The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-06-07

JaKtina 10 Esf dry NAss the did not to~a
Z at the qusssioner and presently made q
nsoYr as II 10 leave tho room.
Don't sc a hss yet he protested
'OlVe the machinery a rest Tor htue
while Aru 5au sisdyiRg the hang Of the
Z eaginsx and ,hlngs 20 you can tAke The
Z fosen.ans place ia ease Of striker
mo had no such design"
.'.tmply love II for it, own sake, ehf
I We'll. thsrs.s a human sort Of machine
not far away that might be interesting,
7 and wants 10 be. II you would only turn
I your Intellectual faculties upon Il
That's the business Of q psychologist.
! Maid yustina. I'm q stenographer.
I wish business would look up no that
would have more to do"
Miss Gilbert. have . charge 10 bring
against you" be said
.T1ts hear H." she answered with nn-
/ ssnotIonai ooncern.
'lrs very serious, ! assure you fou
| obtained your situation In the house OF
I Truram a Co. by false pretensesf'
MIR. Trrxam,' She turned from the
! sie and faced him. her eyes flashing de-
1 pial II seemed 10 her that he was car
/ ryipg pleasantly too far. Loyalty to Miss
Montooth and the interests OF the Mono
I liih refinery did not demand that she
( should brook an accusation like this.
please don't crush met he pleaded IN
a coneiliatory tone II really beg your
| pardon But you know you came here In
answer TO an advertisement
Yes" she answered ieiy. Am ! not
competent as a stenographerY"
Undoubtedly, OF my mother would have
\ found II out the nrst week and discharged
| you. It's not that part OF the bill that
you don't MI II you remember, II was an
\ uriy girl that was wanted. You came In
the guise Of that kind OF girl, ana
| have discovered the fraudf'
She laughed. blushing "a little and show
| ing her even white teeth. There was no
denying that Justina's teeth were pretty
''You deserve to take rank among tho
great discoverers OF oil ages for thisf
she said. trying not to be conscious OF
little thrill OF pleasure.
To keep him from talking more non
sense she took letter of the file and sat
down at the typewriter 10 copy It. She
| worked furiously. laundering, forgetting
| the punctuation and spacing. What
| fool am,'' she kept saying to herself.
what a fool"
The next morning the little thing
seemed TO Justina even less. She had just
been IA bit OF a goose" she told herself
in the sober light OF the new day She
would steel herself against weaknesses
of that kind In the future.
She was at the Office and receiving the
mail when Mr. Truxam came In, He
looked serious and almost severe. Justina
| fancied he was ashamed of the nonsense
he had talked tho day before, The mail
was heavy. and It took him n good while
10 look over 1t. The girl was thankful
for that
There had been sudden awakening OF
| trade and the rush OF letter writing last
ed all day.
WAS the work hard enough to suit you.
Miss Gilbert" he said when the big clock
had struck s, Downstairs the workmen
were getting ready. to go home. And then
he added resuming something OF his
sprightiy manner. "TIow do you think
got along todayf''
..splendidlyw
"Thank you. Commend me 10 mamma
when she comes back. Another favor
am going TO ask OF you He was trying
to catch her eye, but she avoided the
glance. He crossed the narrow corridor
and perched on the railing OF the sugar
nit The position brought the two face to
face. II would be eternally obliged" no
went on. 'if YOU would stop seconding
mothers schemes for promoting my busi.
ness interests through a matrimonial al
lance"
Justlna betrayed her discontinue by
wild stare How did you find this outY'
she asked presently, recovering herself.
~ should not have thought you capable
Of listening z, our taikv"
"Dop't be severe on me, please. l
bemmea and coughed 70 let you know
| was nj the open door OF the office, but
| an deeply were YOU and mother interested
| In vour Mot that neither Of you would
nav any attention"