Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-25

office. The work was done quietly ana
 without mistakes. There was hardly
 any conversation outside of, business
 matters. When the first month was up
 he quietly informed her that her salary.
 was raised to SIP per week. and her
 simple Thank you. sir" seemed to
 cover the occasion. There were 10 in-
 troductions to. the clerks and no invita-
 tions to lunch. In one case out of d
 hundred the girl was being given a
 fair show. She instinctivcly recogniz-
 ed the fact and was grateful for 1t.
 One night after hard days work
 the ''old man" sat alone in his room
 in family hotel and indulged in
 reyerie for the first time in years. He
 found himself thinking of home. of
 wife and children. of some one to kiss
 him goodby in the morning and well come him home at night. And present. ly there came creeping into that reverie face that startled him. It was the
 face of his stenographer.
 He rose like guilty man and waved the vision away. with laugh. But 1t would not depart for good. He went out on the street and walked about, but he seemed to see that face. He fought to put away the idea of wife and home, but when 1t still clung he said to himself that he was getting nervous from oyerwork and ought to take week of. Next day when he dictated his letter noticed a change in his voice. she marked that he avoided looking in the face. There was some subtle in him, and 1t worried her a llttl
 That reverie came back o the junior partner and that face came back in connection with wife and home. aud finally he welcomed them. Why shouldn't he have a wife and homer He was rich enough now. and he was longing for change from his lonely existence. At the office be was the man of business; at his own room hs was the man of reveries.
 By and by there came a legal holi- day, and the office was closed At such times the "old man" usually hung about for half day anyhow. but onl this occasion he did not go near the store. Instead. be took train for the beach and saw the sea for the hrst time in years. Without really plan ming lt he soon found himself in the suburb where Miss Burnham lived. He had carried her address in his head for days and days. He walked by the house. He would have laughed at the idea that he hoped to see her. At the gate he almost halted. as if be would enter ard pay a call. but be caught himself just in time.
 An hour later. in seaside park half q mile away. as he sat alone on q bench with his reverie strong upon him. young man and a girl took a seat back of him. A bush hid them from sight. but his heart gave q leap as he heard a well known voice. It was saying:
 ~No. Walter. there is no occasion for fraiVues bl stnA part ME- 1FaF M me of the incest men I ever met. but be is an old bachelor and has uever thought Of love. Besides. be is at least forty-6ve. while am only nineteen. The Idea of my marrying a man old enough to he my father. Why, it's perfectly ridiculonsr'
 There was more conversation. hut Inc junior partner beard nothing fur. iher. He rose softly and tiptoed away some distance. Then he sat down on mother beuch and held his face 10 bis hands until the ache ceased. He forty- hre. she nineteen. old enough to bs her father. Old bachelor and never thought of love. A ridiculous Ideal Walter was young Youth mated with roufh.
 And the reverfes and the dreams ed he face raS1ed away Co return DO nors. and the boys at the once szid hat the cold man vas pitchinz fnto Tork as if be wanted to get something ,f hIs mind