The log cabin Democrat., 1912-08-07
Per,ny

"Penny-Penny Mulligan!" whis pered Miss Cabin of the notion coun. ter.
 The young girl with two long, thick braids of red hair leaned down from the bundle counter overhead.
 "Well?" she replied crisply.
 Have you seen the new floor. walker?"
 "No-where is MT Freer?"
 Transferred to the upholstery. It's shame, too. He certainly is gen tleman!" Miss Cabin patted the blond puffs of her elaborate coifYure and sighed audibly. He certainly is gentleman" she repeated.
 "He is" returned Penny. She turned back to her labors of wrap ping parcels.
 You certainly are swift, Penny murmured the stout bundle girl.
 It's dull day." said Penny, yawn. ing.
 Ever since she had run away from her home in the middle West to be- come an actress, Penelope had been on the lookout for people from home True she had written back to her uncle and aunt, telling them that she was earning her living and when she said that she WAS acting" how could that unsophisticated couple suspect that the part she was playing was the very practical one of bundle counter girl iD GaDlrtmpnt ofoTa
 She had given her name as Penny Mulligan, when in ract she bore the charming title of Penelope Marston
 Arthur Preston had asked her to marry him and had been haugntlly dismissed by the stage-struck girl 'l cannot marry any one, Arthur" she said. condescendingly. Il have a career before me, you know?"
 "Pooh!" the practical Arthur had said-he was real estate agent and very live and up-to-date in his native town-"pooh, honey, you can't act."
 'I will show you!" Penny had said, wrathfully
 'Penny-Penny Mulligan!" shrillec Miss Cabin during another Hull in the business of this rainy day.
 What is it?" asked Penny languid. ly as she leaned over the railing.
 There he is!"
 Whom do you mean?" Penny was not interested, but she strove to be polite.
 "The new tioorwalker He's stand ing there by the perfumery-his back is this way. Hes lovely looking,"
 Penny looked and saw tall, mas sively built young man garbed in the conventional black of the store stand ing with his hands loosely claspeo behind his back. He looked-oh, so ,nuch like Arthur Preston, but ot course that was absurd!
 Yes, isn't he?" she managed to say carelessly in response to Miss Cabins asst remark.
 Later she happened to glance down ward, and her blue eyes met the calm. cool gaze of the new tioorwalker. Hls yance passed from her face to that 4 the other bundle girl and then he ,asscd on his leisurely way down the Lore. 1t was Arthur Preston.
 When she had an opportunity she asked Miss Cabin the name of the Gcw tioorwalker.
 The most romantic name you ever ;eard. Penny! Miss Clark from the l..ce told me-his name Is Claude ,e.ton."
 Penny darted back to her work conscious that Miss Cabin was hold g an animated conversation with TT. Claude Reston.
 How dare he come here under ar .ssumed name?' fumed Penny.
 She snapped the string viciousig and the fat parcel flew out of he. hands and fell plump upon the sleek black head of the new fioorwaiker.
 Miss Cabin shrieked becomingly as Ar Reston gracefully disentangled himself from the shower.
 'Ain't you afraid you'll get fired, Penny" gasped the fat girl.
 'I don't care!" fiared Penny reck- essly. I'm going to. leave anyway. tonight"
 I>OH.c oHc was up tnc btetp title stair of the bundle counter. A "utiied black head, pair of black yes, pair of broad shoulders, big and holding forth the ragged bun. .e of false hair.
 Here, Penelope" he said coolly. Please don't do that again"
 Penny was speeches. with indigna- ion, as she took the package from i'm and their hands touched. He 'isappeared at once. and Penny pro, 1eeded to wrap the bundle carefully t required elaborate care, for great ears were yelling in her blue eyes. he tears splashed upon the package }rd she thrust it violently toward the lube.
 To Penny's horror, 1t leaped over the rail and descended almost at the 'eet cf the new fioorwalker!
 "Gee!" giggled the fat girl.
 Penny was frozen with mortitica, ton, as once more MT. Reston climbed the stairs and handed the package to