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A. Elsie Heath entered the wIlrr,f
tea rOom spirit ~ peace uui quiet
seemed - surround her Here after q
long. tirr~umr DAY vas pehcr Tor The
weary mind aud snrr heart ~ rtu.
cuus blarc n iazr Jared tired nerves,
no loud laughter pierced the stiffness.
Even the serving was ~ quiet. hardly
n dish vas hcpd % rattle
~ she waited fbr her order 10 be-
brought. she Wa conscious ~ a a..
miliar voice coming apparently over
the low partition between fh, tlpfh
she occupied ami the next % seemed
Incredible yet that surely WIS Rich.
ards voice. Yes. his companion spoke
his name Wonderfully. she began 20
eat the food placed before her. paying
no attention 10 the conversation. until
her own name was spoken.
III II wasn't for Miss Heath. IA
like u immensely" said the girl
whats the matter with her. Mir
ismr' asked the man.
why surely that was Miriam
hro"n' the new girl she had hired
wv "eeAs ago. " T" III u '''n'"'
she sat and waited for the next word.
"She's worse than blue Monday
koes pussy ''o''ihs ar"unh ur p'a'N'
."oAk nouKh sne "'n '"S, "e'
'as' 'I'ena. her eyes are sah. never
s"'e VI Joke from ner' 'ross F"
ene ,eas' h'ue th'nS goes WRONG.
'ne place mss changed lot IN the iast
sear' Tue s'''s All say
Elsie "htinued eatns mechanicaly'
until her fooi was gone then she de-
hnerateiy set herseit 70 eaNe-hropping.
fienty OF taking ana laughing In
those days. but plenty OF work done.
too Seemed IKE Jolly family OF sis
ters FROM al they say. Now the girls
are uelghte1 when the I'D closing
hour comes ana they can get outside
to do their talking and laughing"
Elsie seemed dazed. as one awaking
from trance. Mechanically she
picked up her wraps. paid her bill and
started homeward. once In her room.
the healing tears began 10 flow. and
memory recalled the whole story
Elsie Heath had opened an office ne
PUBLIC stenosrnpher h'e years ago.
her location was good ana her care
iui attention 10 work soon brought her
more thHh she couih 10 alone. Ihe
business had grown uhtli she employed
rour giris' while she tended only 70 re-
ceNhs ,he patrons and DONG hs
housekeeping
h'charu ferrls hsh heeu among her
nrs' patrons rhey became more man
sood tnenus' YET no closer Ties were
mace oefore ne ieft 10 serve his coun-
try' Just before he had ieft To come
nome ne wrote declaring MS love Tor
her' FOR usys ana weeks AFTER mailing
her reply sue sang ~ her WORK. Her
mug" never was SO rrauy' her JOKES
no many OF WHY nor the place so
ssy'
Two months hen three went by'
anu no ""'u came from hih' She
e"u os ms return IN the papers Eacn
usy sue 'ooAeu i"' MN every INNS
tne o"of "pene"
Then had begun the change Miriam
had spoken OF.
Elsie finally sat up. looked about
her. and thought what q blessed thing
u Is 10 see oursefs as ithers see US.
a cara stuck IN one corner OF her mir
ror flashed OUT Ne'ee 10" 'a'e 10
mend and us Twin from 'he o,ner
corner sent the message better late
than never she got M. psted her
hsir INTO place. oathei her flushed
ise anu Nh'sheu n'' oi poWue' o'T
an" '"'"' "e y" "'sn y"
."'u' WIS ""'u" :" many ""'' "','e'
"ears i"en. oo' sue "au 'n"ue nsr
uea' s'''S sune' IN "s' o',,e'neSs
was up 10 ner' anu sneu play ta'r
rom nov oh'
she spent the res, OF the evening
searchlhs we latest papers ana n"sa'
zines TOR ne" JOKES
Next morning she startled the girls
by arriving one-haif hour iate' greeting
them with an unusually CHEEKY good
morning. aud then sprinslns Joke
On each OF them. She noticed their