The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-04-02

artists to whom he gave orders out
to lunch with him. But Sarah did
not remind him Of this.
whats the idea of having him. any
wayT went on Mr.. Stone. ~ was
thinking II over and have never
known a single woman In all my busi-
ness experience who has had a man
assistant. It's funny notion, and
l can't say that i am exactly stuck
on 1t. What's the idea. anyway
well. for one thing" explained
Sarah, ut saves a lot Of time. II I
had girl and we became all friendly,
I'd have to listen to her while she ex-
planned that she hadn't got In until
half-past nine. because her mother had
forgotten to wind the alarm clock, and
then the maid didn't come to get
breakfast and so on. Then I'd have
to talk over her new clothes. She'd
have her new hats sent here, and I'd
have to give her my candid advice
about them. Besides, like q mans
point Of view. 1t puts punch in my
copy. It's the combination Of the mas
culine and the feminine-my intuition
and judgment and his stronger grip"
William Stone did not find this ex.
PLANTATION Mt all to his liking. "But
1t seems like disloyalty to your SEX"
he argued, ito say that you would
rather work with a man than a woman
and you have always pretended to
be such feminist"
as II disloyalty to your sex to say
that you wouldn't consider having a
boy stenographer-that girls are moro
trustworthy, more reliable and pleas
anter to have aroundl I believe you
have made that explanation"
THAT'S quite different" almost
snapped William Stone. Besides,
don't see why you should object to my
having girl stenographers."
Sarah laughed, yet she felt in Mr..
Stones entire attitude toward her
something that was vastly fiattering
to her. After having worked for
Stone & Stone tirelessly for FIVE years
and never having been looked upon as
anything more than a useful bit Of
machinery, 1t was gratifying to the
woman In her to find this absurd spirit
crop out in William Stone which she
could not interpret as anything short
Of jealousy.
And so the weeks rolled on. Mean.
time Leslie Brown made progress, and
perhaps at first. out of sheer desire
to tease William Stone, Sarah asked
her assistant to have lunch with her
they could save time on a busy day,
she said, If they talked things over
at lunch Then one day William Stone
approached Leslie, whom he had scarce
ly spoken to before, with the result
that that day Leslie had lunch at Will
liam Stones club. They were gone
two hours, and they had said much in
that time. When they parted at the
door of the office Of Stone & Stone.
William slapped the younger man on
the back.
After that Stone wore a smile that
was In strong contrast to the look of
gloom that had been his for the days
previous.
The next day he asked Sarah Pei.
ham to stay after 5 and talk to him.
He had made this request before when
there was pressing business. And as
Sarah lived near the Office and had
no home ties, she was not incon-
venienced.
But the business interview did not
begin like the other business inter.
views. "It's queer place to say
what I'm going to say" he began
standing In front Of the window In
Sarah's office and looking intently
at her. "But it is something I can't
keep to myself any longer. Sarah Pei
ham, want to marry you. love you
and It's the kind of love that wants
to keep you all to myself. It's torture
having you here In an office, going
about to other offices. Sarah Pelham
you do love me little, don't you?"
Sarah Pelham had perhaps OWNED
that William Stone loved her, but she
was completely taken by surprise by
this spirit Of self-confidence.
eyes, think I do" she confessed,
''but how did you-how did you know
I didn't want you to guess 1t so easily
That's why tried to make you think
/ didn't"
"You succeeded perfectly" assured
William. Fact is, thought there
was something between you and young
Brown-that's what made me SO
jealous from the first. 1t was tor.
ture. I couldn't bring myself to ask
you, so I took him to lunch and got
my nerve up to ask him. And the young
scamp's been engaged all the time
Fine fellow. l said more than I in,
tended to-he seemed to guess how ]
felt about you. And I was thinking,
Sarah Pelham, that it's been q good
idea breaking In a man like that be-
cause now you and can marry with.
out doing much harm to Stone g. Stone
Young Brown can work right into
your job"