SADIE USES PRESSURE It was getting cold in the small back office when Sadie put down her pen and went into the store.

She was cramped with sitting, for she had been occupied with accounts for several hours and the stove had burned low.
"You can quit now, Steve," she said to the clerk.

"Put out the lights, but don't lock up.

I'm going to wait until the boss comes." The clerk turned his head to hide a smile; because he knew where Charnock was, and thought Mrs.Charnock might have to wait some time; but he did as he was told, and when he went out Sadie stood shivering at the door.

She had married Charnock late in the fall and now it was March, but there was no sign yet of returning spring.