The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-25

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Miss Mcbride had set for Gladys and
offered her a position with good nrln
1T - 4 week more than sho was Sct-
,in.. The agent knew Gladys was not
really happy where she was and had
had ~ mind for some time.
The ursi day in her new position
over she answered all the questions
Cora and Nclic asked. then said:
"Bni. girls. | had the oldest expert
enc, Mr.. Rudkin one OF the partners,
IN, one | work for, ia awfully hand
sumM-,he handsomest man / ever saw
| think and | guess he knows it."
"WeII. what did he do--ask you to be
Mrs. I;udkin:" Nellie chaffed.
no, indeed! Stop your nonsense
Nellie. or won't tell you another
thing
rim dumb"
III" said:
Remember, Miss noran. / don't want
70 take You to lunch OF dinner. nave
un desire to kiss you. or take any iib-
critics. | don't expect, or want n single
Thing OF YOU except III" work we pay
Won for doing What do you think or
that for jolt""
Some fiir,atious bird he must have
had" Nellie broke her rash promise 10
remain dumb.
TT shows employers aren't always
lie ones At fault" Cora added. Then
gladys went on:
Il was so embarrassed I did not know
what To say or do. ] think every drop
~ blood IN my body rushed to my face.
What could ] say" Yet there he stood
I evidently expecting an answer. SO nm
ally | told him, suffering and stammer-
mo like a kid. that ! never had worked
in nIac,s where men did such things,
thai I wou!dn'l stay # thew did. / said
had no wish TO be my employers COM
panion."
"Rully for you. " Nellie sang out.
weren't stuck on his handsome face.
II imagine hos all right--that per-
haps he has had some silly girl in the
office. Miss Mcbride thinks lot or
the firm. 81 Mr.. Rudkin especially, Ihat
extra s. will help lot" GLADYS s'gheu:
Those little brothers and sisters needed
so many things. Her mother never
wrote that there weren't shoes. dresses
or boys suits needed.
SAY. girls. I've got n plan to pro-
AN light. dear. but why tho got"
ora asked.
".,rh dear I'll never remember 10
leave that meas'y little word out. bu'
listen, I s,iil make mistakes In spelling
and I must learn To spell all the
words. Let's commence at the first WORD
IN that old dictionary or toras ana
spell 1t right through''
when Cora objected that many or
! ,hc words were seldom. X ever used
Nellie replied:
They wouldn't be there II we
ourh,n't to know how TO spell them.
'rnrv mad a great deal Of fun out or
their smelling class. And II was aston
ishinr how fast they turned the leaves
# the old dictionary. even though they
dcvu; Cd but few moments n day TO
, the task when Nellie found word
that nnduly bothered her. she would
write II down and spell i: over and
| over. even after she had gone 10 bed
,hcn finally perhaps waken tho Others
hy calling:
"ryo cot the blamed thing, girls"
and insist upon spelling It.
ruran. the superintendent, and Nclli"
! continued 20 b. good friends. 10 chatG
| each other. Nellie always using hroEue
when they talked. ono day Dugan
! said
"Shurc. Miss Riley I'll have 10 be
| lnnkin' out for yecs. | SAW that Bar
rrv fellow comm in last night Us
3, beau you're havin'. and you nothin
| hut baby.
',io long Wild yccs. DuSan! Your
r,,rn should have been BIarney rs
| no beau Barney Jones IS at all. a, AiI
] Whin gets a real hc:rI Tn tell YOU