The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-15
HELP FROM 4 FRIEND
BY JANE HALL.


little stenographer. belligerently, "Ill
never let friend 40 anything for mo
againi"
What" cried the bookkeeper.
Surely my many Invaluable services
are not to be refused hencefortb!'
These people who have no regard
for the rights OF others ought to be
| just good and squelchedl" declared the
little stenograhper, ignoring his words.
"They make me weary! They think
your time isn't TO be considered, but
their time is invaluable" She glow
cred out the window.
Mercy exclaimed the bookkeepeT.
Then, shaking his head with deep con-
cern, he arose and stood in front Of
her, intercepting her view. Don't look
like that" he pleaded. Some one
passing will see you That would ruin
the reputation OF the Office. They'll
think we're mean to you here"
The little stenographer sighed. The
bookkeeper's remarks we're In vain II
he expected to provoke a retort
What's the matter, anyway" he In
|
quired.
why, | wanted to get coat" re-
lated the little stenographer, bitterly.
81 invited friend to luncheon with
me, so she'd come and help me choose
| the coat. Now | wish hadn't"
Go on; | am strong and can bear
II" said the bookkeeper
1 l. L. 80, m Mt a n "A
WAS just as nice to her as ! could be.
| thought from the way she talked
| that she'd be the best sort of person
10 help me choose the coat. We start
ed out all right, and we're soon seated
in chairs, with a saleswoman to show
us coats
"She brought one or two and ] tried
them on, but they we're quite impossi'
BILE. couldn't take them. Then the
woman brought one that looked like
Queen Victorias gardening frock-l
saw a picture Of II once-and gasped
with horror when she even suggested
that try 1t on. Why, wouldn't be
seen in it, My friend said It was
, charming and that | should try 1t on,
anyway. could see plainly that II
was anything but becoming to me. The
collar drooYed over the shoulder, and
while It was artistically sloppy II
didn't possess the style that makes II
! possible to wear those things.
well, between them they made me
| try that thing on, and then they sim
! ply insisted that should keep 1t! Try
| as would couldn't get it on First
the saleswoman would tell me how
wonderfully lovely / looked In II, and
what Joy II was to see the coat on
some one who fitted into it. Then my
friend would take up the strain and
then they'd declaim In chorus, until in
sheer desperation | said that Id keep
1t.
III IL was so beautiful and | was
simply made for 1t felt that perhaps
for once / had a chance to stun the
natives I reasoned that perhaps the
trouble with me heretofore had been
that | had never before been thrust
into a coat that was created for my
style of beauty ! thought that per.
haps I should now be popular and
much sought after"
1 THAT doesn't sound so sad" re
marked the bookkeeper.
Huh. But wait till tell you," re
torted the little stenographer. There
we had only an hour at noon. and
luncheon took good part Of 1t.
suppose we wasted ten minutes on my
coat; then my friend said she guessed
since we were looking at coats shed
try on a few. Well, she tried them or
and tried them on until we had q reg
ular wholesale house spread ou
around us. Then I expostulat I'd, fol
It was getting time for me to oe here
in the office But she looked at me as
II to say that she'd helped me pick Out
a coat. and now | was a queer sort il
I'd run away and leave her!
Finally the saleswoman brought
out coat that made me jump. 1t was
Just the very thing I'd been looking
for My friend sprung up in front o
me
That's the coat ] want she said
smoothly and smilingly. Just as though
she was not depriving me of my rights
--and she tried it on. or course. she
kept it--knowing was just aching fol
1t. That was just like her!
"But what makes me mad is that
bought her a good luncheon so that
could have the pleasure OF getting hel
to force an old dressing sack of coal
on me- And to think that the houi
Id been planning TO use in selecting q
coat was spent wholly in digging oui
my ideal garment for her to wear al
summer! 1t makes me furious!"
well, don't see that can do any
thing about ii, said the bookkeeper.