The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-01-31


AT ruinouS interest. and he'd sell you
out to Mr.. Fearing without the slight
est ""Ompunrtion." exclaimed Emily.
"lve got to do something" cried
Alden and left the office.
| Half an hour later he came back.
white and shaking. He beckOned Miss
Carman into his Office and closed the
door. He turned Inc down-he turn.
ed me down. Miss Carman.- he gritted
between his teeth. He treated me as
II | had been a beggar suing for aims.
and he talked lord enough to inform
, his whole office force the nature "f
my errand. That is tl:A man my father
set up in business-who might have
been drawing kerosene in a country
grocery to this day II father had not
helped him." He threw himself down
In the chair and pulled the telephone
toward him. by the way. Miss Car
man. please type n 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
it and put it up in the main office. ]
shall he glad II you will stay with ME
until matters are closed up. if you will
do SO"
"CertainIy." said Miss Carman and
left the room to do his bidding. As
she closed the door she heard Messing
well t~elephoning to his lawyer.
1t was an %eventfnl day in the mill
Offices. The startling notice Of dis
miSSal agitated the half dozen me
and at the various desks. aud
there was little work done that after
loon. Emily Carman made up the
weekly pay roll and discovered that 1t
amounted to exactly $50 more than
the balance in the bank. That was q
paltry 5000 and ought not to he touch.
ed If they we're going into the hands
Of Il receiver.
But it didn't 20 into the hands Of a
receiver. for somehow M~essingwelI's
lawyer got an extension Of time from
Fearing and in the meanwhile got in
touch with an official Of the trust and
offered the M~essingwell mills and en-
viable site for sale. and the trust az,
copied the offer and paid a sum sui.
1cient to clear the good name Of the
old company and leave the erst while
doctor a little balance to start him
once more in his profession. As fOr
Rudolph Fearing. it was the worst
turn Of business he V attempted
for in course Of time the trust forced
him to the wall. and he had to sell out
or 20 under. so he sold ont and he
came a manager in what had formerly
been his own business.
The last day Of Office work came 70,
Emily Carman when the affairs of
Messingwell & 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
singwelrs responsibilities heavy on
her young shoulders.
As she leaned weakly against he'll
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.
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 a sum ag.
gregating 800 when yon didn't have a
penny In the cash dra wer and the bank
account was tied up"
She steadied her voice with Difficult
ty. "Why-why. DR.. Messingwell'
giving him the title that was his once
more, II knew it was only a tempo
rary embarrassment. and $3.50 l hap.
pened to have some money saved and
I was glad to do it," she ended breath.
lessly.
Il know you were glad to do it. Miss
| Carman. You've been the pluckiest
little partner that a man ever had!
I've been going over things and | find
that you haven't draw n half of the
| salary coming to you. besides advanc-
ing $50 that last day. You've borne
my responsibilities and-and"- He
could not control his voice and It
broke strangely.
'FleaSe don't say n more. l nave
not missed the money, and some day
when things go better you can pay 1t
back. Now ! must 60" She held out
her hand. II wish you much success.
DR.. Messingwell. and
He held her hand tightly and looked
down at her flushed face and sudden
~ confused eyes. Gone was the de.
murely quiet. young business woman.
and in her place was the loveliest,
shrinking girl imaginable.
Emily" said Messingwell at last.
success won't mean anything to me
unless you are my partner in it. DO
you understand what ! a dear"'
Her face dropped until he could see
nothing save her crown Of lovely hair,
so he IA embroidered to take her in
his arms and explain to her what be
really meant-as II she did not know.
could you-would you marry such
a fool az I am darling?' pleaded the
doctor In her pink ear. 1--WE made a
failure Of the business. and ! don't
I hIam mi vnn ~ Won he womb faith In