The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-02
Chapter 81.

Nellie could scarcely refrain from
talking Of her wonderful luck and OF
bar salary. Just think. over twice
What | earned BEFORE" she said many
times.
But. Nellie" Gladys reminded. you
had very small pay before. and you
were also learning all the time. because
YOU studied. Then, perhaps II tney
had asked how much you got they
might have thought you incompetent.
you were very lucky they didn't but
don't make any mistake dear. II you
don't earn the salary they won | pay
#, Men aren't in business for FUN. MISS
Mcbride talked with mo about that
when she got me my position. She saiu
,nany girls seemed to think men. 1irms
wore in business for some other rea-
son than TO make 1t pay. That they
wanted money they did not earn-often
did not try to earn. But she also I'M
nressed II upon me that she soon scrat-
ched that sort off her list Sne salo
good service for good pay must De
any girls motto who hoped TO sue
coed"
"Ny. You should ask Mrs. Thompson
| for a soap-box. You talk better IMAM
| those men and women who spell on
! tho corners Of the streets But guess
Miss Mcbride is right-and little Neihe
isn't going TO lose her job Tor lack OF
| trying to keep 1t; not II they "oFh nie
to skin and bones"
"They won't! And It wouldn't hurt
Won To lose a little. Your appetite seems
| To have grown with your pay envelope.
| 40 wish Cora would eat better. She
sends her mother so much / sometimes
! think she isn't fair to herself. 1 never
can ret her to buy any little extras
81 don't see you blowing yourself so
often either" Nellie replied
| "It's different with me! I'm we'll and
strong. and I can't afford to have things
i 7 don't need when tho Kids at home
! need so much. But Cora Is delicate In
spite Of her grit and sometimes I get
/ frightened for her.
Tha result Of this conversation was
that Nellie often brought homo a jar OF
fruit. some jelly, or fresh fruits, which
!, she insisted upon sharing equally, In
i addition to paying her full third Of the
expenses. Yet she had saved also and
had bought a neat navy blue tailor
! suit, O hat, Shoes, and waist
TIL buy another waist BY and By,
/ and some underwear. Then I shall be
I nretty we'll fixed" she said - she wash
/ ed and ironcd the one she had bought,
now the only ono decent enough Tor
i the office. All three Of tho girls took
i or their office clothes rs soon a. they
i reached home. Like so many things
thew did, 1t had been at Cora's sug-
gestion-
i Clothes that ono sits around In. or
i that one does any housework In don't
last as long. and never look as we'll
she said.
whatever would we do without you?
Your wise little sugEestionsf' Gladys
once said: Where did you learn so
much?"
I, Mother was always very careful and
brought me up TO be. A Clergyman 8
wife in a small parish hasn't much to
do with you know, yet has to mako
!, good appearance Tho congregation
seem to demand 1t. oven when they
know how small the salary ia
How lovely to have such a mother,
Nellie said with a Sigh. l don't SEQ
why God didn't give mo a mother like
! that. Maybe I'd been different. moro
like Dorothy Fallon, II He had" Mr..
Fallon's niece was the only i;irI Of her
typo Nellie ever had known ever spoken
, to. She unconsciously took her for q
pattern, had already adopted some OF
her little ways Nellie was 4 perfect
mimic, but In copying Dorothy she had
no idea OF making fun, she seriously
. lonEed to DO like tho lovely. cultured
girl who frequently came to tho office
to chat q moment with her uncle who
was al so her guardian. Her father had
died when she was q child. and she gave
a daughters love TO the elder Fallon
+ a sister to Mr.. George-as they all call
ed him In the office