Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-30
THE GIRL FROM
DINGLEVILLE.

Tor YOU, Sdlu lnt pACoA"Nf'' - 80
til national bank, as he glanced
up from some papers to find that
q cood.looking, trim young man
stood beside his desk. "Just read
that telegram
Barton took the piece OF yellow
paper and read
'sDingleville, Kan, Nov. 81
James 6. Baldwin, President --th
National Bank, Chicago: MY
daughter arrives Chicago 1890 to-
day. Rock Island, on way to New
York. Please meet her at depot.
See that she gets through all right.
"Alvin X. Spencer,
"President Dingleville National
Bank"
"WellD asked the president
when Barton handed back the tel
egram, "What do You think ofit?"
~ don't quite understand" the
Younger man replied, what ! have
TO do with the matter"
"You're to go down to the sta
ton at 1890 and meet the young
LADY,
ooh"
"Perhaps ought tp explain, see
ing that you've just come into the
bank and may not know about
these things, that we find it neces-
sary to do a great many little odd
Jobs for our country customers
! in order to retain their good will,
and, incidentally, to keep their
business. We never lose anything
by extending courtesies. We fire.
Iquently buy railroad tickets and
engage steamboat passage for
country bankers and members OF
their families, and Pve even
known of country bankers who
asked the officers of city banks to
reserve theater tickets for them.
This has grown in recent years to
| be a part of the banking business.
Now Pm going to trust this young
lady to your care during her stay
here. You are to meet her when
the train arrives and entertain
her as long as she remains in Chi
cago. The bank will stand the ex-
pense and you must see that she
has a good time"
When the 1890 train arrived
Barton stood inside the gates
watching for a girl who might
look as if she were the daughter of
q DingleviIle, Kan, banker. Pres
emily a young woman with a trim
figure, a jaunty hat and set of be-
coming furs emerged, following a
porter who staggered under a
load of, suit cases and boxes.
| "That," Barton thought, "rnust
be some prima donna on her way
back to dear old New York."
When the porter had put down
the suit cases and boxes the young
woman took a stand beside them
and looked around as if she expect
ed somebody. Then Barton hap
pened tosee the word "Dingleville"
on one of the suit cases, and mo
ment later he and Miss Spencer
were on their way to the parcel
room. She explained that she ex
pected to remain over until $3.50
p. m. and had no plans whatever
concerning the manner in which
the time should be occupied.
AS she smiled at him when he
suggested that it would be well to
begin by eating, Barton was glad
that he had been selected for the
job in hand and wondered why he
had hoped before she came that
the girl from Dingleville would
make her stay short.
They were partaking of blue
points when Miss Spencer sudden
ly remarked
"Do you know, IL expected
you were going to be a gray-haired
old ma with a tall hat and one OF
those long, double-breasted
coats"
"Whyw Barton asked. "Have
you a preference for old men who
wear tall hats?"
"No, but then it has always
seemed to me that all bank presi
dents must be old and stOutish
and the pictures of them show
that they generally have white