The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

talked about what they did, so that ne
1 learned about them amazingly fast.
( Living on so week became a financial
hobby He had virtually dared himself
TO DO it. IF I'm going 70 play The game
/ III play the game. that's all. said Hop
kins. While I'm playing it I'll do It
on a SO limit" So he never sent for
money or drew on an account that was
almost al his elbow. Out Of the balance.
after his board was paid. he found that
he could buy magazines and newspapers
and pay car fares. Once IN a while there
was enough for a theater ticket De did
not Try 10 save Nothing OF that sort
entered ms head until the firm raised his
salary. He had been business man for
nearly six months when that happened.
Hopkins" said the manager. we are
going 70 give you SIS week You seem
20 take an interest IN your work We
want 10 make you more interested Wen
put you in the stock department for a
while
Fifteenl Whew, When Hopkins went
home that night he had q desire 20 run
that almost overpowered him. II seemed
as II his feelings could only find express
sion in a wild sprint through the streets
He had earned q raise, He was getting
on in the world. He had tackled bust
ness on its home ground and was scor-
ing.
Almost irresistible was the impulse 10
bluTt il out AZ the dinner table. It
seemed as If his feIlow-boarders really
ought TO know about IL But instead. he
saved up the news and confided il, ss
they sat on the front porch. 70 the girl
with the brown eyes Who was she2 Oh.
q nice girl 70 talk to. Daytimes she
wrote letters in a lawyers Office Her
mother lived in Ohio. At odd times. when
there was enough left, she sent a little
money home, because il was needed there
She was so different from RE girls he
knew in the days when he was J. Thorn
croft Hopkins that at first ne decided she
was q shy little thing Bat the shyness
began 10 melt when they exchanged
( opinions on the serious affairs Of life. and
discovered that they were on a common
field OF battle. True. for a while Hop
kins felt the hypocrisy OF his part. but
gradually that perception was dulled as
the new order Of things became more real
10 him. He found the girl interesting at
first because hers was a typical struggle
with fortune
She was quiet and brave and unassum-
ing. but she had a world of ambition. All
the sincerity Of her nature went into her
work, unromantic as It seemed She
wanted 20 get ahead in the world He
liked 20 talk TO her because the spirit Of
her sincerity seemed to infuse hin and
made him seem more like a real toiler
himself
u got a raise to-day" he said awk-
warGly
The girls eyes frightened.
Did you? Isn't that finer' she said
I'll get fifteen now; I'm in the stock
department. he added.
He though he detected a fieeting visit
fUlness in her glance. but she said heart
lily:
I'm glad you got it. I think you
worked hard for it
"Oh, I worked hard enough, guess, e.
Re corr0borated- But its good fun, al
that. Guess III begin 20 save now"
She laughed and nodded
I've been saving ever since worked.
she said. It's not so hard as you'd
think
But he knew that the savings were not
for herself, and that II was hard She
never complained about il. however. and
he liked her for that For q while they
talked about their miniature finances IN
I'll he completely forgot that he was an
/ irterioper among the toileTs. Then he
took what struck him as daring step
Its pretty warm. Miss Blanchard" he
ventured. ''Would-would you Ike to
come and get some cream
As the words left his lips q vision Of J
Thorncroft Hopkins. millionaire. rose for
an instant before him Il mocked him.
and put a feeling OF soolishness into his
heart He wondered If she. too. could see
il, and If she had the measure OF his