The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-09-29

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possibility Of hope. And In the cheap
sort Of hauteur that she affected In re-
fusing, Jimmy Turner felt that he saw
something In her nature that he had
never seen before. 1t did not enhance
her desirability as a wife in Jimmy's
eyes.
Still there was the thought Of the
empty pantry, the cakes and sand
wiches looking as II they had been
thrown on the plates. servants losing
their heads at the last moment. He
dared not let 3 o'clock come without
sending his mother some one to help.
1t was another Of Jimmy's few
theories that In case of what seemed
a dilemma he could in ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred find a way out
II he only sat down and thought-the
doors Of his Office closed and locked,
his telephone silenced and his head in
his hands. q,
He was trying to think of some one,
somewhere, who would help him In an
emergency. Then In a flash he re-
membered the little wisp Of a girl in
dark blue and brown furs whom he
had picked out Of the path Of a
skidding automobile a few weeks ago.
Her back was toward the car. Jimmy
did not waste time in speaking, but
merely lifted her up in two arms in
what seemed a ~miraculously narrow
escape.
II shall always feel that 1 owe my
life to you, and yet you are a stranger"
she said. Il must hurry along, but
IL the time ever on when you need
help just telephone Clarendon IT'S. will
you, and ask for Miss Brown with
that she had gone her way. Jimmy
had not dreamed of her face, for he
had scarcely a chance to look at it,
but he sometimes did recall with some
thing like pleasure the feeling of her
slight weight in his arms as he lifted
her to safety. T.
SO now he called Clarendon IT'S and
asked for Miss Brown. He felt ONE
how that she was somebody's secre-
tary. She must surely be a girl in
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get of by three. Or perhaps she knew
some II who could and would do
what had to be done in the pantry
that afternoon. He told her Of it as
a joke and she took it in the best Of
spirits, contrasting strongly with the
name of Miss Busby. And the only
bit Of deceit he asked was that Miss
Brown would introduce herself to Mrs.
Turner as from Mr.. Turner's Office"
Surely she could put the sandwiches
on the plates gracefully and keep
Hannah from getting Mysteries.
The incident passed without COM
ment from Mrs. Turner, save some
thing to the effect that the girl Jimmy
had sent from his office had done "well
enough"
Then followed the courtship Of JIM
my Turner-a mad, feverish, headlong
c0urtship in which Mrs. Turner felt
perfectly incapable of getting any sat
~isfaction from Jimmy. She only
guessed that he was in love. But when
within a months time Jimmy told her
that he was going to marry Miss Sid
ney Cumberland Brown, only daughter
of Ney]and Cumberland Brown. the
multi-millionaire banker, her astOnish-
ment was complete. Likewise her joy
knew no bounds. 1t was such a social
feather in her cap and would cause
Mrs. Standish no end of jealousy.
On the way home, after Jimmy took
his mother to call on Miss Sidney Cum
berland Brown, Mrs. Turner sat mus
ing. II seem to have seen her before,
Jimmy" But she never associated the
face with that of the little girl who
came to take charge in the pantry on
the occasion Of her reception.