The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-03-02
The Noon Hour
Notes
BY FRANK n. WILLIAMS


WIS tlt prtttitst kiTi III tht Woiu.
All day long, as they worked In
the big general offices OF the Acme
Manufacturing company. Don stole
glances at her as she bent demurely
over her typewriter. turning out work
Just about twice. us fast ns any other
girl In the office and work that was
,ust about three times as neat as
theirs. And every time that Don
glanced at her brown hair and big
blue eyes and rosy cheeks. his heart
did quick step and he felt like rush
Ing right up to her- and carrying her
off with him to the marrying parson"
three blocks down on the street on
which the Acme company was located.
Then as Don would turn reluctantly
back to his work. his heart would
sink.
what chance had he. anyhow Not
the least little chance In the world
against Charles Gllliom, the sales
manager, who, though there was gray
In his hair and lines ut the corners
Of his eyes. courted Dolly with all the
artor OF college youth.
OF course, Don and Dolly were good
friends But always when Don was
on the verge Of leaning close to Dolly
and whispering In her pretty ear that
II would he good stunt for them to
hook up and go through life together,
the thought of his meager salary rose
up and chilled him. And there was
Gilllom looming In the distance with
his fat salary and big, powerful auto
mobile. Surely II wouldn't be right to
deprive Dolly OF the life Of ease that
Gllllom could give her.
For some weeks things dragged on
this way-Don becoming more pessl-
mistic and less ardent from day to
day. and Gllllom becoming ardent and
more confident as time went on.
Then there came day on which
Dolly hesitated when Don asked her
to go to the movies that night.
"I--I hardly know what to say"
and I'm going to be out lnie tomorrow
night. really ought to stay home
tonight and get some sleep. II always
makes me sleepy to ride In an auto
mobile and didn't get enough sleep
last night"
this. He felt as II some one had
thrown cold water over him. He knew.
of course, who Dolly had been with
the night before and who she was to
he with the following night. OF
course. It would he Gilllom. He was
the only one Of Dolly's friends who
owned an automobile.
"Oh, well, wen cnll II Off then 70 ex-
clnimed Don. and turned hurriedy
away without looking up at Dolly.
As he strobe down the street he
thought he heard Dolly calling after
him. But he didn't stop. Probably
she merely wanted to tell him how
sorry she felt for him. He couldn't
stand that. so he kept right on walk.
ing away hurriedly.
The next day NJ the Office Don
res0lutely kept his eyes away from
Dolly. SO successful was he In doing
this that Sammy, the office boy, took
notice OF It. Having noticed the sItua-
tlon Sammy approached Don cautious
iy.
"what's the mntter" queried Sam
my. ibid she give you the frozen
mtt?"
As he spoke Sammy indicated Dolly
with nod of his head.
For q moment Don felt like throt-
| tling Sammy. Then he thought bet
| ter OF the Idea and decided not to
throttle him.
"No." said Don. "she didn't give
me the icy mitt. I've simply quit.
What chance" he added bitterly.
"has n guy got these days against a
bird with lot OF coIn7" Then with
out waiting for an answer from Sam
my, Don mournfully answered him
self. mot chance-not chance In
the worldw
"Well. cheer up!" admonished Sam.
my. There are plenty Of fish still left
| In the sea-"
Huh" retorted Don. 81 don't want
TO marry a fish J"
| II was on the following day that
Don. upon returning to his desk from
lunch. found the first OF a series OF
notes which surprised him and made
him again feel like committing mur.
der upon Sammy.
The first note Don found read like
this:
"FaInt heart never won fair lady"
The note was scrawled on a sheet
OF scrap paper In a. boyish hand. Right
away Don felt that trick was being
played upon him by the fun-lovinp
Sammy. But. In order to he sure
about the matter Don secured some
specimens OF SGmmy's handwriting
and compared these specimens with
the note. The writing certainly looked
alike. There could. therefore. he nc
doubt that Sammy was responsible
But Don decided to catch Sammy In