The Making of a Soul

tonia presented herself at the office of the new revi

d at the sight of the trim little figure in

n collar, she looked very young, very shy, and if the truth must be told, very pretty. Whereupon Barry, who loved all pretty girls in a harmless, kindly fashion, rejoiced exceedingl

hyness he greeted her in friendly fashion, bade her come in, and pointed o

been connected with journalism before. Yes, she was well up in ordinary office work, a

t she liked Mr. Raymond the better of the two. "Well, I have here

all sure what he meant, but dread of Miss Hardy's wrath should she be

rn if-if you wouldn't min

with a feeling of relief. "When you have typed that article for

was scanning. "This stuff wants a bit of revising, and you migh

disclaimed any r

k as hard as anyo

icisms and play office-boy to you, Owen, naturally I find

ied him with the n

all offence, and Toni smiled in response. "Now, here's a chair for me, and if only our

after twenty minutes of his clear and lucid exposition the girl felt she was beginning to grasp her lesson thoroughly. She proved, too, wonderfully quick at detecting mistakes, and Barry, who had

e they were correcting conveyed to

m; and Barry suspected that a good deal of it was Greek to her, though she did her best to answer him int

and brain left vacant-for Toni belonged, by adoption at least, to a class who read only for amusement and occupation, and are not in the least anxious to try their mental teeth on any abstract theories or philosophies of life. She was at present all fo

but Toni was much too intent on her work to wonder what he thought of her; and by the time she had done a little typing, t

alone, studying a dummy copy of the review; and seeing

a little dubiously. "Is that what y

ands, Owen pointed with a pen

omes; this, over the bridge, is the future, towards which the pilgrims are hastening. The idea is to bridge the gulf between past and future, between the old worlds and the ne

and he went on with a note

t agree. I think that there will be a fresh Renaissance presently, that there will be found fresh hands to pass on the sacred torch ... there's

; but seeing, with a slight pang of disappointment, that his outburst

dy to be bored. Talk to Barry about it-he is able to look upon the Bridge quite sane

xious to appear intelligent, murmured something s

h. You might just sort these papers out a bit, will yo

plenty of room for everything if s

patient to preserve it, spoke dubiously. "Of course some of those pa

Raymond wou

face

e gets back. He's an awfully good sort, you know, though I pretend to rag him. He's as clever as you please, an

arette and went out, assuring him

nd not brainy enough to appreciate the symbolism of the Bridge. Well, we don't want too

n carrying him off to lunch, Owen speedily forgot that