The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-07


desk and reached for the slender
blade OF steel that she used as an en-
velope opener
The mall this morning was the u.s.
ual mixtures of pathos and nonsense.
but over one she paused long time
before she put it aside, because It
seemed SO worry like her own case.
She took II up again when the routine
letters were cared for, and leaning
back in her chair she reread il half a
dozen times.
Il love young man who some day
promises to become famous" 1t ran.
AT the present time am making al
most double the money that he does.
there Is a chance that he may become
4 great success. At the same time,
there is the possibility that he will
not gain this success. In which case
should bo the more successful. Would
You advise me to marry or wait and
see how 1t all turns out?''
IL differed very little from scores of
propositions she had decided almost
off hand, and yet the letter fasclnat-
cd Agnes, for she had felt the same
dread herself that Ned Darlington
might not gain the success that he
deserved and that she might outdis-
tancc him In the race for fame
She had felt that she could not
bear to see Ned struggling along
While she forged ahead. and she had
told him so when she had Joined the
staff OF The Daily Solar. There had
been talk then of great things that
were to be done for her, and Ned
had bluntly demanded that she choose
between a career and himself.
She had chosen the career, to re-
gret 1t ever after, for he had nung
himself out of her presence and she
had not seen hini since. She had heard
that he had gone west, but they
never had had friends In common and
none OF her acquaintance could tell
her anything of his whereabouts.
She pondered over the letter until
the striking Of The clock warned her
that she must get TO work, SO, lay
ing the letter aside. she reluctantly
raised the cover OF her desk and slip
ped a sheet of paper into the ma
| chine.
Rapidly she answered the more
promising OF the other letters. then
she STOPPED and again took up the
case that was so like her own. She
was sill looking at II when one of
the copy boys stopped at her desk
"Mr. Welt says he'd like to have
your copy IL It's ready. Miss Carver"
he announced. He wants to get the
department stuff In early to leave the
machines free for the murder trial 3"
In Just moment" she promised.
with guilty glance at the clock, and
then, with all abrupt little gesture
OF determination, she faced the ma
chino again and wrote rapidly.
She turned the copy in and hur-
ried uptown TO q club meeting to
which she had been assigned. but
through the day the lettcr and her
answer haunted her thoughts and she
could not cut them from her mind.
IL spoiled her sleep TOO, for she
could only toss uncomfortable
through half the night and rose with
heavy spirits md leadcn head in the
morning. la the hope OF gaining
some relief she started TO walk down
tho avenue TO tho Office
She had scarcely turned the corner
nearest her apartment than she came
to a dead halt. Tor COMM toward her
was the man whose Image had been
revived so strongly by tho letter.
For an instant she thought that Il
was all part of the walking night
mare In which she had spent the past
- hours, but the next moment Ned
Darlington was shaking her hand
with grip that was anything but
ghostly.
I've been here whole week." he
cried jubliantly, but there were