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Show aor did ssyi rocMiss Mlnfitri., He always love the quiet, ries or something. girl, and be would be- seems able to keep his eud up." Kathbone -- jed io his work again Y he tur.it: on ti:e lie; no wrong of hr. li.iue, enthe rduect was dropped, but and as he Edith looked up quickly the senior pj:tL.er of Gee. "Has there Edith Minturu turned it over and bis tered wai-- t You private any woiusj fjT. r ;rd iLr office. Imt I do uoi thin11 Iwr. another leakagefshe tdad over in her brain. She did not like her employer's sight of bit i..u ;r charge lor wlta thift Just quickly as she He was of the secoud generason. shook his ilathaone face. troubled lit. woman." !.c a e to bernu li;PiHi:a tion of the newly rich, llsd he hem the I tier t :aty tliut she took None that we know of, he said, lieruiltted free use of money his per"I suid defended i;m "but you see there is such a mys- formances would have been sine i b i : i Auii sorry that we had departtacular. As It was. he resolutely reed ;.ou: ojr rule tt'id had takes a tery in the whole thing that I am fused to do any work, but Idled about Most of ho lit have them to death. red office. tl.e vcu:.::i ico town and laughed at his father's ef"You mlzlr as well rail her a thief been employed here for years, and forts to induce him to take aa Interme to Mr. will not Griggs permit aid Ka'Mmut augriiy. a. Mr.t at engage a detective :o look them up est In business. "Imt win to champion Miss Plnce Kathbone hud liecome a after hours, and yet we shall he okmed ruins! r;uiM- - quit- - vaiiuly. unless we can reach aome con- member of the firm he had devGrig?.! vlili guiet aatiaain. "Ftrnap clusion quick!. We are losing all elop a fondness for dropping into " HIV our contracts and In tlx or seven "1 uri la love wTh her." admitted weeks we shall hate to shut down. "1 Kathbone, as the other luUMf-l- . "Is ft as bad aa that?" she asked. line hr an-- I ar.i yoiur 10 ual; her "1 kxitw (hat It was making trouble, Is to tuarry me when this thin but I did uot suppose that there rleared up. I cannot :u-- l:er uov would be anything serious couie of 1 was pressor rhe might think that it. ing the advantage of ny mslilin it's a serious thing when we ran afterward began not gel. an order."he explained. "You Perhaps Rrlgge. then he stopped for There was see dealing only iu largi mutters, we a look In hia junior partner's eve must get the big contract orders. I that warned him lie liad gone too far was making pretty good guesses until You have this thing came up. snd now our and with an Impatient charge of the ulttce, he turned to hia bida are regularly 1 per cent higher than the next lowest." desk. Edith was about to make reply Tl'.lnge had been going badly wlih the firm. Not only were their buxi- when Robert Griggs dropped into the ne aeereti known to rainpeilug office. "The jiater Is ss cross ss shear," firms, but several times lately there "1 think I'd rather hud been small thefts from the cash he announced. wait- lu here If you don't mind. drawer. Joshua Griggs liad always been op-- ) Don't bother to he entertaining. Go toued to the employ meut of women ahead with your work. He dropped into a seat by the winIn an office, and until Kathbone had liougbt Into the firm there had been dow nnd drew out an afternoon panone employed. With IUIbbone had lter. Presently Kathbone began to come the woman stenographer and dictate to Edith, and he forgot all after several trials he had aettled about his visitor. Half aa hour afterward Griggs uMn Edith Mint urn, and for more I a m infograph than a year she had acled as bis rose, and with an easy comment confidential rlnrk. strolled out. "Funny fellow, Hob, I think he his offlre, and Kathbona was rather I'niil tbs leakage of information remarked Kathbone. had commenced Rathbone'a method likes sitting In here more than he pleused ai the liking Hob had taken had stirred the office to new life and does In his father's orflee. The old to him. bualneea had boomed. Hut now their man la perpetually lecturing hlin Edith might, have enlightened him bids for contracts were beaten by a fur his Idleness. on the matter; more than once Bob seem and foreseen n fraction their plane and Il does shame," she said hud walled for her outside the office fruatraled. Now