The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-15
~ Lawrence Alfred Clay

By Lawrence Alfred Clay.
copyright. 1911. by the Associated
Literary Press
Miss Maggie Raines and her moth
OF sal facing each .other and SAYING
neNer a word. They had talked for
an hour. They had talked al There
was TO talk They had tears in their
ewes as theY talked
ier year past Maggie had had a
STEADY place as a stenographer at $l2
per atk. and she had done wonders
with her salary, rent. fuel. provisions.
clothing and car fare and they did
rot oWc q dollar. The average work
ing girl is twice the financier that
the average working man ia.
Things had gone very well with the
Iiltle fmity, bat now trouble had come.
Maggie had lost her place at day 9
notice. She wasn't despairing, but
discouraged. She knew all about an
swerainc advertisements and tramping
from office To office. II might be
weeks before she was settled again
aud what of the income
Down at the corner where the girl
had taken the car every morning and
left il every evening, was real es~
tate Office. The proprietor was a
be a good man That is. he seem cd
10 Maggie to have an honest face,
and she thought there might be sym
pa,hy there for one I'm trouble She
didn't want charity. and she didn't
want pity. She wanted chance to
heip herself, Just as II would ne given
ia a Young man.
''Welle" qperied the mother after
long silence.
II was wondering 10 I was AS smart
as most other girls, vas the reply.
zone of our stenographer quit her
place two months ago and went 70
selling real estate on commission She
has made q hundred dollars week
last think of that. Maggie
Il am thinking of it, In the morn
ing am going down to have talk
with the real estate man vi the cor
ner. IT can make S25 week II
will I've q great thing.
'iiut how does any one sell real
estate. dear
II don't exactly know, but guess
most of IL il done by talk. You make
"a person think he wants to buy. and
then keep at him until he does BUY.
Well Won have coaNing way
about you You got the landlord te
come down five dollars a month OF
II.
a pound Of prnnes cent cheaper
than he viii me"
Next morning Maggie Raines Yisite'
the real estate office, AIR. Stryker nat
fuSt opened his mail and seemed per
furbed but he gave her his attention
In mn embarrassed way, and Vel WIZ
nnderl ying confidence. she said ~
believed she could sell real estate. AM
she wanted chance to try. Mr.. StrF
kpr didn't smile doubtfutlY nor Sar
eastitailV lie had been trying 10 sci
real estate for a good many Years
and had had poor lack AT II. but h
didn't even ask himself how a yonn
stenographer who didn't know tn
value Of a load OF sand Was going t
make a success AZ IL. He gave niii
ute or Two to thought and then re
piled
- viii give you chance, and
sf,fendfd one / avn So acres ar i'm
her land at Walnut Point on Lax
Huron | have about closed dea
with a parts IN Buffalo In Tact IN
o-Td Is made ont. and II handed
MIN the money would be passed
And YOU are going there 10 Nlos
the deal Miss Maggie asked,
n nas hui my wife has been take
seriously i'll and I cannot leave hcr.
can give you power or attorney an
send Won. If sou can go This eFenln
and close the affair to- morrow. vi
pay Nonr expenses and give you nv
per cent. commission. You viii ne
$3.50 for three DAYS work"
"0h. Mr. stryker. bat that's to
much altogether TOO muGh *
claimed the as,onisheu girl u b
glad TO go for $50
Your com mission Will be the sun
/ have named. You VIII take aion
The deeds and a letter from me io
wi3I nf course, say that you are con
nected with this Office. You can sa
say that on part OF the iaho ~
anarry Of purest granite that Hhe
Geyeldued will he worth twenty time
ny asking price for the land hay
been told that the walnut trees aion