The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-11

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Not Enough Speed
81 BAKER
4 atjoiit for q wife, Sid.
y in 81, owner and general
diaiie 81 the Toga Search
iflii Gothpany, failed to find any
81 & that suited his matrimonial
tes quite % wen as Jessie Pear.
mont tsht general manager OF
d sRn concern
They had been 6Ssociatsd In the
m 81 tlces now for four years,
8f y he mad grown" on him.
Al HEST lie had given little 'atten-
ton her personal charms, one
te Jon being that he had not felt
inclined to settle down, another
being that he had established q
bisihesB rule. never to fall In love
With IN enploye.
But nov. Sidney felt that the time
had come for he vas twenty.
SeYaif ana the home instinct had
g stoned Its grip ON him. Then
here was the everlasting restaur-
an menus that we're firing him
Both pbyehologi cally and gastrom-
otnf6a M. So he set out to find a
Bife and he Travelled In q circle
and decided the object Of his quest
vas right In his own office.
Iessie was young about twenty
four and a brunei Of the charm.
iHf type; not all the kind that Is
ronsidered real business woman
timber, but IN this case being the
Reception that proved the rule.
There were two drawba cks-J Jessie
VAS too slow and she wasn't hui
nan.
IL specifying drawbacks in his
mind Sidney meant too slow in the
literal sense, Jessie simply couldn't
inbYe fast. Everything she did was
ddne in a slow, methodical
ma ehInelike manner, and she had
never been known to get excited in
thes most momentous bushes
crisis And not once to Sidey's
knowledge had she ever made a
Mistake. This latter fault was In
her favor, from q business stand
point, but when viewed from a
matrimonial ankle 1t was quite the
opposite. He could scarcely recon
che himself to wedding a girl who
could not err, because he was prone
TO- make mistakes himself. In fact,
lif !t hadn't been for Jessie's watch
sful eyes the firm would have lost
many dollars, due to its heads
5carelassness. But would this exact
sHess prove a blessing in martial
liite Sidney feared not. He wanted
some one who was human for 4
life partner.
ut looks as If I'll have to remain
n Bachelor" he confided ito himself
he sunny morning as he sat at his
ifssk and watched 5currying forms
n the street below. Jessie is al
most the right person to be my
swlte but those two drawbacks are
iusurmodntRble barriers. OF course
u don't know that she'd have me.
although without being conceited, l
Am inclined to believe she might.
.TTnes / don't know thing about
her outside OF business hours, but
person who works so methodt-
cally must play the same way, and
iif She can't make a mistake in
~ Ainess she'd be just as sinhuman
home. ] guess III have to give
q up.
AS he watched from the window
liiS syes CHANGED to light on fig
1Ia pIodding along the sidewalk
below II was a girl, and she was
,talStftk her time with other pedes-
tfians hurrying on all sides Of her.
There she comes now" Sidney
ghad and his heart beat just n
little unfcker. "That everlasting
sait 6f hers would drive me to dis
traction II I had to live with her:
Why doesn't she hurry Just once!
AZ tStlst that she doesn't get results,
for she does, but she's so method
presently Jessie entered the Of.
ftcsi laid number Of long enveI.
apes on her desk, exactly Id the
center of It, hung her coat and hat
on the same hooks they had adorn-
"a. for the past four years, walked
Sielsifely to her chair, seated her
self slowly, touched up tie knob OF
hair on her head rs she always did.
Md said sweetlg:
HGood morning. I've Just been to
the auto license bureau and procur'
ed your number and those Of sever
,af others You remember YOU filled
6ut your blank the other day and
iad It sworn to before a notary
Public. 1t certainly is-couvenient
not having to send to the capital
for them, as you used to.
he agreed that It was a gpod
morning and that her statement
MAS true, as her statements always
0ere, and he couldn't help think.
ng how adorable she appeared az
he sat there opening mail. 1t was
ratifying to note that the third
finger Of the left hand remained
bare. for Sidney was constantly
earring she would show up some
itv with q diamond ring.
EIa took his license plates With
lin when no left the office that
Fsnihg and attached them to his
~. He was motor enthusiast
Then the weather was good but 1t
urned cold that night, and for two
dAys he did not take his machine
ut of the garage. Consequently he
as moro than little surprised
ne morning, three days after the
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