The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-10

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4. Dress 6 GODS a Ia King
Hy z. RAY BAKER
a INES MORTON appeared to
q pc in one Of her cold calculat,
NY lSS8 ing moods this afternoon; but
Cecil Sargent had the temerity &c
approach her, and not on a matter
;of business connected with Chal-
$mer e chalmers. wholesale dealers.
NJ In dress goods. 1t was a more per-
sonal subject that he had 70 broaca
- much more personal subJect.
He stopped at her d. sk and fids-
eted for a few seconds, shifting his
weight from one foot to another.
Agnes appeared unusually beau
$ti1ul this morning.; in fact. Cecil
could find only one word to de-
scribe her, and that was gorgeous
and OF course that WASH. til e
right word.
CeciI's hesitation was not occa 8
aioned b. the fact that the young
woman was his boss. by reason Of
her holding the position as safes
manager, while he was but 4 sales
man. He felt trepidation b =caa:e
he knew he was not in Eer good
graz es; size had showed it al toe
y ploiuly on more than one occasion
OF late. ut he just had 20 speak
once more concerning the subject
N that made his, world go rourd.
$3s A gne 9" he said IN z voice that
alnost faltered, isn't it about TING
you set the date for our wedding"?
Wa She looked up from the lctseT
Is was reading and smiled
slightly, rather pityingly, it seem.
3s.:s@4s@..Well. hardly she returned. II
don't remember that l. have defi-
Snttely accepted your offer OF mar
sriage as vet. was considering It,
4 some time ago, I'll admit, but
you've been such a wretched bust
mess failure lately that I'm On the
point of giving it up. You don't inn
aEine5I want to marry failure, d.
you? Do you realize you haven't
$ssoId a hundred dollars worth of
goods in month
Cecil realized it all too we'll. But
what was he to do? He was goot
h salesman. and he knew II; but he
sghad been so worried lately over
Agnes that he couldn't keep his
mind on his work. Every time he
TEIdll6O 10 HldhC Ii StIe' LIZ sS<tAA - SAis-S
much lower in her estimation, ana
" every time he dropped notch IN
n that respect he lost just SO much
his business ability. It was an
endless chain, with nothing but dis
aster pulling on the end Of 1t.
u know it" he confessed in an
z swer to her indictment, but II you
would only give me some definite
encouragement. perhaps "a come
back as salesman. You've got
n N g worried, Agnes.
she tapped her lips with the
eraser end OF pencil and studied
aSh him intently. He was nice look
u ing young man, she realized that.
ssand he was bright and clever, too.
sStill, those things counted for
lfnaught unless they brought re-
suits. Agnes had no intention OF
supporting a husband: when She
became tied in a nuptial knot she
expected to retire from business
land devote herself to housekeeplns
III AS she looked at Cecil in that scru-
timing manner she realized that
he was becoming careless IN 'e-
gard to his appearance.
teDon't you think" she suggest
III ed that a. shoe shine would help
5$to & sell goods? And do you know
that your tie is crooked and the
pointed end of your tie-pin fs stick
Wing out like a sword. And YOU
have dinner engagement with
Anderson this evening;
Il don't forget that"
Ea5 She paused as he stood there
Il like a cond enmned criminal.
;5s tt..3Tell you what I'll do" she con-
tinued. ..if you sell Miss Amber
Il son good bill of goods Ill set the
date! How is that for something
& defnite?''
8s3s Cecil gulped.
SSss Oh, all right fine!" he replied,
and went away feeling more ols-
than ever.
Sell a good bill of goods to
Adelaide ANDERSON. eh? That
would be a herculean task. Ade-
S3slaide represented Smith & Brown.
the biggest dress goods buyers in
sg6the state Every time she came
Ito town the statesmen made a wild
scram Bile to see her; but for three
years Chalmers & Chalmers had
not sold her for cent, although
Always took her out to dinner.
Flames Brothers had been the
ssslucky ones. and Cecil knew the
reason. They employed q he
VAN p.for a salesman, fashion
4 plate of dude, ono Henry Wat
tiers, who charmed Adelaide
somewhat of a '.yamp' herself
into buying goods.
Women In business certainly
were ma king a mess OF things
Agnes was TOO practical and AIDE.
laide too impractical. The former
demanded too close adherence to
v business principles and the latter
hadt no regard for them. The man
who could captivate Adelaide with
3 hiszclothes was the one who land
ed the order. and Cecil certainly
was not a good dresser: that is,