even downright carelessly, that he doesn't work. I with Invltationa to the theater and bad succeeded treachery and suppose that he wastes a lot of money dinner. That she had refused the Rath bone was worried. In vital Ions did not appear to perturb Idling around. "That's the funny part of it, hint for with cheerful optimism he Griggs promptly recommended the dismissal of Mies Minium aa the so- laughed Itnlhbone. He gets only an repeated them und persisted lu his lution of the difficulty, but Itsth-bon- e allowance of $.?n n week, from his si lent Inns until the girl had seriwas unwilling to agree to this. father, and Is not allowed any ously thought uf appealing lo Rath-bon- e. I think be must bet on the Not only was she an efficient worker, epnrovc of iut he bud grown to .iid ILilk- - - . -- '' " llln-turn'- ii JJ ! rrr rob-lie- ry over-drafl- g. Thir afternoon he had scribbled boue hud said nothing to indicate can I'll apologise. It'll be the flrsr Runieihlrg on a sheet of pajer and that anyone supposed tliui she was time I ever judged man or woman wrongly. had tossed it on her desk with a giving out the figures. She pondered the matter long that Ask your son io show you the pameaning glance at her as he had left ofcame she the when to the room. night, but lter be just took up from that pile." was os fice she fresh she said quietly. "I think you will she waited uu'il Kulhhune had und in the morning, bright as though she had not find the explanation there. goto into the outer office before she opened the note, and teed with passed a sleepless night. "Nonsense," he stormed. "Boh has Rathboue noticed her good humor no paiier. puling fare an Intimation tiist unless she accepted his invitation he and commented on it. zthe colored Some"As him, she repeated. at his praise. Kathbone did not ofwould make trouble for her. in her quiet manner Impressed "The old mau Is dead sore on you," ten pay compliments, but when he thing the old man and he turned to his he wrote. "He is ptml'ive that you did he meant them. son. are the one through whom the inforHob. too, seemed to approve of her "Bob. he commanded, "what was mation is leaking. I can either talk appearance as he louuged into the Let us hare It to show uf It. out him It or into him j office in the afternoon, and read his that iwper? woman laugh what a little fool young depends upon yourself. There Is a) paper while Kathbone answered his this ripping good show at the Folly, j mall. As he went out he tossed a she was. Thai piece of paper I just picked Meet me at the ('.rand note on her desk and later on she read the warning to be at the restau- up?" he asked in surprise. "1 was just fouling with it, and chucked It rant on time. "The old man Is getting hotter, out of the window. he wroie. It seems that Rathboue "it dues not. matter, suid Edith "There is a copy." Bolt almost called him a liar for saying quietly. ibat you gave out the stuff. Hath laughed. "1 don't see w here, he said. "Procan't help you this trip. You will duce it." have to look to me. The girl went quietly to the talile She smiled as she placed It with the other aud weut about her work by the window. It waa a stand for with an evenness that she had not the mimeograph used to duplicate displayed the day before. She went price lists and a pile of paper stood atralght home and Hob rooled his besida It.. heels In vain. When she did not "I have not Iced several times, she Mr. Griggs come he sought out his father, and explained, "that while in the morning there waa a confer- sat by the window be appeared to be ence In the office from which Kath- making notes on tbe paiier. I did bone emerged while to the lipe. He not pay much attention to It until had been ordered to dismiss Miss Mr. Kathbone spoke of the leakages in information, and 1 found tbut Minturp and had refused. That afternoon Hob was loung- your son hod a very small allowance ing by the window when his father for a man of his position. burst into the room. "I knew that he must need money "I wxs pussing by. he shouted, and that he could get it by aelllng and T hear you dictating terms his Information to other house. to this woman. After whst I said Whenever Mr. Kathbone has dictated this morning you would place her In a bid be has ropled off the figures f fresh facta for our and has slipped