The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-03-20

nps,ness pecause one cannot honoraoly
carry IL on" she returned with spirit
oIf failure is the Ultimate end. why mol
draw out before it actually heppeh'
and thus frustrate the endF -,
ga shook bis head hopelessly. =
nromised father I'd hang on to the
business as long as had a penny.
haven't got much now, but tnllA
know how / can stave Fearing on 'O'
awhile" ,.p.
You cannot do It. Mr Messingwei.'
said Emily sadly. If be holds a'i lne
notes YOU can't force bin to arbltrate
.Tu borrow the money from some
body and pay him OF. replied Ailea'
reaching for his hat Wen struggle
along somehow FOR another mon. ~ 'D-
- Sherwood will only rake In q fe" Or
-. -, an his trip we may be able to
start up once more ,u q,
"Who are you going to bo''oW y
fromy' asked Emily, aud so mu'n
mart of his business had she now pe
come that Alden MessinaTell dlu uo'
consider whether bis chief clerk was
oyerstepping the bounds OF her position .i
or NOT only those two kne" me feA'
situation of the MessingweII mills.
"TII 20 to Giles. lie offered TO pu' 'ne
on NV feet once before" Alden stood
with his hand on the doorknob.
"a rnlnous interest aud he'd sell you
ant 70 Mr. Fearing without the s.'snt
est computation" exclaimed Emily
-rve got TO DO something e'leu
Alden and left the office
Hair an hour later he came pacA'
white and shaking lie beckoned MISS
Carman into his Office and closed tDe
door "He turned me down-he turn
od me down. Miss Carman," he grItied |
botwoen his teeth. Gle treated me as |
II had been a beggar suing for aims.
and he talked loud enough to INFORM
his whole Office force the nature OF
INV errapd That IS the man my father
set up in buslness-who might nave
boen drawing kerosene in a country |
grocery to this day II father had not
belped himw He threw himself down
in the chair and pulled the telephone
toward him. "By the way, Miss Car
man. please type a notice that owing
10 business troubles ! must dispense
with the entire Office help from tomor-
row night. Bring It here and I'll sign
4 and put ii up in the main office
shall be glad If you will stay with me
until matters are closed up, If you VIII
10 So"
"Certainly." said Miss Carman and
eft the room to do his bidding. As
the closed the door she heard Messing
veil telephoning to his lawyer
II was an eventful day in the mill
,hlces. The startling notice Of dis
nissal agitated the half dozen men
nd women at the various desks. and
here was little work done that after
Don. Emily Carman made up the
reekIy pay roll and discovered that 1t
mounted to exactly $S5 more than
le balance In the bank. That was a
altry 5000 and ought not to be touch
] If they we're going into the hands
receiver.
But it didn't go into the hands OF a
,celver, for somehow MessingwelPs
wyer got an extension OF time from
caring aud in the meanwhile got In
,uch with an official Of the trust and
Tered the Messingwell mills and en-
liable site for sale, and the trust ac-
epted the offer and paid sum suf- !
cient to clear the good name Of the
Id company and leave the erstwhlle
octor little balance to start him
nee more in his profession AS for
,udolph Fearing, II was the worst
urn OF business he ever attempted,
or in course Of time the trust forced
i'm to the wall, and he had to sell out
n 20 under, so he sold out and be-
'ame a manager ia what had formerly
leen his own business
The last day Of office work came for
Emily Carmau when the affairs Of
4 Co. were finally wound
up She had accepted a position with
the trust when the mills should start
up again. but she looked very down
hearted as she closed the desk where
she had sat so long with Alden Mes
sngwelrs responsibilities heavy on
her young shoulders
As she leaned weakly against her
desk his deep voice suddenly pro
nounced her name, and she looked M
to see him standing in the doorway
looking down at her with a queer ex
preston In his grey eyes.
"Auss Carman, to bark back to the
day when we dismissed the clerks