The citizen., 1920-06-24
The CURE
BY ROSE NEWMAN.

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bang. The pretty blond stenogra-
pher wlnked sagely across to the book
keeper and her fingers began TO work
on the typewriter keys with great dex-
terity. 81 guess young Mr.. willard's
temper is getting the best Of him." she
said smiling
Miss Feltoni" came from the office
OF Jack Willard In a sharp, impatient
| voice. Timidly the little dark-haIred
private secretary stepped into the Of
flee. closing the door after her. Miss
FELTON,, II is very essential that these
letters be copied before you go home
today"
Falteringly Gladys took the great
/ batch Of letters and went out of the
| Office. A sudden thought OF rebellion
swept over her. As II she could finish
those letters before Ave o'clock II
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 ball. which was
! the talk OF the town. And her mother,
too, would feel sorry after she had
worked so hard to finish her dress.
Some men were so selfish. He might
have left few Of the letters for to-
morrow Well, II had to be done. so
| Gladys set about 10 accomplish the
task before her.
As she worked she thought Of her
employer. He needed good lesson.
4 A mn
work TO be done. She would teach him
to consider other people besides him
self. The time flew by as II on wings.
I Half-past fouri The stenographer
closed up her machine with a bang.
/ "GOing TO the ball, Gladys?" she asked
ss she passed her desk. "Sorry you
won't he there, it's going to be some
| affair" Gladys wished her pleasant
time and kept on working. The stenog-
rapher sauntered out OF the office.
throwing up her hands In relief Mt
/ the door OF the private office where
her employer was apparently still at
] work.
Half past I'VE, @. $50 and 7
| o'clock passed and Gladys still worked.
| Suddenly a smile overspread her coun-
| tenance She had an idea. She
would teach Mr.. willard a lesson.
About ten letters were still left to be
finished. When she had finished the
last letter II 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 curt: an take
care Of her" After the bookkeeper
had gone she heard him murmur ten
derby: Poor little girl" and "Oh,
/ what brute | am" He raised a cup
| of water 10 her lips and her eyelids
Suffered open. Weakly she said: 81
am feeling better now" in answer to
his anxious query. She made no pro-
test VIXEN 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 ne 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 contlnu-
ally asked her II she was comfortable,
| etc. Gladys was almost glad that
she had not gone TO the ball. She
smiled To herself. The ruse was work
ing successfully.
When they arrived at her home he
/ offered 10 assist her into the house,
hut Gladys protested. so he contented
himself in giving her advice such as
10 be sure 10 retire at once and 10
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
retary was so good looking. He had
always regarded her as being good
asset TO his business rather than a
young and pretty girl. Well, he would
make II up TO her now.
IN neF nome, NluuyS IOuuu ntr ihotn-
or waiting anxiously for her. Gladys
burst into a nj OF laughter as she tcld
her mother Of her ruse. As she pro-
ceeded to retire she laughlngly said !:
Remember, mother, l am TO be i'll.
I'm going 10 make Jack Willard re-
gard me as 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
at her home. He apologired for being
the cause Of her illness and blamed
I his COMPOUNDED selfishness." The Wis.,
It's continued for many days. Gladys
did not mind being III and visited con-
stantly by her employer, in whom she
was becoming very much interested.
She rather nked II. II also seemed
that Jack enjoyed his visits TO his
coRvalescent secretary.
One eventful day Gladys herself ush-
cred her caller In. as she was now
fully recovered. After Jack had gone
(for II was he who called) a shining
diamond ring on the third finger OF
her left hand was the impression left
OF his visit Gladys eonfided TO her