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Twemlow assented, and remarked that he himself employed a 'lady secretary. 'Yes, Stanway eagerly went on. 'That's what I mean to do. I mean to buy a type-writer, and Miss shall learn shorthand and type-writing. Ethel was astounded at the glibness of invention which could instantly bring forth such an idea.
The French I learned from the family I lived with, and the music from a professor in the same house whose love for his pet art was so great that he found it simple happiness to impart it to one so greedy for improvement as myself. "Here, in course of time, I also learned type-writing, and it was for the purpose of seeking employment in this capacity that I finally came to New York.
"What is your idea?" inquired Mrs. Farrell eagerly, paying no heed to the latter part of his speech. "Well, if we could manage to pay the rent of a type-writing machine, I could probably get you copying from the firm as well as from some of the other lawyers in the building. I was wondering the other day if I could do anything at it myself, and thus pick up an additional dollar or two in the week.
He had deep feeling and hesitation even as to putting anything into print without due pause and preparation. Print had not then become what it is now, with the telephone, type-writing, and other aids, a mere expression of conversation and of whatever floating ideas are passing through the mind. Mr.
One letter was longer and heavier than the rest, and its covering, sweat-stained and worn at the edges, came apart in her hands, exposing several pages of type-writing in the Spanish language. The opening words challenged her attention. In the name of God, Amen, Alaire read.
Dropping the preamble, these resolutions, which were neatly printed with a type-writing machine on a half letter sheet, ran as follows: Resolved, That on and after the First of June proximo, the pay of carvers in Slocum's Marble Yard shall be $2.75 per day, instead of $2.50 as heretofore.
'But you couldn't persuade him to stick to his type-writing, and keep out of the way? 'No, and I thought it better not to try. Agnes' return home has excited him dreadfully, and he fancies that it is his duty to watch over her to protect her from my friends. 'Then I suppose we shall never get rid of him. He'll be here all day, night and day. Good Heavens! 'I don't say that.
I'm the editor of the Stygian Gazette, and I've come here to copy off my notes of what I see and hear, and besides all this I do type-writing for various people in Hades, and as this machine of yours seemed to be of no use to you I thought I'd try it. But if you object, I'll go." As I read these lines upon the paper I stood amazed and delighted. "Go!"
Early in the afternoon she came home with the proceeds of her last batch of type-writing, glowing with exercise, and the happiness of contributing at least some hundreds to meet her husband's creditors. He was there, lying on the sofa, pale and hopeless. Forgetting all else, she flung herself beside him with a sob. "Oh! Harry, my dearest!
Crosswell, the head of the firm, who seemed suddenly to have become aware that something was wrong, said to him: "My lad, how is it that your mother has not been doing the extra type-writing lately? I find a great deal of it has been given to some one else." "She has been sick with rheumatism, sir," answered the boy; "and her fingers are so stiff that she cannot work the machine."
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