Fiction
Patty's Business Experience
By MAUD HUMPHREYS.
"Is II bad thttr aaaed Sin
Conatanc Wltaon In dlmiiar.
"livery bit ae bad." r-oiidd Patty,
with brave attempt at beerfulueaa,
"When It la all over I will have per
liapa .VW ami lb furuliur."
pear me," tbousbt Mr. Wilson
and every one thought Mr. Norrl
waa aurh fine buslnese mnu." But
he did nut exprea the thought. Slit
new the plrl'a loyalty to her dead
father.
"I"tfy," she Onally exclaimed In tri
umph, "there are the Van Allen fclrla
jrolujj abroad. Their father t a wid
ower. He wants companion for
them. You know thi continent like a
iruldehook. and you'd be useful. Tlnv
nre new to thin sort of thing, you
know,"
Patricia Norrla drew herself np very
straight.
'Connie. don't supireat Impossible
thing. 1 positively ref;i to tnke a
position that aavers of charity. I'm
potns HtrnlIit Into the hnslncs world
and work really work."
Mm. Wilson n(T'H-ted a cheerful ac
quiescence which she did not feci.
"I'm poln? home now, tny denr, nnd
think this over. Voitl! hear from me
tomorrow. And of course you'll sue-1 forward.
ahra aba and Mm. Wllaon Indubred In
lb extravagance of tickets for a faab
tunable plajhu, they enlarged o
a auuden raluatortn.
-Oh.' ailed Mr. Wtlron. "tny r.ew
buitueir
Juki then aome on arrayed la a long
ctKit and balancing a comfort lm um
brella rrnched their aide. It waa th
young uinu frni 8'heruierhorn'a,
feme back luto the lobby, Xllsa Nor
rla. hih 1 cnil n biumom for you."
"A hanaom. Pntty! lie aald a ban
aomr exclaimed Mm. Wllaon alrooat
tearfully. -Wbat will It coatr
"I don't know." snapped Putty nerv.
ounly. "not aa much aa a new bonnet."
A few momenta Inter be caeorted
them to the wnltlnir hansom. rataiM
his hat prnvcly. liw l;ed Ju-t once Into
Palty'a brown eye, nnd away they
whirled In the bhicknmt of the nl.lif.
At their apartment Mr. YIIoti. cov-
erlig her beloved eotifovtlon of t hlffou
and rose w ith n handkerchief, rushed
Into the hill, leaving I'titty to act tie
the bill. The latter waa sinmcely al
lent until thov . were brushing their
hair, w hen alio suddenly burst forth In
wrath:
"It In bad enough. Connie, to rail in
public oxer a ruined hat, but t be
wail the prhe of a hanxoin U unfor
plval.le."
Why why" pimped Mr. Wilson.
"He paid the luickmnn. thnt'a nil,"
irroaucd l'atty, and she throw herself
face downward In her pillows, luur
murinr, "He needn't tl.lnk that Just
lernu" u raved try life he can pay
my hoc'- f-r."
At'd ret Inconsistently she took a
strange i lensu.-o In recallliiR the look
In his dark xtvy eyes when ho lennitl
MAY HAVE CABINET POSITION
Ikvtttle Man Can Have Anpoliitmrnt
j If lie Haya lla Mania It.
Waahlugtou. Jan. It la the
dealra o." Prealdrul-rletl Ta.l to give
the Paifle Coaat repreaentatton In
hla cabinet, but up to the present
lime no Coaat man baa been aelectcd,
no baa any particular cabinet office
been act said for a I'aclfla Coaat
man.
There la a very ulrong belief that
Hlchard A. Hallluger of Seattle could
bava a cabinet office If he desired It,
but be hlmtelt haa dlacouraged bla
friend who have been urging hla
appointment and baa atronajy Indl-
ccchI, whatever you undertake.'
Mrs. Wilson had been l'ntty'a pov
ernesa In the days when mioh a thins
aa financial uncertainty seemed far re
moved from the Norrls mansion. No
she was manuscript reader for n b!
nnhllshlns concern. When she reachc
her dimly llpbted liclnoin, third story.
back, in a noisy boarding bouse, sin
drew forth a small bank boik nnd stud
led It carefully. As n result of long re
flection she dispatched the following
note to Tatty
My Dear Girl Before we do anything
Alu w mint nnd a home. 1 am it'
unto death of boarding". Shall we have t
nttia HhI together, a cunning apartment
with what you want of your dear old
things aa furnishings? Then we'll find
you the position. But first a home, for
your sake and mine. Save me from the
fata of a hall bedroom, my dear. It
the chance I have dreamed of for years
Three weeks Inter Mrs. Wilson
caught Fatty frowning nt her across
a dinner table that was homelike and
ta!ntv
"Connie, there's absolutely nothing
left for me to do. The tins are hung
straight In the kitchen, and I've tried
the brlcy-bracy lu every conceivable
position. I'm not to be put off any
longer. I want a job."
