The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-25
THE CURE
BY ROSE NEWMAN.
Syndicate.)

keeper and her fingers began to work
on the typewriter keys with great dex-
terity. II guess young Mr. Wizards
temper is getting the best of him" she
said smiling.
miss FELTON,! :" came from the Office
Of Jack Willard in sharp, impatient
voice. Timidly the little dark-haired
private secretary stepped into the Of
fee, closing the door after her. Miss
FELTON,, it is very essential that these
letters be copied before you 20 home
today"
Fa1teringly Gladys took the great
batch of letters and went out OF the
Office. A sudden thought Of rebellion
swept over her. AS If she could finish
| those letters before FIVE o'clock It
meant that she would have to work
overtime, and oh how she had planned
so very much on going to the ball to-
night, that wonderful bah, which was
the talk Of the town And her mother,
too, would feel sorry after she had
worked 30 hard to finish her dress.
Some men were so selfish He might
have left few of the letters for to-
morrow. Well, it had to be done, 50
Gladys set about to accomplish the
task before her.
AS she worked she thought OF her
employer. He needed a good lesson.
He was selfish when there was much
work to be done. She would teach him
to consider other people besides him
self. The time few by as IL on wings.
Half-past four! The stenographer
closed up her machine with q bang.
Going to the ball, Gladysr she asked
as she passed her desk. Sorry you
won't be there, it's going to be some
affair" Gladys wished her pleasant
time and kept on working. The stenog-
rapher sauatered out Of the Office,
throwing up her hands In relief at
the door of the private office where
her employer was apparently stfl mt
work.
half past five, 6, $50 and 7
o'clock passed and Gladys still worked.
Suddenly smile overspread her coun-
tenance. She had an idea. She
would teach Mr. willard q lesson.
About ten letters were still left to be
finished. When she had finished the
last letter it was eight o'clock.
Suddenly she uttered a moan and
fell back In her chair. In a moment
the bookkeeper and Mr.. Willard were
at her side Mr.. Willard dismissed the
bookkeeper with a curt: ''Pll take
care of her." After the bookkeeper
/ Derby: poor little girl" and "Oh,
what brute am" He raised cup
of water to her lips and her eyelids
huttered open. Weakly she said: 81
am feeling better now" In answer TO
his anxious query. She made no pro-
test when he telephoned for a taxi
cab and offered to escort her home.
Twenty minutes later the taxi ar
rived and he almost carried her into
the car. She murmured something
about the letters and he ungraciously
replied: "Hang the letters. They'll
be attended to later"
In the cab Gladys found her en-
ployer so considerate and tender that
she wondered how she had ever
thought him otherwise. He cOntiDu-
ally asked her If she was comfortable,
etc. Gladys was almost glad that
she had not gone TO the ball She
ing successfully.
When they arrived at her home he
offered to assist her into the house,
but Gladys protested, so he contented
himself in giving her advice such as
TO be sure to retire at once and to
rest.
On his way home Jack called him.
self everything he could think OF.
What a brute he had been to make the
poor little girl work so hard. He had
never Noticed before that his little sec
rotary was SO good looking. He had
always regarded her as being good
asset to his business rather than
young and pretty girl. Well, he would
make it up to her now.
In her home. Gladys found her moth
er waiting anxiously for her. Gladys
burst into a fit of laughter as she told
her mother of her ruSe As she pro-
ceeded to retire she laughingly said:
Remember, mother. I am TO be i'll.
I'm going to make Jack Willard re-
gard me as a human being and not as
a machine"
The next day Gladys received a
beautiful bouquet of flowers from
Jack, and later in the day found him
1T her home. He apoiogized for being
the cause of her illness and blamed
his COMPOUNDED selfishness." The visa
its continued for many days Gladys
did not mind being iii and visited con-
stantiy By her employer in whom she
was becon1ng very much interested.
She rather liked it. 1t also seemed
that Jack enjoyed his visits to his
convaIescent secretary.
One eventful day Gladys erself ush-
cred her caller in. as she was now
fully recovered. After Jack had gone
(for it was he who called) shining
diamond ring on the third finger OF
her left hand was the impression left
of his visit. Gladys conf1ded to her
mother that night that the date for
the great day was not very far away.
After they were married. Gladys con-