Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-10-21

attempts to mas
ter her new ma
chine that Peter came to realize that
he was entirely lacking in artistic
sense.
He was going to business as usual
on a bright October morning when a
bit of paper caught his eye. With his
habitual interest in things that did not
in the least concern him he picked the
crumpled paper up on the end of his
walking stick. 1t was a sheet Of copy
paper which had been used by a per-
son evidently learning to use a type
writer.
Il do WISH" he read, that the young
man in the gray suit would select a
new tie and have his clothes pressed
more often. He wouldn't be at all
bad looking if he possessed an atom
of taste in his dress-but alas. he
wears a green and brown tie, soft
blue hat and red socks. He would
look stunning in brown, with a small
dull gold tie" Peter laughed aloud
and fell to wondering who had
watched him passing and with an eye
so critical
Peter fell to wondering whether the
name, Edna Glover, so often repeated,
was the typist's name or merely fic-
titious one. In the evening before ne
LETT the Office Peter had decided to
send a card to Edna Glover in the hope
that the name was real one.
The card he sent reached Edna
when she was having her early morn
ing cup of tea. Martha, her faithful
maid brought it to her.
Il have ordered a brown suit and
purchased a dull gold tie In the
course Of day or two you will see
me wearing them. Hope they please
you. P D." Edna arched her fine
brows in thought, then smile leapt
into her ewes. oh" she gasped, my
papers must have blown about and
he has picked one up. Isn't that
dreadful"
The typewriting was progressing
nicely and Edna could do an entire
page without more than a half dozen
mistakes before she had the pleasure
of seeing, from behind her rose cur
tanned windows, the brown suit Edna
gasped at the wonderful change it
made in Peter. He certainly was good
to look at and her eyes followed him
until he had turned the corner to en-
ter the subway.
Peter was really proud of himself.
He wondered why he had never worn
brown before and thanked Edna in
another card.
Call me up at 40 Broda,' he
wrote Il want to know if / have Sc
lected the right color. My name is
Dean-Peter Dean"
Edna drew a sharp breath, half OF
anger and half of excitement when
she read that card. She decided first
to ignore the request, but during the
afternoon her sense Of the romantic
and perhaps a desire to write a story
around Peter prompted her to call up
the number.
This is perfectly scandalous," she
told him when his most pleasing voice
answered her on the telephone.
There is no possible scandal in it"
Peters calm voice informed her. Il
am single man without any strings
and take il that you are in a like po-
sition. Yes?" His voice had a ring
of laughter in it. "You are a fright
fully bad typist," he added.
Il have improved wonderfully late
ly," said Edna, with an echo of his
laughter.
What do you look like?" asked
Peter
After a prolonged conversation
Edna hung up the receiver and Peter
called up Calvin Asten.
Il say, what do you know about
Edna Glover?" he asked the astonished
Asten.
Peach" came back the prompt re-
ply. "Have proposed to her a dozen
times and intend to again tonight"
mo you don't" said Peter. I'll tell
you why later"