Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-17

father and said: !
Governor. | wanted to raise my
stenographers salary and she wouldn't
have It, What do you think of that:" I,
Dear me. Dick. but I hope you are
not going TO get into scrape." replied !
the father. rs he rubbed his hands to-
gether ard looked very anxious. If
you think she is trying to get hold
On yen you'd better discharge her"
"Oh. see here, dad" said Dick
promptly Il know that she isn't any
thing of that kind. but l can't make
her out She won't go out to lunch or
to the theatcr with me or accept any
other favc,'s.'
'y2u shouldn't have asked her.
Dick" said Mr.. Rrownlow sternly. AT
the same time | must say that she is
Il NEST SINGULAR young woInan-most
singular. I'm afraid that she is alto
getlcr too attractive to You"
'.Now. dad" said Mr.. Son Brownlow
promptly. that's not fair TO her. |
Simply wanted to make her feel COM
Portable Ercause-becauSe-w hang
it. not because she's so confoundedly
she's Il mighty nice girl"
Some junior pa nerS might have
given ii up. but Dick wouldn't. He
| felt that he had been thrown down and
| Inundated. and he wanted to know
| why. He had sunk his dignity to be
| patroni2inG and he had been rebuffed.
| He had broken tradition of the
| house in seeking to increase Il new
| comer's salary and received no thanks
| for IT.
| SO one evening he presented himself
at Miss Mills boarding house and
asked for her. He was received i'm the
| parlor, and Miss; Mills came down with
| no other idea than that he had come
| with bad news. He hemmed and
| hawcd for Il time and then drew a long
breath ard began:
Miss Mills. would ii do any good TO
ask you to go to the theater with me
some night toward the last of the
week.
"I'rn afraid not" she answered.
Put / can't make you out. You re-
fuse to 20 to lunch with me; you re-
fuse raise of salary; you refuse to
90 to the theater Will you tell me
why this is:''
Il will. Mr. Brownlow. i am from a
small town in the interior of the state.
My mother is a widow. and we are
peer. | am here to make living for
both of US.
Il had two places before l came to
you. but had to give them up because
OF just such fiattery as you have be-
slowed upon ne. They were not sat.
isfiod TO let me do as good work as
: could for fixed sum per week.
must give up my place with you fo'
the same reason"
But l don't see It," replied Dick.
Miss Mills looked at the young man
ard perceived that he really did moi
''see it, Very patiently and in a tone
not at all angry. she replied:
Your are the junior partner In the
! house. | am your stenographer. Yor
want me to go to the theater with you
We should see many people there tina
know you. Who am l? Your stenog
rapher. What would they think ant
say? Perhaps nothing TO injure yol
socially. but how about me?"
Miss Mills" said Dick, getting VI
and preparing to go, Il see now
Thank you for the lesson. You hav,
made me realize something. and tina
something is that / must seem to yol
like Il pompous fool And l am pomp
GUS fool. for l confess that l though
only of patronizing YOU
Without waiting for reply he bad,
her cercmonious Good night" ant
hurried away.
> The girl watched him so with an ex-
= pressionless face. but when the doc
closed behind him she hurried to he
, room and sobbed bitterly.
), That she could not remain with til,
. firm was 4 decision that she made
without argument Indeed. she hest
! tated next morning as to whether sh
should go TO the office at all or merel.
n write surrendering her post.
o Her sense of duty conquered. Whel
; she appeared Dick Brownlow did no
attempt to help her off with her vel
q and coat. as he had tried before. In
!, stead he merely said Good morning
4 politely and turned to his desk again.
+ Presently he stepped to her side an,
began to dictate. When he was don
O he hcsitated and said:
$ will you pardon me If 1 recur ono
6 more and for the last time to a per
sonal natter
Miss Mills. who had been trying t
reach the point of presenting her res
:. ignation and finding it very hard
n much to her own Indignation at heI
) self. said Yes" almost inaudibiy.
G Then" said Mr.. Dick Brownloy
bravely. II will ask you not to resign
/, as know you intended to do. coul
e see 1t in your face this morning. If |
p will make you more comfortable, wi
t arrange to have you transferred to IN
Y fathers office, but If you would fol
I give ME and do me the honor of trust
ing me | think can prove to you tina
t you will not make a mistake by stay
e ing in my own Office
I The girl looked at him with eye