Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-28
The Daily Story
A Philanthropist-By F. A. Mitchell.
Copyrighte1 py Associated Literary rures.

"ouIu you ike such position .,
wouldn't like it at all AZ III
saiary. have a better chance f. 'ane
niouon with the railroad connsnr y ~
When Joe departed the -
asked for his address. and a e.. ',.eer
later ne received note from Miss D..
neid stating that she was intendinae =
open an office for the transact,nr % %
the business Of her estate ana "
looking forsa manager. Would bo
cept the position and il so at vvho. -,
airy! Joe after thinking the mas, ~,
over decided to accept the pos,tso, -
ing influenced solely By the fac, 49, 81
he hoped to see the pretty +vno,,.' s.a'
occasionally. Indeed, love anal, ~.
been started between him and h.a
which babe fair to be Of the paIIors..
! KIND. So he wrote that he vss :
Miss Penfield's service and would 49,
| the salary to her.
| A reply came asking If 50 5oo
would be sufficient TO begin on e..
/ Joe was receiving but 500 a ror.s
ne replied that the amount named
would be satisfactory, and he receIvas
an order to find a suitable Office .rS
| procure the necessary furniture
, Joe at once resigned his position n
the railroad Office, hunted up an of,ca
furnished 1t, then went to Miss po,
fields house and transferred the boot,
and papers pertaining to the estate
Miss Penheld spent several days with
him in the office initiating him. or
rather, trying to initiate him into tha
business at hand. But it was in snch
state of confusion that 1t soon ha.
came evident to Joe that he mnst
straighten them out by his own efforts
Indeed, he found the lady more Of a
detriment than help. However. at
the end of couple Of weeks he had
everything in order.
The manager of the Penfield estate
received occasional invitations to dine
at the house. Sometimes Miss Pen
field was at the table; sometimes be
was entertained by the typewriter He
learned from her that she was a con.
nection of Miss Penfield, her name be-
ing also Penfield. Joe asked her il she
would be likely to lose her position
since an Office had been opened for the
transaction of the business of the es-
tate, and she told him that the private
correspondence could not be relegated
to the office and it required so much Of
her time that she was thinking of get
ting an assistant.
Even if Miss Penfield appeared at
the dinner table when Joe dined at the
house she disappeared as soon as the
meal was over, leaving Joe and the
typewriter together. The affair turned
out to be a quick and desperate case Of
love. Joe proposed to the typewriter.
was accepted, and they began to plan
for their marriage.
81 hope" said the young lady, @that
you are not counting upon my get
ting any help from Miss Penfield. She
will not give me cent"
1--WE don't need her assistance" re-
piled joe ION my salary we can get
on very WELL"
His fiancee threw her arms around
his neck and said that with such
husband she had no fear of pow
erty whatever.
Joe suggested that they be married
at once and take little house. Eight
cen hundred a year would be plenty
for them TO live on and they could put
away seven hundred for a nest egg.
His fiancee offered TO look for the
house, to which Joe consented since he
was very busy at his office. One day
she told him that she had found a'cozy
little nook, just the home for young
couple starting in life. Joe proposed
that they go together to look at it, but
being occupied with preparations for
the wedding the bride to be put the
visit off from day to day. What sur
1rised Joe was that she insisted on
church wedding and the sending OUT
# innumerable cards. To this ne pro
ested on the ground that they couiu
Tot afford the expenditure. They were
Il Miss Penfield's house at the time.
Joe" said his fiancee. there's Sc
ret between us that | can't keep any
onger. She whom you have known as
Oorothea Penfeld is my Aunt susan
'enfield. | am Dorothea Penfeld. The
irst time you called here / was anus
ng myself with a new typewriter on
which / was learning TO write. saw
hat there was a case of love between
s and that you supposed my aunt was
be heiress. l have always expected 10
e married for my money. and mere
,as a chance to be courted for mysen-
availed myself of it and have permit
ed you to continue to be deceived.
"And you are Dorothea Pen1eld. tne
worth milllons| eA
laimed Joe with eyes as big as sau-
ars
II am
a look of disappointment crossed
pes face.
What is it?" asked Dorothy anA'
usly. r,
There's nothing TO be done; life wiz
i've no struggles. no contrasts between
orll ard play" ~,
Joe" she said. embracing him.
e can't work for ourselves we ean
ork for others. To give inteliigenl
wolves much care and plenty OF ei'
TT"
And so it proved.
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