The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-09-06

IL SOlue girl, she dSSeIltu, anu
-miled at him coaXingly. The whole
Zee force confides in the stenOgrs~
Dher. She has a way
It's the only girl said the boy.
Hnabashed. He was gazing abstract
eddy at his next sandwich.
Miss. Wellner studied him. Jamie"
she said, "once there was a king. He
offered a prize TO the one of his sub
jects who should make the wisest re-
mark. So all the wise men tried their
)est, and got up a lot of profound,
,oug-winded speeches. But at last,
one man put five simple, short words
cgether, and the king thought his re-
mark was SO wise that he gave him
he prize on the spot
"What'd e say?" jamie inquired
with automatic politeness. His
thoughts were far off.
He said: This, too, will pass
away"
jamie was listening now. The story
had filtered through his dreams, and
ne last sentence startled him.
Say that again. he demanded.
This. too, will pass away.
HIM" returned Jamie, beginning
IN his sandwich. Don't you fret!'
When the stenographer came in
from luncheon the next day, she found
Jamie behind the screen again, still
With that look on his face.
What's the filling in your sand
wichos?" she asked. Green cheese
md rainbows?"
He smiled indulgently, as she
ropped into a chair near his cornec
Come, why don't you tell me her
nance" she began.
Don't know it myself, yet" he an
wered, compOsedly. Only saw her
1t show. But | know a fellow that
snows a fellow that knows her"
4 few days later he emerged from
behind the screen on tiptoe.
Want to see her handwriting" he
whispered to the stenographer.
"A letter." she exclaimed greatly
amused. We'll, Jamie, you certainly
Ire coming on"
Tisn't to Newell, | guess net!
It's what she wrote to fellow |
now."
Then how did you get it?"
oh, he didn't want it. 1t throws
him down, you know. He'd asked her
10 go to a show, but she was going
With two others already. Twasnt her
ault"
Two others!"
Ny yes! She has to do that way
he's popular, | tell you"
But 90 the boys like that?"
Like it, They take what they can
get. They'd hang on to a window-sill
by their teeth any time just to look
1t her. Say, I'm going to be intro
'uced tonight. You wait"
The sympathetic stenographer went
away for vacation next day. She
had been deyoting considerable
thought to a man who was-not like
jamie. Now that she had decided
that he was not worth thinking about,
she found herself needing change. rest.
INVERSION The firm that employed
ler appreciated her services and told
her to stay away until she was ready
20 come back. After six weeks she
walked into the Office again, bright
and courageous.
Everything else seemed so different
20 her that she was startled to find
the look in JAMES eyes unchanged.
is it the same girl YETI" she asked
him at the first opportunity.
His boyish eyes rebuked her. who
else?" he asked.
Jamie, you child' she cried, i'm
pulsively. The dews still on you
/ can see it sparkle"
"S'pose you mean I'm fresh and
greon?"
Il mean that wish | knew few
grown up men just like you
Jamie understood without under
standing, and it moved him to pull out
his gunmetal watch.
III let you look he said, opening
the back lid.
\ smile curved her lips as she
glanced al the crude little picture.
Her own likeness had been in the lid
IF several watches, so she was less
impressed than Jamie had intended
her to be. But as she met his blue
eyes again, her manner turned mother
ly
Remember. Jamie, you're only a
boy" she warned him. Surely you
don't imagine that she's yours to
keep"
I'm not saying" he answered eau
tiously. But his face glowed with
hope as he added: Two other fell
lows and have cut out all the rest.
You wait!"-Chicago Daily News.