Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-13

not fearing to have any one open any
letter he might receive. She was to
keep him advised of his affairs, in
Guiding applications for assistance, by
letter or by cable in urgent cases, and
he even left fund for her to draw
on to save suffering in cases requiring
immediate attention.
Notwithstanding Mr.. HuXfOrds ac-
ton in not letting his right hand know
what his left hand did he was not in
sensible to the good opinion OF the
world. Just before leaving he said to
his secretary:
"By the bye, Miss Miller, would
like you to cut out anything you may
see about me in print"
"You mean Of pleasant nature?'
"Well. yes. l don't see how i can
have an enemy in the world to speak
evil of me, but / may have, so If you
see anything unpleasant you needn't
keep it."
Miss Miller's place was no sinecure
She was kept busy reporting to her EN-
ployer the many applications for help
replying to the applicants and trans
hitting relief when the directions ar
rived to do SO. Every evening she took
a huge bundle of papers and periodi
Gals home with her and looked then
through for pleasant references to the
philanthropist.
When Mr.. Huxford returned he said
with a smile: you have not beer
troubled, l suppose, in clipping the
good things that have been said about
me in print"
"Not i'm clipping them," she replied
though | did my duty in looking fol
them"
"Then they were not numerousT
Il regret to say that there was MOI
one"
Mr.. Huxford thought for few mo
ments and then said:
Il am not surprised. l am not sum
GENTLY prominent to take up space II
newspapers" AUD with that the sub
ject was dropped. Miss Miller wal
given a vacation and soon after her re
turn TO duty her employer started fol
another trip.
"Miss Miller" he said, before start
ing on my last trip asked you TO pre-
serve anything good said about me il
print. This time l wish you would cliI
anything bad said about me-"
Mr. HuxfOrd was gone but half thu
time Of his previous trip and when ht
returned had forgotten all about thu
clippings. He found Miss Miller IL
from overwork and sent her into the
country at once to recoup. When sh'
returned there was plenty for her Il
do and she was very busy. One da!
Mr.. Huxford said to her.
Didn't | ask you to clip items-un
fatterng items-about me before
left on my last trip?'
you did"
Il was doomed to disappointment
that no one had anything good to say
Of me; now | suppose l shall be cha
grined at being ignored entirely"
Don't you think you will be happier
at not seeing the unfattering refer
ences?
"Oh, there are unfattering refer
ences, are there? Please let me SCI
them"
Miss Miller opened drawer in hel
desk. took out a huge bundle Of clip
pings and laid them before her EN-
ployer. He looked quite disconnected
at first, but, regaining his equanimity
began to examine them, reading alout
extracts.
We do not see the name of certain
bloated bondholder. who is silently buy
ing the stock OF the railway with |
view TO freezing out the small stockhold
ers and getting their property by fore
closure, on the list of subscribers to tn,
Grace church fund. The gentleman is on
OF the pillars OF the church.
He threw the clipping into the waste
basket. and the other clippings sooi
followed.
miss Miller" he said. Il am abou
TO shut myself UP from the world, put
ting my property In bond and mort
gage and withdrawing from active in
yestments. Then perhaps my acts will
! not be misconstrued,"
THAT won't help you" she replied
"Some day you'll have to fOreclOse ,
mortgage or lose an investment. I
you do the one, you will be called ,
brute; IL you do the other you will b.
called a fool"
Mr.. Huxford pondered for time
while Miss Miller resumed her work
Finally he said:
"Miss Miller, employed you first t
give me the good. then the bad sale
about me. I have now another wori
for you. would be pleased to EN-
ploy you permanently to keep from m
all that is said about me-"
Sufficient had passed between then
for Miss Miller to understand the wor,
permanently" She accepted the pc
sition WINIFRED ROBERTS.