them Into his poc-- ! the ihw-,'keL competitors? sheet in pile. I told you then, suid Kathbone j "Pro vs it, shouted Bob. "Rath-bon- e was dictating a bid just now. hotly, "that I did not believe a I have control of Search me for the figures. night and we will lake It In. Be word of the charge. "You threw the paper out of the the office and 1 shall employ whom there at 6:30. window when you beard what was With flashing eyes she put the note I please. But I Insist that thla woman coming," she said. "But I arranged in the back part uf one of the drawto have a copy." ers of her desk, ami went on about must go. he stormed. cried Kathbone. "it "Where? One moment, said Edith quietly. her work, though her hands trembled so that shs could scarcely opMay I ask If you wish nte to leave would be impossible. "Do you remember those mind erate the machine. your employ because you suspect me readers who answered questions? She had hq intimation that she of giving out Information? Wish yup? be shouted, youve she asked. "You must have aeen whs suspected of the disclosures. them at the theater. There had been such friendship be- got to, that's all there la about It. I "But supitose," she asked. tween herself and Kathlione that she "Going to Mrs them to read my hud not for sn Instant connected should show you the real offender." mind? sneered Bob. "I am going to Bhow you how they herself with the matter, and Raih- "If, he echoed derisively, you ui that do It." she explained. Yt.ll ou my vacation I taw hu j ''1 wax had a sheet under tu 'IT They er patter. I put a iim,,.,.1: sheet In that pile. 1 Lave a ,iU.,','r. , of that note you wrote n.e UW day and 1 cun make a copy r.'f notes this afternoon." She slipped one of the i., . of the pile aud took U ovr Ul , desk. From that she powdered charcoal and shook p the paper. Then she hu.,i, p f again and there on tlie sh.-i- i the various figures of the i,j.j ,!? mistakahly written in ikdia wlting. She handed It to ihe old nn , get her with the two notes it,,;, written her. For a monirur ) HirJ over the sheets, then he ed up. Boh who hail been wui, ht-h- is father moved toward the "I guess It's all up," he said that girl Is going to ruu iu miU'u readers on me. You are m Linme dad. You didn't loosen up and 1 had to have money somehow. 1 tried ti,( ponies, hut I lost more than I nude and the stock market was worw -- f; 0,. r than that. Then Murdoch A Flynn's man staked me. It waa he who put Bll up to getting the figures, and they made It pay me well. I tupiied tli till, too. I had to sometimes." He passed out of the offlre ant Griggs turned to Edith, "I said I'd apologize if I wai wrong, he began huskily. "I am He held out his hand and sorry. Edith took It. I do not know that I ran Mam you, she said softly. "R wui i natural mistake. Don't you think you are making another one in leHe was right tting your son go? You are to blame for the way yott hare brought hint up. That's white," he cried, arter the way he acted toward you. If you can forgive him I guess I can. Ill raise your salary and his allowance." Later In the day Kathbone ronilai into the others office found the old man, his head bowed on the desk. "I told you that woman In the office raised the mischief, he said. That 'a right, laughed Raihbone, "but Miss Mlnturn'a going to leava, She Is going to mnrry me. "I'm glad of It." said Grigga. "Me, too, said Rathbone. WITH MOTHERS CONSENT THI RSTON smiled on Currier. "That's the wsy. Ted, she said. Hold up your head and smile, even though It may hurt. I don't Ilka to aay no, dear boy, and It would be n pity If you ahould take It to heart, and not come near us again. "I'm getting applause that I don't deserve, he smiled buck. You see, you've told me tbut I can't have Amy, but that's where you are mistaken. I'm going to marry her, and it la going to be with your consent. If not with your approval." "Run off anil dance with Dslsy Garner, she said, laughingly. "The poor child haa not had a dance this ft evening. Ted took his departure, and Mrs. Thurston looked after him with a ejah. It waa a pity that he whs not rich. She was really fond uf the hoy, but maternal caution said no where her heart suid "yea." Ted gave Miss Garner the prescribed dance, then went off to find She waa walling fur Mm in Amy. the doorway, and they slipped