Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-01-19
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sWIldL u IL! uGIIldIluGu Tic gem
eral manager Grossly. Gwen if I
find another good girl, she's certain
to leave me in the lurch at a crit
ical time like this just to marry
some STRIPPING who probably makes
less money than she does.'
Haven't your secretaries all been
rather - ah = attractive-appearing
young women?" asked the vice
president thoughtfully.
''How do I know" said the gen.
eral manager, YEARLY, glancing at
his watch and mentally anathema-
tizing the employment agencies.
''Why not ask an agency to send
competent girl who would not be
$3.50 matrimonially eligible, as it
were; glasses, say, severely dressed
hair and"
"I'll do it. I'll call up now and
tell them / want girl whose looks
just naturally place her in the spin
ster sisterhood."
With the advent of Miss Mary
Marshall the dove of peace APP
peared to have established it's resi-
dence in the Office of the general
manager. Miss Marshall was eff
ficient, she was self-effacing, she
was Jealous in the performance of
all the many aggravating details
that so irk busy executive. The
general manager occasionally Won
dered how on earth he had managed
to get along without her. Statesmen
never paid the slightest attention to
the exits or entrances. With her
hair drawn tightly back without
even part, with heavy horn
trimmed glasses and with an I'M
varying, uniformlike costume of
dark blue with severe white collar
and cuffs, she made no bid for mas
culine admiration.
Until next week Thursday, then
Miss Marshall" concluded the gen.
eral manager, somewhat hesitantly,
as he took the travelling bag that
she had arranged to have sent from
his hotel as soon as she had learned
of his decision to take a sudden
trip east.
1t was 8 O'Clock. The outer Of
fee was empty and Miss Marshall
wanting to finish few extra tasks
caused by the unexpected departure
of the general manager, threw the
heavy, horn-rimmed glasses on the
desk with sigh of relief. Even
though the glass in them did resem-
BILE window glass, the frame irritat-
ed her nose. Her hair had been too
tightly strained back for comfort
that morning, so she took out the
hairpins and let the mass of brown
curls fall loose. Then she went on
with her work. She was too alb
sorbed in it to notice the door open
and the thick rug silenced the foot
steps of the intruder. Accordingly,
Mary literally bounded up from her
chair when hand reached out and
picked up her glasses from the desk.
The general manager smiled quiz
zically as he raised them to his eyes
and looked at her through them.
IT decided to take the Century
and so put off my trip until tomor-
row." he began brusquely. GAS
matter of fact l felt so darned
lonesome when I got to the station
that just had to come back to
you," he wound up in an entirely
different tone.
GLASSES and all?"
GLASSES and horrible couture and
boarding-school uniform and all, you
little hypocrite," said the general
manager give been wise to you
since the night you dined at the
Brake with the six feet of good
looking Insecurity that longed at
the time to annihilate. I felt better
the next day when the clerk in
formed me that the Adonis who had
got me so green-eyed was Robert
Marshall Of Louisville"
Mary blushed.
However did you recognize me?"
she asked.
Just because you're entirely diff
ferent from any other girl in the
world. I'd know you in an Eskimo's
outfit" said the general manager,
taking small plush box from his
pocket.
'tThe marrying jinx is sure on the
trail of any girl who takes that sec.
rotary job" decided the outer Of.