American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-21

motors tn which he had no interest
whatever 50 that he could get her to
hle them, and he sent to their own
cataloguing department for a dupli-
cate file Of catalogues. MIXED them az
up and kept her busy "A day making
Il card index for them.
She was not amazingly swift, but
she seemed to possess Initiative
enough to 20 ahead With her work
without asking any questions. She
really did say almost nothing, only oc-
~caslonally Higgins would see that
look of wonder come into her deep
gray eyes MS. she glanced about his Of
flee with the look she had given the
day she first came, as II searching In
vain for something she did mo- dnd.
by the time The filing cabinet had
come Daphne had been there ten days,
and Stanley Higgins had missed rs
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 seen there was no question
about that.
The question was, having found such
u creature, was there anything to do
about 1t 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. IL she re-
fused, then she would have to leave
his employ. He calmly made mp his
mind to ask her hluntly whether she
would have him, He was far too busy
TO go about It with the usual dallying
and too smltten to brook further de.
lay.
He arrived earlier than usual the
morning OF the day when he planned
to make his plea, and, as IL to steady
himself against the ordeal, he TOOK the
picture from the desk where he had
put it the first day. Attached to IL
was the recommendation that had
come from Miss Wiggln which he had
never read before,
He glanced at Il, first casually, then
gripping the paper, read with bated
breath the slip which, with printed
blanks flied In, ran something like
; this:
7 Height, 90, colorlng, natural
! blonde, dark gray eyes; size foot, .,
: but shapely gloves, 6h, but slender
waist, 20, bust, full. 80; arms, slight
I ly short. willing to pose for cloaksi
Yes. Furs? Yes. Hats2 Yes. Lin
gerie and corsets7 Definitely not
can't be persuaded, Reason for leav
e ing last place-not n good mixer
o wants place where doesn't have e
e meet buyers socially"
o SO ~preoccupied was Stanley Higgins
with the perusal of this sheet that HI
" did not recall that the original of tn,
e brief description was standing befor'
Q him.
~ hoped you would never read that,
q she said. 81 realized after the frs
IS day that n mistake had been mnd,
q and | went TO Miss Wlggin. | foun
| there that they had sent me TO Tn
~ wrong place by mistake. You wante
Il filing clerk, didn't your And wa
m n model.
,e 81 didn't know | could make mon
10 any other way. But | Ike this $
10 mucn Dettcf-l ulun WHHl you I
,r know, You see, when0 we So TO 60
n places as models, they are 0uly for
" little while. The season Is hhort-an
,e we take u photographs 0hd descrH
?" lions like that. Then II H. looks Tx
h. what the concerns wnnt they take tim
y to tnlk to us. Otherwise they send 4
g on. | hope II won't make a dlffe
q ence--"
rk Higgins had not expected TO lea
or up TO his proposal 80 early In n
ct morning. He had planned to wait Il
afternoon, but this seemed his be
"A cue. 81 can't let you be II filing clerk
he blurted out, "when ! want you
n. be my wife" He seized the dazzllr
or Diana creature in his arms. "Daphn
girl, ! am distracted about you" !
said. and MS the "slx-and-a-half haBt
crumpled In his he knew that his su
10 was won.