The Meeker herald., 1913-07-19

along somehow for another month. and
II Sherwood will only rake In few or.
ders ON this trip we may be able to
start up once more"
who are you going to borrow Il
fromT' asked Emily. and 20 much .
part Of his business had she now BE-
come that Alden Messingw6li did not
consider whether his chief clerk was
overstepping the bounds Of hse position
or not. Only those two knew the real
situation Of the Messingwell mills.
"I'll 20 to Giles. He offered to put me
on my feet once before" Alden stood
with his hand on the doorknob.
.At ruinous interest. and he'd sell you
out to Mr.. Fearing without the slight-
est compunction." exclaimed Emily.
''I've got to do s0mething!' cried
Alden and left the once.
Half an hour later he came back.
white and shaking. He beckoned Miss
Carman into his once and closed the
door. "He turned me down-he turn.
ed me down, Miss Carman." be grltted
between his teeth. HE treated me ~
II I had been a begRar suing for aims.
and he talked loud enough to inform
his whole office force the nature of
my errand. That is the man my father
set up in business-who might have
been drawing kerosene in 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 notice that owing
to business troubles must dispense
with the entire sflice help from tomor-
row night. Bring It here and I'll sign
It and put 1t up In the main ofi1ce. !
shall be glad II you will stay with me
until matters are closed mp. II You will
do 70"
Certainly" said Miss Carman and
left the room to do his bidding. As
she closed the door she heard Messing
well telephoning to his lawyer.
II was an eventful day in the MILL
of,ces. The startling notice of dis
missal agitated the half dozen men
and women at the various desks. and
there was little work done that after-
noon. Emily Carman made up the
weekly pay roll and discovered that It
amounted to exactly &s5 more than
the balance in the bank. That was
paltry $500 and ought not to be touch
ed II they were going into the hands
of q receiver.
But 1t didn't 60 into the hands Of
receiver. for somehow Messingwell's
lawyer got an extension Of time from
In Hh~ s,nAavvuIatIn ynt ~,
touch with an oficial Of the trust and
offered the Messingweil mills and en-
viable site for sale. and the trust ac-
cepted the offer and paid sum suf-
ncient to clear the good name Of the
old company and leave the erstwhlle
doctor q little balance to start him
once more In his profession. As for
Rudolph Fearing, It was the worst
turn of business he ever attempted.
for III courss Of fine the trust forced
him - the wai,, ard BE- had 10 ssil out
or 20 under, - b. sold out and bs-
came manager In what had formerly
been his own business.
The last day Of once work came for
Emily Carman when the affairs Of
Messingwell & Co. were finally wound
up She had accepted q position with
the trust when the mills should start
up again. hut she looked very down
hearted AZ she closed the desk where
she had sat 20 long with Alden Mes
slngwell's responsibilities heavy on
her young shoulders.
As she leaned weakly against her
desk his deep voice suddenly pro-
nounced her name. and she looked up
to see him standing In the doorway
looking down at her with = queer ex-
preston in his grey eyes.
"Aliss Carman. to bark back to tho
day when we dismissed the clerks.
will you please explain how you man
aged to pay them Oh with sum az
sresntlng 800 when you didn't have a
penny In the cash drawer and the bank
account was tied up!'
She steadied her voice with diHicul-
ty. "Why-why. DR.. Messinswell"
giving him the title that was his once
more, II knew 1t was only q tempo
rary embarrassment. and $3.50 hap
pened to have Rome money saved and
I was glad to do It," she ended breath
lessly.
II know you were glad to do 1t. Miss
Carman. You've been the pluckiest
little partner that man ever had!
I've been going over things and ind
that you haven't drawn half Of the
salary coming to You. besides advanc-
ing 500 that last day. You've borne
my responsibilities and-and"- He
could not control his voice and It
broke strangely.
please don't say any moro. have
not missed the money, and some day
when things 60 better you can pay It
back. Now l must CO." She held out
her hand. ~ 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.