Grace Osborne is an orphan and a lace saleswoman in the departmental store of John Folk and Son, of which firm Robert Folk is now the head. Folk has been attracted to this demure little salesgirl since the first day of her coming to the ...See moreGrace Osborne is an orphan and a lace saleswoman in the departmental store of John Folk and Son, of which firm Robert Folk is now the head. Folk has been attracted to this demure little salesgirl since the first day of her coming to the store. One day he sees a masher annoying Grace while she is at her work. He steps up to the counter and the man moves away, but that evening, as the employees are leaving the store, Folk sees, from an upper window, the masher speaking to Grace on the street. When Grace repulses the man's advances, he struggles with her and finally throws her to the ground. He makes good his escape, although pursued for several blocks. In falling, Grace has received a severe blow on the head, and Folk takes her home in a taxicab. Every day until she recovers he calls upon her and does all in his power to show his sympathy and regard. At last, on the day that she is able to return to her work, he calls her up into his office, and tells her that he is going to increase the salaries of many of the girls. But he is not, he says, going to increase hers. Grace's face pales as she hears this, but Folk instantly changes her expression to one of joy when he tells her that he is not going to raise her salary because he wishes her to share his salary with him, in other words, to step from behind the counter into the home, via the altar. Written by
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