The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-06
THE HOBBY OF THE
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TYPEWRITER.


Once upon tlne mere was p 2 ess
writer So decided o Itiafry her Elm;
pIoyef. she came 70 this decispin With.
out any undue mental rain on the
third day after she arrived. She had
often read o such pleasant and salts
factory things being achieved in Me-
ton, and she figured Il dit with Adj.
mitabIe Acument that II would atleast
be as interesting d hobbs as stamp
collecting, Of being taken ont to sea
BY the Rainbow WaistCoats Of the
stan.
Having come to this decision; she
thumped out the employers name on
her keyboard with the prefix 4 Mr."
added, Just to see How It Looked.
The Employer would not have OBJ
tanned q certificate Of merit alta beau
~ show; nor, on the other hand,
would be have been Warned OF. He
was moderately young, and in good
repair, and was apparently in immed-
late need, either Of being marked,
Damaged" or Slightly soiled.S The
General Impression he gave the Type
writer was that with care and tact he
would make a good watercolor imita-
ton Of a Husband. Also, It was not
likely that he would require his Wife
to typewrite.
AS for the Typewriter, she had a.
pair of lapus lazuli eyes, an instinct
in clothes that bordered on a misspent
pedigree, and an Utterly Unwarrant-
able air Of fresh and original inno-
cenee.
The Typewriter commenced the
campaign by placing a glass Of Sim
pie Flowers on her table every morn
ing, and by trying 10 look as much
like a White Violet herself as possible.
She backed this up by doing the star
tied fawn act with her Azure Orbs
on every suitable occasion.
1t was the flowers, such was the
subtlety and sureness of her attack,
that first called the attention Of her
Employer to the Beautiful Influence
Of her presence in the room.
This occurred about week later
when the Employer had emerged
through rather busy period, and was
able. to take Notice again. He rather
liked the innovation, and he wondered
why none of his previous secretaries
had ever done 1t. 1t was, ke'mentally
added, so entirely suited to the fem
mime character, and was what one
locked to find with it.
He thought Lot More like that.
Then he began to notice that his
Typewriter was rather an unusual sort
of Typewriter. At least she seemed
to be very different to the ones he had
had labeled AS Such. He noticed
among other things, the blueness,of-
her.eyes, the. slimness.of.h er.figure,
the essential grace.ofher-movement,
the daintiness of.her!ears.and.nose,
and all the Other Nice Things that are
always to be found in all good fiction.
He also made the important discovery
that there were Red Glfnts n her hair
where the light fingered.
Seeing which the Typewriter said,
HE is beginning to notice., and de-
cided to wear on the next day dress
poem that was particularly unsuitable
to the office, but which transformed
her into Vision.
The first symptoms of infection be-
gan to show when the Employer, with
paternal consideration vibrating in his
voice, asked the Typewriter If she had
Far To Go when she left the Office at
night. The Typewriter, with look Of
gratitude that would have wrung emo.
ton from Directory, replied that she
had, rather. Whereupon the Employer
said 1t was one of the sorrows Of his
business that Beautiful Young Girls
should have to go backward and for.
ward to work unattended and open to
all sorts Of insults.
He said this with such genuine emo.
ton that the clock stopped ticking.
Taking the cue, the Typewriter pull
ed the tremulo stop out, and said there
were nights when she was positively
frightened to Go Home alone. At the
same moment she raised the Bashful
Gaze, and gave him the benefit Of the
.lapus lazuli for full ten seconds.
Whereat the Employer felt so bad he
wanted to rush out and massacre the
whole population. He would have
sacked any one On Sight who had en-
tered the room al that moment.
Believing in small doses, the Type
writer plucked up sufficient courage
to 20 home by her. elf again that night.
The Employer went TO the Most Popu
lar Place in Town, and thought it a
shame that such rubbish should be
foisted on the public.
The betting haF risen to 10 to ! on
in the Office, and there were no takers,
The typewriter with the Wisdom
of the Wise Virgins, took shelter, at
ter this sally, behind her Maidenly
Innocence, whence she could observe
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