Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-06-13
WHY HER SECOND VISIT
PROVED FRUITLESS.

arrived, Tor 1t w4s altogether a NV
Kind Of book agent No brassy q. ,hes,
no brazen speech no furtiye io.H Of
apprehension, no mystery as 70 now
the janitor was eyaued. For this :
the newest thing in book agen :.
She was young, she was tair, she
had a hat OF the most recent creation
and she swished when she walked
not vulgar swish, but the subiued,
expensive kind.
The l3 young men admitted ,ha,
they were intellectual enough to re4d
history. Thirteen young men saw
how easy II was to acquire Sc, Ct
World Makers of All Ages in tie
moderate terms of 2j cents a week,
with years subscription to the Siren
uous Magazine thrown in. Thir,e n
subscriptions in half an hour, Easy
While she staid the office seemed
radiant. When she let It was as
though peryasive psychic in aen,e had
departed, yet the place was still per-
meated with a subtle fragrance, an es-
sence, a spiritual sweetness and light.
memory that lastea all day. She
was SO young, so he3itant, so helpless
in that sordid atmosphere OF basin ass
and rolltop desks, and dollars Even
the boss subscribed. Who could have
resisted her?
fourteen sets of "Wcrld Makers
arrived promptly, and "A men received
their copies OF the Strenuous Maga-
zine, Then came the sequel.
He was short and husky, with
brutal jaw, receipt book, and pencils
sticking out of his pocket and behind
his ear. He walked past the boss and
the office boy like an expressmln, or
even gas man, and stood in the midst
of the 13 with his receipt book ready,
his pencil poised. His speech was
short.
smith, Robinson Q coz" he asked.
1t was admitted.
Strenuous Magazine-$l apiece"
he commanded All dug it up. Even
the boss was to him simply a name
on an order book.
Another month of the Strenuous
Magazine, the copies of which We're
laid carefully on the set of World
Makers of All Ages" Then he came
again. His beauty had not improved
noticeably. He was huskier than at
first sight, his jaw protruded more, his
speech was shorter,
"One dollar apiece" he ordered, and
everybody produced.
Some more magazines en- top Of the
dust covered World Makers" and
again he stood in the Office. uglier than
ever and speech yet more brief
zone dollar" he said, and there was
more digging. 1t was the third month,
and We still had nine months to serve
OF the original curse.
zone dollar!" he said, quarrelsome-
ly, the fourth time.
"Dollar!" he doomed the fifth month
and his shoulders seemed to have
grown broader, his chest thicker. his
jaw more domineering.
The sixth month he came in the
back way. This time he said nothing,
but everybody knew and went down
into his pocket
There were l3 clerks and the boss
Eighty-four dollars he had carried off, |
and the score was only half paid
She had seemed so frail, so little |
ILL alp tn lnpf, ha ar1. % g -. l.
sweet body when forced out into a
cold, merciless mathematical struggle
for existence. She had tarried but
half an hour. They could not know
where she had gone. But everybody
hoped no harm had come to her.
How he was hated in the seventh
month, and the eighth, and the ninth. |
Only the prospect of ultimate release |
enabled the clerks to bear him. 1t was
in +he tenth month that his accounts
got tangled. Then he came and spoke |
somewhat at length.
81 amt straight on this thing" he
admitted in growl. You'll have to .
show me your receipts"
The receipts! Good Lord, Nobody .
had taken care OF them. There should |
be nine apiece, but some had three
two Even the boss was shy a few.
Only the bookkeeper had full hand. |
You see that reu line on the bot |
tom?" he asked; well, 1t goes"
Nobody had noticed the red clause
before. II read: Subscribers will |
carefully preserve receipts as proof in |
case of errors, otherwise they will be
liable for payments" For each miss |
ing receipt dollar. There were over
so missing. To complete the collec-
tons more digging was done
All things come to an end. Time
rolled slowly. But finally the twelfth |
month came. He appeared for the last
time.
"Keno!" he said, as he received the
last dollars Some men would have
been regretful. But he was not. Re-
gret was as foreign to his nature as
beauty.
The twelfth month came and was
gone, and with II the original curse.
Then, one afternoon, quite suddenly
md without warning, the frou-frou of
-ilkan uarnantg wac hand ,o ,,,.