The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-02-23
He Made Love to
His Stenographer
BY FRANK II. WILLIAMS
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G. is2a. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.

Glen Stogdill looked up from his
desk and glanced through the glass
partition which separated him from
the main office of the Acme Manufnc-
turing company. His glance took In
the big workroom where over hun
dred girls were busily engaged In typ
Ing and In working at card records.
But Glen saw the girls only as
mass, and not as individuals, for he
was looking for a particular girl, Alice
Blake. his stenographer.
Alice was not ut her desk, n short
distance from the partition where Glen
could see her easily, and Glen missed
her. He wondered IL she was taking
dictation from Oliver J. Evans, the
boss of Clem's department, and the
only man, outside of Glen. who made
use of her services as n stenographer.
AT the thought that Alice might be
In divers private office, which was en-
urely screened by wooden partitions
from the view of the workroom Glen
became restless. AS the minutes wore
on and Alice did not return to her
desk Clem's restlessness turned into
Jealousy. What If Evans was making
love to Alice
This last thought was too much for
Clem. He rose and began pacing nerv-
ously back and forth In his tiny Office.
He noticed some of the girls In the
workroom glance up and covertly smile
at him. He knew they had his nerv-
ouseness properly diagnosed as jeal-
ousy. but Glen didn't care. He was
deeply In love with Alice. And he thor
oughly hated the idea of Alice taking
dictatlon from anyone but himself.
For some minutes Glen paced up
and down. Then his will asserted itself
and he reseated himself at his desk.
1--WE got to cut this out" he told
himself. "Tll have the whole office
wise to me If l don't. And | can't do
any work when I'm like this. better
get grip on myself, once and for ALL"
Following this little conversation
with himself Glen applied himself as
siduously to the work on his desk. For
fifteen minutes he didn't look up once
And then, when he did finally look
through the glass partition into the
workroom again, his patience was re-
warded. Alice was back at her desk.
With something like a sigh of relief
Glen gazed at her for moment or so.
How pretty she was. Her black hair
shone in the sunlight as she bent over
her typewriter. The roses in her
cheeks-and they were natural. too
tantalized him. He felt like rushing
through the door out into the work.
room, and clasping her In his arms
right before the whole crowd.
But Glen contented himself with
pushing the little buzzer that called
her to his Office.
He pretended to be very busy as
Alice entered the room. Then he
looked up at her with a stern, busi-
nesslike expression on his face.
Take this dictation, please" he
said, trying desperately to make his
voice solemn but failing entirely to
do so.
Glen was looking straight at Alice
as he said this. and he noted the laugh
ter In her eyes and the smile that came
to her face at his words.
"More dictationT" queried Alice.
"That's seven times todayl"
II don't care If It's seventy-seven
times" declared Glen. ut makes me
raving mad every time you go into
Evans office. Did he try to make love
to you again?
"Yes." said Alice. "That seems to
be quite habit with the men take
dictation from"
"But I'm different" said Glen.
"Not so awfully different" said
Alice. you started making love to me
the day j started working here. Mr.
Evans waited only u week longer than
that"
II wish you'd slap his face the next
time he tries to get mushy with you.
exclaimed Glen.
"And lose my job?" cried Alice
"That would be fine mess, wouldn't
Il? Besides. he isn't mushy-he Just
talks about my eyes and hair and
cheeks = and tries to hold my
hands once In a while"
Glen clenched his hands angrlly al
this. Then he leaned over and caught
Allce's hands In his.
"When he does that" said Glen
"you-you scream for help-or-or gel
up and beat it.; or-or something like
shat."
Alice laughed bit at this.
"You're so practicalw she exclaimed
and squeezed Clem's hands.
Then she leaned bit closer as
though she was going to kiss him.
But at this moment shadow
gloomed over them. Clem glanced up
o. j. Evans, his boss, was standing II
the doorway. Glen snatched his hand.
away from Alice ut once. Making love
to the stenographers during offic,
hours was strictly prohibited In the
rules and regulations of the Acme
Manufacturing company.
For a moment or SO Evans stood ir
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