Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-15
With the Other
Ghosts
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By CORONA REMINGTON
(Copyrlght.)

~ OSN OH WlLLlAMSON (RODert by
N baptism) entered the huge store
room and made his way among tho
rows of filing cabinets
Hey, there, Ro, what you doiH'
down there?" A voice came from
somewhere in the depths and Will
Hanson carefully made his way
through the maze of boxes until he
located the speaker.
"H1O, John Gov'nor sent me down
to root out the papers on the Conley
case. You know, those people who
sued us about the water main running
to the factory. Say" he added
suddenly changing the subject, who's
the little redheaded Jane in fathers
office? Just glimpsed her as she was
leaving yesterday afternoon"
"Ah, see what you've been missing
by being away at college. That's
Elizabeth Powell, the niftiest little
kid ever welded llpstlck. Her IA
ther was Judge. Down on her up
pers, and had to take job"
"Watch me make a killln'l You
know I always had a way with girls"
Absolutely irresistiblel" said John
Fortune drily, but Williamson missed
the slight tone of sarcasm In his voice
and plunged ahead with his plans.
"Tll have her eating out of my
hand before six weeks are over.
Watch mel"
Get out o. here. You're too darned
good-looking to be human"
Fortune kicked at him and went
on with his own search among the
files.
Williamson procured the papers he
was sent for and hurried to the ele-
vator and upstairs, scrutlnized himself
carefully In the little mirror in the
cloak room, then sauntered into his
fathers Office.
He felt the impression he was Gre
ating and was satisfied, but refralned
from glancing toward Miss Powells
desk. In fact. he did not see her desk,
he was in a brown study, but he was
suddenly reused from his little reverie
by his fathers rasping voice:
"Where the devil have you been all
this time and what are you doln'
waikiki In here lookin' like a moon
calf2 Here, hand me those papers and
get busy"
Williamson flushed with mortiAca-
ton and anger. Involuntarily his eyes
went toward Miss Powell's desk. A
sudden joyful weakness engulfed him
as he realized that her chair was
empty.
"Please remember that I'm man
now, father. You can't talk like that
to me-" His voice was surprisingly
quiet end calm. He placed the papers
on his filther's desk and left the room.
As the door closed the old man
chuckled to himself.
Didn't know he had It in him." he
unused, half pleased.
Williamson had a pretty fair tech
niQue with girls. AS a rule he knew
the ones who would respond to rush
ing and the ones whose acquaintance
had to be cultivated more slowly.
However, both methods failed with
Elisabeth.
"You know how It is" she would
say, II don't think employees should
go out with their employers sons.
Business and social things should al
ways be kept apart"
"Hang business" he said after his
third month of refusals. "I'll make
dad fire you If you don't behave"
"If you do" she tainted, II shall
accept a position as secretary to
Judge Webster, an old friend Of ia
TIERS In Maxton, and then Ill be two
hundred miles away"
ooh, darn" he calculated desper-
ately.
As time passed he was certain at
moments that she was actually flirt-
ing with him, yet IL she liked him why
did she not let him take her out?
Things were getting pretty nearly I'M
bearable. Fortune remembered VIII
liamsOn's boast IN the stOreroom six
months before and was not too dell
cate to remind him Of 1t occasionally.
"You wait. II surprise you yet"
was Willlamson's mysterious retort,
but how he was to do 1t he had not
the least Idea.
At last one day at lunch time when
his father had left the office he did
something that amazed him more than
anyone else. When Elizabeth walked
in In her little white sports suit, her
red lips puckered as she whistled
some popular air, he rose and went
toward her.
GfIgIl1nhaNhU hn said fakfn0 hnr In |
his arms, II know I oughtn't to pro-
pose to you here, but you won't let |
me call and I'm mad about you. ! |
love your red hair and your little |
fiery temper and I'm going to marry |
you II it's the last thing do on earth, |
80 you might as well submit"
To his establishment she did. She
let him kiss her soft red hair, her
neck, her cheeks, her lips.
you're so sweet, so sweet" he
murmured happily. But why did
you always squelch my adyancesY he
asked after awhile.
because l was In the storeroom
that morning you were Dragging about
being such lady killer and couldn't
help hearing, so l decided to give
you run for it," she laughed
"Tm a chestened man." he said
humbly. 1--WE changed a lot since
those days"
"You certainly have, Robert" she
smiled.
He WINGED as she called him
Robert but decided that after all the
name was more manly, so he let RIOS.
coe 60 into the discard along with
the other ghosts Of his college life.
RIIRTON n DOYIE