Evening star., 1917-04-01

ally made q mess OF q carbon copy.
Kerns suavely told her one day that
perhaps the soft coal used 50 extern
sively in Chicago was responsible, bur
would she-could she-Wipe some of
the sfnudge OFF? And he mockingIv
held out a very. smudged. yellow copy.
She took il haughuly and recopied il.
handing it back to him with a distinct
chilliness of manner which goaded him
into informing her that while "arbi-
, trarily" could be pronounced we'll
enough with two Is, II was customary
TO write it with one.
Il will change it," coIdIy reaching
for the sheet. Then she looked at him
coldly, and consulted = pocket diction-
AIRY before she made the erasure, i'm
plying obviously that she could not
take his word on the matter.
Kerns raved TO Bilkins the book
keeper. Never III All my life did l see
such cocksure composure. And YOU
don't have 70 watch her fifteen min
utes I" guess that this Is her first
position
She gives me q PAIN said Bilkins,
with a short, resentful laugh Ger
tainiy it's her first job-and then she
tries TO make folks think that she Just
stepped out of L private secretary
seat
Bilkins did not take trouleb to talk
low. II was possible that Miss Bailey
heard kerns had an idea that one
prim. composed cheek bent over the
machine at the END OF the room flushed
a little. lie was not ordinarily an ill
natured man. but b. rather hoped that
she heard. Bilkius chuckled the next
morning that she must have done so.
for in the rain the night before She
had haughtliy refused To walk under
his umbrella TO the t. station. but
had stubbornly allowed her new hat
10 be drencheu.
'Ive an idea she's Il spoiled girl at
home, said herns. Il bet her mother
has made her think she's the sluaI-test
he Il sY,ff
He had Drim girl cousin OF the type
+. he described and h6 thoroughly dis
liked her.
SO he tossed back every letter that
the girl typed for him and called her
attention to every mistake SO did th,.
others. except Eairley. FARLEY "a u
rule said little 70 his typists. for once
one had peruy thrown the page in his
face and told him II ne wanted expert
work he would have 10 pay Tor IT, ana
then had walked out leaving Iira to
telephone franticaliy 10 an employment
agency IN order 10 get cut that day 5
letters
Kerns got SO he enjoyed watching
The Steeiy, rssentful gIcan come iuIu
Miss Bailey's eyes as She silently took
tbe page and rewIOte ii. So ala the
others Anu lie saw with malicious
pleasure thar under her prim compo-
sure she was becoming much diacoul-
posed; her lips Were compressed and
she fTowned good deal No one.
though, offered 20 assist her after those
curly ECDuI-s II OIII LGG. ne whole
force hopee that she would make as
many Inistakes as possible. She seemed
to sense the attitude of The office for
her Good mornings and Good even
5nEs" We're Jas snippy and snappy and
Scy as it is possible for Il girl to make
those daily SatlutatlOus.
KeTnS Srinned surFeptitiousiy at
every one that came his way In fact
he made it u point every morning to
gay Good morning to her, merely be-
cause he enjoyed her cold rejoinder
+ He knew that She knew the spirit
which moved him To such apparent cor
Sjality. And he was rather disap-
pointed when two days passed and his
letters were all spelled correctly, so
that he really could find no fault with
them. He caught the satisfied look in
Hiss Baiieys pr1m eyes and resented
the fact that she had scored But the
next day he found II possible to flip
back six. She took them coldly, re-
typed them. tipped them back primly.
Then for three days Kerns was away
from the Office, busy showing around
prospective buyers that Farley had nc
time for. When he got back he sensed
q certain change in the Offices attitude
1t was triumphant. instead OF annoyed
toward the girl. Biikins told him that
t'Airley gave her the most glorious
calling down because she was bum
.ypist. and she mad listened silently.
Elerns .oelxed at ner. Size was just the
<au1es tS91nE 5paxlsys Erin. composed,