Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-16

Dorothy Phillips,
Cincinnati, Ia. R. F. D. No.
A JOYFUL PIECE OF NEWS.
My Dear Sister Ruth:-I have mos
joyful news to tell you. Instead o.
coming down to the point at once
will tell you how it happened.
! 1t was on one day last week thai
Mr.. Thayer came to me and said rath
er GROSSLY, Miss Armstrong, l an
sorry to say that one of my papers
which is very valuable, is lest. It ap
pears to me like some one has stolen
it. thought probably that it had been
swept into the waste basket, but the
papers hadn't been burned yet and the
boy went all through them, but We
do you know anything about the
paper?"
mo, sir, do not l answered.
Mr.. Thayer then left the room.
couldn't help it, but it set me to think,
ing. What if Mr.. Thayer would &C
cuse me of stealing his paper and dis
charge me? That would never do.
All tnat day Mr.. Thayer seemed to
avoid me all he could and when he did
meet me, he stared at me so coldly
that I quaked beneath his glance.
The next day, Mr.. Thayer came to
me again and said stiffly:
Miss Armstrong, l don't believe we
need your services any longer" And
with that he left the room.
So Mr.. Thayer believed me to be
thief! l would show him that l was
not. Before 1 went home that night,
asked Mr.. Thayer if l could stay
week longer and prove to him that |
was no thief. He stared at me and
said, do as you like"
On Thursday we always are so
busy. On that night I always have so
much to do and l nearly always have
to take some papers home.
Last Thursday was one of our busy
lays again and was so tired! l had
to do lot of typewriting that night
for the next day.
$ 1t was about 10 o'clock that night
when discovered mistake on one
Of the papers. Mr.. Thayer had said
hat twenty-five boxes of goods were
% be shipped in for his store and on
he paper it only said nine. There
ore, mistake would make great loss
10Th to Mr.. Thayer and to the one who
shipped the goods. Thinking that l
was wrong, my thoughts
prompted me to get on my hat and
leak and hasten toward the store. |
Knew that the janitor stayed at the
store all night, and also knew that
lis room was near the front Of the
tore. I pounded on the door, but no
me responded. My hand happened to
est on the door knob and to my
l found that 1 could open
t! Without thinking 1 went in and
walked toward the room in which l
worked. The door was slightly open
md again to my utter establishment
saw dim light. l then heard a
ound as if some one was walking and
hastily looking through a crack in, the
loor, I saw man rummaging through
ny desk and one hand was on bag.
Without moments hesitation I ran
oward the door in which l had come
n by and I rushed down the street
. the nearest drug store and asking
he proprietor for the use of his tele-
,hone, telephoned to the police sta
ion stating that T. D. Thayer & Co.'s
tore was being robbed. Then think
ng that l could be of no further use
hurried homeward and went to bed.
The next morning l went to the
tore as usual and what do you think,
lear sister. Mr. Thayer came out to
meet me-
my dear girl" he said kindly, Il
certainly owe lot to you. Now
on't look SO astonished. Yes, last
light my store would have been rob-
led and by a very desperate person,
90, in the bargain, but owing to your
houghtfulness nothing was hurt. You
want to know how 1 knew that you
we're the person who was so thought
ul. In the first place, one of the po-
iceman told me that it was a very
xcited and eager voiced feminine who
and in second | guessed
Who it was Secondly, since the man
lad a bag with him, We of course look
ID through it and what do you think?
found that paper of mine and some
money also. We have had SO much
excitement lately and think that you
re very tired, so grant you a
months vacation"
"Oh thank
Don't thank me- It's my place to
hank you," he said testify.
Now do you understand, Ruth? l
want you to meet me at the depot
Wednesday at 10 a. m. and can stay
i whole delicious month.
Your loving sister,
Bess Armstrong Vida Wahle(
Age IA.
80 S. Willard ST., South Ottumwa, la.