The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-17

~Th.ihank you. I'm sure" she stanl- mered and fled.
 They disappeared. He wandered to the chair and threw himself Imply into it. That voice." he said stupid ly. "That giggle! I've got 10 woo and win thatl It serves me right" he con cluded.
 The most hopeless of humors as sailed him. and he yielded to it with out a struggle. His attitude express ed his mood with relentless yerity. Chin sunken upon his breast. eyes fairly distilling gloom. legs stretched out carelesaiy before him. he sat mo tionless. suf;ocating at the bottom of a gulf of discontent. His lips moved. sometimes noiselessly, again in whis- pers barely audible.
 Wears of this! 4 matter of human endurance-no, superhumanl If 1t wasn't for the bargain. I'd chuck it all and Well, the only way to forget your misery is to work. I suppose"
 He pulled himself together and stood up, wondering where he had left his broom. and simultaneously stiffened with surprise. aware that be was not alone. A glance, however. established the connection between the rear door. which stood ajar. and the young woman who stood staring at him in utterest stupefaction.
 He was quick to see the intelligence in Betty Graham's mutinons eyes and the sweet lines of her mouth, too often shaped in suIlen mold and no less quick to recognize that sine would car ry herself well, with spirit and dignity. once she were relieved of household toll and moil, once given the chance to discard her shapeless. bedraggled and threadhara garments for those dainty and beautiful things for which her starved heart must be sick with longing.
 Good Lord" he thought. pitiful, tits worse here than 1 dreamed. Did Graham must need keeper. and this child has been trying to be that with nothing to keep him on."
 Who are yous" the girl demanded sulIenly in voice little harsh and toneless. What are you doing here Where's my fathery'
 MT. Graham has stepped out on business" Duncan replied. You are his daughter believer"
 Yes. I'm his daughter but
 My name is Nathaniel Duncan Mir Graham has been kind enough to take me on as apprentice. so to speak"
 Her stare continued. intense. resent. fuI, undertaking.
 You mean you're going to work here?"
 That's my intention, Miss Graham. He nodded gravely
 Whnt furr
 gro learn the drug business"
 "Oh-hl" She flung herself a pace away impatiently. I'm not a. child and don't want to be talked to like one"
 'I didn't mean to annoy you".-
 Wei. you do. Touve got no Dusi ness in rundown place like this. you with your. fine clothes and your fins airs You didn't come here to learr the drug business. You know as wei as do you've got some other motive
 There was truth in that to sting iiim. lie smarted under its lash. but held his temper in check because he was sorry for the girl. Perhaps you're right" he conceded-''perhaps have some other motive. But that's neither here nor there I'm here. and it is my present intention 10 learn the drug business in your fathers store"
 ''l don't believe you. MT. Duncan, or whatever your name ls."
 ''l'm sorry" he said patiently.
 Betty's lips twitChed contemptuously Well. saying you do mean to work here"-
 "I do."
 You're making a mistake" she snapped. Father can't pay you noth. ing"
 Hen pay me all I'm worth" said Duncan meekly.
 She glared at him an instant longer. then. mute for lack of a sufficiently scornful retort turned and ran back up the steps. slamming the door be- hind her.
 CHAPTER x.
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