The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-07
CHAPTER III.
The New Mr.. Rawn.

II " as "uoiiJ inherent john hdWE II
who. at forty-eight. found himself
seated at the vast and shining desk
OF the president OF the International
Power Company. In the city q Chi
cago. The past was SO far behind
him that he could not with the utmost
striving reconstruct the picture OF II.
He was a wholly new distinct and diff
ferent man. He had not as yet ever
worked at a desk blessed with a row
OF push buttons. and was ignorant as
yet. and very naturally. in regard TO
the particular function OF each o:
these several buttons whose mother
Of pearl faces now confronted him
Resolving to take them seriatim. he
pushed the one farthest to the right
which. as 1t CHANGED. was the one ar
ranged to call to him his personal
stenographer.
The door opened silently. John
Rawn looked up and saw standing be
for him a young woman whom he had
never seen before. Il beg pardon
Madam" said he, half rising. 81
didn't know you were there. How did
is there anything | can do for you p
Il am the stenographer assigned
for your work Mr.. Rawn. until you
shall have concluded your own ar
rangements in the office" answered
the young woman.
She was almost tall, certainly and
wholly shapely: young. but fully and
adequately feminine: womanly indeed
IN every well curved line. Her hands
and feet, her arms-the latter now
disclosed by hal: sleeves-all were OF
good modelling Her hair. piled up In
| rather high Grecian coiffure and con,
! fined by a bandeau OF gold-brocaded
/ ribbon. was perhaps just In the least
startling
Virginia Delaware, Mr.. Rawns per
sonal stenographer. was born the
| daughter of St Louis baker. She
had. however, passed through that
epoch of her development and by
some means best known to herself
and her family. had attained a good
education. ended by three years in a
young ladies' finishing school in the
east
Il was just about to say" he went
on, that | intended to have the boy
get my car ready. Would you tell him
| TO have It at the door In fifteen min.
utes? Then come back There arr
one or two little letters"
A few moments later the young
woman WAS seated at small table
near the end OF the desk Without
any nervousness she awaited his pleas
ure.
Mr.. Rawn's long and shiny car was
waiting for him when he stepped with
stately dignity down the broad stair
of the National Union Club
/ Threading its path through the
crowded traffic OF the side streets the
car presently turned up the long
northbound artery OF the great west.
ern city Miles OF cars carried hun.
dreds OF men to miles Of mansions In
less than an hour. from town to home
John Rawn also pulled up at the en-.
trance to his home. Speed limits are
not for such as Mr. Rawn.
| This residence. yet another OF these
! pretentious mansions, top-heavy on
its inadequate delimitatiors, and done
/ by one OF the most Ingenious archi
! tects to be found for money. was as
new, as hideous, as barbarous as any
that could be found In all that Ions
assemblage Of varied proofs OF archi
tectural alterations. 1t was as new
as Mr. Rawn himself The brich
walks were hardly yet firmly settled
The shrubs were not yet sure of root
the crocus rows In the borders still
showed gaps. Large trees. transplant
ed hodily still were sick at heart IN
their new surroundings