The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31
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Miss Drake Refuses
BY JANE OSBORNE,
Copyright, 1871, BY the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)


y va come 70 ask him 70 20 on some
sIand Or other for her down town.
Much Is she dotted on Jimmy and
great Is was the pride she felt IL
MS remarkable success In buslness,
she still held the same notion con.
corning what business actually de.
named OF . man that she had had
anrtnE the life Of James Turner.
-, To her there was always left
time IN the business mans busiest
lAy 70 write business letters, tele.
phoAs and so on shopping expedI.
poAs for the woman at home. Jim.
my was right IN the shopping sec.
lpu-vhy shouldn't he match the
s5xllk3 He had a telephone right on
ais desk-why, shouldn't be teie.
phone TO the plumber about the
root leAhng7 He was so used to
wiling letters-why shouldn't he
attsad 70 the social correspond.
snee?
But on this particular morning
Mrs. Turner'S commission was a
little unusual and she approached
her son With something Of cajolery.
I'm giving that tea this after.
neon, Jimmy dear, and everything
seemed 10 be coming of splendid.
y You promised to get home By
five, YOU know. Mrs. Standish has
beer making such q splurss Of late
that must have this perfection.
NOM o. course, there Is Hannah in
the kitchen, and Alice is sending
me erAYiolet 10 help IN the dining
rooni, aud there will be Benson at
ythe door, with Rita helping upstairs,
bat Jane has Just told me she
ooulda't be there. IT'S her regular
afternoon OF and she has made
solne sort OF date, She has given
notsct anyway, or | should dis
ch2fse her for Il And she is so
Indispensable In the pantry. 4
must have some one with taste to
make the sandwich plates attractive
and Put the finishing touches on
thtngs and keep the rest OF them
from losing their heads. That Is
Why Jane was indispensable"
SOL am to help in the pantry"
Jimmy asked as soon as no could
find q chance to interrupt
SHY said Mrs. Turner. stlll
Nth a caioling voice Il was only
thinking that one Of your girls
could come and help out. There
tseems to be such lot Of them and
they nsYer have much TO DO" 1t
vas one OF Mrs. Turnor's firm be,
heis that any business man could
manage 10 get along with half as
NAM stanosraphers and clerks as
~ did, but JIMMY did not dispute
sFhere Is that nice looking glfl
that seems TO be your secretary o.
sotiethlnS,' went on Mrs. Turner,
100 intent on her own interests TO
notice the look Fof annoyance that
came on Iimmy's face at hearing
Alice 4usby spoken Of BY his moth.
a as she might have spoken OF .
BIZ OF office furniture.
Your idea vas to have Miss
etsby come here and help out?.", he
esked, then hesitated a moment.
gfyinE lrneSfor an idea TO formu
late an idea that changed his look
81 annoyance 10 one that showed
real pleasure in anticipation. Per.
J 2sps she might. OF course IT is
most unusual TO get young WON
an OF that sort TO do taat sort OF
hing She would only do It as a
faFor"
/ don't see that at ALL" came
back Mrs. Turner. she Ic a work.
ing girl and you employ her to do
4 what you want her to do There
Is nothing disgraceful about this
2Eork. ! you'd give her big apron
topnto over her dress and she would
lust have to stand in the pantry
ASKING that things SO right: that
none OF the servants get exciteu
and that the sandwiches don't look
IS u they had been thrown on the
plltes.t
what time shall she be here?'
was 1immy,s only response.
roh, ). Therell be things TO do
beforehand" Mrs. Turner called
as Jimmy made his exit from the
bfealfast room.
Jimmy Turner was not a man OF
inapS theories and abstract ideas.
hut he had formulated one theory
that he usually kept to himself
that was that the girl in business
usually made a more congenial. all.
around companion as a wife than
thk girl whom, men such IS Jimmy
nat 10 society. He had even made
10 his mind that II he ever mar.
riedit would be a girl who worked
ii an office. OF course such an
idea as this would have been incom.
prthensible to Mrs. Turner. So
Jimmy didn't say anything about II
and remained 4 bachelor. OF late,
however. he had given Miss Busby.
his secretary, more than second
thought He had found some little
satisfaction In the fact that his
mother had called her 4 rather
nice looking girl" Between con.
ceding that and thinking OF her as
> possible daughter.In.law there
vas long way.
jimmy bresehed the subject To
Mss Husby with all the tact he
could summon. Miss Busby's re-
3etnder left no possibility OF hope.
And in the cheap sort Of hauteur
that she affected in refusing Jim.
my Turner felt that he saw some.
iklng IN her nature that he had
never Seen before. II did/not en-.
ksnce her deslrabIlity as a wife in
Jtnimyls eyes.
sttll there was the thought Of the
Empty pantry, the cakes and sand.
vishes looking as IL they had been
thrown on the plates, servants los
ing their heads at the last moment.
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