Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-04-22

Now. what can do for you?'
She hesitated. as though she could
not quite make up her mind which of
"a hundred and sixteen things to ask
| for. and finally she picked out the one
hundred and seventeenth
Would you-wouldn't you order
some dover boxes to be put in. the
Office windows and let me plant some
| flowers in them?'
'Tonfound it all, 1 didn't want my
| offices turned into a florists shop. but
| I'd brought the thing on myself by
| accepting her miserable sweet peas and
| by asking TO do something for her like
Il dryeiing idiot, so had 10 coli.-rAi
and Go it with a good grace too. l,o"
! ever. that venture wasn't as had Ms Il
| might hdvp been. because r-e glt g..!,,s
areputation from those window boxes :"
| w ell. cd man. remaii;ed VI IN
| ris cn"or!r'ringl5'. lit is n nnisa,iea q
have woman messing around !; place
of business, but your Miss i;!llt. ii s,.,.. 4
seem To hive done very much d:,r
| NO" admitted Nlr. l,iei ~iiH
| u.
/ little, YOU haven't heard ail o! ii ~.
| That's small part of it.
There's tie time she .iHAsie
Brennan ljrennan's Il m;@'tty ,,:f
| chap and a good. solid. re!ill'a S,is /
Fellow. but he's also very grunsay
We'll one day she went II 70 IN
to HIM about some papers itils, M
| him sitting in his usual position N.,
his hat Oh the back of his head M J,
feet on his desk and starill- ~ -.
out of tile window. Miss Iis,s,. ipse j.
| explaining the points. but Prem
went right on looking out OH the>.',
and apparently not paying the sli@bieyf
attention to her She kept ii ~ =
ond or two and then she stopped -
| first Brennan didn't notice that she ~
stopped. but when it dawned on Alii
/ thar she WIS standing there loailt!. Ell
| him hard enough to bore hole III
back he Jumped around in his chair .....'
lightning. and to do that he had
remove his feet from the desk.
Nov that have your atteniiaH
said Miss Blake. i will ask yon 70 ~
move your nat Oh. my" cried n
Tyler. slapping his knee with size
enjoyment. I'D love to have &
Brennan's face. guess ne never HISS
been spoken to chat way before il'
/ ever he may have felt about il thN
he took his hat off and listent< VI
! she explained the BUSINESS ai os,e
/ again straight through to the 49,
end.
1T was just about this tine q
| Watkins took to staying ii the ~
| after j O'Clock thought there itt
be something up. becaaHe in
/ five years or more he has woglla
! me | have never before knows
/ do such d thing happeled 10
late myself one evening and
aim. and he looked as guilty as tna3
he had been getting into tie safe
Miss Blake was in het rnof
passing through asked her wh
kins was staying that ui.silt.
- couldn't say. Nj Tyler. s.lt
getting up material for q divorce
u was halfway home before il ri
ed on me what she meant EN-
body that knows Watkins knows
his old lady is as jealouS as you 8:
them and threatens him with Il
for divorce every tire he look
hosiery advertisement But. you Z
take my word for it. Miss Blake Wi
bothering about Watkins
I'VE had about six office boys
three months Mr. Tyler weni
she worked them too hard and
total disbeliever in dying Or 90
grandmothers which ilijared thei
sitive family pride il W;ss an aM
job picking out new ones. and G.
4 " tired of it and told Miss Blake q
if the present ore left Shea have
the selecting after that f4e leti
ueXt day.
Il made out an advertisement far
new one and gave il 70 Miss BGlke
take down to the sun office, nut
asked me 10 hold ii hack for a dnT f
two, as she mad some one IN view
Meanwhile things ut the Office w
SplllllS WORSE GIlQ NOiSe-=iot iil0 ILL.,
system. of course. That was Us ea
cruciatingly perfect as--weil, as Ms
Blake herself. But the men wereuH
dong a good days work in the who!t
course of week
They We're 50 occupied in carIyiu',
out Miss Blake's wishes that they haze
no time to give to my orders. Ever
Brennan used to jump around like al
office boy for her, and it is the solemn
truth that Watkins busted her desk FOL
her every day, while Peyton watered
the window boXes-those window
boxes, by the way, that she was going
to attend to entirely herself My
clients We're being neglected, the work
was falling behind, and everything
was IN a regular mess when she march
ed in with a girl office boy in tow!
THAT was Just little too much!'
exclaimed Mr.. Tyler,
Well, Welt" said Mr. Harris, almost
regretfully. so you fired her.