Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-02

T. before.
! "How did It come" asked Martin,
that you could ever take to great
big COW OF . fellow like mef"
The mischief danced in her dimples
because you are 10 big an mutton
headed" she said Then the dimples
went away. and the eyes again reigned
over her expression. Because you're
real man. Marty. Because you've
plugged ahead and done things. an
because you're brute, too, guess
1t amt good for man to be too kind
an smart. That's for the woman
that's my part in this combination.
An besides, the way you hair grows In
front Is cute" 4
Jaw, cut that out, Rosalie"-this in
q tone Of INFINITE tenderness-a tone
as playful as COMFORTS with the dignity
OF an Inspector.
And-but we had better rejoin the
doorman.
Only we should glance in Just once
more. Inspector MCGEE, as though
struck with sudden humorous idea,
is saying:
"It's funny, Rosie-here we've got
Iengaged-and don't know your real
name!"
That's how I'm sure you love me,
Martin. When folks are in love. they
don't ask no questions Well. It's
i Rose Granger. II you've got to know.
born Smith. A wildwood. not grass
I married Jim Granger. He was no
good, but cared for him till he died.
You've got thirty years or so-because
l sense Wen both live long-to listen
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We've other things to talk about f1rst-
Marty, you haven't given me an en-
gagement present"
you'll get a diamond solitaire az
soon as I can beat 1t uptown! said
Martin.
"somethin' else first. I want you
to fix 1t so the New York Police De-
partment makes an awful blum at find
in Juan Perez-an' never looks In the
right place"
II guess I can promise that"
laughed Inspector MCGEE. Less than
half an, hour before, he had been
talking about his duty: but ones ideas
Of duty vary according to the shifting
lights Of circumstances.
"An' for weddin' present" pur-
sued Resale, II guess you can see
that this poor sister never gets put
through"
That's easy. too replied MCGEE,
"Say-now that everything Is fixed
iup, where's that Estrilla- Perez person,
anyhow? What did you do with him?"
':That information is goin' to be my
weddin' present to you," responded
Resale LIE Grange.
CHAPTER XXI
"How's this headline for that stock
ling job?" asked Tommy North, sud-
denly looking up from his writing,
Mountain Climbers Wear Our Hose
and Come Back Without a Hole'!"
Pretty good" replied Betsy Barbara
from her corner BY the typewriter.
NOW get the rest Of It." She re-
sumed her furious little stabs at the
keys. u
The sudden conclusion Of the Hanska
case left Betsy Barbara ahoat. She
could not 30 back to Arden II she
would, and she would not II she could.
It was her within to remain in New
York; but the select young ladies'
seminaries of the metropolis hesitated
to employ young woman who had
figured 20 consistently on the front
pages of the yellow newspapers. Be-
tween trips In search OF employment,
Betsy Barbara continued to typewrite
the correspondence OF the Thomas w.
North Agency. Tommy, indeed. had
offered her regular employment as his
clerk. She had spurned that offer,
holding 1t to be mere gratitude.
When she had learned the trade
she said, she might accept a. po-
sition as typist, and not minute be-
fore. Betsy-B Barbara was vastly I'M
proved in technique. She could draft
| a passable circular letter in not more
than three attempts and twenty-five
minutes.
/ Tommy, unrunled by her business
like reminder, continued to view Bet
sy-Barbara. Presently the pencil
dropped. from his hand. He turned in
/ his swivel chair and called: Betsy
Barbara" In q tone wholly inappro-
pirate to once hours.
Being woman, she caught 1t.
Tommy North" she said, without
looking up from the keys, read me
that motto over your desk!"
"sBusiness Thoughts in Business
Hours" read Tommy, obediently.
"Wel1, what does that mean" asked
Betsy-Barbara. And she continued to
write, respectfully solicit your patron
age for the Tomas w. North Agency"
At least. that Is what she thought she
was writing. As q matter Of fact,
what she produced was this:
respec fully silicftyOur patrona mage
for ten 2Thomasw North agency"
"But what want to tall; about now"
replied Tommy in q wheedling tone,
"is q matter OF business, I've been
taking stock. This ane-going con-
Germ made last month hundred and
flfty dollars above light. rent, once
expenses and overhead charges. That
revolver contract and that beauty
parlor deal are Is good as permanent
BY Christmas we'11 be making a hun
dred dollars q week.
you'll be making" corrected Bet
y-Barbara as she jerked back the
typewriter carriage to begin the strug-
lie with another line.
That's the point Of these remarks
You ought''-he paused here-you
ought to have share.
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