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THE EUGENE REG IRTER-GUARD
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Author of "MAD MARRIAGE"
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I" , :t,l un H Curl, said
sue
Well ,U.. K'ni-
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tld tried to t. n.
".Hn't W me
some sort of
F him before thmisn-
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' "TOii've done
E--'V Vrins until I had
Te .iut. Something
Norma
til"!?;. . ronr head,
Do"' :.ot to do duriun
I'll
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i io"c.:;. ..i it n out.
Itiveni i. " T SUD
I'Tbe BoneV I l"e won't last.
U I'd rather be dome some-
absorbed In the
rby you ran
6aid slowly.
s..1"..: i.ttid why you ran
U't. ",c"',' "h..n hetter if
it BH - ' "
Is "didn't! Do you think I
nfinnu ii"'" r; . i.iti.
,f,ef bate me.
nil's chin li;
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
The Cost
By HAROLD GRA.
I itit couldn t
i 1.1-,' n-nnt mO
if ho know. I made up
it tl,nf T ivonlilii'l-
f thrt hoiwe. I couldn't toll him
. Ivia countins on the trip
vl'A lrnnwn h(.W I Mt fiHOIlt
have cone. I wasn t
. inn't von sop, dear, running
w . . ;.r mnko rron-
;ke wis " r .' - -
ftod hut her lips
I tlioncht youd be 'llin2
d fool this way about
( here, infant, of course I want
im JUSt ir.VUIB lU unim
i the best thine to do. that s
rrm't ito buck to Mark's father's
I tell you I won't!"
iMimI. "Well." she aid.
f?ttles that! As I said. I don't.
ivoh much, it you won t ko mi -h
L pnn'il hnffpr en in work. hv
iron come to wv plnce Inst night
of oinir to that rooming
know you' vp no room now,
t't with von.''
fcari have room. We can double
I don't want ynn to do that.
thincs aro tiuterent now.
I I've cot to stnnd on my own
Jt hrlpK to tpll yon nhout things.
k thpra over aiui rco more
t'ftn who understands. Oh. I
i'.m what I d do without you:
i not some to he one more to
Ln Tnur eoiifrosit.?
in.- .1,..,' -:,i;..irtti
fci. A'wny. 1 hut's how f foel
ti Thi'iiln I're nioyrd to is
III want to see you often.
tot I'vp paid the rent for a
i'A l think I II sin? there."
It yourself. T suppose you'll
ninnrr some tune .'
T'01 me about Dorothy.
he likt-V
Dorettiy'R all riht. We don't
I'.nrl the way you and I did but
k. bp a roommate. Say
Hsrk Area flicltorl Trith n suH-
r-iwtion. "Whr didn't I think
JjHTiy didn't 1 think!"
rk of what? What are you
b for you! Dnn't know what
but it would 1 a lot better
tit last nicht. A cirl ehe knows
frrk for a liternrr neint on
f floor wo're on is cninc to
turday. flettiuc married. I
f n remember the eirJ's name,
I met her once. Lucille some-
r-other. She Wfis coine fo tell
about it toi'my. it's ten to
Iff haven t hired anyone else
I minutes lfltor thov Utt the
ffM. fcsch hoarded different
d'i1 orced Norma to sppnd the
F " tcit the youncer Rirl
I Til
fcnii
I
wr.ft ficifprl L ,1.-,,.,. nt l,n.
4rom. The first flash of the
electric light was startling. Every-
rnine ioonea strange and different.
Shabby in the glow of yellow lamp
light. She closed the door behind her
ana iook on ner nat.
Norma was 20 years old. She was
very much in love, desperately un
happy and lonesome. So. as might
have been expected of any young cirl
in n similar situation, she cried her
self to si wo.
Morning when It came was gray
and dreary. A sunless December day
threatening snow which did not fall.
Norma did not go out for breakfast.
She dallied through the routine of
dressing, made her bed and rearrang
ed a bureau drawer.
