Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-08-31
THE
OGLESBy
BRIDE
By KEITH GORDON
Copyright, 1904. b 2. c, heeI'"s

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nan in the Office Of a quiet elegance
AZ face and form. subtiy suggestive of
drawing rooms. it is apparent that
COMPLICATIONS become possible
aelesby himself had vague con
ssiouspess Of the fact at the end OF
Miss wentworth's first year there
I, vas not so much that, under the
charm OF her personality. n Turkish
ruc not originally included In the plan
az Office furnishings. had found its way
into her rootn--that was a small mat
tori But that he perceived certain
ineongruity la the fact that her slen-
der, well shod feet rested upon pol
,shed floor. while he and Stanton
walked on rugs, was more significant
when ineongruitles OF this sort attract
A business mans attention be should
beware.
Miss wentworth. 10 be sure. had an
atmosphere all her own. which seemed
to demand a proper setting for her.
To this silent demand Of her individ-
uality 0glesby made good many con.
eessions from time to time. almost
without knowing that he did so. He
had whimsical theory that she was
Ike fine china aud should be treated
with the greatest delieacy.
She herself never seemed TO suspect
that there was anything unusual In the
attention that WAS paid to her COM
fort. II a rug were put down in her
room. well. surely II was no more than
proper that there should be rug
there. II Mr.. 0glesby showed a real
anxiety TO know whether the chair that
she occupied was as comfortable a
one as could be procured. Miss Went
worth supposed that 1t was but the
usual klndIlness displayed by employ
ers for their employees.
1t was not until the little room occu
pied by her contained every office con
renienee that oglesby was brought TO
q Consciousness OF the fact that there
might be some personal motive in bis
thoughtfuIness.
I'm. Seems to me, old man, that
you're daft on the subject of our fair
assistant" observed his partner when
for the third time in as many months
he had suggested some improvement h
be made in the stenographer's equip
ment.
Oglesby answered him somewhat tart
ly and in a manner meant to convey
that an 0glesby could under no cir
cumstances whatever become interest
ed In woman not OF his own class.
Still the fact that Stanton had noticed
anything unusual in his behavior irri
tated him. He remembered, with sharp
discomfort. number OF times when
than he ever had with any woman of
his own world-to win a smile from
her. He even found relief in the
thought that with tact rare in girl
unframed to social life she had added
zest to his efforts by her calm. well
bred. but by no means encouraging
manner.
An oglesby and daft on the subject
OF stenographerw he repeated to him
self with scorn as Stanton's remark
ranked In his mind. II guess not"
1t was fortunate that he should have
encountered Miss Wentworth on the
street one day while this resentment
was still warm In his mind. At the Of
fee. in spite of his resolutions. his man
ner was unchanged. Over and over
again he forgot that the cold. serene
young woman who looked at him very
much as IL he were mere detail Of the
office furniture was simply his stenog-
rapher.
But when he met her on the street
that day sudden remembrance Of
Stanton's speech embarrassed him.
After all. the Oglesby pride whispered,
stanton was right" With this thought
in his mind he checked the smile of
greeting that rose to his lips and
bowed with elaborate and somewhat
patronizing gravity.
Intends 20 be just as courteous to
me as IL did not write his letters for
so much per month";" was the thought
that flashed wic,Sedly through Miss
Wentworth's mind. Her acknowledg-
ment of his greeting was reduced to a
flicker Of the eyelids that came peril.
ously near to being imperceptible.
The effect was by no means lost mp
On Mr.. oglesby and produced in him a
queer mixture OF triumph and indigna-
ton.
"Jove," ran his thoughts apprecia-
lively, 'she has the air of grande
damer
Then quick transition took place in
his view of the matter, and he expert.
enced thrill of righteous indignation
at her treatment Had he not bowed
10 her precisely as he would have done
to Miss Ten Eyck. with a mere trifiing,
impalpable difference of expression
which person in her position could
scarcely be expected to detect?
Just what was going to happen ir
the future can never be definitely
known, for at that moment the vision
OF tall fair girl, whose eyes seemed
% look into his with quiet moekery,
terminated his train of Thought. He