The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-10-27
DAYS AND DOLLARS.

very ibpqSiasi lnaSes. Tor ,ufpriiipI
thifs bad hsppered. It Was only Eve day
siaee thc bad been graduated from the big
school. snd here the WAS with vofkinl
ksowledge Of the real estate tusiaess al
lesdy sl her nnger tips literally, btesus
her builrcn was principally concerns
with the ,ypewriting-machIne 10 ths { iiie
1 OF A mstrong & Wolfe. The knowbd9e
Z perhsp'. did not tI csd far beyond her 90
gef.,ips, because mss, Of the letters th
wrote a. the diciaion q hrr tup oyer
conveyed absolutely 10 meanina TO be
mind tut this dId 10. trouble T,s'a o
any body else.
Her etpy wa, neat as well ~ accurate
aud there was nothing Gbout the cimpleto'
letters TO Indicate that the tlpeHritini
young penon WAS 80 innocent as the type
writer itteli Of the difference between th
east bali Of 10, hity.seyen and the north
west ferty In ssardis township.
You're wonderfully fortunate, said Ger
aldine Pesse, tho was four years older thar
Tskla. I've always wi he'd ] could wori
for Armstrong & Wolfe it's such got I
place. How did you ever happen to &c
IL
Oa, returned Tekla, overlooking Gsial
dues somewhat uneomplimehtsry emphaf
10. Mr.. Wolfe and father used to BE- friends
He knew I'd have TO do something TO belT
mother cpt, and so when Miss Dodd's slck
father ttlegrsphed for her to 20 East
Mr.. Wolfe came 10 me. I'm to have thirty
dollars q month,
Mr.. Wolfe, who was almost sixty but
looked younger, was large man, so well
proportioned In every way that his great
height did not impress one until he stood
LOOKING down upon rome ordinary "slI-
footer." His shoulders were broad, his
hands and feet huge, his good-natured
mouth was wide, his mild eyes stood wide
apsrt.
Every one loved and respec ed him, and
because OF his kindly ways, he had few
enemies. No unfortunate perscn ever ap.
pealtd to him In vain, yet In spite OF bis
smiabIlity, he was seldom imposed upon.
Tekla was conscious Of no desire to i'm
pose on him; but fbe was younR, 1t was
summer time, often there were no letters
10 be answered, and she found idleness nv.
some.
The baseball mstch between the teams OF
her own town ard Of lronwood WAS the be-
ginning OF her fall from grace. The cfflce
closed at four ON Saturday afternoons and
at half past i've on other dayc, and work
was supposed to begin at half past eight
each morning. IL seemed to the restless
girl that two hours playtime on Saturday
afternoons ought not to make much differ
enee to the firm, and she asked II she might
be excused.
1t is probable that she would not have
en- ioyed the game so well II she had sus.
pected that Mr.. Wolfe, whose large, blunt
fingers did not lend themselves gracefully
to typewriLing, had been compelled to an
swer at considerable length and with much
discomfort two important letters that had
arrived In the three O'Clock mail
Mr.. Armstrong, the other partner, hsd
not learned to use a atypewriter, and always
had enough to do, besides, In his own fpec-
ial department.
l'he ball game, however, was only the
opening wedge. Tekla was popular, and
her friends ard classmates were having a
glorious time that summer.
At frst, indeed, the girl stood out brave
ly, refusing sll daytime amusements; but
after the first baseball game Tekla found 1t
50 easy to ask and to obtain leave Of alb
sence for psrt Of Monday morning, all OF
Tuesday afternoon, or every bit Of Wed
nesday, that Mr.. Armstrong, an irascible,
wiry man with Lervous dyspepsia, feared
Mr.. Wolfe was In danger Of being coDpell-
ed to do all the typewriing.
OGe forenoon Mr.. Armstrong observed
Tekla, who had arrived three. quarters OF
an hour late, looking at her watch With
more than her utual irritating frequency.
When she was not occupied with this futile
mploy ment, she was casting impatie mt
ylsnces a. visitor who had. In her opir i)r,
already stayed far too long. Mr.. Arm.
strong knew what her impatience portend-
ID. The door had barely clofed behind the
'isitor before T,kls had taken .he intru-
iei's place beside Mr.. wolfes big desk.
o Mr.. Wolie, she raid, 10 her bright,
'retty, pleadir < wsy, should you mind very
much II were TO 20 home little earlier'
ia almost clever, you know. I'm going
o party tonight, and | wapt to try on
be new gown mothers making for me. 1t
. just the prettiest dress-
Mr.. Wolfe glanced from the papers in
10 bik hand to the ofil:e clock.
This letter. he begsn.
Couldn't do it the first thing this after.
Ioonf pleaded Tyk'a, esgerly. You see,
,other can't do thing more to that waist
ntll I've tiled 1t on.
We'll, II that's the cafe, suppose
o., thank you! cried Tekla, hurriedly
artilg away.
Mr.. Armstrong, who had suffered In tl-
nee for six weeks, rofe and slammed tie
oor.
That's girls the liuit be snapped. II
I'D my way, I'D nie her so quick abe
Iouldn't know what bad happened.
Ia that case, ssid Mr.. Wolfe, she prob
bly, wouldn't realize why the WAS fired,
I'd the experience wouldn't do her any
ood.
1t would do ue good declared Mr.. Arm
.rong. She's utterly impossible.
No, sAid Mr.. Wolfe, there's good stLf 10
bat girl, I, means something 10 this tus.
ets, where figures count for ., much, to
ave girl who 1, absolutely accurate
Ard absolutely iguorari' sneered Mr..
whose love for the older par.
er made Lin quick TO resen, anything that