The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-24
He DAILY
HORT STORY
ia Jinilni1na's Place.
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fBy JANE osHoRN.)
9D9TtiGht, 1918, by the McClus
Newspaper syndicate.)
HVs1HNNEVER the wives OF any OF
N3 tho men who worked in the Of.
kica CT Burt Z Co, asked their
l,iistands ia match q sample OF rib
bon % take advantage Of well adj
verified bargain ssale-in short, to
BY anything from q nutmeg crater
IL IN opera coat--it was Sally Ben.
ham who did the actual buying.
ENmetimes the wives knew about Sal.
~. ana scme Of the husbands prefer.
& led to take the cerdit for her wise
pIirchases. So even II Sally had not
hetn9a good stenograoher she would
have been indispensable. just because
he was such good shopper -but Sal
was; as q matter Of fact, a very
e0od stenographer.
Aside from that she had no very
great distinction, save q pair OF round
blue eyes, complexion that owed
none Of its brilliance to- the arts Of
the dressing table and an amlableness
Of disposition that had won for her
among her employers the reputation
Of being mice little girl"
For over Q year she had been max
l4e herself useful to the husbands Of
her concern .as proxy In their work
Sd doing their. wives shopping. In
fact she had selected all Of Mrs.
Smiths mats for q year, and spent
moro time In selecting Mrs. Jones
dress accessories than she did her
own. So Sally became rather better
known to the married men Of the Of
flee than the other girls, because one
BY one they came TO depend on her
for this work Of making purchases.
But Newton Holt was not married.
There was no Mrs. Holt for Sally to
make purchases for, and Sally was
not the stenographer assigned to New
ton Holt, so except that, though he
rather passively registered men.
tally that she was q mice little
GIRL he had no welldeflned opinion
regarding Sally.
Then came Christmas, a day
fraught with the unexpected for New
ton, and after that the look Of dis
traction and Of worry that was gradu.
ally wearing the lines in his forehead
deeper and deeper.
II wonder whether you would do a
little shopping for me-" Newton ven
eufed one morning in mid january and
those were the first words aside from
q pertunctcry good morning or
good evening" that had ever passed
between them. Sally assured Newton
That she could. and his first commie-
sion was q package of the "best five
o'clock tea waters that can be
bought p-perhaps an odd order from
. bachelor, but Sally would not have
given the matter a second thought
htd II not been for Mr.. Holt's rather
embarrassed expression at the time.
Then camc an order for pound Of
:spdied yiolets Even more embarrass.
I'D than before did Mr.. Holt seem at
his and as Sally left his office after
She had handed him the rather costly
sweetmeat she distinctly heard him
say to Mr.. Smith with whom Mr..
5olt, shared his office:
Jemima will eat no other sort OF
sweets. She sulked for an hour Sun.
lay hecause ! got her rock candy"
Saily's first thought was not one OF
surprise ct the tactlessness Of any
nan who would attempt to please q
soung woman with rock candy
;hcuEh this did occur to her, too. But,
wen to her own surprise her first i'm
preston was one of real hatred for
his person Jemima-Jemima who
must haze candied violets. No doubt
twas she, too, who insisted on the
tea waters, and perhaps 1t was be.
cause Of her capriciousness that Mr..
Holt wore the look Of anxiety that was
daily engraving deeper burrows on
his brow.
Then came the request extraordin.
lTys Mr. Holt asked Sally to select
little uptown apartment for him. He
Mated quite distinctly that It must
have snnshtny rooms. that It must
he warm. He also asked Sally TO
BRING him . copy Of the lease that
re would be required to sign so that
he might see what restrictions there
! would be.
Dyentually Sally found the apart.
E qsnt thut satisfied her, and IN max
ng the wise choice that she did she
employed the same method that she
Aad IN al her previous shopping. It
vas y short, the secret Of Sally's
iiiQpatng success.
Wien edo bought q hat for Mrs.
Smith she fancied herself that fat,
empous lady, fancied herself the at
t9quent OF many bridge parties and
sAe president OF woman's club or
NQs and when, she had fully put her
reg In her place then she felt CAPABLE
buying hat that would be 40
much n Mrs.. Smiths taste as though
ne had bought It herself.
80 when she went to select the ne.
yecote- for what eles but 4 dove,
could II bb?-she tried e
Put herself n the place OF the one for
Rhpm Nj. Holt was making ali these
INSPIRATIONS,
Al phe imew OF her was that
ne wAs named Jemima, that she de.
lested rock candy ana liked candied
taqlets, ana tee waters. ana She loved
.nnq hine and that she must have ied
4f HeH merry chase to have bro.
1sce4 the look Of anxiety that stiIi
epkLAHed his brow.
nat wasn't much, but with an In.
Ton Ike Hally's the work Of "a.
( cq4efy1ctihe flesh and blood venn,