Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-09-19
For Another S
Sake
BY GEORGE M COBB

"Asa matter or seniority, Miss Duns-
ton you viii be advanced to the posi-.
iion 0f chief stenogrnpher. Mt IN nd.
vance OF ten dollars n month";
Mary Duiiston looked pleased, hut
acted confused and embarrassed. She
did not express herself and I'hn Ross,
the oiice manager. began TO frown.
Ills face hardened. FOR he fonclcd that
Hiss Dunstnn was preparing to demur
over the compensation allowed.
I'VE consider the raise a substantial
one" lie spoke.
"Oh, II isn't TINT. II Is more than
/ expected. and perhaps deserved. But
" | may speak OF Il. Mr.. Ross, could
t-wouid you advance Miss Elson In
my siralY"
strict disclpllnarlnn and mnn Of hus.
mess system, the CHIEF clerk regarded
Mary MS though she had taken leave
Of her wlts. In all his experience he
had never before faced such II clrcum-
stance.
"If you VIII please listen 10 me-"
went on Mary, eagerly, 81 have n good
home ana Miss Elson has none. She
Is text to me In The line Of promotion
and, oh, eyer so much more expert at
sten0grnphy work than myself. She Is
poor, %fricndlcss, she tells me, except
for n crippled brother In n hospital"
"lIm!' snortcd Mr., Ross, who did
not ut all like Miss Elson. "She has
played that for fair IN your sympa-
thles, has she7 Wen, so be II, If you
are inclined to be soft-heurted. but I
think In the end you VIII wish you had
looked after your oWn interests
Miss Blanche Elson. dnrk-cycd,
keen of face and manner. selfish ana
false 10 the core, gusied 10 'her sweet
soulcd, dear friend who sacrificed SO
much for her" but accepted the stu
ntion. Mary went home with a hnppy
heart ut the thought Of having helped
one sinore humble lhmn herself t. nd
vnncement and money reward. She
received Il grim, sarcastic glance from
the chief clerk whenever she met him
mud others In The office made under.
toned remarks rs 10 her being Il sim
pletnn.
one day while they were NJ luncheon
at II restaurant. Just ns they arose
from n table, Blanche accosted n
young man ~ 9sing them. Mary was
Introduced to Mr.. Arthur Holmes, who
spoke n few words To both us they
went their way and then took a chair
at the tnhle they had Just vacated, lie
was a serious.fuced but fWnk-eycd
young man. ana did not seem at nll
In harmony with the free, over.friend.
~ manner Of Blanche: hut Mary
seemed TO have q decided interest for
him.
II worked for Mr.. Holmes once" cx.
: plJIncd blanche.
Somehow the memory of Mr.. Holmes
was II pleasant one with Mary. she
had reached home and was getting
rendy for tea when there came q ring
ut the door. Mary, quite Mustered.
faced Arthur Holmes. hat In hand.
Pardon my unceremonlous call" he
snid, "hut after YOU LETT the restaurant
| found n purse lying on II chair. Some
money ana your card were inside and
have taken tie liberty of returning
IT,"
Mary had not missed the purse. She
thanked Mr.. Holmes and was not s0r
~ 10 escape the loss of several dol
lars, She asked him IN ana her moth
or invited him 10 reimuin NJ their eve.
Ming meal. Mr., Holmes |llngere, for
an hour after that and. with Mury's
consent, promised to call again the fol-
lowing Tuesday.
A change came over Mary DunstOn
AFTER that. Blanche hud offended most
or tile Office employees with her queen.
~ airs, affecting The rightful domino
ton of a superior. She rather Ignored
Mary and then, biz by bit, the latter
hegnn 10 discover the true character
NJ the girl she had benefited.
"Shc lns fooled you sadly nnd
meunly, Miss Dunston.' u fellow en-
ployee told Mary. "She has no Clip
Piled brother, she spends moAa than
half she earns at dances, cuburets aud
the like, aud she sneors at you behind
your back as Il silly fool whom she has
dipped
Mary wis grieved and hurt. but
there WIS compensation for the hnse
betrayal. Arthur Holmes had heeome
q regular caller at the Dunston home.
lie was Mary's first steady caller and
a new life Of pleasant rational enjoy.
ment was begun IN his eheery, courte.