The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-26


gl9kskz SsSSST frss' ! rsosnirg mail after
she srna-inS taShian that
Mss Psrknsan made possible. What he
offered Iii seay ii Sssesatior vaS mere 6esuls
snsy ccAnment shSs briefly intercepted his
tasng IN eontgng
III Here's Smelling sna Hight grcuching
yo0 knnw what Ii - "a tsfm This
Fssrrinxtun osdsr better he looked after
their credit ISM / what il used Is be, hear
nms Nha'd yoa SAY to Withesspoon
RFosherss They're down On earth in a
proper frame Of mind. gong by this.
HUI Frostan starrets, eha Well, thought
ia get esn conservative oId tell EN-
yrs, but not ten eagerly, understand.
And the usual thing IL this bunch Of little
fellows
As he passed each letter over, Miss Park
man made mysterious mark or two 81 her
own devising thereon: and, more rarely,
asked a brief question to which Mr. Bond
invariably replied. Use your judgment.
Theoretically Miss Parkman was his private
stenogFapher Actually She was Bond and
Griscom y confidential clerk at a salary that
had been advanced to a figure close to the
utmost they could afford, even for such
service as hers. Other firms had offered her
more. Every business man who chanced to
ovcrh Ir the miracle working OF the mail
hour, went away speedily and wrote a sup
pllcation to the young woman who made
such thing possible Such attempts on his
peace had 80 long proved unayailing that
Penny Bond had ceased to put up silent
thanksgiving each time that Miss Parkman
gathered her papers and went back to her
desk without giving notice He nodded
genially as sac rose with her customary
busiaess-like haste on this morning.
These win be ready for your signature
said she. 1in about There She stopped
81 abruptly that Pen looked up IN surprise
from A pleasant personal letter In
about an hour, She finished; and went out
with civil Good-morning to the man
who had appeared ia the doorway Of the
private Office and who stood aside with a
bow to let her pass Penheld Bond con
dnuei to stare at him
You don't look like "a hallucination, +"
he said at last, YOU iook like a man named
Trudell But of course YOU re not II may
add that hobf 10 heaven you're not
The early caller came in. with growl Of
disgus.. showing himself 4 substantial six
feet Of nasculinity whose iaultcss exterior
revealed, to the initiate, Bond Street 5 latest
thought in discreet gray.
Some day, he remarked, helping him
self to chair and 10 cigar from Pens
silently proiiered case, Al introduce you
to chap really gifted III the cute-sayings
line and shame you 10 death Then they
grinned at each other. anG 'frudell conde-
scended to explain himself London was
clammy, he conhded, Paris was having
mysteries. and Vienna gave me weariness
Thank you for your welcome home.
London Paris, and Vienna, Pen re-
peated "But | say You've been away
from New York only
With no further word Billy Trudell
reached for bis hat. Pen twitched il from
him
Lord, but you're teInperyl | don mind
your being back, bless you But YOU said
YOU were off for a year, Y know Far be it
from me 10 keep a white man away from his
kind, though i can 60 out for little, i
you'd like2n
Such threads of mutual interest as had
been kept separate b. Tradsl's brief alb
sence we're brought together most pleasantly
in The next hour TWAS good, Pen told him
self, to have the queer dufer back, though
he would probably be bothering around the
Office too much leisure. and a fastidious
taste in pleasure. left Billy TrudcIl 10 many
hours I'd kilt Yet he was 4 rare good com
panion when he chose, and only The prod
ding thought III bis waiting letters got Pen
away from the Club Moreover, the one
woman in the world Mrs Penheld Bond, Of
course) was coming in town to luncheon
with her husband as that unworthy indi-
udual recalled with q guilty flicker Of regret.
He adored Sue -he adored being with her;
but he would have liked, to-day, a mans
hour with Trudell and some kindred souls,
Somewhat reluctantly taking Off his gloves
before his desk, itoccurred to him that Tru-
dell and sue were famous friends that Tru
dell might lunch with them after ALL 1t
vas as he reached for bis telephone that he
saw the square, white envelope addressed to
himself lying atop the neat pile oi letters
Hc had prenionition which two movements
49, 49, = ssassSe srcn ylEs1cl. y ras Naiss
Parkman's resignation, which she begged
might take effect at oncel
Billy Trudell went to luncheon with MIR.
and Mrs penheld Bond ss the Society
Gossip columns noted and as the last-named
of the three had hsped but i was not the
merry meal he hal anticipated. Conslraint
held als three
Sue Bond chAlte INCREASINGLY Billy Iru
XIII Vas AZ ais naosi alstGltiyp sad Eezg9nsiye
'1sN*Rse -A'ss 49,