The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-20
CHI APTER v1.-(continued.)

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CHAPTER v1.-(continued.)
/ Then, Jack, for heavens sake. don't
go and buy some lovely. costly thing as
1 OF wearing--to show 1t off properly
! but give ME the money instead"
oh! The money insteadl'
"fes. do. want IT so bad-and It'll
nit n hundred and fifty would be the
making of me-"
MY dear Jessie..'' His hand had
gone toward his breast pocket. hut
now he drew Il back. "Jessie-you
take. my breath away I'm
afraid. IL really am afraid----
81 suppose you meant to tick It,
iJack--and not pay ready. But can't
/ you manage 1t? ] want 1t that bad
! and you're the only person can turn
my dear Jessie! onc-fifty. Frankly
you have opened your pretty mouth
SO much wider than l expected
But you couldn't get what you've
described for MUCH less
| 2"Cou1dn't 1? That's all you know.
"a hundred? Jack, you did mean to
| give a hundred
NO. my dear Jessie, I'll be hanged If
l did"
! "Fiftye"
4 Is
| Then. squeezing the lemon quasher
/ and leaning forward Icross the bar.
/ Jessie urgently begged for financial
i sppports1 She and; a friend desired to
saw aWh { st Slope
"The dressir,aking. Jack, I'm sick OF
this work. 1t don't suit me. and don't
! dn With Emily She has a a
down on me and sooner or later Will
get me bundled out Do. do be q dear
hna You al KNOWS s il is but you ask SIZE 5oh Ee
no more bite my Guv.nor's ear for a
hundred and fifty than could fly"
Sell one of your liv!!y horses. The
oh H. no. he wouldn't. Besides, the
horses belong to the Guv'nor. not to
| me-
Jessie turned her back, lie, leaned III, her
| fetched out her handkerchief. and
we s,T.. or pretended Iatsaa to wee weep =,
| please don't
y can't help it." sobbeds Miss Barter.
| "1f-if you aren't good for even fifty
pound at a pinch-.I think you've treat
Jessie's friend with whom the shop
was to be started in partnership, was
a Miss Walsh. At first Jessie thought
Miss Walsh had inhamed her with an
enthusiasm akin to her own.
You bring IN hundred and fifty
alike. You can't say I'm greedy>--but
j want you. Jessie. and no one else.
We were always pals-and you sayyon
hate your job at the hotel. Well.
Hts to take or leave, but it's a little
| gold mine I'm Offering YOU"
s"How on earth. could ISget a hun
| dred and, fifty pounds?"
THAT s your, flair, not min e ~ said
4 fsu q
quick enough if had your adyan-
4 What do you mean ~ said Jessie,
ooh, nothing wrong said Miss
Walsh. Heaven forbid.sBut ] mean You
could get 1T ont of the gentlemen that
|{comes to the bar-jnsts.in friendly
way. WhaEssstlle use Off such onpor-
ltunities If you don't use 'em? All the
money of the town, SO to speak, IS
| walking in and out before you i'll day
long" ta, ei3s M
They'd laugh in my: face s tt.3i
Not they. You could say you'd pay
IT back. Gentlemen will always give
a helping hand to d CIR who can make
herself greeable--and yet respects poets
herself '.3 ,3'. #
Miss Walsh was a shnrd-f featured,
hlackhaired young woman, aged
thirty-three,yi in the mantle department
at SellSirk's. y TO r "A long time she had
been making ready for}the campaign,
preparing lists OF Selkirk's Gus toners
and correspondents, obtaining all sorts
of secret Intelligence as to credits,
trade discounts, etc. She was on an
excellent footing with many repre-
sentatives Of the wholesale houses, ems
joyed the confidence md esteem sof|
two OF Sellsirlk's buy ers,--had walked
out with one Important member OF tle:|
staff for eighteen months and pumped
him dry Of information. She was ready
NOW. q a4 Il NJ
III III don't want no more delay. u want
Ito open before the summers 6oyer;.|
and with growing excitement she 4
talked to her friend. ~ want Il you'll
Jessie, to he In. III Il need you along
with me--if only for your appearance.l
Tim getting passy--I need q young
partner. !. (. I" t{ S8 \ 5s "a 3s 8i 5i n s
''Tall! Why should We fail? Given
The proper situation, we shall & never
look behind Slls,"'S and she describednl
her Views, poured out her trade phil,
osophy. { IN n. n Il II B II " % q NJ ..9
n cts tone we'd bank on, sie--the
chic style. OLD sellSirks', OF course,
Ihavc the re gular nlaNims- small profits
and big returns-quick turn overland
| all the rest 8of Slt, Our policy will sbelI
lust the reverse. Few Gus tonne rs7--for
lwalcan't hone for ~ man y----bllt let them
be the pick of the basket, an Il we'll
knock sky high prof is out of 'eln. M,
tConsid der those Iii III Rise girls, Alone.
Suppose you catch one. " ou cate Ii whole
lboillng. count ! hem Ia " TWEEN ty.- lyeil