The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
FINDING MISS FTLSON.
BY NORA BAYKE.

Find Miss Filson." directed the "Old
Man, and Andy Brant. with a prompt
| and respectful Yes. sir" tucked the let
ter into his pocket and finished adding
! the column Of figures upon which he had
/ been working.
| Had Lowell & Lowell told him 10 go
out and find the north pole, Andy would
have replied in precisely the same tone
| and would have started on the trip in
/ precisely the same spirit NominaIly the
/ assistant bOOkkeeper. Andy Brant was
! the general utility man. It was he who
had given first aid 10 the injured water
pipe with a piece OF rubber overshoe and
/ some adhesive tape from his bicycle kit
and who had treated the Office cat when
/ it had FITS
! But the present quest was not so prom
Using. A correspondent had asked that
/ his daughter be located. I'VE know that
she was TO have gone TO the Y. W. c. A. q"
wrote the Westerner. NO doubt Il viii
| be easy TO locate her"
/ Andy grinned as he replaced the letter
in his pocket and started for the associa-
| ton office.
/ The elderly woman in charge was will
/ Ing TO tell what little she knew, when
Andy showed HIS letter as authority, Miss
/ Fnson had come 20 them three months
/ before, but had soon moved % an address
/ far uptown. She smiled approvingly upon
Andy as he thanked her. She liked this
/ clean-skinned. honest-eyed young fellow.
and she even unbent so far as 10 venture
/ the hope that he would meet with sue
! cess.
Andys answer was a grimaCe. Young
women had a trick of losing themselves
| in New York. Miss Filson had left the
! association three months before. It was
not likely that she could endure life In
one cheap clearinghouse for that length
/ of time Most places were endurable for
/ less than month.
/ His suspicious were verified when he
/ reached the uptown address. Miss FilsOn
was dimly remembered By the rosy
! checked servant girl who answered the
/ door. She stayed only two weeks and had
departed on an express wagon. explain
/ Ing that she could not trust the driver
with the trunk. 1t was this incident and
/ the fact that she did not leave her new
/ address that fixed her more clearly In the
girls mind than most Of those who came
and went.
Andy interviewed express wagon drivers
| I'm an increasing circle for the remainder
/ OF the morning, and wound up 50 con-
Iveniently near his own boarding place
/ that he stopped In for lunch.
| Mrs. Lemons estat ,ishment was diff
IfeTent from the average New York board
Iinghouse. Andy had lived there for
year. and still liked it, Now that golden
haired Bess Saunders had taken up her
| residence there he was willing TO remain
H. r1-ns
/ but the first time Bess had come into the
stuffy dining-room he had fallen in love:
so deeply in love that when she had lost
I her position as stenograPher and could
/ not Gay her board bills, unknown 10 Bess,
/ he had arranged with MRS. Lennon that
he would be responsible for the bills until
I Bess found a new place, when the land
/ lady should reimburse him.
! ANY luck?" he asked as he slipped into
his seat opposite the girl. She shook her
head
We'll, I have some good news for YOU"
he went on. "Our typewriter IS to be
married week after next. She's going to
/ quit the job. and the old Man says you
/ may have II.
/ Bess clapped her hands delightedly and
/ Andy beamed upon her.
/ Lets celebrate" he suggested. I've
got an order that I can't fll, Let's go
to the matinee, will you? Might as well
do that as tramp around town for moth
/ ing"
/ Bess nodded. and Andy sat on the front
steps smoking a cigarette and building
air castles while the girl dressed. They
had only cheap seats in the rear OF the
balcony. but it was treat, and occasion
ally Andy could feel the slight pressure
OF the girls arm against his own, en-
{ ,fv.fr
much Of the vaudeville performance.
What mattered the accomplishments of
the trained seals and the toe dancer when
he could lean back with closed eyes and
conture I'D visions OF light housekeeping
with Bess as the housekeeper? He was
earning enough salary for two. After all.
she need not take that place with Lowell
& Lowell.
isn't that great?" asked Bess. Andy
reused himself with a start to observe
the accomplishments Of a pair OF aero
bats.
Sure thing" he assented. 7 was think
ing Of something bigger and greater"
whats that?" she demanded
7 was thinking" he explained, that
perhaps you wouldn't need Miss Austins
place in the office What's the matter with
US getting married? We could get a little
BIT Of a fat and live-not board"
Andys voice made the distinction elo-
quent, and the girls gray eyes grew,
But you don't know anything about me,
she protested, wistfully
II know you're the girl want to mar
~" he insisted stoutly. Mrs Lemons
known me for year. and the Old Mans
had me working for him for three years.
You can write to Brewsterville and find
out the rest about me if you want to. I'm
not from Missouri. where you're con-
/ cerned."
There was a sudden darkness as the
lights went out for the motion pictures.
and in the gloom tiny hand sought his.
and was quickly captured.
as it yes? he asked. his breath com
ing In sharp aspirations.
II can't write back home" she said
softly But if you vii. take me as !
am. Andy, it's-yes
There's nothing wrong" he declared.
st0utly. but If you were a shoplifter,