At 9:45 she was summoned to the
telephone. Thrift' voice at the other
end of the wire said brightly, "Every
thing's arranged. You're to come
down as soon as yon can and Dor
othy'll take you to Mr. Stuart's of
fice. How soon can you make it?"
"Half an hour, I guess. I'll start
right away."
"Then step on it! The Job's as
good as yours now!"
Chris was a dear. ?"or her sake
Norma tried to seem more enthusias
tic than she felt riding downtown on
the street car. later meeting the un
known Dorothy and being led by her
to the unknown Frederick Stuart'B
office,
The lettering on the frosted glass
before them read, "Frederick J.
Stuart, Author's Representative."
Dorothy opened the door and they en
tered. v
A slim girl, taller than Norma,
with ash blond hair, arose to meet
them. "Hello." she smiled at Dor
othy. "Is this Miss Travers?"
"1'es. And this is Miss Fenway.
Miss Travers. She's come to see
about the job."
"Of course. Mr. Stuart's in now.
Shall I ask him if he can see you-?
I know it will he all right."
Norma said she would like the in
terview at once. The slim girl dis
appeared. She returned and with a
nod invited Norma to enter her em
ployer's office.
Norma passed through the door
marked "private." The man at the
desk looked up. "Miss Travers?" he
asked.
"Yes. sir. I understand you need
a secretary and I've come to apply
for the position."
Stuart straightened back. He was
a dark man and he wore large, dnrk
rinimed spectacles. The hair over bis
temples was rather thin. He looked.
Norma thought, exactly like any bus
inessman ami this was something of
a surprise. Dimly she had envisaged
a liternry agent, as a sort of poetic
creature with wavy hair. Windsor tie
and affected, slouching garments.
Frederick J. Stuart looked essentially
practical.
"Sit down. Miss Travers," he said.
"Miss Fenway tells me you've had
considerable experience. Take dicta
tion. I suppose?"
"Yos, sir. Most of my erperience
has been in a law office. I've had
practice taking letters in shorthand
and also on the dictaphone."
"I so. Well, let's have a try at
it. Ask Miss Fenway for a notebook"
Norma went for the notebook. For1
half an hour she took dictation at
high speed and nfterward transcribed
the notes. Her fingers seemed clumsy
as she hit the typewriter keys but
her shorthand was acruratp. It took
longer to write the letters than it
should hirve but when finished they
were perfect.
Stuart studied the letters carefully.
He chewed the end of a cigar that
was not lighted. Presently he broke
the silence.
"Report for work Monday morninjr.
please. Miss Travers. Nine o'clock."
Nonnn hesitated. "About the sal
ary ' she began.
"Yes. yes. Of course. Twenty
five dollars.
"T was earning $30 on mv Inst job."
"Well, we'll make it $27.1(0. Raise
you after the first of the year if your
work's satisfactory. Right?"
The girl nodded. "It's all right."
Slip left Frederick .T. Stuart's office
In a building sir blocks away F. M.
Travers shitted to ft more comfort
able position in his comfortable desk
chair. He was holding the French
telephone to his ear.
"What's that?" Travers eiclnimed.
"You've found the cirl? Yes. of
course I want, to co through with it.
Take a cnb and come over here right
away!" .
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vehicle body.
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3 To compare.
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5 Opposite of
credits.
t DeprKes of
strength.
9 To place.
10 Halt an em.
11 Wing part of
a seed.
12 Opposite of
wholesale.
13 Checked.
16 Fairy.
20 Chair.
23 To repulse.
24 President Hoo
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war debts?
27 Punished by
confinement
to grounds.
28 Weird.
29 Striped fabric.
32 Jovial.
33 Mystical inter
pretation of
the Scriptures.
34 Lion-headed
goddess.
37 Highest class
of vertebrates.
38 To tarnish.
39 Jeers.
42 Small body of
land.
48 Flavor.
44 Notions.
48 To split-
60 Data.
61 Greek T.
64 Drive (Abbr.).
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