The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-29
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After All
M tNhz G, THOMPSON


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me nlnetoertb had begun like any
pal daY indeed, thanks 10 q tlnEle
,f anrng in the air Penny Bona
iNBE uqig happilH as ne skinlioeo
|hhfouGh Tho irmb morning mail alleI
#ha Am8Nlng fashion tbat Mise Park
mans htatie posUbld what he OF
lered hy way OF diotati0n was mere
daaUlt0ly eomment that briefly lntor
npod Dis tune OF content
Here's Smelling and Hight Crouch
ifs you know what to say 10 them
ThiS harrington order better
he Looked after their credit isnt what
Il used 10 be, hear HIM
Nhad you say 10 Witderspoon Broth.
ers? They're down On earth ~ 2
proper frame Of mind, going nv this
Hlll. Frost and Starrett ehi
Well thought I'd get en- -conserya'
tive old tell 'om yes, but not too
aaeerly understand. And lhe
usual thing to this bunch of little fel.
lows
As he passed each letter over Miss
parkmau made a mysterious mark or
two Of her own devising thereon, and,
more rarely. asked a brief question 70
which Mr Bond invariably replied,
Isc your Judgment Theoretically
Miss parkman was his private stcnog'
apher. Actually she was Bond and
Griscom's confidential clerk at salary
that had been advanced to figure
close TO the utmost they could afford
even for such service as hers Other
irms had i0ffdred her more ENers
business man. who CHANGED 10 0Nerhe8i'
The miracie.worhing Of the mail hour
wen away speedily and wrote a sup
plicatiOn 10 tile young woman who
made such athtnr possible Such at
temnts on his peace had SO long proved
unavailng that Penny Bond had
reased to put up a silent Thanksgiving
each time that Miss Parkman gath
cred her papers and went back TO her
desk without giving notice. He
nodded genially as she rose with her
customary business-like haste on thia
morning
These will be ready for your sigma
turc said she, lin about There
She stopped 50 abruptly that Pen looked
up in surprise from a pleasant per
sonal letter in about an hour.
she finished; and went out with "A civil
Good-morning" to the man who had
appeared in the doorway OF the private
office and who stood aside with a bow
let her pass penfeld Bond con
inued to stare at him
You don't look like an hailucina
ion" he said at last. you TOOK like q
man named Tmdeil But Of course
you're not-l may add thar hope ta
heaven you're mott" The early caller
came in, with a growl of disgust, show
ing himself a substantial six feet OF
masculinity, whose faultless exterior
revealed, TO the initiate. Bond Streets
latest thought in discreet gray.
Some day" he remarked, helping
himself TO a chair and to a cigar from
PENS silently proffered case IN in
froduce YOU to chap really gifted in
he cute-sayings line and shame You
TO death Then they grinned at each
other. and TrudelI condescended to eX
plain himself London was clammy,
he confided, Paris was having hys
terics and Vienna gave me wearines
Thank you for yonr welcome home"
London, Paris and Vienna" Pen re
peated But / say, You've beer
away from New York only
With no further word Billy Trudel
reached for has hat Pen twitched 4
from him
Lord. but you're temperyl ] don"
mind-your being back, bless youl Bu
you said you were off for a year
y know Far be il from me to keep
white man away from his kind. though
- can 20 out for little, if you'd
like"
Such threads Of mutual interest al
had been kent separate by Trudellf
brief absence were brought together
most pleasantly in the next hour n
was good Pen told himself. to have
The queer duffer back though he woulC
probably be bothering around the office
too much leisure. and a fastidiOus
taste in pleasure left Billy Trudel
So many hours TO Xii! Yet he wa
4 rare good companion when he chose
and only the prodding thought Of hi
waiting letters got Pen away from the
Club More0yer the one woman in
The worl3 (Mrs Fenfed Bond. Of
Jourse) was coming 70 town to lunch
aon with her husband-as that an
worthy individual recalled with p
guilty flicker of regret He aiorei
Sue--he adored being witch her, bui
be would have liked to-day. a mans
lour with Tuudeil and some kindred
iouls Somewhat relaetantly taking OF
bis gloves before his desk, II occurred
% him that Trudel and Sue were
.amous friends that Trudel might
unch with them after ALL It
Nas as he reached for his telephone
hat he saw the squire. white envelope
addressed to himself lying atop the
leat pile of letters He had a DremO-
lition which two movements and a
dance soon verified It was Miss
'arkman's resignation which she
legged might take effect az once,
Billy Twden won't 70 luncheon with
,lr and Mrs Penfieid Bond. as the
'ociety-Gossip columns noted and as
he lastnamed of the three had hoped,
lui II was moi the merry meal he had
Constraint held an three.
Sue Bond chatted increasingly. Billy
'rudell was az his most attentive and
espOnsive best. Penny Bond tried 10
ul on his gloom and care-endeay0rs
II futile and transparent Tppermost
a Pens mind was the chill fact that
iiss Parkman had left him that no
amplaiiOit Of advance had avaued
hat no probing had brought to. liglf 1
er reason, and vet she had said thar I
he didn't want ~ 20 ana had added /