El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26
4 Romance OF Busy City Life
A GIRL AND A MAN
The Office Boy Puts Agnes in a Ouandarv
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WAFER.
Copyright 1916 star Company

( were both on her and the young man
Il made matters worse
Moreover Philip himself was evident
ly not prepared TO behave as he would
penaFe towards person whom ne had
never met until he saw her in his
fathers office. Already he had spoken
To Agnes with an impulSiVe cOrdialftv
because he resented her employers
rrusque manner of addressing her. tie
mad also shown by his expression of
rpuntenance that she was more TO him
than an ordinary stenographer.
He had even. when she was about 20
leave the office ar The end Of her first
day there. started from his chair as
u 20 speak 10 her She had seen this
from the corner Of her eve as she
passed his desk
Perhaps her bearing had warned him
that he must remain where he was:
perhaps Ne knew by her haste that his
company would be unwelcome This
KIND 90 thing could not go on. She ana
fmi must have talk and decide what
his future conduct was to be
II lhe lad had told his father before
hand that he knew Agnes il would not
have been so emharra ssing now Yet
the fact that he had not admitted thar
she was his friend, that she had not in
tmated TO her employer that she knee
his son. had put the young couple Z
an awkward prediCament
Were Philip to tell his father the
truth AZ this juncture the older mans
suspicious would Immediately be
aroused because Of his and the girls
silence at the time that she accepted
the position in Mr.. Hale's office.
His Point OF View.
Agnes brooded over the conditions all
Inc evening. She recalled with q
Whimsical smile the old lines:
W hat a tangled web We weave
~ hen first we practice to deceive"
ct Philip had not thought Of his
silence as deceit. but simply as dis
Sretlon- And when she discovered that
ne mad kept the truth from his father
there was nothing for her to do but
TO follow his lead.
Philips second day at the office was
not so Dad, for Mr.. Hale kept his son
on the street. attending TO various af-
fairs for him When. AT a little aft r
,. he and his father entered the or
flee together. Agnes looked up with !
bow and a Good morning" that in
Cluded both men.
The older OF the pair had handed the
younger some bills he wished collectei
and "a moment later the senior member
OF the firm and his secretary were
alone. Sc was out at luncheon when
Philip returned to the office and. if ne
came in late in the afternoon. il was
after she had departed for the dav.
Philip Hale himself was not pleased
with the state Of affairs Where WIS
the pleasure in being close TO the girl
speak with her. Yet for the first few
DAYS of his occupancy OF his new posi-
ton she persiStently avoided him. not
even glancing in his direction.
His mother had made several en-
for him. inviting friends %
her home and demanding his presence,
so that his evenings were not his own.
Therefore il was well or towards the
end of the week and he had had 40
chance for "A word alone with Agnes
Il was or Saturday noon that Il
reached "A sudden conclusion. He would
see Agnes the followin- evening unless
she had some other plan. There was
He must make an appointment with
her here and now. But when he paused
at the door Of his fathers office. -Ir
Hale looked mp with a slight frown of
annoyance. and a sharp-"What is it,"
Nothing. sir. if You are busy" Philip
FASTENED 10 reply
Cant you see I'm busy" Mr.. Hale
retorted. Don't wait for me if you're
IN hurry to 20 home
I'm i'm no hurry Phil assured him.
Excuse me for disturbing you
The office force left II noon during
the summer months Therefore unless
he scrubbed some message to Agnes
she would get away without his max
ing an engagement with her. For.
reckless as he was. he would not ven
cure TO 80 in and speak to her now in
the presence of his father. Well. he
must write her note. That was all
that he could do. He would tell Joe 10
take it in to her quietly.
Agnes was working industriously at
the letters that had been dictated 20
her this morning. II was time for h sr
TO be going home, but she had yolun-
teered to stay and finish The work Civ
en- her by Mr.. Hale. Her employer him.