The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-22
By JANE OSBORN.
Copyright, 1911. by the Associated
Literary Press.

Literary treSs
William Gordon's open, boyish face
clouded With d perplexed trown. He
propped his feet uneomfortably on his
waste paper basket and looked vague
~ into the sleet filled atmosphere Wis
tble from his twentieth story office
window.
+ William had come to the startling
discovery that he was in love with his
stenographer, Constance Peck He did
not know much about her save that a
: Year hefora she had -heef-eft- an eF-
phan, and had come TO the great city
with its chances of work; that SHE had
turned to stenography as means of
making living. that she had been
sent to him in answer to a request OF
the business school where she had
studied, and that she lived alone in a
third-rate boarding house
But about Constance. the young NO
man he had fallen in love with. he
knew great deal He knew that
her soft brown eyes made him forget
the worries and discouragements OF
his struggling young law practice.
that her sweet voice reminded him,
somehow. Of d bird that used t. sing
Ia his father apple orchard when he
Was a child, that her comforting pres
enee had become real necessity 10
him. and a thousand other things
about her that he unused on by him
self
hat NlHlam was troubled. II was
one thlhg to Re tn love with the young
woman who worked for him. 1t was
another things to tell her. lie could
not as ne would have done II Con-
stance had been anyone else than his
stehographcr, lead UP gradually 10 the
ali important question. Constance, he
hhe" from experience, would refuse
invitations to dinner or the theatre
on the ground that he ana She were
ohiy business aeQuaintances, aud love
ihahlhB "aen ne was debating bust
ness ietlefs or taking over office work
~ ~ 'ot % the question 10 d man like
IN. .ttta. ~
~. .ottlei L an, SAID itiami
80. 80 ZEN hh2" Whefe her boarding
i'o"'e - ana / doh dare ask her tc
ine. - - sue tilit@ vas ply
1"s het, ana 2 strl Ike Miss Peck
W-ttt SAM Ioi 'hat.
,, '.,t"nt ueeiAeu 10 iet Things go
>,'5,slad ~ 49,. - 'ohs as oohstance
raar bi,t, - guy "oU4u az ieast ne
hoI,sd - 49, ',,,h "a curse OF tlfe' ne
ala 'e''s 0o'''e 10 iee' as ne
,.Thopsb ao,v... 49,. -.
Constance co,i1d ~, 80 : 49, 5 ~
me he Safa = "'''&' 'iNc
In tha li',,.
freekled Johnny jerks, me oraen i'.,,'
and Waiting rI,an,s.D,,.t,s,, -,
anT-~usual7l tan' r. Nv 'tiat we're
stance PECK sat bagora her ,y,,..t, 49,
Her brown ewes were llle5 with ,r<ai-
bile, and her Thoughts wandered fror,
tho quirls and flourishes in mo ,a,.-
book Toy her side For Consta,,fs.. III,
was owning to herself that sba -.
In love With her employer
Il ought to leave said t,onsfann.
To herself 1T isn't his fault though
and suppose Having yva,,1,1 ,,,s. No.
in hole for another stenogranh@r
/ Well, I'll just stick II out. and rnavba
sometime-No; man like Mr.. Cor
don couldn't care for a sirl IKE mo
that's certain ANYWAY IL a,a, mi
he near him ey.rv dax arg 49,
something"
Johnnys chatter broke in unpIeas-
antly on her speculations
Jaw, pshaw," said johnny "yop,ra
worse than the boss. The tuo ri
you've got something on vonr minds >,
and he nodded wisely AZ he tried 10
get telephone number,
Johnny" said Miss Peck. 1--WE
got TO have quiet or TN never pot nv
work done. I'll give Won a dina IL
you'u go taxa "a it,tle u,a1L TO- baIs
an hour"
So it was that. Some twentv min
utes later, William Gordon his re-
solve to let things xo resoln,al,,
In his mind. walked into tbe a,,1
in his mind, walked into tho outar
office to find his steuopranhar str,,o
Cling with a similar resolve sit,tfSg
alone before her tvpewriter raar7
shore in her dark eyes
Where's that scamp Of a how ." a.
manded William. fierceIv THINKING
! perhaps the how was the ca,,se
the tears.
II bribed him TO 20 for walk
said Constance. Then yitbont . %
Fment's warning to moor dafopsaI,aa
William. two big tears snlashad fro,,,
her eyes down on the sensaless 49,,
writer KEYS.
In n moment W,1uar, royarl,...,
of all resolutions. had constoncI =,
his arms and was kissing bar cbaoLa.
and Ct,flstaiav,Ts.e likewise rsp,,rdIas, ~
resolutions, was CRYING comfortnbIv on