behind a convenient screen to talk It over. "How did It go? asked Amy, Did she aay we rould?" trembling. She said I would make an ideal he announced. "I was Amy clapped her hands. MRS. son-in-la- afraid that she would aay that you wera tou poor," aha erled. That la precisely what she did aay,. said Ted. "She said that I If would muke an Ideal I had money but that with only my salary to support you, if would be out of the question. She married papa when he waa getting less than you do, she murmured. "I'rerlHely the reason, slie says, why alia does uot want you to endure the aame privations she endured. "But if I want to," iwuted Amy. "I dont see why I ran't. I'd rather live on bread and milk with you than lie married to that old fossil " "Let's forget Brennan," pleaded I know IhHt he Is rich and Ted. amiable and cornea of good family, and that, lie Is considered to he doing a favor In announcing his willingness to marry you. but dont lets sit here ami throw risks at a poor old maq whose while hairs deserve respect." "1 hats him," cried Amy, with a little stamp of the foul. ,"I like him." snld Ted. urbanely. Somehow I feel that, lie Is going to be our salvation.." I wish you would be serious," said Amy sharply. "Here's tnaminn telling you that she Is going to make me msrry a man old enough m bo my grandfather and you alt hera and the rich Mrs. Brennan? Ted. joke about it. "Merely because If la so serloua that I am afraid to tell what I really think," explained Ted, no don't be angry, aweetheart. I'm thinking aa hard aa I can." Td huts to bava to elopa, said "Just remember what a stir Amy. there was when Dora Meeker ran away with Fred." "I dont Intend to elope, explain1 told ed Ted. your mother that she was going to give her consent, and I have a feeling that It will come out all right. Tin aorry you told her anything." 1 touted Amy. "Now shqjll he watching me all the time. 1 know just how it. la going to lie." "She's looking fur you now. declared Ted, ieeplng through a crack In tha screen. "She is sending Mr. Brenimn In search of you." "Goodness," exclaimed Amy, "this waa to have been our dance. I wonder what he will think. Ho's probably thinking that you are In tlia conservatory with me, huxzarded Ted. Yes, there he goes so son-in-la- w the tableau a minute. demanded and kiss me, be commanded. "Now wait, a minute," he said, as Ted, watching through the folds, waited until John Brennan approached. Aa he supposed, the crowd about the door rause hint lo pause for amoment in front of the screen. With a dexterous movement of his foot, Ted overturned the screen, and, as the light affulr fell to the floor the dancers stopped to regard the of Amy folded In Ted'n tableau arms. Amy's aniasentent waa very real und Ted acted Ms part well. John Brenmiu waa still making apologies for his Intrusion and tha laughter bud not died out when Mrs. Thurston came hustling up. she cried "You allly children, smiling, making the best of the situation, to spoil everything this way. I was saving the announcement of your engagement for my dinner next week. Ted, I should like to box your cal's. He smiled wickedly Into dnight, then started to do the Job. In .order to get the money they had to pass the farmers bedroom. Mike saye, "Ill go find, and If tt'a all right you can follow and do the name ss I. Mike started to pass tha room. Juat me he got opposite the door the door This awoke the fnrnier, creaked. who called out, Who's there?" Mike answered with a nieaow'' (Imitating a rat). The farmer'i wife being awake, too, said, Oh, John, It's the rat, and all was quiet. Now Pat started to pass the door, and as he got opposite It the finer The farmer called creaked again. out again, louder than before "Who's there?" Pat answered: "Another cat. Got the wont of It. Pat: Cassidy seems opposed to her face. You can itriken." Mike: Why not? th last strike as he said. "Go ahead, commence being mother-in-laI told you you'd soon as you like. ha;e to some lime." w farmer bad hid In one of the room of hia house. They walled uitll mi- to he was on he got married just fill up tbe tolme. now. I WAS SAVING THE Kl'RPRISE FOR MY RECEPTION. Bad for Both. MADE A HESS OF IT. "He will have io go right post us. And starvation we ahull Beggar "What Amy. whispered Mike and Pat worked for a weltby me in the