La Junta tribune., 1910-03-19
Keeping Groll
Off the Grass.
By HENRY BE9llNGOFF.
ConXrlxhiHl isna -. .nnLat>d
D. lENRY BERlINCOFF.
Copyrighted, 1903. by Associated
Literary Press.


4 Stub Kelley was willing TO admit
that the ''oid man. was a more i'm
portnnt figure In the ONCE than George
Fielding. but the rack Itself could not
wiring from him an Admission that any
one else loomed as large. least Of all
Douglas Groll. the junior partner
GroIl had incurred stubs enmty the
frst day the boy had come into the Of
fee. and since then he had done moth
ing to cause 4 reversal Of STUBS opin.
ion.
Fielding was 4 wholesome sort Of
chap whose very capacity for making
friends had won for him n place Of
authority In the office Of sommers &
Groll Every one hked him. The
loyal Stub worshiped him and would
have gone TO the end Of the earth at
his order
Stub had even raised from the dead
his mythical grandmo,h her 20 bury her
at n more auspicSous moment because
/ Fielding had limited that there was q
/ lot Of work to he done even II the
u "''' ih& upuNl'
er at the ball grounds. Greater trib-
ute than this no small boy can pay.
Naturally when Gertrude Vance was
looked upon with especial favor by
| Fielding she became the chief goddess
/ In the Office.
Mr Sommers' sonorous call Of Pat
I rick" sometimes went unanswered.
I 4. I,t t,,vv
/ Vnnce's desk at the softest call OF
Stub. and would sharpen her pencil
/ or bring her fresh set OF carbOns
/ before he answered the Increasingly
| impatient call Of the head Of the arm.
And because Fielding cared Tor Ger
/ ,rude II apgered Stub to notice the "a.
millnriiy with which the junior part
ner treated the little typewriter Ger
/ trude could not very well resent these
I triflnc inpertlnence- without losing
! her place. and she could not Afford 10
/ do that when she and Fielding we're
saving NJ every penny against the
/ time they should ind some tiny suhur-
| ban home suited 10 their modest In
come
Z Auta NFIf WI w AiAl
/ toward that end. and she could only
pretend not To notice the hand that
rested carcsslngly on her shoulder
whenever Grol stopped at her desk
3 TO give au order or ask question
stub Instiuctively sensed her cmbar-
rassmen,. and be rritted his teeth i'm.
roiently whenever he saw Groll NOV
Ing toward the typewriter's corner.
yowing with boyish intensity thar he
would get even.
He watched Groll with q quiet attsn-
tlon that permitted no move TO escape.
and that rcsourceful business man
would have been surprised haA h~
realized how much Stub knew bout
his personal Affairs.
Stub was ever alert to &c, bold Of
some bit OF Information that be- could
Use rs club. but Groll grew more and
more daring In his attention with the
knowledge that the girl feared 10 spesk
10 Fielding.
GrOll always was particular Of.
fcnsive when Fielding was % the
bank. The hrm had two branch.s up
town. and every morning th. receipts
from these branches were brought
] down 10y the trusted clerks and turned
over To the cashier. who accepted he
] credit slips without question and
passed the sealed package on tp he
bank with his own deposit by Fielding.
/ III. packages u bulls were made INTO
/ brick shaped forms aud sealed at el.
thcr eud The messengers were trust.
ed employees. aud thcr. never lad
been the slightest inaccuracy.
Stub loved to watch the arrival Of
the packages II was his ambition 10
Ice a messenger himself som. day aud
carry n revolver under liccns. from the
police.
The bulge In the me.sen4ers' coat
pockets filed him with envy. and b.
was saving his tip. with the idea u
purchasing revolver of his own
against that happy day when he should
b~ intrustsd With one Of the leather
Satchels chained to the mess.ngers'
wrists.
Then came q day when Groli went
into the senior partners once. and
soon he and Somm~rs went to the
cashiers cage. Here the two. after q
brief consultation with the latter. went
toward fseldinx's desk.
Il tell you that ! saw him max. the
exchange" Groll was saying as they
moved toward th~ closed desk. Il VA.
10 the cage foe moment and saw him
bending over his dssk''
"Did Mr.. Fse,Aing - to bis desk
sftes BE- left the eaeer' asked som
ners Of the eashies. and ne latter nod
ord an unwilling asaeos.
lie had . bottle Of medicine thar he
wanted TO Pot there. he had Q bad
cold."
Ths cashier carried The bunch Of
keys thst were dupiicstes of ali N.
keys IN the once. snd they seon found
The one that Cited rte,dinss de~k. Al
the roll top was raised to release ID.
catch that held the Ar. wse~ ir.,l>a