The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-22

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.Nowg' said William H., Pfick-
imam. addressing the braiwny
Young man, whomthe had }hind, for
The purpose ,of'protecting ihim from
people whose, visitsywere notl likely
to be- profitable, "Ifwant youttD al
wavsibe here lin the.ant0oomi when
I ann in my privste Office. And
never is anyi one to the admitted
without, first having filed out Zone
of these blanks, EXPLAINING the ma
ture of hiss or her business. You
will always Fbring the blank to tme
after it has been sflledt out, and I
will decide whether Mcpherson who
is waiting shah be perm6tted to
come m or not. Nobody, yos1 under
stand, is ever TO betallowedttoscome
through that door wthout'an<order
from me-"
eyes, sir. Isunderstand," replied
the husky boy, who\hoped tovgrad-
ually work his way upward. "De
oneSdat getepast metn haue>to go
someS'
He, doubled PUP his good right
arm, permitting Mr.. PAchnhhm to
notice that his muscle was almost
too bigtfor hiscoatsheve.
every good" said the president
of the firm, who then went back
into his private t~ofice,. where he
contimledSto dictate. to Minis Daisy
Darlington, the beautiful stenogra-
pher, while'"Bunch'' McGs~ick, the
faithful office boy, resumed the pc
rusallof the, story Of 'Soappy. Sim,
the Secret Service Stealth" where
he had left.off on page kSs. As he
was rapidly approaching Athe place
where the brave young detective
was to ,plunge Through a'manhole
for the purpose of rescumg Sadie,
the sweet strap hanger, he became
aware of the,fact that he was not
alone in the anteroom. Looking
up, he beheldla lady who appeared
ito be about foGty-fve years of age.
She vas rapidly moving in the di-
r~ection of the door leading to the
private Office of William II. Pack
inham. By executing a splendid
leap and owerturning a chair
Bunch" beat her to it. With his
{ back against the door and a resolute
s hand upon the 'knob,he asked:
81 "Who do you wantto see?"
81 "I wish to see Mr.. ,Packinham."
Il Pointing at some blanks which
! lay on tina little desk beside which
s the lady had paused, Mr.. McGavick
!. said:
Fill out one of dem"
With a look that was intended
Ito incinerate the resolute young
lpersoa ct the door the lady ex-
Iclaimed:
"Me to fill out a blank to get in
there! | guess not!"
'Dem's de rules"
"Rules? What do / ARE for your
old rules? Get away from that
door"
mot on your life"
"Who is in there?"
"Go on. Quit your kiddin'."
as Mr.. Packinham in his office ?"
"You fill up one of dem blanks
and I'll find out for you"
Turning suddenly to the desk on
which the blanks lay, the lady took
= them up and began tearing them
|, into strips and crumpling them by
handfuls, after which she tossed
them disdainfully on the floor. Hav-
ing finished the work of destruc-
tion, she pressed her lips tightly
together, reached for one of the
!. ears appertaining to Bunch" Nc
Gavick, yanked him from his place
in front of the door, and then, with
her head held high and her eyes
blazing, she marched into the for
hidden sanctum. Fifteen minutes
after her departure William H.
Packinham came out, looked cau-
tiously around and then, reckoning
to his outer guard, said:
"Do you think you a remember
the lady who was here q short time
ago."
81 guess l kin, but / amt goin'
to try very hard, I'll promise you
dat"
"Well, just bear in mind that all
rules are off whenever she comes
in. That was my wife"
"Poor old cuss!' said "Bunch"
McGavick when he was alone again.
81 wouldn't wisht him anything as
bad as dat even if he redooced me
salary."-Chicago Record Herald.
Settled the Surgeon.