The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-24

usual and stared at Margery with
amazement when she came in.
"Hi'ya. Marge. Gee, 1 thought
I got off early today. You must
have got off even earlier!" Susie
exclaimed.
You mean I got fired earlier
than usual"
You got fl Oh Marge, no?"
definitely, yes"
Susie sat on the edge of the
divan and patted Margery's hand.
You poor kid-thats simply
awful" Margery grinned at her.
You got so used to bein' fired
that you even grin about it. Say,
I told you to keep an eye on that
old man Mason. You thought he
was the perfect boss. You said he
liked you"
I'll say he did"
What did he do, Marge?"
Same old story, Sue. He tried
tc show me a few handles but I
told him to stop as I could guess
all of them"
That's perfectly terrible. MY
boss never makes any passes at
me-darn it! Did you have to
fight the old fool much?"
mo rough and tumble after he
tried the first clinch. But I had
to throw a couple five pound books
at him. I missed and they smashed
windows and the reserves came on
the gallop."
Not the copS?"
THE cops"
"Were you pinched?"
only once-and that was by
Mason" Margery went into de-
tails then and Susie lay back on
the divan and roared with
laughter.
Then she sat up and was seri-
Gus again.
Its funny, and then again it
isn't so darn funny, Marge, when
I think how you got to go job
hunting again"
mot me, Sue"
"What?" Susie eyed her sus-
piciously. "How come? You fall
heir to a fortune or gonna grab
a rich husband?"
It have job. That's why I've
been grinning." Margery told her
about it.
The next morning Mrs. Craw-
ford gave Margery a desk in the
large office. There were half a
dozen other desks there and some
of the girls were coming in. Mrs.
Crawford introduced Margery.
There were three doors at one
side of the office. one with Low
ellis name. another with Barton's
name and the third with Hender-
sons.
They don't have any regular
secretaries, Miss Morrison" Mrs.
Crawford explained, they step
out and call in any of you young
ladies who happens to not be so
very busy"
Margery thought that possibly
this would be the solution to her
problem.
A little later Lowell and Hen.
derSon came in together. Both
were Smartly dressed, good looking
and, Margery guessed. in their
early forties. Mr.. Barton arrived
soon after this and he was a bit
younger, a bit more dapper, and
a bit more genial in his general
greeting to the girls at the desks.
Sooner or later, Margery
thought. each one of them would
start to make passes. She Won
dered which one would try it first.
CHAPTER v
At noon on Margery's first day
at Lowell, Barton & Henderson's
offices, the three started out for
luncheon together and they all
eyed Margery, first with surprise,
then Smilingly They had not seen
her when they came in.
BY five o'clock all three had
called Margery in to take dicta-
ton. had asked her name and had
complimented her rather effusively
on her ability.
At home, that night. in reply to
Susie'S query as to the new Job.
Margery said. Easy work. Sue, but
put me on record as saying that it
Will last only about three days"
Margery was wrong about it. She
worked there nearly a month. It
got so that the routine office work
of listing tabulating. filing, and so
on, was all done by the other girls.
Margery was kept busy taking let
tiers from the three partners. They
were almost effusive in their kind.
ness. All three, at times, suggested
taking Margery out for luncheon
or for dinner. but Margery found
some excuse or other.
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