The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
INITIATIVE
BY LOUISE PERKINS.
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For the first time since Lurine VIII
lams had left her home to make her
way in the business world, she was out
OF a job She looked at the matter
sensibly, too, remarkably Sensibly for
so young It girl, for in spite of the fact
that she had been a successful and
very businesslike stenographer TO an
important and well-known man for the
past five years, she was barely twenty
two. She had worked hard to com
plete her business course before the
small pttance she had saved was ex-
hausted. And it was by sheer perse-
verance and hard work that she had
gained and held her first position.
Now, lust MS she was becoming sure
of herself and her job, her employer
had sold out his business interests and
had gone West to avoid the breakdown
which his physician had said was in
evitable
For the past week Lurine had
searched the want lads" eagerly, but
in vain. Today there was one. Mr..
Hill, of Lorhg, Hin & Judson, was inI
need Of a private secretary. 1t was al
position that any stenographer in thcl
city would have been glad to accept
but Lurine knew only too well, as did
no doubt score OF other would.bel
secretaries, that being the best lawl
firm in the city it was the very HARDEST
to gain access to, and Mr.. HILL so ru-I
NOR said was Tie most exactmg Of theI
trio. But once a girl was admitted tol
those sacred precincts her success wasI
assured. Certainly 1t was worth try-l
ing, and Lurne was experienced FiyeI
years should count for something.
An hour later Lurlne arrived at thcI
Office, very nervous and somewhat
breathless, only TO be told by stony-I
faced middle-aged woman, evidently
one OF the clerks, that Alr. Hill wasl
busy and if she was an applicant thatI
he wasn't interviewing anyons under
twenty-five
A she was whirrcd down in the
swift elevator a glance into the merci-
less mirror showed her how hopeless
ly young and small she looked. How.
ever, the luxurious ana dlgnified at
mosphere OF the Office she had just left
made her dissatisfied with any other
possibilities, Besides" she told hty-
SELF as she walked back to her dingy,
little apartment in the cool spring air,
anything worth having is worth work
ing for
Early that afternoon Lurine again
visited the beautifully furnished office
that had become ideal with her. The
same clerk admitted her second time,
but surely she saw no resemblance in
the cool self-possessed little gray
haired woman to the extremely young
and very nervous girl she had so re-
Gently refused admittance to. This
time, TO LurineS surprise, she ushered
her into Mr. Hill's private sanctum.
Mr.. Iill's trained eye appraised her
swiftly and she felt from the first that
she was making a favorable impress
sion. He asked her few perfunctory
questions, dictated letter or two and
then informed her in his calm, even
voice, which she soon learned was ha-
bitual with him, that she would do.
Through the hot summer months
that followed the little gray-haired,
spectacled lady worked diligently in
Mr.. Hills employ, always carrying out
his wishes, often anticipating them.
Suddenly one day early in the fall
Mr.. Hill announced that he was to be
one of the participants in the Liberty
loan campaign, and that he would be
obliged 10 leave her in sole charge Of
his personal affairs during that time
1t was then that her characterised
honesty compelled her to tell him Of
her ruse and that he was leaving his
business in the hands Of n girl Of twen-
Iy-twO and not middle-aged woman.
There was a CLEAN Of amusement in
his eyes as he replied did you think !
90 shallow a Disguise as yours could
deceive as keen a lawyer as your en-
oloyer has the reputation OF being? | |
Snew it from the FIRST. Two Of your |
disappeared during your trial
lietation. It was your ingenuity and |
initiative that got you the position, my |
lear young lady, and it is the same
wo qualities that assure the safety OF /
ny business in your hands"
1t is well-known fact in the bust
less circles of that city that Mr.. Hills
is a treasure, but neverthe-
ess it is still something Of a mystery
o them that he ever came to intrust
lis affairs to so young a girl.