Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-02-05
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PhiIanthropist
How Joe Carpenter Secured
. Good Salary.
By 2 A. Mitchell


Joe Carpenter was "a clerk In the Of
fee Of the third vice president of the
- railroad system. Joe was at his
desk one morning sorting papers when
be received call to his chiefs private
room. When he appeared the vice
president said to him:
Il wish you to take this package to
Miss Dorothea Penfield. as addressed.
Here are twenty $1,000 bonds. the last
of the lot we agreed to send her, Be
very careful with them. and deliver
them to no enc except Miss Penfeld
herself. taking her receipt"
Joe took the package and left the
room. He had heard that Miss Pen
field was the only daughter of the man
who had organized the railroad sys.
TEN In which he was employed and
that she had inherited his vast inter.
est in 1t. making her one of the rich
est women in America. Joe had also
">o'o lh"t TIC iAuy was pulidnlHTo
pist Philanthropist is Il very big word
and he associated with it very i'm
pOrtant woman. His mental picture
of her was u middle aged person. part.
ly gray and with very benevolent
face But. handling 50 large for
tune us she possessed. she must have
an air of business about her.
He placed the package in his inside
coat pocket. put safety pin over it.
! buttoned the coat over his breast and
sailed forth on his errand He ex.
pected to find Miss PentieId's residence
palace. but II was an ordinary stone
/ front city residence. He was admitted
by maid mot in the black and white
uniform Of servant girb and ushered
into room from which he could look
into another room in the rear, where
sat young girl hammering ON a type.
writer.
lady answering Joe's imaginary
description Of Miss Pentied came into
the room where he was and looked ut
him inquiringly, as much as to ask,
What can do for you?"
Are you Miss Penfeld?' asked Joe.
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Here are some bonds that | have
been instructed to deliver to you"
He produced the package. She took
1t into the back room. where she open
ed 1t and after a few words with the
typist dictated receipt This done.
both women left the room few min
utes later Miss Pentield came into the
room where Joe was waiting. handed
him the receipt. and he returned with
II to the railroad office.
All this Is an apparently uninportant
part Of this story You must know
that Joe Carpenter was very attractive
In his appearance, and the typewriter
In the back room was u very pretty
girl
While Joseph was sitting in the next
room to her she looked up from her
work and caught him looking at her
admiringy. On several other occa
sions during his stay at the house she
looked up and every time saw that
same admiring glance Indeed. what
Joe was thinking was expressed
through his eyes. and what he was
thinking was this: You're pretty
enough to kiss"
Joe went away thinking of that fair
skin. those coral lips, those gazelle
eyes these were his own designations
of them. and he kept on thinking of
them all that day and the next and the
next. till one morning the third vice
president sent for him again and said
to him:
Carpenter. | have a telephone mes
sage from Miss Penfield asking me to
send her the numbers of the bonds
you delivered to her the other day, and
she would like them sent by you. You
are sure the delivery was all right.
aren't your"
II delivered the package as you gave
It to me. The receipt tailed with your
record. didn't it?'
"Oh, yes. The receipt was all right.
You'd better take the numbers to her.
he handed Joe bit of paper with
the numbers on it-"and hear what
she has to say"
Joe put the paper in his pocket and
repaired to the Penfield residence
This time he was received by the pref
ty typewriter. She came into the
room where he was, with a slightly
heightened color.
miss Penfield is indisposed this
morning. She has asked me to say
that in making a list Of the bonds you
brought her the other day before put
ting them in the safety deposit vaults
a mistake was made. and she thought
that one of the bonds was missing
But it's all right The error has been
discovered. She desires me to apollo
gize to you for putting you to the
trouble of coming"
Pm glad you've found it," said Joe.
much relieved. IF you hadn't 1t would
have laid me liable TO the charge of
having extracted 1t from the package
and appropriating it."
II didn't think of that" said the girl.
evidently somewhat disturbed
Joe had risen at her entrance and
was moving toward the door.
81 hone" continued the tyDiSt "that