The Washington times., 1938-01-17

The one in the ermin e." why,
don't you know who she is? You
should if you ever read the society
columns. She is Mrs. Da lie !
Patchens. Yes. The wife of the
chain store magnate."
He thought to himself, some
day I'll ask her to be my wife.
She'll say, NO and then I'll have
: to give up seeing her because it
isn't fair for a guy like me toI
take up a girls time.
But suppose she says, "YeS?" I
have some money saved up and I
have my clerks salary every week.
To have her to go home to every
night. We could sit in our flat and
play pinochle. Maybe We could
get enough together to make a
down payment on radio.
Maybe, she'd let me-kiSs her!
No she wouldn't We're doing all
right together. Better let things
alone. So he dfSmiSSe the
thought.
A strange thing happened to
him now, All his dreams had gone
away. He was just a little man
with little job in love with a girl
he couldn't have.
Oh, it was all right to dream of
her wearing ermipe and being the
wife of a chain store magnate. !
But he couldn't imagine himself
as the magnate. His heart got sick.
Whats the m tier, Dan?"
Betty asked him. Don't you feel
good?"
"Sure, I feel swell. Why?"
We'll, you look kind of pale. |
Are you working too hard?"
mo. This job is cinch."
Dan"
"What?"
Did you ever think that you
might get to be manager Of a
store some day? You know the
business. And people Like you.
And you've been with the w & K
people five years now.
Il find myself thinking about |
you in the store. And about what
a swell fellow you are. Here's my
place. Want to come up to the |
hall2"
So they walked up the steps to
the hall. And he found her arms
around his neck and her mouth
against his. And the world was
sweet and whirling.
Her mouth tasted as hungry as
his and he knew that if he ever
lost her now, life would be dull /
and without dreams.
PROPOSE TO BETTY
Gee, Betty" he Stammered, |
let's get married. Gee, Betty, I |
love you. III write that applica-
ton tonight"
"All right, Dan," she told him.
But even if they turn you down,
I'll marry you Sweetheart, try not |
to be so afraid"
This" Dan wrote painfully. sis
to apply for a managerShip with
the w & x stores. am 26 years
Of age and in sound health. have
been in your employ for five years
and two months"
'I have always worked for you
to the best of my ability. I know
stock from A to 2. know whole
sale prices and the way to buy in
lots. know quality and I would
never be open to any proposition
by dishonest johberS to buy infe- !
rior goods and take cut for my
self"
He sat there reading over what |
he had written and the old fear
took a good strong grip on him.
Wasn't he doing all right where he
was? He made enough to keep !
himself and have some to spare.
What if they got mad and fired
him? He picked UP the sheet and
made the first motion to tear it.
And then he thought of Betty.
Would he tell her that he had
made his application and wait for
a while and then tell her they'd
turned him down?
i That would be easy to do. She'd
take it all right. Or would he con-
feSS to her that he was afraid to
make it? What would she think, |
if he did that? Not much. Wen, |
he wouldn't lie to her.
Then those three hard guys, the |
captain of industry and the Wall
Street plunger and the bank rob
ber simply moved in on him in a |
body and took the paper out of his
hand.
They used his pen and hand
writing but they wrote what Dan
PatchenS, the clerk, would never
write in a thousand years. They
wrote:
I'm telling you this to give you
your opportunity to have my CON
) tinued services. If I'm not worth
a managerShip to you, I'm not
worth keeping on as clerk.
IF you cannot see me as a man
! ager then please consider this my
two weeks notice. Respectfully,
!. Daniel PatchenS."
Then the three hard guys signed
! and sealed his envelope and hur-
! ried him to the mail box. When
he got back to his room, it was too
late to do anything. 80.
Well, what do you know!" said
= the manager of the W & x per
: sonnel. Here's a worm of ours
: turning. Daniel Patchens offers