Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-02-02
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No." said the little stenographer.
) thoughtfully, as she carefully placed
y the stamp In the corner Of tie last en-.
4 velope and then stacked the days
} mail 1T isn't that I'm, unwilling or
anything like that. Il like to do things
+ for people occasionally a. well AS the
next one, But Ill do it for one do
/ It for dozen. for l. cant be partial.
hate to. but I'll have, to put my foot
down and decline to- do, favors. a =
The bookkeepert looked up in sur
prise "Why-what's-", he began.
4 wonderingly 49,
We'll" explained the little stenog-:s
rapher. last Sunday : l, took dinner
Z with friend of mine and during the
I afternoon she asked If I'D do just q
tiny favor for her. She had some pro-
/ grams for her club that she was to
make. and 1t was SO hard for her TO
write them by hand. Besides. her
handwriting was dreadful. so would l
( just as soon run them off on my type
:. writer? What could | say after eat
ing her dinner? So I've been devoting
my noon hours, besides getting down
early mornings this whole week, to
running Off these simple little pro
Z grams.
2 Then, when could breathe freely,
! as | saw the end of the programs
coming into view. my friend called me
up and asked me If I'd look to see that
Mrs. Breuscott's name was spelled
right. She was almost sure she had
written it w instead of u And she
bad-so | rewrote that page of every
one of the programs. ST
When | finally delivered them she
was delighted. She said they were
SO lovely that she knew the club
would always want her to get them up
every year, and wasn't 1t nice that she
had friend who was willing to do q
little favor for her once in while?
Then while | was still cramped
with the extra work of the programs,
another friend called me up She said
containing about 40, verses. and she
couldn't get it except In book form,
and she didn't want to go to that ex-
pense, Sc would l just as soon run
over some noon and copy 1t of in
short hand? 1t would take her so
long to write 1t in regular longhand
and 1t wouldn't take me minute. she
was sure:
'Of course. did as she requested /
waited around the store half an hour,
looking for some one who would BIO
willing to let me copy the song Then
ali the time was copying it the man
ager stood in front of me and glared
at me, for fear I'd run away with the
book, suppose. 1t was such pleas.
ant experience! .S zS5 $$!s4
Then that friend of mine called
me up late in the afternoon, Just as
! was getting ready to leave the Off ce.
to ask me If Id just as soon make her
three copies of the song-I'd already
made one copy with a carbon-for she
wanted 10 send away two copies So
sat down and wrote them off and
mailed them 49,
"Oh. yes. she appreciated 1t very
much Any time l want to go any
where, she says-pityingly. for my
lack OF a regular man escort-she'H
be glad to go with me If her husband
is out OF town. so she can leave home!
=. This morning, while the manager
was debating very important letter.
the phone rang He looked so eX-
esrerated, While took down from the
phone. at the request of this same
OF ace ard just what pattern to get and
3 y hat price she wanted to pay and
( which store 10 visit 10 look al lne
; white sWeaters that were selling AT SIS
and to SEE If they were really bar
= gain. and If they were. to have one
4 sent cut and pay for 1t and she'd re-
pay me Since then have been trem-
bling every time my buzzer rings Tor
} fear the manager is calling me to tell
me that my services aren't needed anv
longer
e by the time finished her lite err
& rands my whole noon hour was gone
+ and I'm as hungry as bear now. FOR
haven't had a bite since brea kfast. !"
fa55z..'I don't blame you little bit. said
the bookkeeper. sympathetically It's
..a shame the way people impose on
others never dream ming that they're
asking anything out Of the ordinary
Why don't you tell them that you're
Il TOO busy? I'd never stand for such
s. impositions. 49,. s.s z :5.%4
The little stenographer tbeamed at
hint was good to have some ons
understand. @ .::fssS ... s
oh. by the way" he interrupted
her as she said good night Would
reil just as soon stop in. ON your way
t..e STA tion md send SON 4
I..'s out AIRY ss,i,
81; eli With q Eses M !: N y
SCI asked me to do It and I didn't
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