| Show 1 r if N 4 i i l t la Leonora straightened the objects on her desk with great care She had put her desk at the end of her room facing the door so that when her mother came in she would have to cross the whole room under Leonora's Leonora's Leonora's Leo Leo- noras nora's stern executive eye to get to her From movies and pictures inthe in inthe inthe the newspapers Leonora had gotten a n good idea of how the desk of a busy woman of affairs should look With an important scowl Leonora picked up a n sheet of paper Now she was two people people herself herself the busy woman and her own stenographer Miss Simpkins take a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury will you you she murmured under her breath Yes I 23 immediately tely s she h murmured l s e I r back at herself herselL Leonora cleared her herI I throat and looked a at t the ceiling for far in in 1 Miss Simpkins bent over the sheet of paper hanging on the words about to fall faU Dear Mr Got that Yes madam I 1 nm thIrteen ahem ahem thirteen years old and anxious to be of all service to the country at this time ahem I earn a n weekly income of from to 2 12 by helping with the housework and by shovelling snow I am at present in possession of one War Savings Saving Bond and am buying stamps weekly I want to become a member of ot the 10 percent Club I 1 feel it to be not ahem ahem not only my duty duly but my privilege How do you ou spell privilege asked Miss Simpkins Dont bother me with these details said Leonora Leonora my my privilege as os an American to invest at least ten percent of my Income in War Bonds Yours truly Get that off oft at once Miss SimpKins SimpKins Simp Simp- Kins inns said Leonora Yes Maam Ma'am You certainly are an Important woman maam ma'am said Miss Simpkins Simp- Simp kins Letter from an actual communication communication cation in the files flies of the Treasury Department U. U S S. Dt |
