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One thing that seemed strange to her was that so many of the Crofield ladies called to see her , and that Miss Glidden was more and more inclined to suggest that Mary 's election had been mainly due to her own influence in Mertonville . On the other hand , it seemed to Jack that summer , as if everybody he knew was out of the city . Business kept pressing him harder and harder , and all the plans he made to get a leave of absence for that second year 's Thanksgiving Day failed to work successfully . The Christmas holidays came again , but throughout the week , Gifford & Company 's store kept open until eight o'clock , every evening , with Jack Ogden behind the counter . He got so tired that he hardly cared about it when they raised his salary to twenty-five dollars a week , just after Mr. Gifford saw him come down town with another coffee and tea dealer , whose store was in the same street . `` We must n't let him leave us , Jones , '' Mr. Gifford had said to his head clerk . `` I am going to send him to Washington next week . ''