The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-29
Married Life
the Second Year
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.

What did I say there" demanded
Warren. Read that last paragraph
Miss Burns read back faulteringly,
"As Mr. Shafer expects to sail the
18th it is necessary in order to have
his signature that the papers be
drawn up before that date"
Make that Mr. Shafer sails, not ex
poets to sail" corrected Warren. He
paused moment and then went on.
TT is also necessary that there be
full release from the old contract This
can only be done under the conditions
stated in my letter. | have to have
final interview with MIR. Mathews
Thursday at II. And it will be impera
tive that he send me the other papers
before them.
Very truly yours,
Nov make two carbOns of that let
ter and enclose one in the letter 70
Davis and Shafer. That's all. Get these
letters out as quickly as you can.
Miss Burns took her notebook to
the typewriter and began rapidly typ
ing the letter while Warren straight
ened up the papers on his desk and
frowningly made some memoranda on
his calendar
Everything had gone wrong that
morning There had been a tie-up in
the subway which had made him
half hour late getting down. Several
annoying letters awaited him in his
mail A great deal that he considered
practically closed had fallen through
and an expected check had not come.
The office door opened and a tall,
we'll set man about thirty entered.
Warren turned and greeted him cor
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not too cheerful trend of thought.
IT say Curtis, l want you to do me
a favor-and I'll consider it mighty
big favor Just now"
Fire away" said Warren, but with
slightly lessening note Of cordially
Il want a hundred and fifty until the
twentieth I've got five hundred COM
ing in then, but I'm up against it hard
Just now"
He knew that he was under slight
obligations to Osborne for some bus
mess switches his way, and that he
was in a position to influence other
business in the future. But he knew
too that Osborne was always in debt
and that his reputation for prompt
payment was anything but the best.
"You've struck me in devilish bad
time, Osborne I'm not any too flush
evasively.
81 wouldn't ask you, Curtis. but Pve
a note for two hundred falling due to-
morrow and I've only eighty-five in
the bank tot meet 1t with. I'll be on
easy street the tWentieth-if you'll
Just tide me over until them
Reluctantly Warren took out his
check book from a darwer of the desk,
and wrote out a check for hundred
and fifty
II appreciate this. old man." as Os-
borne put the check in his wallet,
land if there's anything I can do for
you-just call on me-"
oh that's all right" said Warren
lamely.
When Osborne had gone, Warren
walked up and down his office frowr-
ing savagely He'd been a fool to loan
that money. He had known 1t at the
time. vet felt that he couldn't get out
of It, But now he thought of half
dozen different ways of evasion A
man can always refuse to loan money
and can do it tactfully, he told him
self. if he's prepared for 1t in ad-
vance But Osborne had taken him un-
aWares He hadn't had time to think
and couldn't afford to offend him. And
noW-Wel it was mighty doubtful
about the hundred and fifty.
Miss Burns who had finished the let
ters, now laid them down on the desk
for him to sign. He sat down and read
them over.
"Hero, how doyou spell inconveni-
ence?' And this should not be sepa-
rate paragraph. What's this-'speci1-
Cations?' I never said that"
Miss Burns referred to her note
book
That's what I have, sir
Well I never said it. 1t doesn't
mean anything here. Oh. particulars
that's the word" crossing out and
writing it in with his pen.
Shall | copy it over. sir"
No, we haven't time to recopy let
tiers. Learn to get them correct. Now
where's that carbon that I told you to
enclose in this one?"
'I put it in the envelope"
Warren read over and signed the
other letters, making several curt cor