face. "You know that I would," ahelsha made a motion to withdraw, do? ' I'Thls jioxllloii may be very unpleas- - farmer. They planned to turn burJones f looking at him) Are you certain that you would said, indignantly. '1111 rather lie poor and Mrs. Currier than your arms about my neck1 ant for you, hut you'll have lo hold glars and steal tbe money which the unpleasant for both of us. slant Rathtf LETTYS TRAMP that tlie work or the fields' and November lias NOW Farmer Shields figured that there wnulil be no plausible cxeuse for the further delay In erect inn f the summer kitchen so lung promised, mill for which u pile of lumber Imil been iu wailing for some time. No sooner were the fou:1 pte-- lioles dug, however, limn Farmer Shields was drawn on a juty :ml niusi go iu town for s:i i'.iileilnitr l,eilv, sole daughter of the lit.iise, ;it tingrcittly divippni!i:-fa, i:io:i of opera' ions in 'lie kilch-u- i i d - were always hospitably open, end this young fellow, evidently it ne'er do well and a tramp. Imt of winning ways, was soon installed as a friend and ettuul. lie worked steadily if not speed v upon the improvements. Often l.eny came out o see how lie w:ir getting on, with liis wotk. She would hand hint up needed linrdl or maybe it paint pot. In tlie rmirse of lime he reluctantly pmiiuuni'eil Ills hi I sirs finished iititl a w green blinded house with a new rear addition gave . evidence of his effoit-.Ionian summer h.nl come unusually bite tlis year and (he young man found the woods ami country very tubing these mild days. "I reed a holiday af'er all til's he pleaded. "May h.if' wii-K- ," und enjoy 'he woods while no', rt i this II i . lo soriet of Miipmer last s'.'" lf toitrse lie could. Til" Shield were nut so rhtiillb nr. lo refits. this request. The practical nature of the tiamp iil. inn encourage a riot-- : mining u been agimiiion. but II hud sweet to Mid these November u i to pretend Flint thi was hi was wo.' li'lte home noun whbh frg and that the bt:. ; 'liiiip. g ; bendlrg over he at ' v. ; k w goddess of Ids In- As for Ltiv. t, hud never '. 'i.i'.Th ., itji; him, er.il whn 'in tir . 1 hlie-pslntei- 1 . - , the trunk of a tree and listlessly watched the flowing water. "Streams tire like folks." she said philosophically, "they cau'i stand This little river Is so prosperity. oveii'ome liy the lam ruins that. It bids fair to run over." Her companion scarcely heard her. Ills heart and Main were filled with thing." I.etty's eves danced. "The riMif to the new kitchen leaks." .die said mischievously. "lines it? Well. I could study tip on roofs unless you prefer a farmer " "I always said I would not niarrv a fat liter," declared emphatical- ly. but Mie Idea. a re"So glad!" he replied Then In a moment he kail lieved expression. "1 shouldn't like His words were few and simple. Inti the tenseness of his tone revealed to sikn. ludty wli-i- t was underneath. '(IV she said, flushing and rais-itt- g troubled eyes to Ids. "I do care, but I know 1 .dmutdin't." "Wait!" she cried, struggling from his clasping arm, "father would never listen to it a stranger---- " he "I can inn- "Why no itn c him (lint I ,iin r- spet laide." Hitt." she n i gin it hesitatingly. ' lie 'hit.ks you know ih.it every m..n ltould haw Mime M'Hlcd w.itk- - and you 'Wei!. !,i- v.. i am not a beggar. Iben ai y..u- .hou-- c I have wotke-whi:' I h,-- .. had." i I know, it you . rc .1 1 ' , ! .amp!" . N!:i:i i w , i Lett i . . th-- : i n-- - s -- iijp-ins- t i . Mi-i:- ' i . one. s' b.- i. , ! li I ftku KI1 WORK. all . 1i.-h-i . !;t)i.iiiY 'i . sulk mi 'bis v:i,. imm,; 'if she Vi. a explained t!:e pisii they luul decided lug be only kn-cm little siiuctui-cfriendly t.., .IS upoa for the "Yes, 1 iri ilo Ihut." he Mild, con- resnlvd to r n hi- - ' woo.: I1"' I u nr Along fidently, "ami might paint the j p, bon-- e and l.Ht:'..