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No�察�sir�察─�said Colonel Telfair。  ;I am speaking of mentality and  literature not of the less worthy intricacies of trade。;

Well�察�what's the trouble about running the article�察─�asked Thacker�察�a  little impatiently�察 �if the man's well known and has got the stuff �拭─�Colonel Telfair sighed。

;Mr。  Thacker�察─�said he�察 �for once I have been tempted。  Nothing has  yet appeared in The Rose of Dixie that has not been from the pen of  one of its sons or daughters。  I know little about the author of this  article except that he has acquired prominence in a section of the  country that has always been inimical to my heart and mind。  But I  recognize his genius�察�and�察�as I have told you�察�I have instituted an  investigation of his personality。  Perhaps it will be futile。  But I  shall pursue the inquiry。  Until that is finished�察�I must leave open  the question of filling the vacant space in our January number。;

Thacker arose to leave。

;All right�察�Colonel�察─�he said�察�as cordially as he could。  ;You use  your own judgment。  If you've really got a scoop or something that  will make 'em sit up�察�run it instead of my stuff。  I'll drop in again  in about two weeks。  Good luck� �

Colonel Telfair and the magazine promoter shook hands。

Returning a fortnight later�察�Thacker dropped off a very rocky Pullman  at Toombs City。  He found the January number of the magazine made up  and the forms closed。

The vacant space that had been yawning for type was filled by an  article that was headed thus��

                    SECOND MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

                           Written for

                         THE ROSE OF DIXIE

                                 BY

                    A Member of the Well´known

                    BULLOCH FAMILY�察�OF GEORGIA

                            T。  Roosevelt




THE THIRD INGREDIENT



The ��so´called�� Vallambrosa Apartment´House is not an apartment´house。   It is composed of two old´fashioned�察�brownstone´front residences  welded into one。  The parlor floor of one side is gay with the wraps  and head´gear of a modiste�察�the other is lugubrious with the  sophistical promises and grisly display of a painless dentist。  You  may have a room there for two dollars a week or you may have one for  twenty dollars。  Among the Vallambrosa's roomers are stenographers�察 �musicians�察�brokers�察�shop´girls�察�space´rate writers�察�art students�察 �wire´tappers�察�and other people who lean far over the banister´rail  when the door´bell rings。

This treatise shall have to do with but two of the Vallambrosians though meaning no disrespect to the others。

At six o'clock one afternoon Hetty Pepper came back to her third´floor  rear 3。50 room in the Vallambrosa with her nose and chin more sharply  pointed than usual。  To be discharged from the department store where  you have been working four years�察�and with only fifteen cents in your  purse�察�does have a tendency to make your features appear more finely  chiseled。

And now for Hetty's thumb´nail biography while she climbs the two  flights of stairs。

She walked into the Biggest Store one morning four years before with  seventy´five other girls�察�applying for a job behind the waist  department counter。  The phalanx of wage´earners formed a bewildering  scene of beauty�察�carrying a total mass of blond hair sufficient to  have justified the horseback gallops of a hundred Lady Godivas。

The capable�察�cool´eyed�察�impersonal�察�young�察�bald´headed man whose task  it was to engage six of the contestants�察�was aware of a feeling of  suffocation as if he were drowning in a sea of frangipanni�察�while  white clouds�察�hand´embroidered�察�floated about him。  And then a sail  hove in sight。  Hetty Pepper�察�homely of countenance�察�with small�察 �contemptuous�察�green eyes and chocolate´colored hair�察�dressed in a suit  of plain burlap and a common´sense hat�察�stood before him with every  one of her twenty´nine years of life unmistakably in sight。

;You're on� �; shouted the bald´headed young man�察�and was saved。  And  that is how Hetty came to be employed in the Biggest Store。  The story  of her rise to an eight´dollar´a´week salary is the combined stories  of Hercules�察�Joan of Arc�察�Una�察�Job�察�and Little´Red´Riding´Hood。  You  shall not learn from me the salary that was paid her as a beginner。   There is a sentiment growing about such things�察�and I want no  millionaire store´proprietors climbing the fire´escape of my tenement´ house to throw dynamite bombs into my skylight boudoir。

The story of Hetty's discharge from the Biggest Store is so nearly a  repetition of her engagement as to be monotonous。

In each department of the store there is an omniscient�察�omnipresent�察 �and omnivorous person carrying always a mileage book and a red  necktie�察�and referred to as a ;buyer。;  The destinies of the girls in  his department who live on ��see Bureau of Victual Statistics��so much  per week are in his hands。

This particular buyer was a capable�察�cool´eyed�察�impersonal�察�young�察 �bald´headed man。  As he walked along the aisles of his department lie  seemed to be sailing on a sea of frangipanni�察�while white clouds�察 �machine´embroidered�察�floated around him。  Too many sweets bring  surfeit。  He looked upon Hetty Pepper's homely countenance�察�emerald  eyes�察�and chocolate´colored hair as a welcome oasis of green in a  desert of cloying beauty。  In a quiet angle of a counter he pinched  her arm kindly�察�three inches above the elbow。  She slapped him three  feet away with one good blow of her muscular and not especially lily´ white right。  So�察�now you know why Hetty Pepper came to leave the  Biggest Store at thirty minutes' notice�察�with one dime and a nickel in  her purse。

This morning's quotations list the price of rib beef at six cents per  ��butcher's�� pound。  But on the day that Hetty was ;released; by the B。   S。  the price was seven and one´half cents。  That fact is what makes  this story possible。  Otherwise�察�the extra  four cents would have

