The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-02
When A Girl
 Marries
By ANNE LESLIE.

ness tone. He gave no S1Sn oA eoS men+ at my refusal of his boyasn 1n ,-ita+ion +o dine with him. Indeed, he showed no further consciousness Of the matter. So 1coulohI ca1AS ont the puzz1ing impulse that posses sed me to explain to him that khew I was old-fashioned and that aopeo he didn't feel there was anything per sbnaI in my refusal. I couldn't uh- derstand my own wish to 3ustlty ah attitude which I knew to be rlghl' For a, minute or TWO I couldn't get my mind down to business aSan. IL took an effort of WIFI to come oa to a. consideration of display types and settings. And was annoyed at myself for giving the dinner 1nvapa- ton a second thought.
 Then I was CONSCIOUS Of the ike able. almost drawing voice saying: ..So that's a 10 per cent increase 1 over yesterdays sales I thinh we | can afford to be encouraged" | "WeI" I repeated. glad of an outlet for the energy which I thought must | he the "second wind'' Of an overtired woman. eIt was you who realized | that my copy was not set up ana worded in way to appear 10 the 1 right persons. It was you who ilgur- | ed out how to display it so 1t would reach the public w1Ich shops in the | neighborhood of the Derringtorth | stores You slashed away fearsssly  l class So if the Derringforth cam | naipn gets over in less than no time l now-as I've idea It will dont | vo,1 try to share the credit with me-. | "weu if it fails I'm going to put | some of the blame on you. So don't see why you shouldn't share the | credit of our collaboration" drawled Mir Lacy with a chuckle at the end of his words.
 "It won't fail!" I declared.
 "No it won't" replied MT. Lacy his eyes flashing purposefully ana ms voice deepening to the firm staolll1y which probably had much more to do with advancing him to his present | position than the friendly Doylsnness which reminds me of Neal. 0hihk | our collaboration hus a lot or poinIs in it's favor. You're wonder at gathering material and doping out | original ways of presenting It. All IL ever needs it a. bit of editing. There's no reason to expect you to-'pack u masculine wallop'-yet. A few years in the advertising game came ln handy to show a fellow now 10 drive home his points.
 "You've more to give than years of experience,'' I answered, thoughtfully ..You've a viewpoint and wonderful grasp of human nature.
 "eWhen a. kid starts selling news papers at six he sort of gets so he can
 
 ! been in this game-or on the 1rlnges of it-for over a quarter Of a century, Mrs. Harrison. I ought to know IL. You've been in it onIy couple ol months, but you're making good al- ready I tell you. you have the ln- | stinct for it. We can work together all right. And I'm Iearn1ng all the l while"
 There wasn't trace of se1f-con- ;.s ciousness or of self-pity in MT Lacy's revelation of a youth 0ha' no11st have been hard and cruel.
 "You put things very generously I said.
 "I state facts" deplied MT. Lacy
 "I'ye never had much chance tt know anything about a hlgn-typ' | feminine mind. I've been plugglns along too hard to play and I haven l rim across a woman Of big me1la | calihre in my work-up to now so inst want to have it understood Una if there's anything I can teach you ol the practical side of this game !. more than counterbalanced by tn vfstas YOU open for me in the wori of Inoarinlatfon. We're clear to eac other now. Shall we finish the Joo o are YOU too tired?"
 I'm not at all tired! It. lnsp1rlh to work with anyon. who gives me much more credit than deserve. answered with more gratitude than l felt would be Welcofne "eio 'o ' to express it.
 So after our astonishing lapse inf the more or less personal, switched back to the top and p1ugge - away at it for an hour or more.
 The office clock suddenly chime o,,+ in a stiffness which I hadn't n ticed glanced up if it were su moning me and was astounded to s it placidly forming a risht angie
 Miner I gasped. Good graclo ought to give an account or myse +o inc bome-folks. Miss Sturgess W he wondering what's become of me
 ~sGive me your friends phone nur her and I'll put the call through you". said MT. Lacy with 1nstfnctl chivalry.
 Carlotta wasn't at home, but aft I'd finished explaining to Bertha tn ' was delayed on business, I felt tn Mr Tacv's courtesy in going to t outer office the moment l had te1enbone number should be repa- and recognized-
 There's no one at home 10 "ol about me. So if you think there any loose ends we ought to clear
 I've a little more time
 .eNot another thing" said MT Ls
 standing in the doorway and surN'
 ing me judicially you LOOK lass
 ont. I feel brute for lettlns
 corna way down here In 1utuie
 going to come to your offlce' II II
 You're tired and hungry ana at
 other end of the city from your no
 T realized that when you tolo hie y
 .a1anbone exchange and numl
 You love your work-I can see t
 h,,t vor1,re letting it wear you
 ,t, one can't contribute
 mere to your over-working stunt.
 "Don,t YOU worry I laughed. II
 os.o.Iad bv this kindly conct
 "IsI1 run over, skip onto car ana ,1i
 home in a jiffy. And Bertha will
 me a refreshing little 5uppef, sup een+
 that worries me is that I've Kept
 er, your dinner