St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-12


Gus to your coming here7"
An eloquent silence caused him to
turn and stare at the white faced girl
There was terrorized, hunted look
in her eyes hard to define.
Never mind" added the man. has.
tily. Mere idle curiosity. you know"
he ended weakly. '1-er--just won.
dered."
Miss Holly gave relieved gasp.
zone would have thought had sen
fenced her 10 be shot,. grumbled Dal.
ton to himself His thoughts revert.
cd to the absent Miss Moore and her
sublime nerve In leaving this most In.
capable slip Of a girl In her plrce.
And still
He was gladi
Dalton. although uncomfortable In
the presence OF. pretty girls. was a
most appreciative admirer--at a dis
tance. The other sex. in whole
some. honesty way, appealed to him.
But hard struggle with fate had Civ.
en- more frivolous youths with doting
fathers and unlimited bank accounts
the advantage. when Dave Dalton
was financially able to rest from the
laborB Of his early years and take his
pleasure with the sugarand-cream
youth Of the land he found the mex
plicable fear In his heart that would
have been weaned away had he had
the time 10 mingle with the fair ser
In early youth.
He watched them from n distance.
Despite the work turned out by this
girl substitute she was unusually fair
10 look upon. Dalton revelled In her
presence. even though he writhed at
her spelling. her punctuation. her
proneness to error.
A month passed. Dalton. now blind.
ly accustomed 10 an extremely bad
stenographer. wondered at the pro
longed absence OF Miss Moore.
ny the way. Miss Holly" He ap-
preached the subject without a symp.
tom OF the bashfui preamble that
would have weakened the phrase
some months before. He and the slim
maid at tho typewriter were on a firm
footing OF friendship. when II Miss
Moore 10 return7'
Results were surprising. Miss Holly
turned n painfully red face 10 her
employer. and her eyes were deep with
the old appeal.
"Am i-am not doing tho work
all righti" Tho question quiverod on
the sensitive lips OF the girl. Dalton
stroyo his best 10 hide tho telltalo
light IN his eyes. as they rested upon
the becoming stain covering her
checks.
why. certainly" ho haatencd 10 M.
sure hor. "Cnly II seems 10 mo that
aho IN taking an unusually long vaoa.
tion. Probably she n making up for
lost time.- no haatencd 10 add. "Any.
how. I don't care She has never boon
away before. and-cr-I rather like H.
She can stay M long AZ sho likes"
To Dalton's amusement. tho girl |
fung hcr pretty arms reekleaaly down
on the protesting keys. and burst into
convulsive sobs.
In AN Instant tho youth was out OF |
his chair. and bashfulness and the
ethics of well regulated business OF. |
nee forgotten. was on his knees beside |
the girl. one nrm arm about her.
"Do-d-don't." gasped the weeping
maid. you don't know what have
done"
But don't care" protested Dal.
ton. the victim OF conflicting emotions.
"only for heavens sake stop crying, |
You don't need 10 worry. You-you
can have Miss Moore's Job, I'll dis |
charge her when she returns, Listen.
girl. love you; want you near me
always" He fioundered wildly. cant |
you see how Il isi III want you 10
marry mo-"
Through teAr-misted eyes. the substi-
tute stenographer looked up at him.
suddenly calm.
II must confess" she began tragic.
ally. and resolutely thrust his arm
aside. "There-there Is no Miss
Moore"
us no Miss Moore1" reiterated her
employer. namely.
moi" gasped the girl. 'Nor-nor
no Miss Holly"
Never mind" socthed Dalton. Tell
me some other time. You are hysteri.
cal, dear"
The girl flushed Miss Moore was
my aunt" she said. "and-and she
wanted 20 marry. and-and she did.
and so there Is no Miss Moore. She
told me 20 deceive you until learned
TO do the work better. | am sorry
an. / really AMI am awfully sorry.
Then. half reminiseently; Il didn't
know that any one could be as nice as
you"
Il love you. girl" Dalton's voice
was husky with emotion. Isn't that
reason enough for being good 10 your"
"Ya-us." faltered the voice OF the
maid. "But--but my name isn't Miss
Holly. II is Holly Moore"