Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-06

my stenographet, and you'll hear mt
play up this sucker Tor all he's worth.
lie touched a bell and a young
Woman entered She WAS a delicate
Elrl. thin. pAlld. and seemingly over
worked, but her cdmco-hkc features
and the h>Sumc case OF her move
rHcnts showed that under other con
ditionS she might be regarded as re,
markably good looking She coughed
as the sitting. smokc-Iaden atmoS.
phcre OF the u'ilrc reached her lungs
At first NOT a man present paid the
slightest heed to her. \ couple OF
louugers whose feet were cooked on
the table did not consider ii necessary
to remove them. Hank ParkinS, how
ever, who was by way OF being a
lady-killer, rose with smile, offered
his chair, and cleared space on the
table for the girls notebook.
OF course, she had to be accom-
modated somewhere, so Parkins' &C
ton might have been merely one OF
eNpediency The girl, however, did
not meet his glance, but slipped quiet
ly into the chair.
Maloney noted both his partners
smirk and the girls aloofucss with ar
amused twinkle of his bullying blue
eyes He knew iull we'll that Parkin.
was discreet and might be trusted no
to interfere with one ot the firm
employees. At least, such had beer
his attitude hitherto. But Malones
missed nothing, and the slightest in.
cldent was registered for future guid.
ance.
He plunged at once into the bust.
ness in hand, and dictated the letter
which was to draw John Burton into
the net 1t was literally astounding
that such man could evolve the flow
of moral sentiments which now
tickled the ears OF his supporters
When the screed was finished, the
girl was asked to read it and her
clear, well-bred accents struck d
bizarre note in that leprous gathering
The fresh. pure voice actually lent
conviction to Maloney's sound.
ing periods.
"Thatll do the trick" shouted the
boss Shaping fat knee gleefully
of you go, now, boys, and make
the crowd wise to the new move. See
you blow in tomorrow about the
same time Call me a Dutchman i.
Mr.. Goody-Goody Burton isn't here
on the tick TO meet US"
Jane Carter had nearly finished
tipping the letter when the door OF the
outer office opened. and her brother
came in. She did not seem yer,
pleased to see him, which was not al
together surprising, because Jim Car.
ter, though resembling his sister il
some respects, was as dissolute look
ing as she was pretty In him a de
plorable weakness OF character hac
taken the place Of the girls charm
ing feminity.
tie began at once to whine a COM
plant that he could never get a jot
il deprived of little money for hi.
everyday expenses. At last, to &c
rid of him. Jane took her purse out O
drawer and handed over a couple o
dollar bills.
That's no use to me- he grumbled
~ can blow in a couple of bucks in Al
hour. treating fellows, 1t wont do m,
bit OF good
"None OF the men YOU treat are q
anv use to YOU. lin" came The "a,
protest
What do YOU know about il anv
how" he retorted
Not much perhaps but I r.s,,,
cannot spare YOU another cent 70,
have left me barely sufficient +, IA,
the weeks expenses"
lin shrugged his shoulders liz ;
cigarette, and, seeing that his sistc,
meant what she said, went ont Meth.
OF the two knew that Harkms ha,
stopped short when about to com,
in from the inner office He had hear
and was seemingly impressed by thr,