Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

the company have been broken into twice in one weel
The public is complaining, and I've got to have disc
plne. I'm at my wits ends and I'm going reorganiz
the concern.
"You know I've had nothing to do with the safes.
Somebody has"
$50 you've fired me?"
ayes, and if necessary I'm going unsug-r 81,
to fire others too 80
Daniel Webster smiled pathetical- -
" and left the room--and the office
When he gained the street he found
that his aggresSiveness had left him. ~
He really felt old and quite helpless ~ xz5z
His first thought how to break tn S
the bad news to his wife. @NIother," Efss
as he called her affectonately, be- z ssssH
leved in him implicitly. She was
impatient with the business men II
who had not recognized his ability 49,
and his worth He often payfuly Esssa.ws-s =
chided her for her belief in him. He Esssa-<z.
said that, womanlike, she used in
stinct instead of reason in forming
conclusions. But she stuck to her
guns resolutely, and could no
cause why courtesy and gentleness
and big heart should be a bar to
great achievements. Indeed that
very morning she asserted that he
should be the superintendent of the
company. And now he must tell her
that he had been adjudged ncQul-
petept even for clerhshfp. Sud-
denly his resolution returned to him
with renewed force.
all not tell her" he cried clench-
ing his fist and fercey punching the
air. "Ill not tell her.
He prepared for the return home
with unusual care He went to first-cass tonsoria
establishment and enjoyed the luxury of fine shave
He had his shoes polished and he put carnatio
in his buttonhoe.
When he entered the little sitting room an hour late
Mother gave him a hearty hug. "Why, DAM sh
cried. "You look like bridegroom
Il feel like one, he said, gay entering into her hu
NOR.
But after moment she looked at him sternly
Something's happened at the Office
He felt his courage oozng in the direction of hi
fngertips why, Mother, he protested, @what make
YOU talk like that"
you've been appointed superintendent" she SAID
aiming her accusing finger at him.
He laughed long and heartily 1t relieved the strain
You're wrong, he said finally. I'm sorry; but you
wrong
But something's in the wind" she persisted
YES he admitted, something in the wind
@Very WE'LL she said Modified. I'm willing to hea
about it later
THE next morn ng Daniel Webster left the house a
the usual hour; but instead of going to the offic
OF the Universal Express Company he spent the day
trying to employment. The result discoul
aging and when he reached home at night he did nc
look so cheerful as usual. Immediately after dinner
however, he made an excuse to leave the house an
wendell his way to of the second class hotels in tn
center of the city. One of his bachelor friends live
there, and Daniel Webster had idea that he nigh
suggest where he could obtain at least temporary pc
slton But his friend was not in, and the old man san
YEARLY into of the leather that surrounded tn
great columns in the lobby of the hotel He tryin
mentally to figure out his future when his attention
attracted by familiar voice
Gimme some good perfectos.
Daniel Webster glanced up. The speaker @
Superin. endent Brewsters bright young men,"
what price," asked the dealer at the cigar stand.
-Four for dollar was the careless rejoinder.
The old man in his leather seat gave start of sur
prise His salary was twice much the young maj
enjoyed, and he was content to puff along with
cob pipe. shrewd look into his blue eyes.
I'll watch this fellow" he said to himself
1t was an easy task. Daniel Webster was seated in
secluded part of the lobby. and the scenes going
about him seemed staged for his particular
He tried to think of the clerks 1t came to hin
presently. 1t was Evelyn. He had been in the ofic