. Mary Ware's promised land . stone into a successful career? she exclaimed. Why didnt I think of applying to you for a posi-tion in the very beginning? It would have saved aworld of worry and disappointment, and a smallfortune in postage stamps. He had time for only a short explanation of themachine before he was called away, but the book ofinstructions was clear and concise. She studied theillustrations and diagrams for awhile with her wholeattention concentrated on them. Accustomed topicking up new crochet stitches and following in-tricate patterns from printed directions, it was aneasy mat
. Mary Ware's promised land . stone into a successful career? she exclaimed. Why didnt I think of applying to you for a posi-tion in the very beginning? It would have saved aworld of worry and disappointment, and a smallfortune in postage stamps. He had time for only a short explanation of themachine before he was called away, but the book ofinstructions was clear and concise. She studied theillustrations and diagrams for awhile with her wholeattention concentrated on them. Accustomed topicking up new crochet stitches and following in-tricate patterns from printed directions, it was aneasy matter for her to master the intricacies of thenew machine. Several times she stopped Jack inpassing to ask him a question about some move-ment or adjustment, but in the main she exper-imented until she could answer her own ques-tions. In a little while she could shift the ribbon or flipa sheet of paper in and out with the ease of anexpert. Then she began studying the keyboard,to learn the position of the letters, and after that. SEVERAL TIMES SHE STOPPED JACK IN PASSING 1OASK HIM A QUESTION. TOLD IN LETTERS 119 it was only a question of practice to gain that had learned nimbleness and accuracyof touch in other fields, did not lag long after hour she sat at the machine, practisingfinger exercises as patiently as if the keys were theivories of a grand piano. The next letter which she sent to Phil, some dayslater, was such a contrast to the musical medleythat it did not seem possible that they had beenwritten by the same person. LONE - ROCK, ARIZONA, April 2d. MR. PHILIP TREMONT, Necaxa, Mexico. DEAR SIR : Your favor of the 24th ult. dulyreceived and contents noted. 1 am much gratifiedwith your reference to my last epistle, and yourhearty encore, but I can give no more muscial mono-logues at present. I am engaged as CorrespondingSecretary in the office of the Lone-Rock MiningCompany. Corresponding Secretary may be toogrand a name to give my humble position, b
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