The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-12
A Stenographer's
Romance
GLADYS OCCASIONALLY SHOWS
BITTERNESS.
BY JANE PHELPS
Chapter So.

BITTERNESS.
/ Chapter So.
1t is not to be supposed, neither
would it be natural. that the girls did
not have young men friends Cora
had her william. altho they never
could hope TO marry. Tnere was
ouiet fellow who often took Gladys
out, and Nellie had q couple of harum-
sesrum friends with whom she went
to the movies, and occasionally TO
Coney island on~Sunday- These were
the young men who came TO the little
flat when invited. plain working boys.
mostly beokkeepers, but all good'
moral fellows.
Linn and Barney cut up a lot"
Nellie said when Cora questioned her,
but they aren't a bit fresh. 70 IKE
to catch them at it- Little Nessie
guess they know it even If do carry
or like the very dickens with them. l
lust have to let go sometimes Ia pop
open il I didn't And what = mess
Miss Dorothy Fallon feels that way
sometimes too. \She came into the or
flee the other day fairly dancing and
when Mr.. Failon asked her how she
felt, she said; 4 feel like bird, I'm
Gle. If wasn't afraid they'd put you
out of the building. I'd sing. on.
she's so street, A sigh finished the
i ssWhy shouldn't she be? Born with
a silver spoon in, her mouth, GLADYS
said At times Gladys was a little pit
ter She never but the once had felt
fenpted to do wrong, and that temp
tation she had resisted, butt IT had
changed her in a way of which she
herself was scarcely conscious. At the
time she had said to herself;
"other girls have things because
thew have fathers and mothers to give
have
thing-pretty clothes, nice nome,
have to do wrong-or II looks that
way
She no longer believed just as she
did then. but she craved lovely clothes
and more than anything else. affec--
ton. To a certain extent Nellie had
! filled this need, but at times the feel
| ing that she had not had square deal
! in the world made her say bitter
! things. that. until she had given Nellie
her confidence, the younger girl couid
not understand
Sometimes when Cora talked to the
| girls. not in a preaching or fauit-
| finding way, but lovingly tried to help
them by quoting her father, or telling
| her own thoughts of their work, their
1 living. Gladys would become impa-
| tient, and show it in her face even AZ
she said nothing. Then Nellie would
! take up the cudgeis:
Don't you dare look like that. Miss
DOran! cora got II StEdASHt MA
right! You see she was brought up
right, her Pa a minister. Then she's
more -educated-not that you can't
lput It over me albright at that. But
even you aren't educated like her"
| 1T isn't easy to be good and pa
tient when we long for things" Cora
said in her quiet way. Il never have
sail SO before. but it is hard for me
to give up all idea OF being anything
to William anything but friend.
But, Gladys dear, no one ever was
made ilas,Iy.~so Dad used to say. by
doing something they knew was
. wrong. William has his response
bilities. / have mine. Neither of as
lean shirk them The best We can
hope for is to do what God has given
US to do as well as we can. and be
good friends. And work, trying for
efficiency in our work, brings peace
and contentment even IL we are de-
MED the things girls who have no
Responsibilities have"
| You think lot of that word EFF
ficient' don't your" Nellie asked. She
would not let the girls be too serious.
| "Yes, Nellie, / dol If we could
| forget our pay envelope s-what we
tneed in money retnrns-and devote
our minds to doing the very best IN
us regardless of that, it would mean
Success. But unfortunately we can't
forget, can't work and have faith that
the results will be even better, our re-
ward greater IL we think only of what
1--we do: not of what we get. We
should try to develop our initiative,
make ourselves necessary-then the
money would come to itself We
could ask fer q raise because we know
we were woHA 1t; that our employers
could not a&ord to let us co.
Hear. Eearl" Nellie said, then:
t"I know you are right, Cora. And
Iyour taiRs<do us good-even IL / do
rag YOU"
(Tomorrow--Dugan feels his respon-
sibilities.)
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