The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-07-28

hat I'VE three are going to run
down to Chesapeake bay for dinner
and cool breeze. We VIII get back
by 12o'clock tonight"
After dinner they left Mrs. Darniey
with a book and strelled down The
beach until they came to an old pier
used only occasionally by small boys
with their fishing tackle
Lets walk to the end of this. 1t
gives a feeling of being in the middle
or the ocean. Except for the narrow
strip of boards reaching back. to the
beach we can imagine we are strand
ed on a desert island"
He settled her comfortably in an old
sill lying across the end of the pier
and took out his cigar case. Now
tell me how you like Office life and il
you want a permanent appointment"
She shrugged her shoulders in the
darkness.
I'D rather stay home and wash
dishes all my life than accept a per-
manent appointment" she said intense
ly. ITS bearable when | think that
It's only for short time-father is
getting well rapidly, you know-but j
could not be brave enough to face the
thought that was there for life.
There are more brave, discontented
women in Washington than | ever
dreamed of-all ages, from twenty to
seventy. Did you ever hear of the
office faceE'
II don't think ever did" laughed
Dabney rs it worth looking at?'
Its pitiful," she said, watching the
waves. hecked with moonlight, dash
and break against the logs of the pier.
Whenever a new girl comes in, fresh
from the outside world, she creates a
sensation Her fresh complexion, her
hopeful ambition. are interesting and
enjoyable to the clerks who have been
there for years. but they also watch
her with pathetic tenderness. Not
one who stays in service FIVE years
fails to get that look which Washing
tonlans call the office face. There is
a set expression Of apathy. The express
sion of the eyes changes. don't know
exactly what it is. but The woman who
has the desk next to mine told me that
she could walk down + street in the
afternoon. look into peoples faces ard
pick out every man and woman who
had been in office for any length of
time Even the men lose the indie
pendent look which the average bust,
ness nan gets with years."
Poor little grill A few months even
have been sufficient to rob you of your
enthusiasm he said. noticing that her
face had grown thin and pale from the
unaccustomed sedentary life FLEA.
nor, are you determined to go back to
college next fall to finish your course ?"
IF all goes well With papa. l only
lack one year. 1t seems a pity not to
get my diploma" CO
but if you are going in for-er-
dishwashing," he suggested. is the
diploma really necessary
Eleanor looked at him reproachfulIy.
Stupid! Are you as literal as all
that? Haven't you ever heard of mere
figures of speech?'
ISulto mat SET me W SO4lS
rapid mental calculation. yes" He
leaned toward her, and the moonlight
showed her both the mirth and serious
ness of his eyes. Il was going to in
vest in sOme-er-dishes TO be washed
and offer you the job be said
You are a very queer man, she
gasped. laughing finally at a mental
picture of John Dabney investing his
thousands in an innumerable pile OF
dishes.
ITS not joke, girl I've been think
ing of it for weeks an
She clasped her fingers around her
knees and, leaning over, gazed at the
lights of a boat far out.
1T is not a very hard job washing
dishes for two" she said finally
He unclasped her hands and held
them firmly in his own.
Eleanor Wynn. I'm gong TO swear
you in TO a permanent appointment
right this minute" he said jubilantly
It's for life. remember"