The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-04-28
Bring Girl
By JANE OSBORN
q. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.
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and talking to his sister all at one
time. I've got days work at the
ONCE still before me and it's nearly
i've. One Of the men Is away in the
output department and I've got to 60
over there and take care Of his mail.
I'll be debating until nine."
"But you've got to come, simply got
to-" his sister Nellie informed him.
ut will absolutely ruin that party II
you don't You are needed to make
up the fourth table, that's all there u
about It. We shan't start cards until
after nine so it won't matter II you're
late. And no one will mind II you
aren't in evening dress. Just don<
loaf over your dictation. Don't flirt
with the stsnographsr and you'll b
able to get here In time"
Nellie hung up the receiver and Jim
realized that he would have TO do Ais
sisters bidding. Az 4 matter Of fact
he had finished with his own work. He
would 60 over to the output depart
msnt whore he had been told q stsa-
ographer would be waiting Tor him.
work an hour. send ont for Z sand
wieh and = cup of coffee and paod
ahead until nine.
He was not entirely sorry that hs
was going. Nellie had told him that
shs had arranged to have an attrac-
tive girl there for him.
Then his telephone rang again.
"Say, Ned" came his sisters voice.
you've got to bring Sin. That gin
Molly was bringing for you can't come.
She mixed up her dates and flnds shs
was going to dinner and the opera.
Molly says she's winner. Oh. we'll.
ws'll have you meet yet" Nellie would
listen to none Of Ned's protests. Hov
could he ask girl at that late houYf
what sort Of girl would so with . man
when she didn't know the hostessf
Ned wanted to know. But Nellie
wasn't interested In details. Simply
she expected Ned, and girl. to ap-
pear as soon after nine as possible
Ned did try to get girl, called up
two or three friends who politely
found excuses. Only thing to do was
to 60 himself without the girl, and
take the consequences. Fortunately
the debating went along smoothly
enough, the stenographer who was
waiting for him in the output de-
partment was a good one. Not the
sort that wasted time. He sent out
for sandwiches and coffee for two,
and they stopped for ten minutes to
eat. Then he noticed for the first time
that the girl was at least presentable.
"What are you doing after you get
through here?" he asked.
"Going home" said the girl.
"You get paid so much an hour for
overtime. Any objections for working
few hours morel Not just this sort
Of work, playing bridge. Do you play
bridgef"
The girl looked at him narrowly.
"Yes," she said. II never refuse a
chance to make an honest nickls or
two Trying to save enough to 60 to
college. That's why / do overtime
work here. Want me az a stop gap.
suppose. I'll play bridge, but l won't
dancev"
Ned continued his debating with a
load off his shoulder and once or
twice as he dictated he regarded the
girl a little more narrowly than he
had before. Well, she wasn't bad look.
ing, she'd pass in any crowd. He'd In
troduce her as an old friend. Whats
your Manner he asked abruptly.
Laura Hough," she told him.
"rn have to call you Laura" hs
said You're an old friend of mine
any obJectionT"
NO" said Laura dryly.
The dictation over, Laura went ia
the dressing room to primp little
and reappeared closely wrapped in
her trim fur coat When she slipped
1t Off twenty minutes later in the hall
Of Nellie's apartment Ned saw that
she was wearing neat little evening
frock. "How comet" said Ned with an
appraising glance.
~ had it In the Office" she said
81 had expected to 70 out" But she
got no further. Nellie and Molly were
greeting her with shrieks Of surprise
$50 you got here after ALL" sait
Molly. "What about the opera and
| your date"
Here's my date" said Laura. '.The
opera didn't last as long as though,
1t would, and. I'm here"
''If you really are the girl / th;nl
you are" Ned asked her drawing he,
aside, "how come you're working
Molly thinks you have all sorts Of
! money. and she really believed tn,
opera story"
"Of course that was joke more OF
less" said the girl. "But I'm not quite
the poor little working girl you might
suppose, and I could have gone to thu
opera II had wanted. You see
wanted to go to college. but my fa
ther had objections. So got job or
the sly to earn enough to 60 anyway
! I'd have to have some sort of a ca
reer."
"Unless you married?" suggested
| Ned.
MAY / consider that a proposal 2
asked laura loud enough for Molly
and Nellie to oyerhear.
please don't joke about 1t TOT
much,' Ned said so that only Laurs
heard II might have courage enough
some day to ask you"
And later when Ned and Laura an
nounced their engagement 1t was gen
/ orally understood that their troth hat
been plighted there In Nellie's littl.
apartment that night
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