The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-10

az. an. an interest in hers. When Miss |
Johnson arrived, with the larses.
or,onnt of luggage ever brought 10 |
tbe fats, even by lady, Mary 'oo"
90 bor" at once, and volunteered hs'
assistance in uupacking, WINE Ine!
H,ora engaged in this pleasant occu'
,ation she arranged to come IN ana
40 Miss Johnson's hair every evening,
Its every bit her own SIZE to'u
.be rorter's wife, and her complex
Ton 700. and you can see that she.s
never been used to doing thihss io'
herself. [ never saw manners Hh'
she's got, except in play, nor looAS
either" ,,ou,. .o,d
ON the second evening Mary toIu
,,iss Johnson all about her tamll!'
and on the third evening, while she
wss acting as lady's maid, she con
Nd,l that she was engaged to one
Young man in the grocery line ana
his mothers brother an inspector Oh
notice. and can't bear me TO looN AZ
man bardly-not that | want 70.
Whv. he's Jealous even Of the sehIe'
man next door in 3B!
oUbat is he like Miss Johnson
asked. .u1
produced a locket.
oHa's fair" she said; land his hair
- tell him it's gingery, but KS
golden sort Of brown
He looks a very nice fellow, MISS
Johnson said; quite good-lookihs'
hone You'll be very happy bul !
meant the gentleman in the next nat
I've not seen him yet
Mary paused in her hairdressins 20
repy with sufficient impressiveness'
And you never will, Miss she &c
clared. nor anyone else. seven
months. come next week, I've waited
on him and never set eyes on him. OF
hem in his rooms further than the
ban-not to dust them, even. Good
ness knows what state the! II Dc
in"
Doesn't he ever go out?'
"Never!" said Mary emphaticaIly'
That is very strange
Strange! It's downright unnatural
and he must be Of his head, though
IT'S sensible enough what he writes
on the slate, I'm bound TO say
The slater" Miss Johnson looked
INQUIRY at Mary in the loohns'glaSs
The slate" Mary repeated, nod
ding her head. HE writes his orders
on /, and puts it outside the door;
and bring the things he wants aho
leave them there; and when I've gone
he takes them in. Sometimes | speaH
to him, but he always writes the an
swer-when he answers once
week he writes Yourself and Leaves
couple Of dollars on the slate. 81
I've no cause to complain, and MN
wanting next to nothing done ne'th
er; but it gives me the creeps tai"
ing TO a man what no ones eve
seen"
Someone must have seen hin
when he came" Miss johnson sus
gested
We'll, the porter says as he did
and the porters wife says as she ala
but one makes him out tall and darF
and the other short and fair. ,
you can't 20 by either Of them
Didn't you ever get peep Ma
ry?"
The two faces in the looking-glas
smiled with very similar expressions
In their different degrees they wer
both very feminine women,
once hid around the outer door
Mary confessed, land caught just
glimpse Of him, but" she Uttered
"Yes?" said Miss Johnson eagerl
"How did he look? mean, what
he like?"
81 didn't have time to notice, Il
he slammed the door in a way th'
made me jump nearly out Of my skin
The next morning he wrote that II
did not restrain my impertinent Gu
iosity-he'd scrawled over the II
pertinent but | made It out
should leave at once. So l didn't Il
any more. It's no use killing u
goose that lays the golden eggs,
10 speak. You see, I'm putting by
caso-Tell, Mr.. Jones hopes to
head clerk by Christmas; and If
see any little thing for our-for
bouse-I get it, and put 1t by, you sc
Miss"
q see. Are you very fond Of hi
Mary?"
Mary twisted Miss Johnson's hi
tles;ly.
YOU do get fond Of people" s
.spologlzed. More than reason son
tines and ftatic What I oyuect b,