Show A printe secretary of no BrN fience WW Ww the weekly short story by JANE JAME NICHOLS arl WILLIAM lp A perd in the door of the tile outer office of the ills ormond and ledgerd firm of brokers and passed down the aleu alaia between the desks 0 of till ills employee a into tit into ate office there fo folio lloTd after fler bim him a perfect tolley volley of curious carious tools these look had been fol lowing film cheur he came in thus tor for the list three in fact eter tier since be he had hired bis his latest ate secretary there was notting about the nei private secretary liere lier elf self to tall call forth all this curiosity their thir th ir employer eni bhe she I 1 as just sn an erdl nary eirl girl not pretty nith till wind mown black hair a turned up no noe and a pair of blue bi e eyes that redig eiery emotion emo on owner el x perlen ced re it behind dark born rimmed there was desperateness IQ in those eyes when the erl irl made tier first appearance in the offices of ormond and ledred Ledr nd and that was on the tile day after tit ormond bad ad vert verald ld for a it private secretary of exper leam then for a week or two after the she wai was hired for the po kidlon a on there ere was a sort of fw at but now there was oaly 0 9 deep dp adin peace ehlting from them theta and an earnestness of purpose it ws WM cene generally rally known in tin tile outer offices that the lie new primie secretary had not met tp UP with that one requirement by mr tir ormond in till his advertisement n I 1 ir iry y barter bartor had had no either as private secretary or any thing cle else in the buene bus nets ne world aby then had mr ormond eo so ex act so demanding deman dinc in all chlus thiu will then had he her on a ai I 1 his hi ihli the em la in the lie outer office ailed themselves ies over and again VIlen cier mr ormond appeared to in hie the door at either end of the room and passe I 1 down the aide aisle between their desks as he lie had just dine they were destined neur neier to lam he reason but it happened thus thui I 1 acy bar ton with that desp desperate lok la in her blue eye ere appeared in Il llam or private office on the morn ing after the appearance of the ad verti and before that awesome Indi individual viddAl had more than le te mosed bis his coat and hat and set him self down at bis his desk 1 I have come in to to your advertisement la in yesterday yesterdays pa per bald said lucy immediately she was la in its te office MUM with be door closed behind her and she tood stood with her back to that door as if it the were determined that mr or anond anco since no lie vlas m the only oilier other person in the room should tt rot es rape she went ent oo 00 lo 10 eay isai ill be const with you I 1 nine hair no tiler ler lence as arh ate secretary or anything elo for that matter but I 1 hold a record for or fait fast and nd accurate typing that Is all I 1 con can do I 1 hare have never whorled in un an offlie 1 lut ut chair I 1 have ft r mother and three small slater to support and I 1 need kork badly here lucy stooped for or inck lack of breath to go on add and mr tit ormond stared d to start in where ehe she left off hut but luc lucy raided one small hand nil and took up the con v emit lon if it such it might be called herself here elf dont tell roe me therea theres nothing doing there li Is or there will be I 1 think you 11 rive give me the on trial if it I 1 promise to do lay icy beit best to learn nhat hat Is required ut die here mr ormond pot got la to a word W d of r rather aber several worda my dear mies was barton he bald orely surely you rou cant expect me to hire 1 can expect you to lucy interrupted when I 1 tell you th that a t I 1 havu havo seen you to dinner with one of your stenographers at least IS 18 dif ferent tamel when yon you consider your wife lie mr ormond I 1 think agree with me that the time for a private secretary to be private Is 1 at sit hand mr ormond gasped and stared at lucy then he smiled jast just A trifle mis Is this blackmier be allied risked of this astonishing woman ite its a request for a job aid said lucy simply and added after a moment do I 1 get it I 1 mr bir ormond grinnel grinned 1 I duesi you do he eald said ill fhe ghe you a month trial four later when the he time of lucys trial was va over he said to bis his pronte secretary youre doin ing okay and yoa you xay may keep on give you a raise it ioa ou continue to improve and while im on private secretarial annire I 1 might As well tell yoo you that yoi you dida didat t bluff me about that wife business you see there Is no mrs dim ormond |