The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-08-17
THE
OGLESBy
BRIDE
BY KEITH GORDON


handsome and unmarried and the wo-
man in the office of quiet elegance
If face and form. subtly Suggestive Of
drawing rooms, il is apparent that
complications become possible
OElcshy himself had vague CON
sciousnoSs Of the fact Mt the end OF
Miss WentWorth's first year there.
1t was not So much TINT. under the
charm of her personality, Turkish
rug, not originally included in the plan
of office furnishings, had found its why
into her room TINT was II small nut
ter. But that he perceived Il certain
inconGruity In the fact that her sleu-
der, we'll shod feet rested upon pol
ishrd floor, while he and Stanton
walked on rugs, WAS more significant.
When incnngruities of this sort attract
Il business mans attention he should
beware.
Miss Wentworth, to he sure, had an
atmosphere all her own, which seemed
10 demand a proper setting for her.
To this silent demand of her indy id
unlity OElcshy made II good many con
cCssions from time To time, almost
without knowing that he did so. He
had n whimsical theory that she WAS
like fine china and should be treated
with the greatest delieucy.
She herself never seemed to suspect
that there was anything unusual in the
attention that WIS paid 10 her com
fort. If a rug We're put down In her
room, we'll. surely ii WIS no more than
proper that there should be n rug
there If Mr.. 0gleshy showed real
anxiety to know whether the chair that
she occupied WIS ny comfortable n
one rs could be procured, Miss Went
worth supposed that it was but the
usual lSindliness displayed 10y employ
crs for their employees.
1t was not until the little room oecu-
pied by her contained every office eon-
vcnicncc TINT Oglcshy was brought to
Il consciousness of the fact that there
might be some personal motive In his
thouEhtfulncss.
II IN. Seems To me, old man, TINT
you're duff IN the subject of our fair
u..tjsiant" observed his partner when
for the Third time In nv many months
he had suggested some Improvement To
be made In the stenographcr's equip
mCnt.
Oglcshy answered him somewhat turt-
ly and in a manner meant To convey
that an oglcshy could under no cir
IA lao hnaAtna intnTngt 4.
cd In woman not of his own class.
Still the fact That Stanton had noticed
anything unusual In his behavior irri-
tatcd him lie remembered. with sharp
discomfort. number OF times when
he hHd worked hard- harder by far
his own world To win smile from
her. lie even found relief In the
thought that With n tact rare In II girl
unframed to social life she had added
zcst 10 his efforts by her calm, we'll
bred, but by no means encouraging
manner
AN OglrSby and daft on the subject
Of n stenographcrfi he repeated To him
self with scorn M Stantou's remark
ranklcd in his mind. Il guess mott
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
flee in spite of his resolutions, his man
ncr was unchanged, Over and over
again H. forgot that the cold. serene
young woman who looked at him very
much MS If he were mere detail of the
Office furniture was simply his stenog
rnphcr.
But Wbrn he met her on the street
that day a sudden remembrance" OF
Stantons 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
patroni2ing gravity.
"Intends To be just as courteous 10
me MS If | did not write his letters for
so much per MONTH" was the thought
that flashed wiekedly through Miss
Wentworth's mind Her acknowledge
mcnt of his greeting was reduced to a
flicker Of the eyelids that came peril
ously near 10 being impcrccptiblc.
Tho effect WAS by no means lost up
on Mr. Oglesby and produced in him n
queer mixture of triumph and indigna-
tion.
"Jove," ran his thoughts apprecia-
lively, "ahe has the air Of n grandc
dame"
Then quick transition took place in
his view of the matter and he expert
cncCd thrill of righteous indignation
ut her treatment. Had he not bowed
r. her precisely as he would have done
to Miss Ten Eyck. with a mere trifiing.
impalpahle difference Of expression.
which person in her position could
scarcely he expected to detecti
Just what was going 10 happen in
the future can never be definitely
known, for Mt that moment the vision
Of tail, fair girl, whose eyes seemed
to look into his with quiet m0ckery,
terminated his train Of thought. He
felt almost as guilty as II the vision
had been Miss Wentworth in the flesh,
and somehow the dignificd displeasure
that hc had meant 10 show when next
they encountered each other nj the of
flee did not seem so possible as IT had.
And, indeed, the "dignifled displeas-
ure" was not at all discernible In the
reference that he afterward made to
that meeting, which showed plainly
his anxiety to efface amy impression
Of patronage That Miss Wentworth
might have absorbed n reference that
was received by her with an indiffer-
ent smile and n quick reference to busi.
ness matters In hand that left him
feeling neatly aid beautifully snubbed
subsequently, In the stcnographer 3
room, Miss Wentworth took letter
head from the drawer at her side with
the air of a person in deep thought
Then, with scornful smile playing
about her lips, she dropped the paper
into the machine, gave the roller q
quick conte>lptuous turn and muir
INJURED TO herself:
"a parfact pndpt