The Meeker herald., 1914-01-17

II Sherwood will only rake In n few or
ders on this trip we may be able to
start up once more"
who are you going to borrow 1t
from?" asked Emily. and so much a
part of his business Ind she now be-
come that Alden Messlngwell did not
consider whether his chief clerk was
overstepping the bounds OF her position
or not. Only those two knew the real
situation of the MessinGwell mills.
I'll go 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 conjunction" exclaimed Emily.
1--WE got to do something" cried
Alden and left the Office.
Half an hour later he came back.
white and shaking. He beckoned Miss
Carman into his Office and closed the
door. He turned me down-he turn
ed me down. Miss Carman." he gritted
between his teeth. HE treated me as
II l had been beggar 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 If 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 office help from tomor-
row night. Bring it here and I'll sign
1t and put 1t up In the main office. l
shall be glad II you will stay with me
until matters are closed up. If you will
do So
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.
1t was an eventful day In the mill
offices. 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 1t
amounted to exactly $s5 more than
the balance in the bank. That was
paltry 5000 and ought not to be touch
ed II they were going into the hands
of a receiver.
But 1t didn't go into the hands of
receiver. for somehow Messingwell's
lawyer got an extension of time from
Fearing and In the meanwhile got In
touch with an official of the trust and
viable site for sale. and the trust &C.
copied the offer and paid sum suf-
ficient to clear the good name Of the
old company and leave the erstwhile
doctor little balance to start him
once more in his profession. As for
Rudolph Fearing. 1t was the worst
turn of business he ever attempted.
for in course of time the trust forced
him to the wall. and he had to sell out
or go under. 70 he sold out and be-
came manager in what had formerly
been his own business.
The last day of office work came for
Emily Carman when the affairs of
Messingwell & Co. were finally wound
up. She had accepted position with
the trust when the mills should start
up again. but she looked very down
hearted as she closed the desk where
she had sat so long with Alden Mes
singwell'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 a queer ex-
preston in his grey eyes.
Miss Carman, to bark back to the
day when we dismissed the clerks.
will you please explain how you man
aged to pay them of with sum ag-
gregatlng 500 when you didn't have a
penny In the cash drawer and the bank
account was tied up?"
She steadied her voice with difficult
ty. "Why-why. DIR. Messingwell'
giving him the title that was his once
more) II knew 1t was only tempo
rnry embarrassment. and $3.50 hap
pened to have some money saved and
! was glad to do It," she ended breath
lessly.
~ know you were glad to do 1t. Miss
Carman. You've been the pluckiest |
little partner that a man ever had!
I've been going over things and find
that you haven't drawn half of the
salary coming to you. besides advanc-
ing 800 that last day. You've borne
my responsibilities and-and'- He |
could not control his voice and 1t
broke strangely.
please don't say any more. have
not missed the money, and some day
when things go better you can pay 1t
back. Now must 60" She held out
her hand. II wish you much success.
Dr. MessingwelI. and
He held her hand tightly and looked
down hit her flushed face and sudden
" confused eyes Gone WAS the de.