The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-06

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along somehow FOR another montn ana
Il Sherwood VIII only faEe n 4 fewsori 4
ders on this trip NE may be able 70 l
start up once niofe.' =
Who are you going 10 borrow it |
FROM, asked Emily, and 50 much al
part Of his business had she now be-
come that Alden MessingweII did not |
consider whether his CHIEF clerk was
oyerstepping the bounds OF her position |
or not. Only hose two knew the real 4
situation Of the hIessiugwell mills.
aI'ii 60 70 Giles he offered to put lime /
On my feet once before a lden stood \
with his maud on the doorkn0h.
"At ruinous interest. and he'd sell you
out to Mr.. Fearing without the slight |
est compunction.1 exclaimed Emily.
1--WE got to do something. cried
Alden and left 1he Office
Half an hour later be came hack,
white and shaking. He beckoned Miss
Carman into his ofice and closed the
door. .eHe turned me down-Iie turn /
ed me down, Miss Carrnan.' he grltted |
between bis teeth. HE treated me as
If I had been begear suing for aims.
and he talked loud enough to inform
his whole Office force the nature OF
my errand. That Is tlss man my father |
set sup in business who might have
been drawing kerosene in country
grocery to this day If father had not
helped hirr,' 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
to business troubles i must dispense
with the entire office help from tomor-
row night Bring it here and I'll sign
1t and put IT up In the main Office. n
shall be glad If you viii stay with me
until matters are closed up. lifiyou win
! do So" 80
Certainly" said Miss Garman and
lett the room to do his bidding. AS
sha closed the door. she heard Messing
welh telephontpg to his lawyer
1t was an e9ehtfu day In the mill
ofices.> The startling notice Of dis
missai aCitatec the half dozen men
and women at the various desks. and
there was little work done that after
noon. Emily carman made up the
weekly spay roll ana DISCOVERED that it
amountcn 70 enae.y goo 5 1.uo.e snaa
he Daiane c IN tne pal in anae was .
ed IL they were going into the hands
of q receiver.
But it didn't go into the hands of a
receiver, tor somenoW messing wen :
lawyer got an extension q .,ine lIoln
rearing ana IN sne .ieanwhlle ". ~
toucn WIN an onieiai " .ns .ius. uliu
onered the Mesalnswen 1lails ana en-
vianie shte lor sue. ana tne Trust az
cepteql y Lle Sller !, anu pau 9 sum
pciene % cleae Sne goo nane y tne
, OLD company ana leave Ft VI iersl}s nue.
rdoctora'as hti1e I.naiaAse W s s n.ln
once more IN ms PROFESSION. as lot
|. RudolpH Fearing u was tne worst WORST
turn tof business She ever attempteu,
Tor ung course fot tune tne trust Iorceo
him1o the wall. ana we mao 10 sen OUT
or go under SO he SOLO out ana pc
came a manager IN what MAD formerly
been his business
The last day OF ONCE work came TOT
(. Emily Carman when the a1aifs OF
Messlngweh y co. We're nnaily wound
up. She had accepted q position with
the trust Nvnen the mills snoulu starr
up again. nut sne looked very aown-
. hearted as she closed tne aesk Wnere
she had sar so long with Alden Mes
singwelfs responsibilities heayy on
her young shoulders isl
AS she leaned weakly against her
desk his deep voice suddenly pro-
nounced her name. and she looked up
to see him standing IN the doorway
looking down Mt her with queer ex-
preston in his grey eyes
Miss Carman. to bark back to the
day when we dismissed the clerks,
will you please explain how you man
aged to pay them OFF with sum ag-
gregating$9o when you didn't have a
penny in the cash drawer and the bank
account was tied up:"
al ia Il, HI 81