Show I Short Shor t P c stion n Story m aie Might Have Missed gy By ELSIE ELSIE SEE Ul ht 1916 by the McClure Syndicate I what put this silly idea of ot y your it r uncles uncle's office into your edTher edher her mother knows but I 1 might write a some me day with a working her heroine lne retorted Maidie 1 cp has any jobs open that unskilled labor said her it will ill do you no nohen nohen nohen hen seeing his wife's s ex- ex he added If It she wed we'd think the more of her spunk p enough to begin at ati i why not let her have a 3 ud's letter says that he hes he's s sIve lve Ive me Ive-me me a chance to make rising from the able and leaning both arms ck of her chair as if it the her audience He HeIng Heing Heing ing department is managed has three assistants nay Ilay come and fill a vacancy occur next week and he heit alto t 1 a soul that Im I'm related Vont it be fun Ever so interesting than afternoon tests ul to behave so as not to ex- ex exI I nt nt warned her father or hat gossip thrives in a bust bust- is aswell well as it does wherever I gS gs congregate long enough familiar with each others other's rand fand shortcomings Udie entered upon her of- of the next week she found of Interest t from register register- le of her her- dally dall arrival and andt I t tithe the big time clock to toe I e skilled movements of the ered typists t and the many in hi the big office of wholesale shoe business son said ald the head filing flUng Idle toward the end of te tie advertising manager send one of his assistants y look through all aU orders jm nt ten large accounts in West since ince his advertise advertise- i out in the farm papers I you to help find the orders t Ithe he young oung man now Mr Iss Mason Iason will help you to lers ers and to tabulate the in- in ou ou want I mr ur or more Maidie and the worked away without a with reference to the dates nd end the number of pairs of lin in the different grades and of of people wear two-dollar two after a s sly 3 peep ish shoes worn by her col co- co l IJa a satisfied glance at her lar pumps Ua lot of ot money this firm them said young Five thousand dollars Tor a campaign At 25 cents' cents ne pair it would take four tJi tl r and 2 pairs to net netI I have taken me hours to said Maidie with a 3 in ln her big brown eyes 00 OO people who wear them alike aUke and yet no two 00 00 people who weare wears them theme e v worth worth orth thinking about isn't ps pa that friendly glance glanca from to do with mak- mak ark seem so worthy of ot conlAnd con- con lAnd think what a follow sides Asides two-dollar two shoes with dollars those twenty tars drs would cost ince Maidie's inquiry was Interest to know mow what such L ling g man would fancy arh ach of a a. car and enough to 10 business here to hope to than fifteen per per per exclaimed Maidie Maldie Dotting only ten a week ilc ili what you would do if fori fora for- for 1 i fell into your lap in the Adirondacks a a string of matched pearls to p X said Bald Maidie promptly things her indulgent father her lher v v r This half halt exclamation from Webster began loudly as an expression of amazement at Maidie's extravagant tastes but ended as a subdued warning of the ap approach approach approach ap- ap of Judson Warren president of ot the farm farra Maidie blushed crimson as her uncle began to question Webster about the results of the farm paper campaign Although It was according to her agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment with him she felt piqued that he did not greet her cordially She looked down and rummaged through gh the files In such evident confusion that the head file tile clerk swept up and asked Mr Warren Warren Warren War War- ren whether he was unable to find some information desired Oh no everything is quite satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory Miss Giles said Mr Warren and with a quick side glance at Maidie he passed on to the sample room beyond A personal telegram for tor you Webster Webster Webster Web Web- ster called out a clerk clerIc pointing him out to a waiting messenger boy Webster Web ster received the message opened and read it and started to purse his lips for another whistle but refrained I I believe youve you've been a mascot Miss I Mason for tor this is royal good news It begins to look as if my ship is coming In Will VIll you continue as mascot by Wishing me well wen on a journey this telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram asks me to make Certainly if it you'll promise not to to snub me next time we meet Please dont don't take me for a cad but it may be many weeks before I 1 return By that time I 1 shall have lost my j job b for Miss Giles is glaring g at me this minute Maidie looked up with a naive smile If It she turns me off oft will you take me as ns a deckhand when your ship comes In Agreed greed said young Webster extending ex extending extending ex- ex tending his hand Goodbye Maidie wondered wondered vaguely vaguely If some old aunt had died and left him a few hun bun hundred dred Bred dollars but thought little more of him as the week passed She found the dally repetition of the same WOI becoming so monotonous that she de decided decided decided de- de to join her mother at the seashore the following week Came to your senses too late to meet the catch of the season said her moth moth- er Captain Wares Ware's nephew to whom the old captain left his big fort fortune ne has been here Did he open up that qU queer er old cottage cottage cottage cot cot- tage next door to Aunt to-Aunt Aunt Marys Mary's Yes and was in and out mt of your Aunt Marys Mary's house quite informally she having been one of the few friends here of his eccentric uncle who died years ago but whose will was but re recently recently recently re- re found in some out of tho the way place in his town house I do wish you'd been here to meet the nephew for tor he Is IB really interesting Since I missed him Ill I'll make amends by going at once to see Aunt Mary laughed Maidie As she entered the flower garden in the rear of her aunts aunt's cottage Maidie lingered under the crape myrtle trees with their masses of ot pinkish lavender blos blossoms ms She caught glimpses through the shrubbery of the clear blue water and frothy whitecaps which swept In front of the cottage She fell into a reverie from which she was awakened by a step on the gravel walk Looking up she met the surprised eyes of young fa Mr Webster I Miss Mason What good fortune brings you here The good fortune of having Mrs Warren for tor my aunt And Its It's my good fortune to have her for tor a neighbor since my ship came In and brought me the house next door as part of ot a legacy from my uncle Do you ou remember our agreement about there being a place for tor you on my ship As a deckhand Maidie smilingly glanced at her dainty summer gown Im afraid Im I'm not in regulation uni uni- form torm Not as deck hand but as mate and mascot all in one and no uniform could be more perfect than that you now wear Will you accept the tho commission commission commission commis commis- sion Ill Til consider it said Maidie But I hadn't we better let Aunt Mary Introduce Introduce introduce Intro Intro- duce us properly Fate did that a week ago in your uncles uncle's office but if it the conventions must be observed lets let's have it over as soon as possible so that we may begin to plan for tor our cruise together For answer Maidie led the way to her aunts aunt's front veranda |