Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-03

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proudly. such cucvcy and enthusiasm
as PiuckHry displayed must have
brought his advancement IN any bust
ness. and when his hcuefuctor was
also lis chief and lie lived in the house
success was necessarily rapid. In
three Years he had worked UP from n
place IN the drau1h'ing room 10 the
post Of manager. In each new position
he madc good. and burant more than
ever congratulated himself on his fore.
sight IN taking up the orphan son of
his friend.
But Finckncy's love affair had not
progressed so rapidly. Frances waI
glad OF his success. but somehow she
had ceased To be so Interested in
the man as she had been when Il girl.
BY the time she was seventeen all the
glamour had worn off. Instead Of tax
Ing him In n sentimental way she had
begun in her owI mind to look on him
as sort OF big brother. Pinckney did
not know this. lie felt that he was
not coming ahead as fast as he had
hoped. but he felt that there was time,
especially as his hold on the rest OF
the family increased daily.
Durant himself now looked forward
TO the time when his daughter and the
protegc whom he had come to regard
as son should decide to marry. lie
trusted Pinckncy more than ever. and
he rubbed his hands with satisfaction
at the thought that some day both
Frances and the Durant works would
be well taken care OF after he was
gone.
Frances realized this and by the
time she was nineteen had begun IN n
vague sort Of way to accept the STU
alton Her friends tcascd her and
then took the attachment for granted.
She knew that she did not love Ed
ward. but she did trust him. and she
had met no one whom she could care
for.
Edward had spoken to her mother
and father. and both had agreed that
whenever he chose TO ask Frances he
had their permission.
Then durin. the summer OF Fran
ces' nineteenth year her father went
abroad. leaving the entire manage
mcnt OF the biz plant on Pinckney's
hands. This had brought the man
aid the girl closer than ever together.
and rinckney was just debating how
soon he should make his attempt when
he received notice from the govern
ment that the Durant Steel works
would have the task Of casting n new
cannon which Lieutenant Sommers
OF the navy had invented and that
Lieutenant Sommcrs had been detailed
TO stay ut the steel plant until the
work had been done. There was an
other gun, the "Rhinestrom gum" in
Which Pinckney had more than cas-
ual interest. but business demanded
that the government work be accept
ed promptly
One week after the notice from
Washington Lieutenant Sommers ap-
peared. and then Pinckney's troubles
really began.
From the moment of their first meer-
ing Frances Durant and Lieutenant
Sommcrs had seemed mutually drawn
to each other. To each the other was
an entirely new type. Frances had
never met Il man just like the young
naval lieutenant Up to that time her
experience had been with men like
Pinckney. who thought apparently only
OF business and getting ahead, or with
young men of the opposite extreme.
who went in entirely for society and
dissipation OF all kinds.
Sommers accordingly came rs n new
and very refreshing experience. He
apparently had all the best qualities
OF the two kinds of men she had
known before. He was young. good
looking. brave. and that he had brains
was proved by his invention OF the
Sommers gun. which the government
had accepted prov isionally and which
was to be cast In the Durant steel
works. Then. also. to the glamour OF
his uniform and his reputation the
young naval officer brought the charm
of Il cultured man OF the world He
had been everywhere and seen prac-
tically all there WAS for n man to see
and. unlike many men of his profcS-
sion. he could talk about It, and talk
well. SO it was no wonder that the