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Show WHY EMPLOYER WANTED HER Beautiful Stenographer Agrees to Marry Assistant Secretary When She Learns the Truth. "Did you send for me?" asked the beautiful stenographer. .-' "Yes," replied the head of the establishment. estab-lishment. "Please sit down. My wife left yesterday for Europe." "Oh, Mr. Bulllngton, I'm so so surprised sur-prised to hear you say so. I you see, I didn't know she was expecting to go." "She made up her mind rather suddenly. sud-denly. Her health has been very bad lately, and the doctor thought a sea voyage might benefit her." "I hope it will that is, I suppose you will be very anxious about her." "I hardly expect the sea voyage to do her much good. I'm afraid Bhe put It off too long. If she never comes back I want you " The telephone bell rang Just then and Mr. Bulllngton engaged In conversation conver-sation over the wire. When he had hung up the receiver he turned to the beautiful stenographer stenog-rapher and seemed to be trying to remember what he had been saying when he had been Interrupted. "You said," she suggested, "that If your wife never came back you wanted me." "O, yes; if she never comes back I want you to remind me every three months that I am to send a check to her mother. I'm so blamed forgetful forget-ful about suc things." As she was going out the beautiful stenographer drew a deep sigh and looked sadly over her shoulder. Then she went to the desk of the young assistant secretary and whispered: "I have been thinking over what you spoke to me might before last." "And what do you say?" he asked, taking advantage of a chance to squeeze two of her fingers. "Yes." Chicago Record-Herald. |