The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

copying press without going down to
Mat dov Strict se T ana efssa e t. No
objects to a girl being. in business X
she is merely a clerk, but Il che gets
hold Of big successes1well the men
swers,. may lay on a secretary"
So she emptied the room and furnish
ed It afresh. and Mrs. Craven's heart
chairs and pictures. in pretty wall
hangings and dainty carpets, In grace
ful n aa all b thos arc t he
mysterious outcome of sex. There was,
it turned out, small bedroom along
side. which was never used and which
through the wall. This could be the
secretary's room, and hold the letter
files. and the copyright press. and the
machinery of commerce; and so Miss
Hates room" as it came to be called.
fulfilled in appearance little enough OF
it's original intention OF once .,;,,,
One can hardly associate walls pan
elled in rose-pink brocade with the
,nuch-abused art of company promotion;
But Kate sat In that pretty roo room and ana
schemes. which brought her such bril-,
liant success. She felt, she had retired
from the firing line; she schemed ana a,,i
battle. and when any idea eluded her her
for TOO long she went out ana ., aro ~
nor motor car or played COIL III II ~. a,,e
idea arrived In the he 1 butterf sn
tr1ns ~ the same time she had srcia se
IDEAS of buying an estate WneI ~ be,.
could have a Private golf co urse, " con.
own. She had gr thesa SO days. and. peo-
nia said unsociaVe. Her engassset,,, nnp
to Mr.. Austin had been broken e,st TN vas
ago; and to tell a. .as t to be rid OF her.
Wen VEL e he felt had eliminated from ,a
A a, the points which beforess I'M > g aim
caught his edmirationn;;, A ,ich one could
she vas va told himself. marry va, w9ma ~
viii such an unwieldy am, nnt Nor
riches ti At least he could Mrs. MRS Aus
did he intend that s ene one should have
TIN, .a II neaetice in high finance than W,s
Necessary to manage her 3 S;,is
and t fsct It was over this question INA, tna
In e tat. himself had come tneia
milf ne She had given him. 10 the land
pretty broad hint ina. 1as rupture OF
ing stag , ,,ement had not come ~ III, =
tn eiL ,ater and Kate was clever sao ;dea
to make Mr.; Austin i,o 1nihks still tit they had
was his and acn mis- alter terms. and any ser
parted ,sa anTrofessionaI or otherWh, s futuIe
Austin could render er o hed 10 look l forward
was one e th haem rs a.G most keenly: 70
to. .. as ne YOU cannot see yonnr ~ ai him
-, nv husband. she had sa,u occasion
lightly. "you, ,o NJ, syn Npo
ac I, at nt,s a call it friend Kate" ne hao
answered. and they parted ,at on lane In had
But that day. after .r Au 1sade sai in the
showed her the sn fa - her room. and
papeIL or, her thoughts went back IL. 70
Henry Austin. She trie "a 20 t to him.
why, s she AS sa she eyer Could define i, s Sad
AS La snace. q partial vacuum. naa
Come 90 u into her life and Austin a 6 ta ali
and in tept at vas Ws gone. the vacuum
It Now mt & did not exactly ache. en.
Is cansed a vague discomroII INA; a
~ moved her. and when she 81 a aeI repeat
cure cur . gar. Carter. Carter" ~,
She resented this clamor. she Ioie
herself that she was strong WoIn aaa
She refused to ha a,Ie ne an n exoemploye
she ID dec ntrn to be forced into her life
Of ne her o oWh co on And still that
inner something. with tn irr Garter Car
S snrs and Ai then got unpleasantly IA.
, ter am and began to murmur George e.
she stood 1t for an hour, Stoou N.Y. 70.
that time persiste d,,a ih y alter. to one
n InE course. and then she got n9
rom her great cushioned, cnair 6 anu
went to an old , snera u Il vas locked.
o ond sha carried the KEY Of that 2 mon eS1e
the charms on her watch Gansle, = ai' .
o e,re the drawer and took from II
photograph. a,,,
taken by an amateur on h kodak MIN;
a very imperfect thing at its best ana no
notified now by the persistent WEST
African mildew. A piece OF brown
paper with hole 4. IN II was wa hat IN Int It
blocked out all Of the group ne except ,efd
Mace and gazed her FIJI on this very
crude presentment of George Garter.
Well. ut any rate. he was not hand
some man. But there was something
about even this Indifferent nhotogrnnh
that gave her a great thrill It touched
some inward chord that no other power
on earth could set into vibration. ana
She was discomforted thereby
The gong went for dinner. She ig-
nored it. servant came presently
she had added to the number OF ser,
wants at the Princes Park house and
Mrs. Craven accented the alteration
passivelN-and the servant most re-
spectfullv stated that dinner would he
served in ten minutes and was not
Miss Kate going to dress? But Miss
Kate was busy and would have cup
of tea and sandwich.
Mrs Craven below got the news