| Show r p 0 FIRING MISS WARDLE WANGLE by GEORGE MUNSON copyright 1915 by W 0 map chapman man miss wandle might have been thir ty six and she had been with roth stoin tor for twelve years she started in as an ordinary stenographer and 4 it was solely her ability and industry that got her the post of Roth steins private secret secretary zEry although ever everyone yonel could see BOO that rothstein eln thought 9 good deal of her atter after I 1 came tho firm was turned into a corporation rothstein eln was president owning it a majority or f the stock and joe barnes treasurer clifford was secretary bob was general manager things went on alf al right until old bian began to suffer from heard trouble then miss bliss wandle was always at his home he ha was a widower I 1 too taking notes for him elm she would come coma bacle back and aim tell clifford ands and dames barnos what they were to do ituau it was that set their backs backa u up they hadn haan had anything against alias handlo previously but they I 1 like I 1 the old id mans orders coming through her miss wandle was a busin business bess woman woman in the strictest sense at first the fellows had tried to get gay with hershe never encouraged anything of afi that sort she was cold keen calca lating business from start to finish without as much room tor for sentiment as you could insert a fountain pen into at least that was tho the way I 1 sized her up about the cabal against he her r you know what wr wretched etcheL truckling kind of creatures some of us underpaid clerks are wo we knew that allf 1 ford dames co were laying for fora miss bliss wandle but because wo we were ln ja mortal terror of losing our jobs none of us dared do anything bobring to bring down their displeasure on our heads when old rothstein was wag taken with ono one of his bad spells and ordered south tor for three months the cabal thought it would be time to cut loose and show miss bliss wandle that she amount to anything la in particular about the I 1 would look up from tho the books and see beo the three through the open door of S sices aces office smoking and putting their heads together and glano glanc ing in miss bliss candles Wand les direction and I 1 knew something was brewing she came in at nine thirty and clifford who had bad tho the big desk in tho the main office called her over to him as aa apon eoon as she had removed her hat 4 miss bliss wandle he said in an ugly sneering voice loud enough to bi heard all over the office will you be bd so good as to look at the clock mid and tell me what time it Is it la Is half past nine answered miss bliss wandle quietly though not another woman in the office would have stood for that line of talk will you remember in future miss alfs wandle said clifford that our office hours begin at nine that Is the time I 1 coma come down and that is the time mr and ur barnos barnes come down were not fm important octant or tant enough to take an extra half hour and I 1 guess bod you arent miss wandle nodded and went away as coolly as though it had been she who was casing caning down jim clifford after that the trio set to work to force miss ming Wand wandlea candles les resignation by petty persecutions I 1 guess they thought the old man was done for or miss bliss wandle always came down scrupulously at nine after that so they tried other ways they found fault with her work they like her having knowledge of details odthe of the business of which they thein selves belvea were ignorant it was wan bob however who hit bit on the star trick he made her take stenographic notes for old perkins the tee head of the stock eatock depart department meriL i everybody expected that she would i resign then but it ald t her a particle they kept her at that just jost long enough to muddle up the business ness and then they recalled her the next idea that came was to the credit of joe barnes it was masterly we were making out the vacation schedule and miss wandle had bad put pt down her own name for the two weeks beginning with the first ot of june it was a little early tor for vacations but still people did go away in june dames barnes happened to see the list and he called miss wandle over to his desk miss wandle he said bald in his bilk test lest manner 1 I see you have scheduled your vacation to begin on the first of june mr rothstein understood that 1 I yes waa going to take my vacation on the first of june mr barnes and I 1 feel that I 1 have his sanction dames barnes got red in the face miss bliss wandle he said eald you seem geem to think you run this domce it Is necessary for me to convince you of your mistake you will take your vacation when I 1 il with a thump ot of bla big fist give you permission or you may draw yo your ur salary to date and walk out of ahda office miss wandle smiled 1 I shall do neither mr dames barnes she eho answered for a moment barnes was staggered thep theo he thrust his ugly face close clode against the womans comans he showed his breeding pretty well then perhaps godown you own this office he ro marked 1 I certainly hope to after the fifth ot of june replied bliss wandle calmly you see I 1 am going down to florida to be married to mr rothstein and he be Is going to give me his share of the stock as a wedding gift |