There was mirth In the tone, but It
rang false. "Job" from the lips of Ta
trlcla Norrls! Nevertheless that same
evening they faced the situation to
gether. Mrs. Wilson had seen this
coming and was prepared.
"There is absolutely nothing open in
our offices, as I had hoped, ratty, and
the only schools where I would have
Influence are supplied with teachers
that never marry or die." She sur
veyed the girl through a veil of un
f hed tears. "You've a regular Gibson
f.gure, dear, and such lovely fluffy
liair" She broke off disconnectedly,
t'atty laughed.
"Connie, do stick to the text. Shall I
go forth as an artists' model?"
Mrs. Wilson clasped her hands tlght-
"Not exactly that, but I heard of
something today, ratty, that you could
do go well."
"Name It," responded ratty, but
with an odd sinking sensation In her
heart.
"At Schermerhorn's they want a a
model to show off their Imported suits,
and you're the very Oh, ratty, don't
look at me like that. I've tried so hard
to get something better!"
In a second the girl's soft arms were
round her neck.
"Connie, behave yourself! Of course
I shall take it and be proerly grate
ful. How much?"
"Only $12.50 a week, but you
wouldn't have got that much only that
I told the head of the department what
a a beauty you were."
"Flatterer!" answered ratty, with a
langh that sounded more like a sob.
So did Tatrlcla Norrls make her en
try into the business world. It was
not hard work, and she never wearied
of handling the beautiful wraps and
frocks. Her statuesque beauty set
them off to perfection, and the head of
the department approved of her be
cause she "never got gay" nor wasted
the time of other employees by chat
ting with them, as her predecessor
had done. In fact, she held herself
aloof from the other girls in the shop.
Jt was an odd, unreasoning pride that
they could not understand. If the girls
who thought her proud had known
how she envied them they might have
felt differently. They worked with
their hands, and she just posed. It
was not brain that earned her salary,
but a mere bauble of physical perfec
tion. And she resented most of all the
quiet, searching glances of a young fel
low who seemed to be In the cashier's
department. Once when she went to
draw her salary he stood near the
window and handed forth the envelope
without even asking her name. She
l!ushed slightly, and after that his
compelling glance called forth a stiff
little bow when they came face to
face.
One noon when she was threading
her way through a stream of cars and
drays she was almost run down, and
the gray eyed young man from the
cashier's department reached her be
fore the policeman. Two nights later.
A month later Mrs. Wilson came
home radiant.
"There's v.n opening. Tatty, dear. In
our otWco. and you must take It quick.
There nre dozers of applications, bu
I have the promise!"
And the next day Tatty handed in
her resignation to Schernierhom
Co.. to take effect on Saturday. With
the last day came word that Mr
Frawley would like to see Miss Norrls
before she left. For once she relaxed
the rule n;id asked one of the girls
who Mr. Frawley was.
"Oh. he's the company," responded
the girl carelessly.
After drawing her last pay envelope
Tnttv crossed to the main ofhee and
was ushered Into a smaller room. The
ubiquitous young man of the gray
eyes rose to receive her.
"Mr. Frawley has sent for me." she
began, with Jii"t the suggestion of a
flush In her cheeks.
"I nm Mr. Frawlev." replied he, aud
the gray eyes danced nt her confusion.
"I wanted to tell vou. Miss Norrls,
that, while we regret to lose your val
uable services, we nre glad to know
vou are securing a position better snlt-
ed to er your tastes ai:d abilities. I
trust you will not forget us.
The gray eyes were looking most
pleadingly into hers. The flush crept
closer and closer to the soft brown
hair.
'I am afraid I've been very rude
sometimes. Mr. -Frawley." she mur
mured In n low voice. "Hut yon know-
It was all so new to me. nnd I felt
oh, I can't tell you just how I did
feel!"
I think I understand. Miss Norrls.
I I hope I shall see yon again. May
r-
"We live at the Jerome apartments,
Mrs. Wilson nnd I, and we ore always
home Tuesday eveninsrs."
