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"I desire only to pay for ram"

"Not at all It isn't necessary Just be seated!"

In soe of the chair beside which

she stood

"We are cramped for room at present in the construction departraer, who ca

with the operator's room "But we have the promise of more space soon,"

he resu lady hopefully "I have had your desk

placed there to give you the benefit of the south light"

The stenographer studied the superintendent of construction with some

surprise His determination to provide for her coies for his crowded quarters were so sincere that they

could not but appeal to a stranger Her expression changed Glover felt

that he ought to ask her to take off her hat, but could not for his life

The frankness of her eyes was rather too confusing to support verythe blueprints on his table,

guiltily aware that she was alive to his unshaven condition He

endeavored to lead the conversation "We have excellent prospects of a

new headquarters building" As he spoke he looked up Her eyes were

certainly extraordinary Could she be laughing at hi had been, it was true, a joke for many years and evidently

she put no more confidence in the statement than he did himself "Of

course, you are aware," he continued to bolster his assertion, "that the