-'.ihci and hanging too. ' down n 1 The fc.ft tls.'i w.t' h, i,,..; stranger the rit' lid not prevent the 'he : family ft j ' ' finiui! wii "taking him in.". Thrlr doors of tile 'in Lti; KMiit'd to show lietrer work than that summer kitchen before you can support ;i wife liy your trade." "It was only niy second piece of work." said the youth deprecating)-- . "I never tried anything hut a boat-houbefore, "For whom did you lmild a boathouse?" "For myself for my steam launch. The Shields family laughed at this pleasantry. But the young tramp had now straightened up and began to talk business. t'ee liPre. Mr. Shields. I mine here penniless and roatless. but I didn't start out that way the morning of my landing here. I was with it party of rriend-- t in an automobile, and 1 took off niy coat and got our to fiz t lie machine, and they thought it sport to start off without me. "I supim-- e they rame hark for nte. Ini' 1 gave them the slip end came across lot to this house. My money-witin niy emit pocket, so I begged a inenl, aud intended to make my way home, on foot, Imt I saw lyuty und nothing would then have taken me ftom here. "I am really in lniiiieei in niy father's Wheel works, but it isn't just necessary for me to look for an fm an Imuruv. It was my whim to woo l.etty whllp she thought tee ,i trin p und I did" looked pale und serious. "What you have said make ns far-r apart 'hun liefori said and ru.liy. ' lie cried. l.etty' "Nothing pan keep I'll relinTiii-- lay apart. :.i i cd si," li: nil. I apprnr at. tage a- - ;i tramp, Imt. iii.i , sillirg; as a tramp von love me?" Vc." 'li'1-'' t i,he iif'er '.'-- r i -- . i i: mt'c ii.ir li:e'..N t: an;:.- - my wife? ip'snn-..- I.et'v ini persuade fj.th: .it. ,! e::tlv, us There He was towards -- they wi r- i they verv j.'. ihe vr.c . tle shed. "No." she remarked positively. don't think 1 would like that. We might live on your launch, she added shyly. ncrn-puM'- in -' ht 11 h HEB EXPENSE ACCOUNT. Finding her allowance frlvoled Itself away each month with very little in show for the money, a Riverside drive girl recently resolved to She accordkeep strict accounts. ingly invested in a set of Kussia-lesthI lacked account hooks with "the sweetest little tencll in a love r.f it esse. Following are the fit si week's entries ns vouched for liy a member of the family: One set account books Monday : with pencil. $3: my name In gilt letflOr. Total. tering with address. i No. it was Saturday I 33.., o. Iwuight these after all. That was before I began to keep accounts.) Annul the $3.50. One pound of chocolate covered marshmallows ai Sweet-em'- s. 1 forgot whether the marshmallows are fill nr so. Split the differenic- und rail the jsiund TO. That ran't be very far out of the wav 70c Tuesday: One lingerie hat Iper- fert marked down from $s; met Ply cousin Lily on the way home and found that she had Imught one just like It. That means I'll have to get the other kind at the regular priep. 37. tl might as well put thui down as spent because It will be within the next few days). $7 Wednesday : Ia'tl Mine. Fitieni er - so Ill be all right week after next. Put that down s paid and be done with It Thursday: Six yards of lace. account our an idea I rharged that to at Hmartleigh's, but can't be sure. Put that down that I paid It to b Is- on the safe side Price home. come New hat Friday: simply exorbitant, $15. Convinced I told her not to go above $10 ia talk her trimming It. Think Into giving It to me for $8.50 less on account of so much custom. Iut" U- down anyhow Saturday: Number of trifle, hard to remember. Silk ties for shoe, pattern, "Id stamped embroidery romtis with brilliants, gloves cleaned, lee cresm and cake for Lulu and myself. Make a guess at the toisl. $4. P. 8. almost forgot matinee ticket for both, $4 Kunday: Put a gold piece in th church plate Instead of the bright penny I was keeping for the purpose. Hard to believe I could do anything so maddeningly stupid. However, an gold piece gone, and one penny I have in purse, so my birthday, se s i . . w-- e "Maybe you call yourself n car- or anywhere. .She glanced toward the rough litpenter, but. young mun. you've got good-natured- ly 1 : stranger for performing his work for former life, my fortune and friends $15 on my new summer suit. Cant him. hut he wits amazed at his nerve If they are distasteful to you. and pay the rest till I get something exin asking for Letty. will build us a little home here, tra. Dad always gives me $35 the I- Ai Optimiitic a Smiler. on "Some .men would complain losing a leg, hut Jinks didn't. "How did he take It?" n "Said he had been thinking of reducing his weight. Out it Last. "Why do they cll these dentist offices denial parlor? asked Smit of hi friend. , "Why, parlor la the name for drawing room.'' |