The gray eyes thanked her eloquent
ly, and she walked rapidly from tne
office.
That night at the dinner table Mrs.
Wilson rambled on happily: "I really
don't think it has hurt you. dear. You
had to gain business experience some
howand"
"No." renlled Tattv absently. "It has
done no harm." But she was thinking
not of the experience, but of the glad
light in the gray eyes wnen sne nao.
told him he might call.
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RIVCR AND HARBOR ILL MEETS
WITH DEFEAT
Many Sanatora Oppoaed to Paaaaga
of trio Bill to Ineroaao Salary of tha
craaldenL vlca-prldent and
paakor.
RICHARD A. BALLINCER
cated that he has no desire to again
I . i . 1- ... mil Liimi
capital
Information comes from
sources that Secretary tiurflcld
not be conllnued in the cabinet after
the fourth of ;iarch There has been
no forma! announcement to this ef
fect, but mn who have talked with
the President-elect assign various
reasons for their belief. If It Is true
that Mr. Garfield is not to he In the
Taft cabinet and the incoming Presi
dent should Insist upon Judge Hull
Inger taking a cabinet office, his most
likely appointment would be that of
Secretary of the Interior.
Washington. Jan. 29. Six Waah-
Inxlon rorrcMpomlchta of out-of-town
papera and a local news bureau have
been aubpetiaed to appear before th
federal grand Jury and leatlfy, pr-
aumably In connection with atuto-
menta appearing In their puullcatlona
bourlng on the Panama canal pur
chase.
lu hla apodal nionsHxe to congren
of IVconiher 15, regarding charges
of corruption, the President an
nounced that the attnrnoy-Koncrul
had under hla consideration the form
In which proccedliiK for libel attaint
Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New
York World, should be brought.
Nowhere in the government annals
has such an action boon taken as
the government suing for criminal
libel. The President In his uichhiik
wits most omphalic In saying that
It should not bo loft to a private cltl
en to enter suit, and was particular
to state that he did not believe "we
should concern ourselves with the
particular Individuals who wrote the
lying and libelous editorials articles
from correspondents or article In
various the news columns. Tho reul offender
will Is Joseph Pulitzer, editor hiul pro
prietor of the New York World."
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Interesting Fronts or tlie Week
Washington, U. V.
in
Washington By a vote of 212 to
35. the house ndonted resolutions re
ported bv a soetial committee laying
on the table the part of the Presi
dent's annual message relating to the
secret service and also the message
of January 4 replying to the inquiries
of the house on the subject. This
was tulten on the ground that the
messages are not respectful and are,
therefore, a breach of the privileges
of congress.
The provisions for an Increase of
the salary of the President to $t00..
000 and of the salaries of the Vice
President and speaker of the house
of representatives to J20.000 each,
contained In a senate amendment to
the legislative, executive and Judicial
appropriation bill, were taken up In
the senate Monday and pol.it of or
der made against them by Horah was
further considered, resulting in the
adoption, by a vote of 34 to 32, of
another amendment, fixing th
sneaker's salary at 115,000.
Uorah, of Idaho, made a point of
order against these increases on tn
cround that they Involved general
loiHsiutlnn which, according to the
rules of the senate, cannot bo place
on an appropriation bill in race or
single objection.
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Sign of the Craft.
Tn the davs when 1 was a cub re
porter I used whenever I had a week's
pay in my pocket to aine at a quaint
little restaurant not far from Wash
ington square.
The place was a quiet one and had
as Its peculiar attraction a waitress
named Sadie, a bland ana smiling
Swedish girl.
T liart noticed for several evenings a
young fellow dining, like myself, with
careful reference to the right hand
side of the menu. My curiosity was
evrited about him. and one evening I
called the affable Sadie to my table.
"Sadie, who is that fellow over
there?" I asked.
"His name ban Smith," said she,
Hopklnson Smith."
"Ah, yes!" said I. "What is his busi
ness, do you knorr?"
"Vail, Ay dunno ynst," sne repaea.
'Ay alvays fought he ban writer faller
like you van. He neffer has mooch
moneys." Harper's weekly.
A Village Power.
a Columbur, firm had an account
against a man In a small country town
Ohio and after ineffectual attempts
collect determined to do something
rnnlenl. So thev wrote a letter to the
postmaster of the town and asked in
formation concerning the mercnant,
what his reputation was, whether he
paid his bills and what kind of man
was generally, and said if be was
mot to dve the bill, which they in
closed, to the Justice of the peace for
collection. The answer they got from
the postmaster took their breath away.
t read something like this:
"Gentlemen I am the John Smith
about whom you are seeking Informa
tion. I am also John 8mith. postmas
ter, and I am John Smith, Justice of
tho peae. Toura very truly.
