The Omaha guide., 1932-12-10

Harold Stern, had just come into
Cream Ridge and had taken over
an Office suite in the Elite Hotel, a
local hotel. He was a representa-
tive Of one of the great political
parties, and his business here was
to get the people Of Cream Ridge
out to vote for the man whom his
party was sponsoring in the forth
coming election. But the most i'm
portant act of all vas - that he
needed a stenographer.
Ellen forgot about her work in
her anxiety to get to the hotel and
see the man. She found him alone
in the little suite of Office rooms,
a tall, dark, slender, well-dressed
young fellow of about twenty-four
years. He seemed very much sur
|priSed when she entered.
II heard" she told him bluntly,
you needed a Stenographer."
He smiled a little as he looked
her over. Gee" he said with a
grin. news certainly does get
a. ound fast in this town. I was
just about to put an ad in the
paper when suddenly, 1T of a blue
sky. you walked in"
you won't need to advertise
now" Fllen informed him, return
ing his smile.
"Ohl" He laughed out loud. Say,
you're a pretty fast one, aren't
you? Well, let's see what you can
do"
He tested her briefly with a bit
|Of ~dictation, watched her as she
typed it neatly on a typewriter
which she found on one of the
desks That's OK, sweetie," he
approved. 81 guess you'll do all
right"
Ellen revolted voluntarily under
the touch of familiarity which she
found in his voice, but in her hap
piness at finding a new job, this
was soon forgotten. She said.
When do you want me to get
|started?"
"ThereU be nothing to do just
now" he informed her. by noon
I'll have things in working order
and thereT be some letters I'll
have to get out right away. But un-
til then I'll just have o spend my
time Strengthening out this mess"
He indicated the upset Office rooms.
If you want to, you NAV go and
come back
III do that, then"
She turned and hurried out Of the
office, then walked briskly through
the narrow streets to the tea-house
in which she had worked for SO
many months. She found the pro-
prietOr absent, 50 he sought out
Jerry. He seemed particularly glad
to see her.
"Where've you been?" he asked.
Il thought maybe you were sick;
I was getting real worried. And
what about that idea of mine, the
tea-room-did you decide to 60
through with that?"
His boyish eagerneSs saddened
her. She shook her head slowly.
mo, Jerry" she said. Il just could
MT bring myself to it,"
But Ellen" he cried.
I'D love to help you. Jerry-you
know it. But right now I'm just
sick of cooking and washing dishes
and all that. I want to get out of
the kitchen. It's gotten on my
:"
Jerry gulped hard. Maybe you
didn't understand" he fastened toI
explain Il didn't want you to be
just a cook-I wanted you to be
my partner. Just as soon as we
could afford to hire somebody else
to do the cooking" He stopped
short, gulped again. "Y'see, Ellen,
I was sort of figuring on you mar
rying me soon's we got the thing
Course 1 never said Moth
ing about it but I bad it all planned
out. We could live together in the
upstairs part of that old house"
Ellen wayered. But tn thrill of
her newly found job overcame her,
she could not let SO wonderful an
slip through her fin
gers. She said, I'm sorry, Jerry.
Gee, I'm awfully sorry. But it just
won't work out that way. You see,
I've got another job"
"A job Doing what2" II
I'm going to be q Stenographer Y