But the plot of nearly all the good stories in the world is concerned  with shorts who were unable to cover�察�so you can find no fault with  this one。

Hetty mounted with her rib beef to her 3。50 third´floor back。  One  hot�察�savory beef´stew for supper�察�a night's good sleep�察�and she would  be fit in the morning to apply again for the tasks of Hercules�察�Joan  of Arc�察�Una�察�Job�察�and Little´Red´Riding´Hood。

In her room she got the granite´ware stew´pan out of the 2x4´foot  chinaerI mean earthenware closet�察�and began to dig down in a  rats'´nest of paper bags for the potatoes and onions。  She came out  with her nose and chin just a little sharper pointed。

There was neither a potato nor an onion。  Now�察�what kind of a beef´ Stew can you make out of simply beef�拭 �You can make oyster´soup  without oysters�察�turtle´soup without turtles�察�coffee´cake without  coffee�察�but you can't make beef´stew without potatoes and onions。

But rib beef alone�察�in an emergency�察�can make an ordinary pine door  look like a wrought´iron gambling´house portal to the wolf。  With salt  and pepper and a tablespoonful of flour ��first well stirred in a  little cold water�� 'twill serve'tis not so deep as a lobster a la  Newburg nor so wide as a church festival doughnut�察�but 'twill serve。

Hetty took her stew´pan to the rear of the third´floor hall。   According to the advertisements of the Vallambrosa there was running  water to be found there。  Between you and me and the water´meter�察�it  only ambled or walked through the faucets�察�but technicalities have no  place here。  There was also a sink where housekeeping roomers often  met to dump their coffee grounds and glare at one another's kimonos。

At this sink Hetty found a girl with heavy�察�gold´brown�察�artistic hair  and plaintive eyes�察�washing two large ;Irish; potatoes。  Hetty knew  the Vallambrosa as well as any one not owning ;double hextra´ magnifying eyes; could compass its mysteries。  The kimonos were her  encyclopedia�察�her ;Who's What�拭─�her clearinghouse of news�察�of goers  and comers。  From a rose´pink kimono edged with Nile green she had  learned that the girl with the potatoes was a miniature´painter living  in a kind of atticor ;studio�察─�as they prefer to call iton the top  floor。  Hetty was not certain in her mind what a miniature was�察�but it  certainly wasn't a house�察�because house´painters�察�although they wear  splashy overalls and poke ladders in your face on the street�察�are  known to indulge in a riotous profusion of food at home。

The potato girl was quite slim and small�察�and handled her potatoes as  an old bachelor uncle handles a baby who is cutting teeth。  She had a  dull shoemaker's knife in her right hand�察�and she had begun to peel  one of the potatoes with it。

Hetty addressed her in the punctiliously formal tone of one who  intends to be cheerfully familiar with you in the second round。

;Beg pardon�察─�she said�察 �for butting into what's not my business�察�but  if you peel them potatoes you lose out。  They're new Bermudas。  You  want to scrape 'em。  Lemme show you。;

She took a potato and the knife�察�and began to demonstrate。

;Oh�察�thank you�察─�breathed the artist。  ;I didn't know。  And I did hate  to see the thick peeling go�察�it seemed such a waste。  But I thought  they always had to be peeled。  When you've got only potatoes to eat�察 �the peelings count�察�you know。;

;Say�察�kid�察─�said Hetty�察�staying her knife�察 �you ain't up against it�察 �too�察�are you�拭�

The miniature artist smiled starvedly。

;I suppose I am。  Artor�察�at least�察�the way I interpret itdoesn't  seem to be much in demand。  I have only these potatoes for my dinner。   But they aren't so bad boiled and hot�察�with a little butter and salt。;

;Child�察─�said Hetty�察�letting a brief smile soften her rigid features�察  �Fate has sent me and you together。  I've had it handed to me in the  neck�察�too�察�but I've got a chunk of meat in my�察�room as big as a lap´dog。 And I've done everything to get potatoes  except pray for 'em。   Let's me and you bunch our commissary  departments and make a stew of 'em。 We'll cook it in my room。  If we  only had an onion to go in it�   �Say�察�kid�察�you haven't got a couple of pennies that've slipped down  into the lining of your last winter's sealskin�察�have you�拭  �I could step down to the corner and get one at old Giuseppe's stand。 A stew without an onion is worse'n a matinee without candy。;

;You may call me Cecilia�察─�said the artist。  ;No�察�I spent my last  penny three days ago。;

;Then we'll have to cut the onion out instead of slicing it in�察─�said  Hetty。  ;I'd ask the janitress for one�察�but I don't want 'em hep just  yet to the fact that I'm pounding the asphalt for another job。  But I  wish we did have an onion。;

In the shop´girl's room the two began to prepare their supper。   Cecilia's part was to sit on the couch helplessly and beg to be  allowed to do something�察�in the voice of a cooing ring´dove。  Hetty  prepared the rib beef�察�putting it in cold salted water in the stew´pan  and setting it on the one´burner gas´stove。

;I wish we had an onion�察─�said Hetty�察�as she scraped the two potatoes。

On the wall opposite the couch was pinned a flaming�察�gorgeous  advertising picture of one of the new ferry´boats of the P。  U。  F。   F。  Railroad that had been built to cut down the time between Los  Angeles and New York City one´eighth of a m

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