El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-13

utterly sick of loafing about at
- home" Anne tried to explain
Her brother, Harry. who was p, two
years older than Anne, and with all the
strong viii and opinions of that ma
ture age snorted disdainfuIIy.
Rot" he sneered. You shouldn't do
anything. It's beastly unfair OF you
too; you don't want seven dollars a
week and tips-tips, If you please-but
any amount Of girls do You ought to
be ashamed Of yourself, taking the
bread out of poor girls mouths and
and all that sort Of thing"
Anne pouted, as she glanced at the
IRE y cure hOrrid; I wish I'd never
told you about it. But I don't care
what you say and think; I've thought
lU all out and have quite made up my
mind I'm going to start on Monday
OI course, you won't say anything to
MOTHER I'll tell her at breakfast, just
before go"
"Of course not" Harry said stiffIy.
I promised to keep my mouth shut,
and L will Still, I don't suppose it
matters much; you're bound to get the
sack after the first day-yOu don't
know anything about waiting, and
you're certain to make a hopeless fool
Of yourself. I'd no more think of trust
ing you with my orders for lunch or
tea than I would of anything"
And L wouldn't dream Of attending
to your said Anne angrily. taking up
a book and turning her back upon him.
Thanks aWtully, returned her
brother, sarcastcally. Then he picked
up the evening paper and hid himself
behind 1t.
Anne had been disappointed in love.
A month ago she and her fiance-a
man whom neither Harry Knox nor his
mother had ever wholly approved
had had a serious quarrel and broken
off their engagement She wanted
something to do to curb her restless
ness, something 10 sOOthe her wounded
feelings.
Her brother realized this; but he did
not approve of Anne's becoming wait
ress. There were so many other things
she might have taken up. Still, there
was one blessing about il all She
would not stick to 1t long That, at
any rate, was Harry KnOx's comforting
theory
No doubt the West End tea shop was
a charming place-fOr customers. But
1t was incOnceivable that a girl. eS-
pecially girl like Anne, who could,
IN reason, have most things dear 10
the feminine heart should wish to go
on being a waitress there for any rea-
son. but a misguided idea that, having
once taken the plunge IL would be
weak" of her to give in
Her mother and her brother both
tried their utmost to induce her to be
sensible, but all 10 no purpose Finally
II was a customer VINO upset anne
obstinate walk in life.
The customer was a tail, dark. good
looking young man who walked into
the tea shop one afternoon during the
second week of Aune's employment
Anne was busy serving two other
people at the moment, and so the
young man was left sitting unattended
for some minutes.
The delay annoyed him, and when
Anne came to take his order he said
somewhat snappishly:
Tea and toast. miss And please re
quick; I've already waited some time" I
Anne flushed and replied in an in /
diEnant tone 81 can't attend to more !
than one person at q time, and OBJ |
ject to being called 'miss'-it isn't I
usual here"
She brought his tea and toast, set
ting them down on the table with qu1Se .
unnecessary force and clatter.
Thank you, draWled the young
man. rs II usual to be so noisy here2-
For a moment Anne stood still. glar- /
ing at the milk jug. Then, without a
word she turned and walked away I
haughtily.
4 quarter Of an hour later the young
man. having finished his tea, raped ]
sharply on the table.
Ny bill. please miss" he demanded,
looking steadily at Anne.
Trembling with anger she ap-
preached him
sixty cents" she said.
He kept her waiting while he felt /
in his pocket.
sixty cents?' he remarked slowly /
handing her a dollar bill Keep the /
change"
Flushed and burning with indigna-
ton, she turned and found her man
ageress facing her.
Miss Knox" began the latter. 4
have been watching you wait on Mr..
and I should like to"
7 know" Anne interrupted fiercely-
He was almost abOminably rude to ]
me- I can't stand the work any longer;
I'm going to resign at once"
Harry Knox brought a man to din
ner that night 1t was Mr.. Hawthorne. !
1T was all my fault engineered
the whole thing-and you can both do {
what YOU like now" he SAID quickly, ]
before either his sister or his friend
could say a word Il bullied Hawthorne
into behaving as he did-told him it |
was for a bet, and that I'd explain The Z
whole thing tonight L shall-after /
you have had five minutes talk"
And then he bolted out of the room
leaving the unmannerly customer and ]
the outraged waitress together.
1t was an awkward and embarrassing !
situation, but the two managed to ar
rive at satisfactory UNDERSTANDING |
indeed they were on astOnishiugly ex-
,elIent terms by the time dinner was
over. and it began to look as if Anne
had found the antidOte which she had
sought.