The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-12-26
Not in Offices
Bv ALICE DUANE
Mcclure syndicate-wNU serviceI

one OF the big women magazines.
David Lister worked in the art de
partment.
Sally could type. and she could
write captions for illustrations. She
passed on a good suggestion now and
then to one of the editorS-about
something she thought would make
a hit with the wide group of women
readers of the magazine. Altogether
she was a really valuable young
member of the editorial staff.
Sally was lot more than that
She was pretty, she dressed well.
and she was a thoroughly nice all
round girl.
And then: Sally had decided that
she wanted 10 marry David. David
didn't know this. Sometimes Sally
wasn't quite sure of IT, but she was
always ready TO admit 10 herself that
at least she wanted to have chance
10 refuse David if she definitely de-
cided not to marry him And in on
office, what could she DO about it,
David never paid her any attention
And, thought Sally, that was nat
ural and to be expected Men you
meet in business don't propose to
girls they meet IN Offices. Some
body had told that 10 Sally. Lots OF
women had told i TO her. in fact.
in one way or another And Sally
believed it. Or at least she usually
believed it, And there were some
men in the big organization, Of
course. who would, she thought, on
encouragement, probably like ID
marry her But not David.
The more she thought about il.
the more determined Sally was 10
make no mistake in anything that
was becoming so important to her.
Sally was getting so that she saw
DaVidS blond head before her III
the subway croWds-but she knew
perfectly we'll he didn't use the sub
way but committed to Long Island
She was getting SO she Shiverec
when her work took her TO the big
art department room; SO that she
blushed if he happened to ride W
or down in the same elevator witt.
her; and so that she noticed what
kind of necktie he wore and whethe-
he looked tired or happy.
So Sally, being a practical sort o.
young girl, took herself definitely IL
hand,
She made an excuse 10 hang
around the telephone operator desk
one lunch hour, and by adroit queS-
tons found out where David USUALLY
spent his week-ends.
Yeah" said the girl, stretching
her tired neck and shoulders as sac
slipped off her headpiece when her
noon relief appeared. She didn':
know it, but she was really answer
ing Sally's question, as definitely as
if Sally had asked it. Sally had just
said one thing and another until the
telephone operator was giving her
The information she wanted Wish
/ had nice place TO go, like some
Of these people. Mr.. Lister, now.
with his Saturdays and Sundays on:
there al Pine Lake in New Jersey.
l bet he doesn't miss a week.-mrs.
there all through the summer"
The girl g0esipcd on, jue. lay
talkative. And Sally made he
plans
1t wasn't very hard. Three weeks
later she cot off the train at Pine
Lake one Saturday afternoon ana
was met at the station by Hester
StanhOpe. II hadn't been hard 10
meet her-and when Sally wanted to
be charming. she seemed to be just
the person you d always been want
ing to ask to your house as a
weekend guest.
"Oh, Miss Brent" said her host
ess, looking past Sally up and down
the crowded little committing plat
form, I've another guest coming
out by this train-David LiSter-oh,
hello, David Come over here and
meet Sally Brent. Too bad you two
didn't know each other. You could
have visited coming out from town.
That was the end of it, so far as
Sally'S efforts went David took
things in his own hands after that
Sunday evening he and Sally were
sitting CT the moonlit terrace out
side the S,anhOpes' open living room
windows.
Sally" said David, as he sat
silhouetted against the brightness in
the garden. Sally sat in tire SHADOW
of pergol3 column. She watched
the golden halo behind his profile.
and Rugged herself for being
bright young thing. She fc't sure,
now, that David would propose to
her. And she felt sure, too, tlaL
she would accept him.
You see, Sally-Pm awfully glad
to have found you here like this. I've
been longing to get you to talk TO
me-to listen TO me-"
And that was that. Twenty min
utes later, when Sally had told David
she would marry him, she said:
but David, think of all those
wasted months in the office. You
never even seemed to see me-"
'Oh-that,' said David well,
you see, it's this way. Girls you
meet in Offices don't marry the men
they meet there They don't fall in
love with them. You know that