The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-15

Tad Tom leHPiN ,r,,..-..4a, ,o,,
IN manager of the Washlng! .l,,, res
u to insert an advertisement
tSe want columns OF his daily pa
u" I'd n was with no little COM
per, .a anr that he viewed the follow
p'acen Ot,ce as it stood forth on the
printed page.
wANTED.-A cashier in a DOWNTOWN
rostaurant bright and quick, no eX-
.iance required; only homely girls need |
&pply. .,5 n-,o- +r,,1,,
,.,t resource, a final hope"-and his
,sJ reverted with a shudder to the
Int, , of the past two years. In all,
oould remember, there were p
ohiors who had graced and dis
iced the high seat behind the desk,
ID This was exclusive of Miss Brown,
ho had remained only long enough
alone with his chef and the days
oooints There had been tall cash
ave and slender ones, cashiers grace
<,l and cashiers petite; but with un-
falling regularity they had been pref
II and with unfailing regularity some
rondam customer of the restaurant
bad borne them off to grace an up
Gown apartment.
When Templeton had started in
business, he had unused as follows:
oHoney draws flies, therefore, on
4be same principle, pretty cashier
Is a valuable asset as drawing card.
Others may stand pat, but here is
where draw"
So Tom. being a bachelor and con-
frequently in a position to undertake
such a selection, chose from the host
of mountaineering maidens who
Responded to his call, not the girl with
The best references, but the one with
the most classic profile, and the larg-
est Niagara of puffs and rolls. Things
were beginning to run smoothly in
the new establishment, when one day.
the cashier blushingly informed him
that she had signed life's contract
as a cook in a restaurant of her own.
As a consequence, he penned anoth-
err ad, and chose from the answering
girls another cashier scarcely inferior
to her predecessor. But alas for NOR
tai man! scarcely had the new presti-
digitateuse learned to scoop in 30
checks with one hand, and make
change on 20 others with her remain
ing digits when she, too, cast the las
so of her smile around an unsuspect-
ing patron, who promptly proceeded
to invest in orange blossoms and we'd
ding cake.
Tom should have learned wisdom
from this second experience, but he
did not, nor, in fact, did he from the
third, the fourth, the fifth, or even
the fifteenth departure, and pretty
cashier after pretty cashier occupied
the desk, only to soon help to increase
the revenues Of the department of IL
censes.
But even the most constant believer
in time learns from experience, and
with a sigh Tom at length forsook
his "Honey-draws-flies" principle, and
proceeded to pen his homely girl ad
Vertisement. 1t was with considerable
trepidation that he awaited the out.
come of his venture, and the morning
following the insertion of his ad
found him seated at the desk in his
private office, and nervously waiting
the applicants.
1t was not very long, however, be
lore the first girl to answer his ad
appeared Templeton looked at her
and then, in a condition which bore
no Slight resemblance to a man who
mad collided with a dropping brick
ne managed to lead her to the door
a second applicant followed the first
ana third TIE second; but by the
ume that the eighth arrived, Ton
uau steeled his heart to such an eX
tent that he felt that he could have
looked a female tiger in the face with
Out tremor But the eighth proved
10 De his salvation. Everything hi:
wahtad. had stated as being requisite
sue possessed. Her answers proved
uer TO be quick and bright; her refer
7nces were the most satisfactory pos
4 'iole, and, best of all, she was undo
uiaOly homely. Yes, Tom admitted
w one not even her dearest friend
tiful. =
80 without more ado, Miss York;
was installed behind the cashiers
uesk, and Templeton stood aside t.
watch developments.
vi the following day Tom though
Nc saw a slight falling off in his pat
image and he began to look serious
ere was another consideration, en-
ey; could it be that a homel!
suler would be enough to driv,
ay the trade? Tom thought that h,
certainly could not afford to allow hi
Gaue TO fall away, even to avoid tn,
convenience of a constant changinl
~ cashiers, and he lay awake tina
eu' until the wee small hours puz
ing and worrying about it. He finall,
oiued that, come what might, h,
"ogld cling to his homely cashier eX
~ psi,lhent for one week. But the en-,
mat maj one week, instead of showing
CD. ,aiiihg off, showed rather an in
ra ease In the clientele of the restau
TS '-for the marvellous had happened
e patrons of the Washington hat
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