The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-22
She'd Diagnosed
His Case
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,,tn a chllr-tile Sho"' Az was e'ASu'
:. nod been hard day for him at
Ms haberdashery the boss had
A '~a through and jumped at him for
tu ...,ro down a minute, and on top Of
. .hst he had limited pretty broadly
'.s, Tom needed some cleaning and
..ss,ne done. As his thoughts ran
NO glanced down at his clothes.
~hsv we're shabby. but cleaning and
a a would do little good. Why
WdO't the boss give the men decent
ssIsrv so they could dress property
= vss all his fault anyway.
INN gripped the arms Of his chair
and stared hard at the worn place in
-. carpet: some day he'd tell that
.,,,tinp fashion plate something. but
M the present he'd better bear 1t.
.nv lob was better than no job; but
10 was not made for salesman-he
.hould be manager; he'd succeed that
way and he knew 1t.
"A II It weren't bad enough to have
.rerythlng going wrong at the store,
ro Williams, the pretty little stenog-
amber at Monroe's printing house,
had also begun to drop hints. In fact,
che as good as told him that he ought
N have enough ambition at thirty to
10 something more than a mere sales
man and that their future relations
amended upon his future actions.
lrritably he ripped open the letter
I, his hand that he had found await
N, him on the hall table downstairs.
Dec Sir: ut ran)
AS attorneys for the late Mr.. Har-
aid Carpenter we wish to notify you
that you are named as one Of the
bene6ciaries in his will and that your
share In the property after the estate
viii have been settled will amount to
some $4,000.
you will hear from US again with
h the next few days giving further
PARTICULARS and instructions.
every truly.
BURNETT & BURNETT"
In daze Of unbelief Tom stared
At the letter. It came from Milwau-
kee he saw, but who on earth was
Harold Carpenter? Then lie remem-
bered that Carpenter was his mothers
name before she married; some rela-
uye Of hers, no doubt. Slowly the
situation began to grip him.
He, Tom Halton, was about to In
herit fortune! Now he'd show those
people down at the store. He jumped
up and paced around the room, two
strides forward, then two back, then
forward again. His head was whirl-
Ing with plans as he muttered via
dlctively to himself. At first he
thought he'd phone Flo. then changed
bis mind and decided to keep 1t quiet
until he'd won her.
Late in the night he began pre-
pairing for bed. With a toss he pitched
bis old suit into a corner Of the room
the janltor could have 1t. Tomorrow
he'd wear his best and buy new one
to take its place. Accordingly. he ap
peared the next day looking more like
the owner Of Adler's than one Of the
salesmen. He greeted his fellow work.
en with patronizing wave Of the
hand and jauntily started to arrange
bis stock.
Hey, Tom" called one Of the men
The managers out of town for two
days. We've got to run things our
selves"
Out Of town. Is her" asked Tom
Is the boss in his Office now?"
Sure what're you going to do?"
Don't know YETI he answered, start
ng toward the elevator:
what's struck him!" they muir
INJURED among themselves.
Mofning. Mr.. Adler" said Tom
amer .breezily moment later.
Good morning. Halton, what can
Do for you?"
! came up to say that since tn
!anagers out Of town for a couple Q
@ss ! wish you'd let me take his piac
!of mat long. I have some selling plan
my head to try out"
-" isn't customary, you know,
Ssmmered the boss. totally takel
'uack BY the nerve Of the man.
customary or not, you're In a ru
0ovn there and you need some pep an
uew blood. I'm tired Of having M
uanos tied, and II you don't care t
give me the chance l guess I'd bette
en and try my luck somewher
Inc boss played with his lette1
Vsner Tor while and then answered
lou can't do much harm in tina
Me' go ahead"
."M elation Tom almost sklppe
Sk 10 the elevator and down to hi
department
( "hatd you, do?" the salesma
sxed as he returned.
manager while Rollins Is ava.
s.'s were going to make whoopin
.ssess OF It," he announced. "Com
e turner, l want to dress you IL
I au put you in that window. Tw
=" 1's street dress. two hours lounSin
1you can smoke and read you
~ then-and two hours even:l
x.,. That's all pretty easy, BIT