Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-10-24
His Name on
the List

BY ANTHONY REIMERT
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(S. 1928, Western Newspaper Union)

DORIS. lie was pleasant, youHSlSh
man, with a hearty, infectious way
that took with her tremendously.
Finally he asked her out to dinner.
But | don't know your name, y
Doris protested.
John smith, he answered, flush
ing.
That dinner was great success.
Doris was IA wary little person, but
John Smith proved a perfect gentle
man. He took Doris to the beach,
and on the way back he asked her to
marry him.
But there Doris held back. Really,
don't know you, and you don't know
me-" she protested.
And there the matter rested. Doris
was thinking of him all that morn
ing as she worked on the list of
names. There was something so Gu
rious about him. He was the most
trustful man she had ever known
He believed everything that
Doris had lied to him, you understand.
But he believed everything.
He was just like one of the men
on the sucker list. 1t must here be
explained that the firm for which
Doris worked prepared sucker lists
for all the fake oil and mining COM
panies, all the fake medical com
panies-everybody who had anything
whatever1tO sell to boObs. And Doris
worked on these lists.
There was separate list for every
state in the Union, and there was
separate list for every big city. Once
your name got on the sucker list,
from your having bought Holman's
Bitters, a sure-cure for Indigestion,
or oil stock at five cents a share
well, there 1t stayed.
And at the head of every list was
the name of A. A. Ababanel That is
to say, the lists We're arranged alpha
betically, and naturally A. A. Ababanel
headed them
Not that Mr.. AbabaneI had resi-
course. But he bought medicines, he
bought gold stocks and oil stocks, and
he appeared ubiquitous. Doris got
weary to death of reading the name
Ahabanel.
The poor boob surely wants some
one to look after him. she said
She was sorry in "A way for Mr.. Aba
banel, always cropping up. She was
musing over John Smith all the while.
Mr.. Simmons called her to order. Mr..
Simmons was the head of the firm.
Doris blushed and took up her work
again
"Say, Miss Jones, there's been one
or two letters complaining about
names being on the lists" he said a
little later. "If anyone comes in and
makes a kick about it, you better
scratch him off. | dunno how they
found out that they're on our lists,
but there you are, and we can't have
no trouble"
Doris agreed, and Mr.. Simmons
went out to lunch. He had been gone
about five minutes when MIR. Smith
came in. Doris heart beat heavily.
Then she looked up and nodded with
feigned Indifference, and went on with
her work.
Boss in?" asked Mr. Smith.
"Out to lunch" said Doris.
Mr.. Smith came and stood quite
close beside her. "IIow about that
little proposition, my dear?' he asked.
Mr.. Smith," said Doris, Tin
afraid I'll have to say no. respect
you and I like you. But Il feel that
we don't know each other we'll enough
to become engaged. Besides" she
added, with flash of intuition, 81
have always felt that you are keep
ing something from me-"
Mr.. Smith looked guilty.. 1T he
began.
you may have been married"
"NeVer in my life. Miss Jones
Doris. if you won't marry me l don't
know what I'll do. Say yes"
Il can't" said Doris; :. and at
that moment Mr. simmons returned
He came across the room.
'hOhU-UdN, MI, AudbuINlf ne SbiN-
Doris stared in amazement.
"Oh. Mr. simmons, you'll have to
take my name off that list of yours.
I'm being pestered to death by min
Ing concerns, and I've learned that
it's through you. lust because used
go hc simple enough to let mrSe'f get
smug isn't any reason why should
be prosecuted"
Miss Jones, see that Mr.. Ababan
els name is taken Off said simmons
as he went to his desk
Doris scratched off the name WITH
lhankfulness. she looked up AT Mr.
Ahaban2l. 81 knew you were hldinS
something from me" she said
II didn't dare admit Il name like
| shat. Oh, Doris, won't YOU"
eyes. will" said Doris, You nee
| some one to take care of you, even |
she has to call herself Mrs Ababanel.