Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-01-30

motors in which he had no interest
whatever 50 that he could get her TO
Me them, and he sent 10 their own
eataioguing department for dupli-
cate ME Of catalogues. mixed them all
up and kept her busy a day making
a card index for them.
She was not amazingly swift. hut
she seemed 10 possess initiative
enough TO go ahead with her work
without asking any questions. She
really did say almost nothing. only &C.
caslonally Higgins would see that
look Of wonder come into her deep
gray eyes as she glanced about his Of
nee with the look she had given the
day she first came, as il searching in
vain for something she did not find.
BY the time the filing cabinet had
come Daphne had been there ten days,
and Stanley Higgins had missed as
many good nights sleep. The question
had presented itself to him almost
from the first. She was the most
beautiful and most lovely woman he
had ever seem there was no question
about that
The question was, having found such
a creature, was there anything To do
about it but what men naturally did
under the circumstances, make an eff
fort to marry her? BY the tenth day
he had decided that there was but one
answer to the question. If she re-
fused, then she would have to leave
his employ. He calmly made up his
mind TO ask her bluntly whether she |
would have him. He was far too busy |
to go about it with the usual dallying |
and too smitten to brook further de- |
lay.
He arrived earlier than usual the .
morning of the day when he planned |
to make his plea, and. as If to steady
himself against the ordeal, he took the
picture from the desk where he had
put ii the first day. Attached to 1t
was the recommendation that had
come from Miss Wiggin which he had
never read before.
He glanced at it, first casually. then
the paper, read with bated
breath the slip which, with printed
blanks filed in, ran something like
this:
Height, Sc, coloring, natural
blonde, dark gray eyes; size foot, 8,
but shapely; gloves, 615, but slender;
waist &c; bust, full, So; arms, slight
y short. Willing to pose for clOaks?
Yes. Furs? Yes. Hats? Yes. Lin
yerie and corsets? Definitely not
ant be persuaded. Reason for leav-
ng last place-not good mixer;
wants place where doesn't have to ,
meet buyers socially"
So preoccupied was Stanley Higgins
With the perusal of this sheet that he
lid not recall that the original of the
rief description was standing before
i'm. ,.
II hoped you would never read that"
he said. II realized after the first
ay that mistake had been made,
nd l went to Miss Wiggin. I found 7
here that they had sent me to the n
'rong place by mistake. You wanted .
filing clerk, didn't you? And was .
model. l3 y
II did know / could make money II
ny 9TH way. But I like this so :
Iuch better-I didn't want you to U
now. You see, when we go to get IL
aces as models, they are only for a III
tile while. The season is Shorthand "
e take our photographs and descrip-
ons like that Then if it looks like
hat the concerns want they take time
talk to US. Otherwise they send us
/. / hope it won't make a differ
lcp-"
Higgins had not expected to lead
, TO his proposal so early in the
Drning. He had planned to wait till
ternoon, but this seemed his best
e. Il can't let you be filing clerk"
blurted out, when l want you to
my wife," He seized the dazzling
ana creature in his arms. Daphne,
], l am distracted about you" he an
i'd, and as the "six-and-a-half hand"
IMPLIED in his he knew that his suit ~