The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-09-27

S TORY
ae o ffice Boy
IIlterferes
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y. RANK -. WILLIAMS.
RSTTY Edna FaIrchlld gazed
" az the sketch on her desk
With the utmost astonish.
When she had left for the
ICON lunch period the sketch had
bsen 3ttGt % she had made It In an
idle i1noment+-a very rough layout
for the ground floor plan Of the
Sort on 8 homo she hoped to have
lone day. There had been big
chen. q lovely yeranda, living.
1ep with a big fireplace and din
5trE:Foom that was all her heart
could desire.
That was the way the sketch had
led when she left 1t thore on
desk before going to lunch with
esQAie o. the other, girls in the Of
ttSe But now the sketch looked
bly, different. Some one had
cen tamperinB with 1t in her alb
aenee. In place of the living-room
heins labeled "living.room" as she
had left It, this room now bore the
inbel Abil1iaTd-room and den." And
"A place OF the kitchen being big
aud fine the way she had sketched
Is the Kitchen had now been d.
tded In half, with one-hale OF the
9oom labeled home brew depart
rleft' I.
AZ first Edna's bright eyes spar
Red angrily at this dissertation OF
her work. Then the humor OF the
Situation appealed to her and she
smiled. Whoever the individual
Was who had done things to her
5 dTasWfng, he was, at least, a humor.
iBt and she felt that he would be a
nan worth knowing.
Edna gazed around the office
verify. Certainly the man was
not the, baldheaded bookkeeper,
Who had q wife and five children
ana who was never known to
suiiile And certainly 1t wasn't
Royal Menefee, her immediate
chief Royal hardly was clever
enough to think up anything Of
Ms sort. But II 1t was neither OF
sajtwo-who was It?
Rather puzzled over the situa.
fion. Edna called little Red"
loln, the office boy, to her.
Efke1tfx 6n6 balu1 WuO was At NY
esk this noon?"
Edna saw Red look at her and
tlten grin slyly. She saw look
% mischief come into his eyes.
Why the big boss was in here!"
ne said.
IIhe Big boss! That was young
Harry Schlatter, handsome. I'M
married and wealthy. Yes, thought
Edna 1t would be just like him
d3 an irnpulsive, humorous thing
Itk6 altering her sketch which she
had labeled "Plan OF My Future
HOME She thought of the twin.
lSte IA his eyes /and his generally
happy disposition. A thrill came
10 her. Why, any girl might feel
81 ttered at such attention being
la to anything she had done.
was in here and did some
kIfiife on your desk. saw him
before / went out" continued
Thanks, Red" said Edna, try
Yairly to keep the thrill out
her voice. "Of course, any
Sling that Mr.. Schlatter does Is
lettettly all right"
OF course!" mimicked Red. and
then hurried away before Edna
could say anything further.
Several. times during the after
noon Edna gazed at the altered plan
the house. She wanted TO do
6fdething about 1t and yet she was
Siiaif aftafd to attempt anything.
Edna determined to do something
how Mr.. SchIatter that she
is6SwS he was the guilty" party and
I tet back at him for the thing he
led done
But how could she do this? What
could she do?
During the early part Of the aft
efdoon she would go to Mr.. Schlat.
office to present him with n
renoft from her department. That
5S6Sid Be her opportunity. What
could she dot
last after puzzling over the
for considerable length OF
iilfe an inspiration came to Edna.
sic drew the sketch to her and
idly made some alterations in 1t
pehcil. When she had finished
E6sf Was-a tiny little cubby-hole off
living room labeled "den;" the
66fiie brew department and the bill.
IN room had been partly erased,
aifhahgh the words were still partly
SisifSIe. and big addition had been
{Sad d 20 the plan this addition con-
Gaming q number OF rooms and be.
SISbeled Rooms in which to en-.
teTatl my mother and her fam
sFhen with sparkling eyes ano
fSsy cheeks, Edna placed this
~ tehS beneath the report for Mr..
Eslatter and marched into his
ia big young chief turned in
I III chair at her approach and
sn{fIed rather abstractedly at her.
3isThSn Edna saw his eyes focus on
face and saw a look Of interest
conc into them. Again she felt
ssSSi,y, Miss Fairchild," he ex-
cIajnasd, whats the excitement?
S6n LOOK much agitated about
am excited" exclaimed
sdp almost at a loss what to say
~ d moment she thought of
sfSrrtng to the sketch. Then she
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