Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-01
The Evening Story
WORK THE MAGICIAN.

.rwait till tomorrow. Mutabilis FEM
ina Won know Morton" he said.
Mutabile femina! Fanny had nad
lust enough Latin at boarding school
to know what that meant n sns
bit her lip. She would snow uea
father that she did not merit ins
term. Subconsciously h was gay
Mr.. Morton had not laughed. y hoan
had laughed she would oeen
obliged from the very nature OF
things to hate him forever.
Midway of that afternoon she ee-
gan to realize that there was more
business than fun in standing az a
counter-serious business. too. Her
feet ached. She was tired. True, she
had often been tired by walking or
dancing. but in a quite different way.
She began to think of tomorrow WIN
alarm.
At 4 o'clock Helen Price found
her. Helen Price was her deares!
friend. II heard you were here n
1 couldn't believe it, Fam she saia;
II had to come and see for myself
"Do you believe what you see?" de-
Handed Fanny.
II shall have to. But whatever
made you do it? How are you golng
to dance half the night after this
I'm not going to dance hall the
night. I'm going to do just as the
other salesgirls do-go nome, paine
eat my supper and go to bed early
so as to be fresh for my work tomor.
row. Can't ! show you the latest
mo, I've got to recover from this
first" gasped Helen. =,
Some time during the next day 1t
came to Fanny that her presence IN
her fathers store was drawing Gus
toners. People came by the tens to
the ribbon and neckwear counter to
see If she really was there. 1t spoke
well for her that she succeeded in
making most of them buy something.
Her feet ached horribly, but she was
acquiring poise. Across the aisle Miss
with less of amazement and more OF
respect. And her father had twice
complimented her on her grit.
eff this keeps on till Saturday I'll
have to see that you get a pay en-
velope," he said.
The tussle with Mrs. French had
not spoiled Fanny's sleep the night
before. 1t had been all the less VIC
lent because Fanny had had her
father to help her.
II don't blame the girl" he said.
II iiiuSt get IllSIiLy IiCHoIollouS "
live the way she always has. And
then" he hesitated a little-"it's
pretty expensive for me. And ! can't
stand expense as well as I could once,
There's too much competition"
1t was the first time he had ever
mentioned his affairs in Fanny's
hearing. She felt surprised at what
that one little speech revealed. Never
before had it occurred to her that her
father felt her ex~travagances. The
store had always been there, and she
had always run to it for anything she
wanted. She had thought Of it as q
kind of never failing fairy godmother
For the first time she was beginning
to perceive the effort of mind and
muscle behind all that magical dis
play dear to a woman's heart. Her
eyes were opening.
Saturday night she filed in with the
rest before Charlie Morton's window
and received her pay envelope.
"Geipg to try and get another next
Saturday." he asked.
"I am" she replied.
His deep eyes flashed admiration
into hers. "Good for you'll" he said.
Fanny got away by herself to look
into her pay envelope. 1t contained 81
the value of her three days work
Afterward, as she was walking home