The Ordway new era., 1909-01-01

you wouldn't quit
chewun before, then" remarked Miss
O'Shaunessy. snifiily looking up from
an absorbed perusal of The Phantom
Bride"
We'll. WELL" responded Miss Muir.
ply. peering around at her IN mock
surprise. When did you drive up.
you little old Turk"
'Oh, ring or" returned Miss O'Shau.
messy, contemptuously. IT'S about
time you give them vocal fixun's o
yours rest, even II you amt got
presence of mind enough to reeiize
that other folks'd like to have the
wire minut now'n them
We'll. did you ever hear the beat
of that?" gasped Miss Murphy. III
learn you to sass me-
She seized sofa pillow and threw
II at Miss O'Shaunegsy, who promptly
returned 1t.
Miss Mahony with the AGENT on
the first syllable), who worked for
the president of the corporation. and
therefore was the acknowledged ar
bitter of all social questions. leaned
over toward Miss MullIken. the new
s.enographer. and laid patronizing
hand on her wrist.
Say" she remarked. 81 bet you
think we act awful unrefined here
sometimes. That Molly Murphy. now
sometimes-say. she's fright"
"Oh, do you think so?" murmured
the new stenographer. Il thought
she was reel cute"
We'll, say, now, she does make a
person laugh, don't she? But she amt
got any reel depth. | bet she amt
read more'n two or three books in
ler whole life. Now Miss O'Shau-
messy. she's deep, for all she acts
30 kind of crazy sometimes. like she
did just now. And read! Why, that
girls read pretty near every book in
the public library, and then some
She's shure got every one of us
skinned when 1t comes to readin'
books, though I've read quite few
myself"
She paused, smiling complacently,
but Miss Mulliken looked merely over
whelmed. so she continued: II think
M'ree Corella's grand. don't you?"
Miss Mulliken looked a trife en-
barrassed. 81 guess | haven't seen
her." she quavered. apologetically ~
amt been to any shows for quite 4
while"
"Oh, she's a writer" explained Miss
Mahony, politely. She wrote The
Romance of Two Worlds. and-'When
Knighthood Was in Bloom and pile
of others. I'll lend you some of her
works. You ought to read 'em. They
are just grand"
Thank you,' said Miss Mulliken,
family. but it takes me an awful
long time to read book. I'm afraid
I'd keep it too long"
1T won't make a bit of difference
how long you keep it," responded Miss
Mahony, heartily. I'D be reel pleased
to have you keep it longs YOU want"
THANK you," murmurel Miss Multi
ken again. IT'S awful kind of you. but
amt reelly SO partial to readiu' as
what l might be, and that's the truth"
Mis- Mahony's social veneer peeled
off quite Unexpectedly.
What on earth do you do, then,
venin's?" she queried, curiousIy.
why, help ma wash up the dishes
after supper and then just sit around
With the folks and sew, and my friend
!e comes Wednesdays and of course,
Sundays, and sometimes we go to a
how somewhere. l do quite good
leal of SEWN. embroidered the front
of six shirt waists last winter"
well, we'll" said Miss Mahony. ad-
niringly. "Ain't you smart? Why, I
can't sew no more'n rabbit, and
guess it's better to do those sort of
things than spend all your spare time
readin'. Now, when you read book,
after you get through, no matter how
nterestin' 1t is, it's done and that's
all there is to it; but when you've
finished reel handsome piece of en-
broidery you got something to show
for it."
She leaned forward SO that she
could see herself In the mirror and
tenderly adjusted the bunch of six-for-
a-dollar curls that encircled her head.
Not that think It makes such an
awful lot Of diffefence," she returned.
because when person has to work
she don't have much time for any
thing outside Of workin' hours-espe-
cially," she smiled induiaently At Miss