Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-06-18
BY JANE HALL.

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little stenographer, belligerently, III
never let friend do anything for me
again!"
What" cried the bookkeeper,
Surely my many invaluable services
are not to be refused henceforth!"
These people who have no regard
for the rights Of others ought to be
just good and squelched." declared the
little stenograhper, ignoring his words.
1.-THE. 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 bookkeeper
Then, shaking his head with deep con.
Germ, 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 stenograp her sighed. The
bookkeeper's remarks were In vain II
he expected to provoke a ratort.
w HAT y TIE llldllel, any way lac Az
quired.
why, wanted to get a coat" re-
lated the little stenographer, bitterly
II invited a 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
It," said the bookkeeper
Il took her to good restaurant and
was just as nice to her as ] could be
| thought from the way she talked
that she'd be the best sort Of person
to help me choose the coat. We start
ed out all right, and were soon seated
I'm chairs, with a saleswoman to show
us coats.
She brought one or two and ! tried
them on, but they were quite impossl
BILE couldn't take them. Then the
woman brought one that looked like
Queen Nctoria's gardening frock-l
saw picture Of 1t once-and gasped
with horror when she even suggested
that l try 1t on. Why, wouldn't be
seen in it. My friend said 1t was
charming and that should try 1t on.
anyway. l could see plainly that II
was anything but becoming to me. The
collar dropped over the shoulder, and
while It was artistically sloppy 1t
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 insistea that should keep It. Try
as would. couldn't get it off! First
the salcswoman would tell me how
wonderfully lovely | looked in 1t. and
what a joy it was to see the coat on
soMr dne who fitted into it, Then my
friend would tag UP the strain and
then they deClaim in chorus until in
sheer desperat ION | said that Id keep
II
III II was ST. beautiful and ! was
simply made for 1t | felt that perhaps
for once ! had chance to stun the
natives | reasoned that perhaps the
trouble with mo heretofore had been
that / had never before been thrust
into Goa that was created for my
style of beauty. thought that per
haps | should now be popular and
much sought after
Thai doesn't sound so sad re-
marked tie uoUAAceper
Huh But wait till ten YOU" re
torted the little stenographer There
we had Only an hour at noon, and
luncheon took Kooa part OF II. !
suppose we wasted ten minutes en my
coat; then my friend said she guessed
since we were looking at coats she'd
try on few. Well. she tried them on
anu tried them on, until we had reg
ular wholesale house spread Out
around us Then | expestuiated for
1t was getting time for me to be here
in the office But she looked at me as
Jf 20 say that she'd helped me pick out
a coat, and no" was queer sort II
Id run away ana leave mes!
Finally the saleswoman brolghl
out coat that made me jump. II was
just the very thing ID been looking
for, My friend sprung up IN fropt q
me.
"'That's the coat | want she said
smoothly and smilingly, just AZ though
she was not depriving me of my rights
and she tried it on. OF course, she
kept it hpu~inl ! was Just aching for
1t, That was just like neg
But what makes me mad is that J
bought her a good luncheon so that !
could maze tue pleasure of getting her
to force an old dressing sack " a rtnt
on me! And to think that the hour
Id been planning 10 use in selecting q
coat was spent wholly IN digging QBt
my ideal garment for her to wear all
summer, 1t makes me furious
"WeH, J don't see that can do any
thing about it, said tbs j,ooSts e.ener'