Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-06
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kSA1TlRDAY EVENING TALK
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S,nsraii And K. would sort ~ look for
them and speak of IL later-untfl. well
she was nearly at the end OF her tetnei
to know what to DO next. Ii she coulo
think OF more things to see wnen she M
was out alone 80 as g Drihg news IN y,
TO tell MIN. she couId no. ieaye I.,, nhIh
any one, just nm acquaintance here and
there to pass the time OF day with, and
the doctor, OF course, and the very
pleasant woman they rented their rooms
from. Bue no one to talk eyerytnins
over Win. ana no matter wnat your
husband was 10 you, you needed q
woman for that IL II was nothlng else
tnan Just 70 heip you see thihgs "ere
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wes ooins me: Du. you got sort u ol
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tiouoie NJ al tnis little waik 70 SHOW
tue WY; She had oiten hotcea ~ anu
se,. su,,,sn sne % IKE 70 at!ehd some OF .a, Ine
services, put u would DC nara on MIN,
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"VOU went up some steps OH the
l. lobby floor and there you were,
almost hitting your head against the
low ceiling Of her shin shane Office. Her
roll.top desk was fluttering with papcrs.
but not disorderly, and there was n
mans photograph in a Chinese silver
frame and some violcts among the
heaped-up debris Of the days work
A very chic hat hung on the clothes
rack with n fur collar slung beneath It.
In fact, from her very well-done hair
to her slippers she was quite all right
as to dress, and businesslike and very
prosperous as to manner. She handled
my dictated matter with an amused air
MS though all the persons alluded to
in my copy were acquaintances that
she could tell me more about If she
cared to; and once or twice she stopped
me to ask me If did not mean this or
that and suggested a word that might
be better. She was right each time and
so impersonal that I liked her inter-
ference.
"She htd been working all day, yet I
heard her tell one worried man who
appeared breathless with an important
letter to go at once that she would be on
hand until ten thirty that evening. hav-
ing n good deal of back work TO make
up, so that his stuff could be nut
through and got off before she closed
for the night II he would come back.
leisurely TO doll up. for leaving
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and mavhe Rob 10 ho con so. s ~ 'e"si
with a rem.rL ~ tmn ohnn. & 81 on, anu
ness ~ ono % tbe,r ,oto o, oMvtn tne crank, n,,
his imnossibIe manuscr;rt suGsis onJ liz 'n unu
ma ahort .hnra hn;,.n S un IL.
time now until sfter Ton - stnn e sou u
eats on the nort Of tbe ono whn p ,ros ,os
left in charge. Tho two senereteI wac
II liked them both IiLcd .h.;-
abi,itv to nut thronoh .ho;, ,,,osI. III
o,,t iookirr t;rod ~ f.,iaa mvin WILL
losing tha;r tennar, .hai1 A'su sa,, or
tbo;r hei;dnr eIpTts H. ot ;ne,r hold on
and vet thc,r ostin1 .nS dF oaaau.,u aa,.ntuiness
favors from each atiar "u 49, het,nE hu no no
was business md a. wos ~"e the puS,,ess p;nh. 81
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and GpiSb adnatroJ r otnet 10 s.ns on
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manuscr,nt tonn;ns :. ."I e ,,,.h .ipossiDie s
ried. decided ffipps finperss !" y Oh "''n unnur'