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[Illustration: "DON DEAR, YOU'RE LIVING TOO MUCH DOWNTOWN"]
THE WALL STREET GIRL
BY
FREDERICK ORIN BARTLETT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GEORGE ELLIS WOLFE
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1915 AND 1916, BY EVERY WEEK CORPORATION
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY FREDERICK ORIN BARTLETT
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published September 1916
TO
THALIA
CONTENTS
I. Don Receives a Jolt 1 II. It Becomes Necessary to Eat 11 III. The Queen Was in the Parlor 20 IV. Concerning Sandwiches 27 V. Business 43 VI. Two Girls 64 VII. Roses 71 VIII. A Man of Affairs 80 IX. It Will Never Do 93 X. Dictation 100 XI. Steak, With Mushrooms and Advice 111 XII. A Social Widow 123 XIII. Dear Sir-- 129 XIV. In Reply 138 XV. Cost 144 XVI. A Memorandum 153 XVII. On the Way Home 161 XVIII. A Discourse on Salaries 171 XIX. A Letter 184 XX. Stars 185 XXI. In the Dark 193 XXII. The Sensible Thing 200 XXIII. Looking Ahead 207 XXIV. Vacations 215 XXV. In the Park 223 XXVI. One Stuyvesant 238 XXVII. The Stars Again 247 XXVIII. Seeing 256 XXIX. Mostly Sally 264 XXX. Don Explains 275 XXXI. Sally Decides 295 XXXII. Barton Appears 305 XXXIII. A Bully World 317 XXXIV. Don Makes Good 321 XXXV. "Home, John" 330
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: The Wall Street Girl by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- 2: Although he still lacked the Pendleton breadth of shoulder
- 3: Paternal domicile I can translate that all right
- 4: In case of your demise You may skip my demise
- 5: Continued Jonas Barton thoughtfully
- 6: Harndon hurried off to the telephone
- 7: He decided to telephone Barton
- 8: Stuyvesant pleasantly negative as usual
- 9: I had a talk to day with Barton his lawyer
- 10: All this talk sounds frightfully vulgar
- 11: Be able at least to keep alive on this salary
- 12: Farnsworth will see you in a few minutes
- 13: Powers was dictating to Miss Winthrop
- 14: That eclair made just four mouthfuls
- 15: I don't believe it's possible to get peeved with you
- 16: Take this and get an egg sandwich right now
- 17: Farnsworth returned to his office
- 18: I wonder if that Seagraves is Dolly Seagraves's father
- 19: Then you'll have to speak to Farnsworth
- 20: Nora was anxiously waiting for him
- 21: Farnsworth wants to see you in his office
- 22: The sandwich was halfway to his lips
- 23: Are you going to have an eclair to day
- 24: This was undoubtedly what he would do with Pendleton
- 25: The Warringtons have asked us to a box party
- 26: It was possible he was lunching with Blake
- 27: It was a better excuse than some
- 28: Where it distracted her thoughts until evening
- 29: He had been cutting down on cigarettes
- 30: Then Nora came in to call him to the telephone
- 31: Pendleton I know these sound like fool questions Mr
- 32: This new development in Pendleton came as a surprise
- 33: He inquired of Eddie for Miss Winthrop
- 34: There was an empty chair next to her
- 35: Blake isn't going to talk any more
- 36: If Blake talked only about him
- 37: She reached for her notebook and pencil
- 38: Pendleton came along came from Heaven knew where
- 39: He might suggest Barton to Farnsworth
- 40: Wadsworth had never been more than an acquaintance of his
- 41: A good salesman can sell anything
- 42: Jacques was somewhat disappointed
- 43: To fulfill even his evening engagements
- 44: Here's a man with some extra money to invest
- 45: You're living too much downtown
- 46: But it was the sort of thing Farnsworth remembered
- 47: Pendleton had in him everything Farnsworth wanted
- 48: Wadsworth ordered a cock tail for himself
- 49: I'm not saying Farnsworth hasn't good cause to fire me
- 50: But before going upstairs he called to Nora
- 51: Graustein did nothing to soften
- 52: Much as he might have desired a steam yacht
- 53: For Seagraves took all her time
- 54: I don't expect to get any lunch
- 55: And it's good fun to watch the kiddies getting an airing
- 56: They had lunched together every day during the week
- 57: But Miss Winthrop herself was decidedly embarrassed
- 58: To which Pendleton himself belonged
- 59: The first thing necessary was a luncheon basket
- 60: This preparing of a picnic basket was
- 61: But it might make me uncomfortable
- 62: She removed the napkin and saw the cold chicken
- 63: CHAPTER XXSTARS At lunch one warm Wednesday
- 64: But this was a trifle more unexpected than usual
- 65: She hated that word sensible now
- 66: Miss Winthrop dwindled to sniveling
- 67: But Miss Winthrop did not do it deliberately
- 68: Give him a month to himself now
- 69: Don't you get a vacation before long
- 70: Miss Winthrop saw all these things quite clearly
- 71: It's lonesome it's been for you
- 72: He showed her reply to Miss Winthrop
- 73: Miss Winthrop herself did not know how special it was
- 74: And insisted upon withdrawing her hand
- 75: Stuyvesant beamed and listened and stayed
- 76: But unconsciously his steps took him downtown
- 77: And Sally Winthrop had given him
- 78: He ordered the chauffeur to stop
- 79: So why should we let them worry us before that
- 80: CHAPTER XXVIONE STUYVESANT That evening
- 81: Stuyvesant flicked the ashes from his cigar
- 82: She's entitled to those things
- 83: Stuyvesant looked at his watch
- 84: Shadowy region with a star pricked sky overhead
- 85: Frances was frightened by his silence
- 86: How had Sally Winthrop known that he was hungry
- 87: But it was only Nora who came to greet him
- 88: And Sally Winthrop was an adept at concealing herself
- 89: Now that you find I'm not a mangled corpse
- 90: He liked the elm lined village street
- 91: Halliday shooed her out of the kitchen
- 92: Sally Winthrop did not differ greatly from other women
- 93: Halliday's voice from downstairs
- 94: Halliday about one thing and another
- 95: Though she was miserable about it
- 96: I wish I hadn't taken a vacation
- 97: It was from behind her typewriter she had met Don
- 98: With the color gone from her cheeks
- 99: She filled the teakettle and then
- 100: I I've asked Sally to marry me
- 101: Halliday gathered her into her arms
- 102: Halliday insisted that Sally should go to bed
- 103: Don himself had asked no one except old Barton
- 104: Halliday greeted him cordially
- 105: Barton has not yet said he approves
- 106: CHAPTER XXXIVDON MAKES GOOD They had not one honeymoon
- 107: But even this had been due to Sally
- 108: Farnsworth rose and extended his hand
- 109: About salary Sally told me to forget that
- 110: Pendleton gently laid the baby across them
- 111: The beautiful young sister of old Colonel Zane
- 112: Rachael is called upon to solve many problems
- 113: Ask for Grosset Dunlap's list
- 114: Ask for Grosset Dunlap's list
- 115: Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson
- 116: Comes out boldly against John Barleycorn
