The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-01-10
HELD BY THE
GOVERN Nj NT
BY Ohio b. Scnea

hAiNA ~ lAillN HtNl W tllbtlti NlN
could do satisfactory work, 10 have I,u-
senia object because the girl Wits
young and pretty MIS- enough 10 malyp
Il man lose all patience
lie stroye 10 appease his HaHtee's
wrath by pointing ont how inferior in
beauty and grHcc the new stenographer
appeared 10 him in comparison with
herself lie tricd to appeal to her rea.
son. her pride, for faith ia him, hut L.
little PFlGo~f.
''NoH ICED not trouble To call again
or IL communicate with me until Nou
have discharged that girl. WaS the
ultimatum, aud Pearson went away.
angry and indignant matchmaking
all women aud their silly. unreasonable
jealousy.
Miss Anthony Was not often unrea
sonahle and had had little occasion for
jealousy. She hardly could have eN
planned ii herself, but Tier annoyance
about The girl aud her resentment To
ward her lover had begun when she
had asked the nalue OF the new en-
ployce and John had replied ANNA
Darling
The tiny flames had been famed and
increased by every word of praise for
Miss Darling that the unconscious
Pearson had stupidity uttered until she
could bear II no lou2nr She magnitied
his satisfaction with tie girls work
into love for the girl herself. and she
felt for the moment quite justified in
demanding her discharge
But with the NEXT days light Miss
AnthoHNs good SENSE and love Of fair
play rcasserted itself How silly |
WIS. she thought
she resolved 10 send him Il little note
or a telephone message. but decided 10
wait until evening He WAS 10 take her
10 the opera. and on the WAY She would
confess her unrcasonAblcness.
The evening passed, and m Holm and
~ message Ia explain his absence. Ton
O'clock 1870, i wont be foolish she
thought firmly I'll call hin III hy
phone and tell him want IL say good
night
She had often done this When II had
not been possible for John to come to
her She SMILED happily rs size rang the
Ih'll Nlltl tllltNl lbl TIE I fulNtll ItSl-
denee John lived with his brother. and
she knew the family had gone away.
She rcco- nized the houSellccpers voice
i'll reply to her call but her face fell mt
the message Mr. John had not been
home. aud Mrs Barnes could get no re
ply 10 frequent calls over the phone to
the Office
The next morning Miss Anthony
called Mrs Barnes again with similar
results. Mr. John did not come home.
and there was evidently no one ut his
Office
Miss Anthony was essentially Il wo-
man of notion She dressed herself IN
most becoming street costume and
half hour later WIS entering lhe great
office building ON Congress street Pear
sons office WIS closed, the door locked
'Ilc wasn't there all day yesterday"
volunteered the elevator boy
But surely some one WIS" Insisted
Miss Anthony. The young lady
"Shc came in the morning but went
away again Immediately" he answered.
Miss Anthony was quick to resolve
and equally quick To execute She con
suited the directory and took Il ear for
Arlington. Al The door of II neat little
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