Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-10
BROWN AND
ANOTHER
BY nj. QUAD
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Lit
crary Press
BY NJ. QUAD

Tor women and handkerchiefs for men
ana Women. That was the way he
Judged them. When he saw man
aourishing one of his make OF hand
6orchiefs that man was all right.
When he saw one OF his shirt waists
IN a woman he tipped his hat TO her,
whether acquainted or not.
AIR. Brown was his own cashier and
tookseeper. None OF the young men
who applied for the position carried
his handkerchiefs, and he had never
Dccn bothered with young ladies'. The
day came. however, when one was
brought up on the freight elevator
with lot of boxes. Before he had
looked her In the face he had noticed
that she had on one OF his nonpareil
shirt waists and carried one of his
three for "A quarter handkerchiefs. Her
credentials were satisfactory I'm ad-
vance.
Miss Prim was eighteen years old
and an orphan. She had never had
a place, but she was after one now.
She could cashier, boolIkeep and type
write. She would take low salary
for the first six months, Mr.. Browns
heart warmed toward her as he look
eel into her big blue eyes. There were
loyalty and honesty there. The idea
of low wages also struck responsive
chord Mr.. Brown had always paid
low wages and prevented extrava-
Sance on the part of his employees. II
Miss Trim would come for So per week
he could get Sl5 worth of work out of
her
The demure Miss Prim slipped into
the Office as softly as mouse. Some
or the young men tried to talk with
her. but outside OF business matters
she Ignored them. She caught on to
her work at once. Mr.. Brown didn't
rush home that night to tell his wife
about the innovation at the Office. as
some foolish manufacturers would
have done. He left IL to her to find
out. She did find out. On the third
day she appeared via the freight ele.
vator and had look at Miss Prin.
She went away without passing judg
ment. but at the dinner table that
evening she said -i
Jacob, look out for her"'
'Who-Miss PrimT'
She's cat. She's too demure.
She's got card to play"
few days later Miss Prim was
asked to lunch with Mr.. Brown. She
tim'dly asked TO be excused and ate
her sandwich as she worked.
Told you So" he said to his wife
with triumphant air Eyes. sir. /
invited her, and she turned me down"
Then you look out for her all the
more" replied the wife.
Ii was three or four weeks before
Miss Prim was referred to again I'm
the family. Then In answer to an In.
qu.rv the husband stated:
Timid as ever The other evening
when 1t rained so l offered to take her
hone in my auto. and she fairly ran
for the elevator to get away from me.
Every one in the office has asked her
to lunch, but she has refused all
Splendid bookkeeper, and what do you
suppose happened to the cash the 9th
err lSy?
''She found 1t short and wept about
II, the little cat, and you told her to
never mind"
''iIa, ha. ha The cash was SO
over, and here 1t Is to buy gloves with.
That's the kind of cashier Jacob
Browns got. Miss Prim could have
put that money In her pocket. but she
didn't"
"Oh. jacob What man-what
manw exclaimed the wife. you are
rushing headlong to destructionw
Browns shirt waists and Browns
handkerchlefs never deceive"
Two months had gone by when the
mex: and last conversation occurred.
Mrs. Brown wanted TO know about that
little cat and was answered.
Marie, / must really protest Same
timidity, same retiring attitude She
goes to the bank now and tho paying
tel!@r speaks IN the highest manner Of
her business qualifications She's al
wgye correct to a dot Things are go
ins fully-beaudfuny."
oh, you blind man"
you know Schwartz, Of course.
He's worth a million He saw Miss
Prim few weeks ago when be was in,
and yesterday he asked her TO be his
wife. I left 'em alone. and he asked
her"
"And she jumped for him like a
cricket, of course"
Ma. ha, ba! Jumped right away
from him like rabbit / came back
to find her pale and trembling"
"Oh. the kitten-the catw
Even IL ! were a widower and ih
love with her r, Jacob Brown. manu-
factJrer of the nonpareil shirt waist
and the three for a quarter bandker-
chiefs, should not dare ask her to be
my wife"
Mrs. Brown simply lay back and
gasped for breath.
week later there was excitement
IN Browns Office. IL was Saturday
Mss Prim had gone to the bank with
cash and drafts and checks and was
10 return with the payroll money. She
IA MOI L..