Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-09-06
Wondrous Irish
Eyes
By LEETE STONE
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Il ACNSON GAlGE, neau OF Gulse,
- Talmadge and Gaige, was obvious
Iy worried and flurried. Something
was wrong.
To Kathleen Callahan, his secretary,
he represented all that was noble. hon
orable and brilliant in the legal pro-
fesslon She noticed her employers
sudden distractions In the middle of
dictatIon, watched him gaze wistfully
out of the window, saw his fits of
fidgetlng she felt very sorry for
him; she wished she could help UNI
ravel the tangle.
His pretty little secretary blamed
Jackson Gaige for only one thing;
namely, that he had recently dis
charged william. william was book
keeper, cashier and purveyor Of pay
envelopes.
Still, Kathleen knew her worthy
chief was not really the one at fault.
That cat, Irene French, had done 1t.
She wore her heart on her sleeve
where william was concerned, and he
made no secret of his preference for
Kathleen. In splteful retaliation
Irene had carried untrue tales Of Will
liam's omissions and shortcomings to
the office manager, who, In turn, had
at once requested the chief for per-
mission to let the young man so.
Kathleen was sitting In her small
office next to Mr.. Cages spacious
room one morning when she heard
two men who had just come In talk
Ing loudly and earnestly to her chief.
The two men finally left and she could
hear Jackson Galge pacing up and
down his office.
At last he pressed the buzzer that
summoned her and Kathleen hurried
In with her notebook. As she seated
herself at the glass-topped desk, the
manager stepped hastily in, excite
ment written In his eyes and letter
crushed in his hand.
"Here's another letter from them,
Mr.. GaIge. They won't walt but
four days longer. II they push the
case before that bill goes through, our
goose Is cooked. What did you tell
those two chaps from the district at
torney's office, who leftT
Kathleen hated the manager with
Celtic fervor. He had dismissed Will
liam, and now he was taking an In
solvent tone with her kind boss.
you've got to fight them with their
own weapons" continued the manager.
IF we can't persuade Kelly to defer
that case until after election; II we
can't get satisfactory interview with
him-well, we must try other means. |
know you're dead against brlbe; but
IL two or three hundred dollars slipped
to jenkins, who needs It badly, will
straighten matters out :" He
shrugged eloquently.
81 used every argument In the world
with those two men," Jackson Galge
replied. "They held out against me,
saying the only possible delay would
be II Kelly himself postponed the case.
Guess we're at the end of our rope.
Kelly won't give me an Interview. Ii
he would see me I'm sure could
stralghten out the whole business; but
he won't. I was about to try him
once more with letter when you
came in, though I'm afraid It's useless
take this, please, Miss Callahan !"
"Mr. Patrick J. Kelly,
30 Nassau street,
"New York.
"Dear Sir"
"Please, Mr.. Galge, I'd like to say
something" said Kathleen.
The kind boss and the hated man
ager turned lmpatlently to the trim
little secretary.
"If you'd like an interview with
Patrick J. Kelly of 30 Nassau, I'm
sure I can arrange 1t. You see. he
Is my stepfnther. He'd do almost any
thing in the world wanted him to
because he's very fond Of me. He's
never been keen about my being In
uslness-doesn't see why ! should
want to be Independent when he loves
to give me everything I wlsh--so we
don't talk much about II at home. ]
don't suppose he even remembers
where I'm working"
"Well, I'll be darned !" said the kind
boss to the unklnd manager.
Unique sltuationl Kathleen Gala
han, secretary, of wOndrOus Irish eyes,
solving situation that had nagged
the brains of men for days.
The interview was arranged for the
next day.
Everything was adjusted and set
tied amlcubly, after which Jackson
Gaige asked Kathleen what she would
like as token Of appreciation for her
valuable service.
Kathleen reminded her chief Of one,
william, former bOokkeeper, cashier
and purveyor Of pay envelopes. Had
Mr. Galge any direct knowledge Of the
slightest detection on Williams partf
Ah-no indeed He had sim
ply been told by the manager, who
had been informed by Miss French
that william paid too much attention
to some one in the office, and neglect
ed his work. Then, II the
kind boss had no objection, could not
william be relnstated7 Well
-ah, OF course the manager had
charge Of these minor matters; but II
Injustice had been done, certainly he,
Jackson Galge, would see that Will
liam returned.
(which means, presume" Kath.
leen's employer pntted her shoulder
a world OF understanding shining IN
his smile, "tbat shall be getting n
good bookkeeper. perhaps and losing
a good secretary, surely. However, u
fair exchange Is no robbery--ehT
Irish eyes looked up at him and
smiled.