"JOHN SMITH.
President Roosevelt has made pub
lic dotnlls of an Investigation by
postofflce inspectors and secret, ser
vice agents of Senator Tillman s con
nection with an alleged "land grab
in Oregon. The President undertakes
to show:
That Mr. Tillman used his influ
ence as a senator In an effort to force
the government to compel a rail
road corporation to relinquish its
control of land grants from the
United States In order that he and
his family and his secretary, J. B.
Knight, might profit through the pur
chase of some of the land.
That the Senator used his govern
ment frankine nrlvlleee In numerous
instances for the conduct of private
business.
In the preparation of his speech in
reply to the President's charge, Sen
ator Tillman has failed to find a
number of papers' bearing upon the
Oregon land case, in connection with
which the present controversy arose.
The Senator does not charge that
the papers have been abstracted by a
government detective who may have
been shadowing him, hut does not
say that it would be impossible for
such official to gain access to his
room and to his desk.
Senator Fulton has prepared and
will offer an amendment to the pos
tal g.ings bank bill authorizing the
postmaster-general to deposit postal
savings funds in other than national
banks when he is satisfied with the
security offered by them. Fulton says
there is much demand for such an
amendment, as it will permit a wider
distribution of savings deposits.
Representative Hawley, of Oregon,
has introduced a bill appropriating
$150,000 for operatin the new dredge
"Oregon," recently constructed for
use in the harbors along the Oregon
and Washington coast. The bill pro
vides that the dredge Bhall operate
at Coos Bay, Coquille, Tillamook har
bor, Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay and
such other points as may be desig
nated by the secretary of war.
Both Women Free.
Media, Pa., Jan. -J. Mrs. M.
Florence Erb, wife of Captain J.
Clayton Erb, who was well known
In political circles all over Pennsyl
vania, and her sister, Mrs. Catherine
Beisel, who were charged with the
BPnsatinnal murder of CaDtain Erb on
the night of October 6, 1908, walked
from the Delaware county courthouse
free women. After the Jury had been
out nearly 18 hours it brought in a
verdict of not guilty la tho caea ox
each woman.
A treaty providing for extradition
has been signed with Honduras by
Secretary Root. The state depart
ment has declined to say wtiether or
not the treatv is retroactive, hut if
it Is the last haven of refuge for
fugitive prisoners in the Western
Hemisphere has disappeared
Among the criminals liable to bo
brought back under the new treaty Is
John Rlpllnger. ex-controller of Se
attle, who absconded with some $60,
000 of that city's funds. He la now
living in security in Honduras.
The house committee
oriatlons have included
on appro
in the ur
gency deficiency appropriation bill, a
bill of $30,0S0 for the maintenance
of automobiles for the White House
It was explained that Mr. Taft has
Intimated that he would ubo automo
biles during his incumbency of the
White HouBe, and in order that he
might have the machines at the be
ginning of his administration, the
item waa included in this bill.
The senate committee on agricul
ture has authorized a favorable re
port of the McCumber bill providing
for the Inspection and grading ol
grains. Under this bill national In
spection and grading of grains is pro
vided for and the department of ag
riculture is authorized to fix definite
grades. In addition to the present
laboratories, others are to be estab
lished at Seattle, Tacoma and San
Francisco and other points.
The house committee oa rivers
and harbors voted against a general
appropriation bill for rivt and har
bor Improvements. The commutes
will report a bill providing for car
rying on Important work already be
gun, for surveys of urgent projects
proposed and for any emergencies
which may arise.
Attorney-General Bonaparte will
be invited to appear before the spe
cial committee of the senate, which
is considering the Culberson resolu
tion calling for the opinion of the
judiciary committee as to the au
thority of the President In permit
ting absorption of the Tennessee
Coal & Iron Company by the United
States Steel Corporation.
With the signing of an arbitratloL
treaty between the United States and
Austro-Hungary, at the state depart
ment, conventions of that character
with more than 20 nations of the
world have been agreed to. The
treaty now goes to the senate for ratification.
The house committee on naval af
fairs has fixed the amount needed for
the maintenance of the naval service
during the fiscal year 1910 at $135,
662,888, as compared with $122,
(62,485, the present appropriation.
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