The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
By C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE.

me down there. and 1 hate It No one
objects to a girl being In business IL
hold Of big sncce ssesEweIi' the the men men
aren't nice about It. II I find IL an
swers, may lay on secretary"
SO she emptied the room and furnish
cd II afresh. and Mrs. Craven's heart
warmed as she saw the girls natural
chairs and pictures. in pretty wall
hangings and dainty carpets. iu grace
ful Hover bowls. and all those little
touches Of domesticity which are the
mysterious outcome Of sex. There was
II turned out. small bedroom along
side. which was never used. and which
could De iinkcd up oE door knoc nrd
through the wall This could be the
secretary's room. and hold the letter
files. and tho Copyright press. and the
typewriter and all the other crude
machinery OF commerce, ana so Miss
Hates room" as IL came TO be called
fulfilled IN appearance little enough OF
its original intention OF Office.
One can hardly associate walls pan
nuch-abused art Of company promotion.
But Kate sat in that pretty room. and
thoueht o1L ti,ere az 49, Iyil 10y H.
schemes. which brought her stcn nrli-
liant success. She felt she had retired
from the firing line. She schemed and
planned In secure cover OUTSIDE tA-
hattie. and when any idea eluded her
for too long she went out ana drote
her motor car. or piaNro S'il. '--
,f-'ee ,vert sv-av on BUTTERFLY hunting
trims At the same time she han - ~
ideas OF buying an cs f~
could have private got .o--ISot,. IN
own she had grown so stranEeE s-n
sftivo TO stares these days allu. ~
NJ srstin ha8 been broken of long
AGO and 20 tell the truth Ausutt
well enough pleased 70 oc ~ -, ber
Aria ne felt had eliminated from litss
~ ~ rointe which befOretime h&n
caught his sdmiration. Ano men 1871 t,,,iJ
not ne told himself marry a M4iil@ ~
Ter such an unWieloy amour ~
riches At least he could n3L ~
5id he intend that the future MI; 80,
- a. ever there was one. shou'o 20 -
- nractfce in high finance tnah w.
necessary % MANAGE m. bTis
an. go - was over this question tuet
- battered himself had COM - q
rY, She had given him. 70 DC
sp.it SosJ Mint that cav on the iand-
INC stage but the actuai IupS1 am q
their engage ment had h "t 80 enough
Hveek later and Is ate was ciSetti - ;5-a
" - M Austin think that the tpeS 80
80 ms and his alone sun tnes 80
parten on .eSs,onaI or otherwise. that
T,t- Could render her in the tuturSJ
IVes one that he should or
- as ne promised. most ke sn'y 10 20
70 ..,,r,bons,., YOU cannot see your va
- husband she had SAID 70 ii itr,
lightly. you VII sun
a'A 81 - calj IL friend Kate" he had
answered. and they parted on ,Ila .5
But that Gay; S Gaetn- y Ieader ri in the
SaDSr Kate went TO her room. and
somehow her thoughts went o1 oa1,-1e
Tfonr7- Austin She tried TO analy Le
- She had ever got engaged 10 Illli.
As far as she could define II go go
OF empty space pas Ia aaa,istin sopeared.
end in a tentative way seemed 70 ~
- Now that he was gone the EHCL ,t
retnrned II did not eNactly aSht.
',-se5 a vague discomfort that an
.'ocSS her and when she dena nded
cure. something witniHn n. mr. nta-s'' -
ing Garter Carter. carter.
She resented this clamor. She tolo
herself that she was strong woman
She refused TO have her mana Ior ,
She declined to allow an emp ~
81 her own to be forced into her ne
as its only complement And stu tha'
inner something with irritating per
l HI,ar,y Kent repeating Garter Car
fer" and then got unDleasantV IA,
rniliar and began TO murmur' ECO
She stood IL for an hour. STOOD TOT
4baf time persistent inward voices urS-
ing her. with never fatter 10 one
narrow course ana thth SnT y anS
from her great cnshiohtu thaN c 49,
went 70 an old Sheraton bureau, 0nlY
one narrow drawer m II was lO' h'-I'
and eho carried the kew of tnet = nlonIst
e. cGo-rs on her watch BANGLE she
onaned the drawer and took from II
photOeraph-
taken by an amateur on kodak MN;
a very imperfect thing at its best and
notified now. by the persistent Vest
paper with hole in il was in the
same drawer. a mask so cut that II
blocked out all Of the groun eXcent
one individual She cited this into
place and eazcd her M on this very
crude presentment of George Carter.
Well at any rate he was not hand
some man But there was something
about even this Indifferent DhotO~ra Dh
that gave her a great thrin II touched
some inward chord that no other power
on earth could set into vibration. and
she was disseminated thereby.
The gong went for dinner She ig-
nored it, servant came DresentIy-
she had added to the number OF SER
wants at the Princes Park house and
Mrs Craven accented the alteration
paSSiNet X-and INC servant most r.
served I'm ten minutes and was not
Miss Kate going m to drese2 But Miss