression In her eyes.
as The secretary made up the ten NIL
ice utes the followinc day, and, althou2
DIS Mr.. Harroway did not put in an a
oy pearance, Mrs. Van Stylert was Qui
ILL., difficult; said that the plain manner
ler which the secretary wore her hair W;
ISL disgraceful and felt that she could tc
ry- her so because she had gone to scho
ISL with her mother; quite agreed wit
up her secretary. who, she insisted, ha
lds so expressed herself that Tom Harr
eht way was no use in the world and tn
zen II he had n grain Of manliness in h
ner composition he would attempt bus
leu ness career. She said she felt 81
De- could so criticlse the young man in h
an, absence because his father had bee
i'm one of her earliest beaus
a few days later and when this so
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