The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-29
By NJ QUAD
Copyright. 1910, by Associated Lit
erary Press.

male, young and good looking. She
was also petite and breezy. She
wasn't a bit afraid of the men who
looked at her with amazement writ
large on their faces. She said she had
called to see about a place.
She would come for IS week to be-
gin on, and soon she would want more.
Not a word from the partners
The day was Friday, On the next
day she would send her typewriter and
ON Monday show up herself She mo-
toned TO a room which could be clean
ed out for her accommodation, Then
she futtered out as she had futtered
In.
"WellT qzeried James after long
minute.
"WellY queried Joseph in reply.
''We'n have to take her."
1--WE will"
~ have felt for years that it must
come"
$50 have L."
Not word did the partners say to
each other until they were at the
lunch table. They had lunched at the
same table for ten years. They had
always ordered soup and eaten it be-
fore talking. When they had done so
on this occasion, James observed:
shes coming"
Certainly" was the reply.
''We can't stop her"
Impossible"
"And you are a bachelor"
"And so are you
The conversation ended there. Next
day the typewriter and It's stand came
and were placed In the little room.
James stood in the door and looked at
It. Then Joseph stood In the door and
looked. Then the bookkeeper came
and had a look. 1t was queer; 1t was
amazing: it was incomprehensible.
Monday morning Miss Lacey, as she
had incidentally called herself. Goated
IN Then she busted her machine and
came ont with pencil in hand to say:
well, am ready for dictation."
James looked at Joseph, and Joseph
looked at James. Then, bracing him
self us a man does to meet the grim
monster. James proceeded to dictate
his first letter and Joseph went out
into the warehouse so as not to add
to his perturbation. The dictation was
success. It was a success because
Miss Lacey made it so. She made 1t
so by saying;
siOh fhafig word
use another That's bad grammar,
and we must change IT. You don't
mean to say so and So but so and So"
She constructed the letter to suit her
self and brought it back for signature,
she did this with three letters and
then let up. She saw that James was
sinking under It. Next day Joseph
dictated. and II was the same When
they went ont to lunch together and
after they had bad their soup James
querled
Feother Joseph. do you think we
can rand it,
anS Wen have to" was the dis.
RE. 1ly
Ara llpy did have to. Miss Lacey
tatk Charge OF the Office from the first
day IN two weeks she said she was
worth $40 a week. and James nodded
TO Joseph. and Joseph nodded to the
man in the glass cage, In four weeks
Miss Lacey got another raise. She
raised herself 10 SIC per. She had got
so that she read the business letters
herself and answered them without
dictation. Just a suggestion or two
and the thing was done. James had
thoughts, and Joseph had thoughts,
but Miss Lacey had been with them
for six weeks before they had any
thing like a confidential conversation.
Then after the soup James observed:
shell raise herself to fifteen next"
And then to twenty" replied Joseph,
Joseph, you are a bachelor"
$50 are you. James"
you could marry her and thus solve
the problem"
$50 could you"
Joseph. we must speak to the book
keeper 1t is his duty to die for us If
necessary"
When Miss Lacey had given herself
another raise of salary the bookkeeper
was spoken to,
I'D get into q breach of promise suit
with t'other one" was his solemn re-
ply, and the subject was closed.
One morning when Miss Lacey had
held her place for two months and an
other raise was expected she failed to
show up. James and Joseph fdgeted
In their chairs The bookkeeper look
ed like a man expecting trouble AS
time sped on James looked hopeful.
AS more time sped on Joseph returned
the look. Just before noon note was
handed In II read:
Married this morning. Resignation
respectfully submitted"
Joseph"
James,
And they rose up and Rugged each
other and went WALKING around the
room. and the smile Of the bookkeeper
was angelic to befold