Show tt YOURS TRULY I 1 I 1 if 0 by AGNES G BROGAN I 1 a tl copyright copyright 1922 western m newspaper union 1 big jim dar darrow row leaned back n his chair and bool looked mcd diffidently tony toward a rd lie he could stenographer ills pretty never get over a certain shyness sibylle ss in issuing his orders to ask this competent young person perso n to follow his dictation seemed 4 a presumptuous thing yet jim fresh from the west was a power in Us ills own world that I 1 its his early education had been necessarily neglected was no handicap in his rugged determination tor for success but realizing ills his deficiencies lie he engaged a stenographer who might not only take rough dictation but put pill it in best possible form margaret Wa lawrIght came to hit him in re response sponge to an advertisement this this was her first position in the alie business world jim gat gathered hered from lier her few confidences that her fath fathers ers sudden death and the following shock of lit his s bud bad investments wore were for ills own good fortune for margaret soon be became callic invaluable to him so jim gave ills his business orders humbly find and rejoiced in the daily f sight of his adored and he was nas happy too in a measure until that con fo aided balsly came upon the scene in his renunciation jim had not counted on oil a rival and that balsly tile the aggressively conceited should be that rival was insufferable jim was whistling in tile the soft way lie he had ngien when things were well with him when balsly dropped into the of flee on a business ess errand and amazedly encountered margaret waln wright there Il leggle I eggle wainwright Waln wright its as I 1 livel live lie he cried and extended an eager hand jim flus hushed lied angrily at the but the girl herself turned in evident pleasure to accept the greeting ar mr balsly and I 1 were neighbors at home she explained more than neighbors balsly added why I 1 carried Pe Reg gies ggles books to school in ill the old fashioned way schoolmates school days all that sort of tiling thing now to flud find you here my dear Is one big streak of luck not the lonely evening tonight I 1 anticipated for you will go to the theater anith ith me teg ol 01 0 my heart and margaret agreed to go jim with a sinking heart heard her smili ia reply after that balsly haunted the office the westerner comparing that modishly immaculate figure with his own sturdy presence could not dispute margarets preference he only hoped anxiously that balsly was serious tills this time and won would not bring to those soft unclouded eyes the shadow lie he hall hail brought to others jim was very gentle to the girl very grateful for her interested assistance it was like her unselfish sweetness to sacrifice now and then an evening of pleasure to be helpfully at her employers side margaret must be happy this lovely and beloved girl even it if balsly the elble were the one to make her so the mans snug smug assurance nevertheless continued to jar upon him a and 11 d it was with dread that jim awaited tin the announcement he felt sure must come they were seated before the westerners desk when balsly broached tile the dreaded subject margarets dusky head just in view beyond it 1 I 1 guess its plain to you where my fancy lies balsly said smiling satisfaction jim nodded the question which most concerns me lie he replied is where does margarets fancy lie balsly leaning back lightly touched ills his own breast here of course he triumphed and you are to be married it was the hardest sentence big jim had ever managed As soon as reg peg says the word balsly calmly lit its his cigar smoke he held a second cigar toward the westerner jim could not take it ills his hands wore were trembling you make lier her happy lie he began the words had the sound of a threat Bal smile was mocking maybe you had designs there yourself he retorted gravely jim replied margaret wainwright Is the one woman I 1 would marry balsly started and she has refused you jim whirled around you think 1 I won would dare to offer myself 1 I in the lie rough and she all fineness the girl at tile the desk arose and came with lier her typed pages to her employer emp loye confusedly jim gazed down upon her ter work it was a n response to tin an order with her eyes compellingly upon his margaret bent over ills typewriter to lidd add the lie signature following that compelling gaze jims eyes too were ere oil in the paper 1 I am yours truly margaret typed and stopped to smile up fit at him questioningly lie return returned ed her glance with tin an impudent impatient sigh site she bent again to the keys we alile trust that the above meets your all she wrote rote her c ces es laughed lit at him then all at once jim understood stupendous unbelievable as aa it was here was margaret lils his margaret trying to make him itkind you aru are laboring under tinder it a mistake balsly he dald ills tone no lunger longer halting tor for Mii Miu rgaret wainwright Is going to me 1 I full yours ti truly quoted margaret lier her merry eyes bent again on the hie let ter |