Bisbee daily review., 1913-02-25
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And RaNn continually found some
thing responsive IN tine soul Of THU
young woman. something that never
found it's way into speech on either
side She was the type Of devotion
and of efficiency. Gently, without am
ostontation, she took upon herself ?
vast burden OF detail and she added
thereto an mobtrusive personal sery
ice upon which Rawn unconsciously
came more and more TO depend. Die
he lack any little accustomed nipple
ment or appliance. she found II fol-
him forthwith. Did he forget name
a date. a filing record. it was she whe
supplied il cut of a memory infallibls
as a fine machine. From this, II was
but an easy step 10 the point where
the young woman's unootrusiye ale
became useful even beyond business
hours John Rawn had never studied
to play any social role. Did he need
Dunsel in any social situation, she
tactfully hesitatant and modest, al
ways was ready TO tell him what he
should do. what others should do. Had
he an appointment, it was she who re
minded him of il, and it was she who
had made it. Were there personal
bills to pay, ii was she who paid them.
She presided over his personal banE
account, and there was no hour when
she could not have named the dollars
and cents in his balance. Did he wish
to avoid an unwelcome visitor, 1t was
arranged for him delicately and with.
out offense. Little by little. she had
become indispensable, both in bust
ness and a social way-a fact which
John Rawn did not fully realize, but
-~hich she knew perfectly well. II had
never been within her plan to be any.
thing less than that. She knew, al
though he did not. that John Rawn
also was Indispensable to her.
. Rawn came from no social station
himself and as we have seen, had
grown up ignorant Of conventional
life, so that now he remained careless
of routine now that this young woman
should attend in al his visits 20 the
East in Business matters-wheTe, in
short, he could not have got along
without her There was talk over this
UNJUST falkland much amused com
ment on the fact that the two seemed
SO inseparable. Rawn did not know
or note il. They literally were running
together. hunting in couple in the
great chase of ambition. Few knew
now what the salary Of the presidents
private secretary represented in round
figures. Certainly she dressed as a
lady Certainly also she comDorted
herself as one. Il was, in the opinion
Of John Rawn, no ones business that
be registered himself at the New York
hotels. and either did not register his
companion at all, or else contented
himself with The wholly descriptive
word Lady" opposite the number of
the room whose bills he told the clerk
to charge to his account
Never vas there the slightest ground
for suspicion of actual improperly be-
tween John Rawn and Miss Delaware
Abundance of bad taste there certainly
was. for Rawn. without explanation or
apology TO any, always ate in company
OF his assistant, was constantly seen
with her on the streets, at the opera
the play. He showed, In short, that
he found her society wholly agreeable
upon every possible occasion. II this
was in bad taste. if many or most. in
the usual guess, put it at the point Of
improperly, John Rawn gave himself
no concern. The Rawn aristocraey be
gan in him. He founded it, was its
iCharlemagne. its William the Cononer.
or, as ruthless, as regardless of others.
as selfish. as megalomaniac as the best
OF kings. Here. therefore, were two
aristocrats. They ran well in couple
II is not to be supposed that a girl
so shrewd as Virginia Delaware could
fail 20 realize the fun import OF all
this. She let the sings and arrows
fall upon the buckler of her perfect
dignity and her perfect beauty. but she
felt their impact. She was perfectly
in hand, knew perfectly well her mind,
knew perfectly well the price she must
pay. She let matters take their course,
knowing that they were advancing
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