Show JACKSON GAIGE head of balge talmadge and balge was obvious ly worried and flurried something was wrong to kathleen callahan his secretary he represented all that was noble hon arable and brilliant in the legal profession she noticed her employer a sudden abstractions in the middle of dictation watched him gaze wistfully out of the window saw his fits of fidgeting and she belt very sorry tor him she wished she could help un ravel he tangle his pretty little secretary blamed jackson balge tor only one thing namely that he had recently als charged william ft lellam was book keeper cashier and purveyor of pay envelopes still kathleen knew her worthy chief was not really the one at fault that cat irene french had done it she diore her heart on her sleeve where william was concerned and he made ab nb secret of his preference for kathleen in spiteful retaliation irene had carried untrue tales of hams omissions and shortcomings to the office manager who in turn bad at once requested the chief tor per mission to let the young man ga kathleen was sitting in her small office next to mr balge s spacious room one morning when she heard two men who had just come la talk ing loudly and earnestly to her chief the two men finally left and she could hear jackson balge pacing up and down his office at last he pressed the buzzer that summoned her and kathleen hurried in with her notebook As she seated herself at the glass topped desk the manager stepped hastily in excitement written in his eyes and a letter crushed in his hand heres another letter from them mr balge they wont wait but four days longer if they push the case before that dill goes through our goose Is cooked what did you tell those two chaps from the district attorneys tor office who left kathleen hated the manager with celtic tenor he had dismissed wll llam and now he was taking an in solvent tone with her kind boss youve got to fight them with their own weapons continued the manager it we cant persuade kelly to defer that case until after election if we can t get a satisfactory interview with him well we must try other means I 1 know youre dead aganet a bribe but if two or three hundred dollars 1 to jenans who needs it badly will straighten matters out he shrugged eloquently 1 I used every argument in the world with those two men jackson balge replied they held out against me saying the only possible delay would be it kelly himself postponed th case guess were at the end of our rope kelly wont give me an interview it he would see toe im sure I 1 could straighten out the whole business but he wont I 1 was about to try him once more with a letter when you came in though im afraid its useless take this please miss callahan I 1 mr patrick J kelly 99 nassau street new york dear sir please mr balge rd like to say something bald kathleen the kind boss and the hated man nger turned impatiently to the trim little secretary it like an interview with patrick J kelly of 09 nassau im sure I 1 can arrange it you see he Is my stepfather hed do almost any thing in the world I 1 wanted him to because hes very fond of me hes never been keen about my being in business see why I 1 should want to be independent when ha loves to give me everything I 1 wish so we dont talk much about it at home I 1 dont suppose he even remembers where im working well III be darned I 1 bald the kind boss to the unkind manager unique situation I 1 kathleen calla han secretary of wondrous irish ayea solving a situation that had nagged the brains of men for days the interview was arranged for the next day everything was adjusted and set tied amicably after which jackson balge asked kathleen what she would like as a token of appreciation tor her valuable service kathleen reminded her chief of one william former bookkeeper cashier and purveyor of pay envelopes had mr balge any direct knowledge of the slightest defection on williams part ah no indeed I 1 he had film ply been told by the manager who had been informed by alsa french that william said too much attention to some one in the office and neglected his work then it tho kind boss had no objection could not william be well ah of course the manager had charge of these minor matter but if injustice had been done certainly he jackson balge would bee that william returned which means I 1 presume kath leens employer patted her shoulder a world of understanding in hla smile that I 1 ahau be gettone a good bookkeeper perhaps and losing a good secretary aurely however a fair exchange 1 na robbery ehl irish eyes looked up at him and smiled |