Evening star., 1915-06-27


foreman did not rise from his seat. He
received her merely as the forewoman,
not at all as the girl to whom he had been
on the point of proposing marriage the
day before. He gave close but colorlcss
attention to her ostensibe Grand His
whole interest seemed concentrated on
the defective coils. Joe's manner told
Jeanette that thereafter she should be
treated solely as an nter-meshing cog in
the factory machine of which he too
formed part
"AIuch obliged, Jane, he remarked in
even tones. Let me know if you get any
more like these. I'll lay off that stupid
Kelly girl if she keeps on turning out such
bum work. HE rose from his chair
nodded in parting, and walked away to
rcprimand the careless assembler.
On her way back to her own desk
Jeanette held her head rather higher than
usual, while she told herself that she did
not care a snap of her fingers for Joe Stckc-
tee, and that she was glad to be rid
of the annoyance of his persistent love-
making.
AS she approached the inspection de-
partment her assistant, Lizzie. wriggled
from the factory telephone.
"Alr. Barker Just phoned up that he's
sending Joe an order to wind six of
each kind of standard coils, SAID Lizzie.
"He wants EN- tested soon's they come
over here from the asscmblcrs. He said
you was to do it yourself, like YOU did
on that New York Office order "A couple
of weeks ago. NIcBundy's coming TO the
factory to-day, and he's got to have
NIL, t.> t,l, hnx,l ff,
New York.
al knew about it. the forcwoman re-
piled, with the indulgent air of one who
has advance information concerning all
important business matters
TEANNETTE smiled and hummed to
herself when she sat down at her desk.
She unlocked a certain drawer and scanned
McBundy's letter once more. Then her
vision began to weave dreams. Her mind
held no trace of the resentment She had
felt toward the foreman. In fact. Miss
Jeanette Diekema had entirely forgotten
workaday Joe Stckctcc
During the next three hours of that
morning she gave only moiety Of her
attention to her duties. Half the time
her bright glances were lcaping to the
elevator or to the stairway doors. Her
expectations were not realized until after
eleven O'clock then the president stepped
from the elevator with tall. distinguished
looking man. jeanette instantly recog-
nzed McBundy.
She was sitting before her desk. She
turned her profile toward the center
aisle for the side view of her face was the
prettiest.
A minutc-two minutes-thrce jean
nette held her pose rgidly. No one APP
preached from the front end of the room.
She pccpcd sidewisc under her lowered
eyeids. What she glimpscd through her
lasheS made her lift her head. With ap-
parent rasuancss she looked in the di-
recton of the assembling department.
McBundy stood at Stckctccs railing
with Barker. The president was talking
animatedly to the foreman. Jeanette
smiled her comprehension of the situation
Of course Barker had taken his visitor first
to the department nearer the elevator
While Jeanette watched covcrtly. the
Eastern manager turned with bored air
from the two other men. His eyes wan
dered about searchingly. Manifestly he
sought some particular face.
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