The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-13
|KELEN'S EMPLOYER
Why She Lost Her First and
Only Job.
BY FRANCIS A. COREY.

CURED TO her that the rising Chicago
lawyer could be the same Robert
Cartwright she had known and Tilted.
zen years before, in far-away village
| of Vermont
Escape was impossible Moreover.
she had been without a position for
six weeks. and business men were not
| stumbling over each other in their
eagerness Ia secure her valuable serv-
ices.
Cartwright stopped 10 speak to Miss
Mears. a blonde haired girl with clink-
Ing wrist bangles. The two crossed
slowly to where Helen sat.
The young woman 10 see about
the place Miss Mears explained 10
her employer. her voice keyed 10 dull
, Get sweetness
Cartwright glanced without the
flicker OF an eyelash at the forlorn fig
ure huddled in the big oliicechair.
You may take this mornings let
ters." he said, as If addressing a
stranger
Helen flushed resentfully. But the
situation had resolved itself into a
question of bread and butter Pick
Ing UP a notebook. she followed him
into his private Office. wondering II
he could have failed to recognize her.
In the old days she had affected to
despise him: but now. as her pencil
new to his swift dictation. there was
a reyulsion Of feeling lie had brisk.
alert. businesslike way. There must
quickly achieved success
As for herself. she was no longer
| the pamr"rpd daughter Of the big man
of country village Reverses OF
fortune and her fathers death had
driven her into The world to earn her
living. How completely the tables
had been turned The voice that had
wood was nov droninc prosaic die
tation. and sh" was n, impersonal to
the man himself rs Il mcr" machine
That all said carlw right finally
Type those off.
\ little later Helen was saving to
HE cllttorin. typewriter, lie cant
have forgotten me. I'm not greatly
changed the name would have told
him Who ! am Why then, does he
treat mo like \ stranger
That night, IN her cherries room at
III" boarding house she pondrrrd TIL"
situation, Was her regretted Fultur
paying Nor or il her own COM Even
/ If She deserved punishment friendly
! %ord NoHld have cost lima uo,hIn.
/ S1r Moui,l has thrown M the situa
! ion hui iol = familiar mp leeriu2 ~
her elbow II drov, hci back To hti
| pos II the morning
She discovered that cartwright 5
step was the signal for every girl in
/ the Office To prrcn her feathers llc
/ greeted them all with the same CHEEKY
smile She waited with some anxipt,
to see what would be his attitude to
ward herself
The mornings dictation over. she
was cooly dismissed Neither look
nor tone betrayed the slightest per.
sonal interest Helen was dismayed
! 10 realize that she felt hurt and dis
appointed S'um6ering memories had
! been awakened that sent her heart
suffocatingly into her throat
| So il went on for two weeks She
began TO think that he had indeed
forgotten her Surely h. would want
! 10 inquire about old friends. and the
dear home village Aud yet how
could ten years have eifaced her
! image so completely
! She found herself thinking about
him to an exirn, Incompatible with
peace Of mind II was a cruel fate
that had driven her TO this man of all
others in the dis h.ariening search
for employment
She and Miss Mears we're standing
at The office window one morniug
when Cartwright new motor car
drew up nj the curb
III b" riding In that beauty b.for
many weeks 90 by Miss M"ars ~ :
with SELF satisfied smile
Helen Was almost fearful when ~,
turned Ia her desk Miss N.ars was
not Robert Cartwright sor, Of eirl
h. had never shown her especial At
tenticn l,ut there's nu telling aha'
man alll do when II comes To- -.
lectine WIFE,
ITS nothing To III. whom h" mar
| ries, she declared l;ut I didn
think he would choose IN. ~ ih'
! fun, aud frivolous kind
Now the breeding shadows never
left her eyes She lost flesh and color
Hope and courage were AZ a low .bb
And then. one morning Miss Near,
met her with an announcement that
was like her oath kn.ll
You re- going 10 be fired Mr.. Cart
wright just nov wanted 10 know IN.
date Of your coming and the SALARY
due you II isn't pay day He could
have had but one object In making
such Inquiries.
Isn't my work satisfactory ilrl
en managed 10 ask
/ Evidently not grinncd Ms.
Meas
r.rtu ripht vs.. IN hie t,rIVa,a ,..t,..