Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-26


the back. lost my temper today.
! Don't know when rye done such "A
! thing. | see now that ! should have
taken that solid month or last sum-
nor, when you wanted me to.
| 'But | really don't feel that ! can
take 1T now. ono reason Isl see
! I'VE got 10 face this--that when | do
stop II may take more than a month
to make ~" TT again. Another Is
that May Isbell, while she Is taking
hold better every day. isn't quite ready
set to carry responsibility. | don't
dare load 1t on her now--not with
the spring business just ready to
hit us.
so she and | VIII sail for home on
the 25th or Goth. / viii cable date
and steamer some days before this
reaches You. For She present she IL
down at Nice ana Monte Carlo study
ing the fashions. am pressing on
her the Importance of keeping close
to the real ccntcrs She viii come
zap Via Calais ana meet me in London.
We are not making Berlin this trip.
| sent you n letter last night report
ing on business matters.
The week ON the ocean viii tOne
me up we'll enough for The present.
And | promise YOU 10 let 20 the MN
ute the spring business begins to
slackcn.
And now regarding Stanley Aitche-
son. I'm sorry YOU had 10 know
about 1t lIut Of course. II ne broke
out IKE that to Mr. Martin, 1t had to
como up to you. You ask If hc has
made me any trouble Ncll--pp Not
what you would call trouble. III tell
You just what tnuk It H. He's
really BIT Of genius. You know
he can say In siN words what
sumner ana Deals man needs sixty
for. We've never mad au Advertising
man who was SO qm,k To- catch the
talking points Of the merchandise, "si-
pccially with these feminine things.
ur who could so consistently write
the stufl that pulls the crowd. | don't
know but what he Is entitled to "A little
burst of Temperament now ana then.
He Is young and imaginative. and this
intdtuatlOn seems to nav, mixed him
al' up for the tirlc.
II hoep YOU won't think it noccs-
say to do anything about it. Giyc
HIM a little time. I'm the meanwhile,
think | can handle IT,
"po you mind nay sending this h.
your club address instead Of The lf-
flee? II is rather personal.
Sincerely.
"ulLnA WILSON"
She read this letter over twice, very
SLOWLY. and knit her htows There
we're two or three things about il that
felt distinctly wrong; her Judgment
usually automatic IN all personal as in
business relationship, was unmistak-
ably shlky today.
She knew Joe IIcmstCad pretty
we'll, ANA she knew he would not like
the idea of her coming back and try
ing to work after her own admission
that she did not feel quite equal 10
it, No, he wouldn't like that. lie
would begin from that moment to
doubt If she was. after all. big enough
for her job. That was Just the point
with Joe IIcmstcad HIS confidence
II, YOU WAS "A Stimulus day IN and day
out; but You had to go risht on earn
ing that confidence, all the ,imc.
Then there was this disturbing af-
fair of Stanley Aitcheson She vas
inclined to think she was saying too
much about him. Besides, she was
not to any uncomfortable extent.
taking "A position in the matter before
considering all the facts-therc lay
Stanley'S letter At her elbow, un-
opened. She didn't want to open it.
She had thought 10 shake off her
curiouslY unscttllug mood by dash
ing away from NJ. Armandcvillc's Of
ice into the open air. But now that
mood was strengthening its grip IN
her. 1t was boComng real deprcs-
sion, sinking fccling-as II the bot
tom had all at once dropped out of
lltc. The absurdity of this sensation
was obvious. II was the particular
sort of weakness with which she mad
no patience. She set her will against
1t, but 1t grew, "A creeping paralysis
al the spirit she began to realize
that she definitely dreaded going back
aud plunging INTO the spring rush.
You had To drive SO. 1t took SO much
cut of you.
But then" she mrsed, "wc nave
to do good many things in this life
that we don't want to do"
After which she rested her cheek
on her hand ana gazed down, very
soherly. at the little pile of letter
|, is not SO easy to talk down ones
own misgivings.
Then she realized that some one
was speaking To her-the girl across
the table.
Il beg your pardon" said Miss Will
SON
The girls voice faltered shyly as she
repeated
How do YOU spell pastcurized
Miss Wilson started to reply hesi-
tated. ana laughed little, IF you
hadn't asked mo so quickly-it' 's-oh,
yes, of COURSE" Ana she spelled it
cut
The sirl wrote 1t down; then looked
mp aGatn. 81 never was any good at
spellng,' she Venturcd. Put could
always set datcs-in history. you
know. And ! was always over ninety
~ algebra and departments"
1T IS a special git. | think" re-
piled Miss Wilson. There are n good
many highly educated people who
can't SPELL
"Oh, is that SO" replied the girl.
appearing greatly relieved. Then. as
| II fearing that she had spoken too
loud, she bit her lip ana glanced TIM
idly about at the nearby tables.
For little time after that Miss
| Wilson watched her rs she went on
with her letter. ordinarily girls bored
Miss Wilson. There We're seventeen
! hundred of them Ia the store and they
were always getting either themselves
~ You into trouble. indeed one Of
her chief annuyauccS was that Mr.
Martin, whose task 1t was to employ
the help, was too easy with them
| And Joe li'mStead backed him UP in
| Il. Take the case of Annie Uaggarty,
for instance, A sensible woman could
see in \ moment that Annie was sim
| PLY bad. But any idle spec
ulutiou WAS "A rplipf nS Miss Wilson