L Frank Baum

The Flying Girl L Frank Baum

Orissa did not wish to offend her employer. Indeed, she could not afford to. This was herfirst position, and because she was young and girlish in appearance she had found itdifficult to secure a place. Perhaps it was because she had applied to Mr. Burthon duringone of his fits of abstraction that she obtained the position at all; but she was competent todo her work and performed it so much better than any "secretary" the real estate agent hadbefore had that he would have been as loth to lose her as she was to be dismissed. ButOrissa did not know that, and hesitated what to do