The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-03

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@As matter 81 seniority. Miss Dunsl
ton, You win be advanced to the posi-
tiOn Of CHIEF stenoiggra pher, at - ad-
vance Of ten dollars y month.
Mary Dunston looked pleased, but
acted confused and embarrassed. She
did not express herself and John Ross.
the Office manager, began to frown.
His face hardened, for he fancied that
Miss Dunstan was preparing 70 demur
over the c0mpensat lion allowed.
We consid der the Iaisesa substantial
one" be spoke. .s,t
oh, It isn't that. Il q more than
I expected, ana perhaps deserved. But
/ Il ! may speak 81 It. Nc. Ross, could
l-wouM You advance AIss Essen In
I my steady TX 85ls5#S "
Strict discipiinarian ana man q bus-
iness system, the chief clerk REGARDED
Mary % though she had taken leave
! q her wits. IN all his experience he
had never before faced such q circum-
stance. t4 ~ u s45 III " .3:s. s5.s
,'"n you win please listen to me"
vent on Mary. eagerly, Il have ! good
home and Miss Elson has none. She
Is next TO me In the line Of promotion
aAd, oh, ever 80 much more expert at
stenography work than myself. She Is,
4 poor friendless, she tells me. except,
for q crippled brother IN q hospital. = !;
H'm I" snorted Mr.. Ross, who did
not at all like Miss Elson. she has
played that for fair On your sympa-
TILES. has shei Well, % be It, if you
are inclined to be soft hearted, but /;
think In the end you will wish you had
looked after your own interests"
Miss Blanche Els0n. dark-eyed,
4 keen OF face and manner, selfish and
false to the core, gushed To- her sweet
souled. dear friend who sacrificed 90
much for her" but accepted the stu
alton. Mary went home with q happy
heart at the thought Of having helped
one more humble than herself to ad-
vancement and money reward. She
received grim, sarcastic glance from
the chief clerk whenever she met him
and others In the Office made under
toned remarks as to her being q sim
pleton. N + '.s. III; 4. 3.5s Il. IL e. II (. a.
One day while they were at luncheon
at restaurant, just as they arose
from q table, Blanche accosted a
young man passing them. Mary was
introduced to MI. Arthur Holmes. who,
spoke q few words to both as they.
went their way and then took a chair
at8the table they had just vacated. He
was a serious-faced but frank-eyed
young man, and did not seem at all
In harmony with the free, over-friend-
~ manner of Blanche; but Mary
seemed to have Z. decided interest for
him. sss NJ III
worked for NJ Holmsss once" e.
planned Blanche. ~ &.
Somehow the memory OF Mr.. Holmes
was q pleasant, one with Mary. She
had reached home and was. getting
ready for tea when there came q ring
at the door. Mary, quite Mustered,
faced Arthur Holmes, hat ii hand.
Pardon my unceremon ious call. he
said. "but after you left the restaurant
! found purse lying on q chair. Some
mbney and your card were inside and
y have taken the liberty Of returning
it.'''55s#ssF Y: d.
Mary had not missed the purse. She
\ thanked Mr.. Holmes and was not sOr-
~ to escape the loss Of several dol
lars. She asked him in and her moth
ter invited him to remain at their eve.
ming meal. Mr. Holmes fingered for
an hour after that and, with Mary'sl
consent, promised to call again the fol-
lowing Tuesday. N.Y. 81
"a change came over Mary Dunston5
after that. Blanche had offended most
Of the Office employees with her queen,
u airs, affecting the rightful domino
ton OF q superior. She rather Ignored
Mary and then, bit BY bit. the latter
began to discover the true character
Of the girl she had benefited
f""She has fooled you sadly and
meanly, Miss Dunsten,," a fellow EN-
ployee told Mary. She has no Grip,
pied brother, she spends more than
! half she earns at dances. cabarets and,
the like, and she sneers at you behind
your back as i silly fool whom she has
#duped. Z At 5essss
Mary was grieved and hurt, but
there was comp don FOR the base
betrayal. Arthur Holmes had become
! regular caller It the Dunston home
he was Mary's firyt steady caller and
! new life Of pleasant rational enjoy.
ment was begun ID his CHEEKY. courte-
4 GUS companiOnship.
'Oh, Miss Dunston." one day said
the same girl employee who had
spoken to her before Miss Elson has
been discharged for nonattention to