Middletown transcript., 1905-09-16

weeks off? ''
(Which is it, Griggs, the seashore or
the mountains ?' asked Mr.. Whittlesey,
| thinking how the mythical Miss Murray
had kept him in town all summer, and
this was the first time he had even
thought about it.
Griggs looked hurt. otis that tired
feeling, sir, with general misery to boot,
and the. doctor says if don't lay off a
bit, it may be fever and the hospital. "
"I'in sorry to hear that, Griggs," said
he. alphabetically. "Of course you
can go.'
"You are very kind, sir, and Pm sorry
there's SO much work left undone. Per-
haps you can get one of the students from
ANYWAYS Business College without much
trouble"
"M-m-! Maybe. But | don't like
a ''prentice hand Oh my work very
we'll But never mind, Griggs. Don't
give any thought to that" said he, rising
and laying touch almost paternal in its
soothing gentleness upon the young mans
shoulder. 1.-The whites of your eyes are
as yellow as saffron. You look as il jaun'
dice had rounded you up and cut you out.
Get you home and to bed, and never give
a passing care to briefs until your physi
clan discharges YOU"
A few days later Mr.. Whittlesey, being
pressed by business-he felt in no humor
for pushing in this usually dull season
began to think seriously of temporary
substitute for Mr.. Griggs. As he himself
had said, he did not like prentice
hand" SO he resorted to the novel ex'
pedient OF calling up different business
acquaintances over the pho e and asking
them if they knew of any competent per-
son they could recommend for briei
occupancy Of the Griggs shoes.
Up to the time when he rang up WHEEL
don &; Morton, nobody had seemed tc
know anything about anybody /; but
Young Mr.. Morton waited breeze Of
encouragement through the transmitter
"Weldon's on the fiat Of his back, in
bed," said he, land Pm compelled to be
away a week on business for the house
You may have our private steno. that
length of time as well as not, if you cal
make arrangements, which will give you
more time to find somebody. You ought
to have more assistance than you do, the
way your law business is growing. Come
over and see the party"
Mr.. Whtttlesey went over and requested
to 'see the party"
"See here, Whittlesey," said Morton
you won't object to paying tolerably well
This one has been engaged strictly on oul
more confidential affairs, and is accus
toned to good salary, as such salaries
90. Mr.. Bernstein, the head Of the adj
vertising department, will have general
oversight of things, and run the business
with the rank and file while I'm gone. .
| With this Mr.. Morton hustled out o.
the room and in few moments returned
followed by a slim girlish figure in
white gown. The girl carried pencil IL
one hand and note book in the other
When Mark Whittlesey saw this young
girl he suddenly took his feet from the
tabletop, jumped up, and dotted his hat
bowling low as he did SO. The girl shranb
back and colored furiously. Mr.. Morton
who had put himself in a position fol
introducing the two, stared first at one
and then at the other in unboundcd cur
iosity and amazement.
Mr. WhittIesey broke the spell by say
ing, "NIiss Murray and have met be-
fore, Norton Will you kindly allow us
to arrange this matter in private ?"
The door had scarcely closed OH the
bewildered and retreating Morton before
the proud wealthy lawyer had thrown
himself - metaphorically speaking "a
Doris's feet. He explained to her how
he had been less vile and culpabe thar
she had believed him. How, at worst
his sin had been one of omission only
How men of affairs sometimes felt them
selves too much rushed with other men'i
business to properly attend to their own
"You put me in what the English cal
"a blue funk that day, by your arraign
ment. | wondered if | really was as ba(
as the counts in your Indictment would
argue I've been hunting for you al
, summer to tell you-to tell you-er-tha
, I've re-roofed Mrs. O'Haloran's house
, and sold all the other buildings down
there to be torn down to make room TO
new industry"
, Doris looked at him timidly, but there
was nevertheless a spark Of mischief il
her eye. eyes," answered she, Mrs
, O'Halloran tells me she shouldn't be ont
, bit surprised to see the wings shproutin
f on the shouldthers of yez.' Then
with swift change in her manner, sh,
took a step toward him and looked ap
pealingly into his face. Can You par
don my crude, ignorant rashness ant
impertinence Youth seldom stops t,
reason that all things are not positive
that some must be only relative. l, lik
Pilates wife, have suffered many thing
because Of that mornings hasty work
and would willingly undo it,
! "And SO have /, but"-looking at he
with meaning that bore down her eye
lids and stained her cheeks rosily-"
would not have it undone. Not for tn
> whole wide world. Miss Murray, Civ
me your address. Let me call on yo1
. this evening, and-and we will arrang
f about Griggs's place. Noble fellow, t.
/ get sick at the right time. | shall rais
his salary ON his return
I Perhaps, when | tell You my mothe
/ keeps dodgers, you may not care to trans
act business by Calling" said Doris
i little proudly.
| II shall not object to the dodgers unles
/ they pre-empt the parlor,' said he, gayly
wearing look so happy and SO iubilan
Q that Doris could not meet it. For, reader