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The Assistant Secretary
BY MARGARITA SPALDING GERRY
THE chief done require yo' suhvices, Miss Mavis."
The old office-building in which we were did not boast of coldly mechanical innovations like electric call-bells. Henry was call-bell, messenger, flunkey, "three in one," under the guise of his official status of doorkeeper. Unctuous African smiles usually swathed in cheer the summons of duty. But to-day a strange solemnity engulfed Henry.
I must admit I was a little nervous myself. Even if it does occur frequently, it is not every day that a new Assistant Secretary takes possession of the innermost room in the suite of offices. What if the head of our department doesn't ever make much difference with the work, he can make a great deal of difference in your comfort. He can be a chronic grouch or a petty tyrant, or in other ways make the situation rather difficult for a girl. Or he can just be nice and easy-going, and let you run things the way you always have.
But this time I had hoped that the politicians might, for once, have put in a man with some knowledge of the work of the department. It was getting beyond me. You see our status was rather unusual. We had originally been
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