The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-02-25
She'd Diagnosed
His Case
2y CORONA REMINGTON
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Tom Huton trudged YEARLY up TO
his hall bedroom and threw hlmsei1
into Il char-the chair. He was tired.
1t had been hard day for him at
Adler's haberdashery the boss had
come through and jumped ut hum Tor
sitting down minute, and on top Oh
that he had limited pretty broadly
that Tom needed some cleaning ana
pressing done. AS his thoughts ran
Oh he glanced down at his ciothes.
They were shabby, but cleaning ana
pressing would do little good. why
didn't the boss give the men decent
salary so they could dress properly
1t was all his fault anyway.
Tom gripped the arms of his chalr
and stared hard at the worn place IN
the carpet; some day he'd tell that
Sinking fashion plate something, but
for the present he'd better bear H.
Any job was better than no job; but
he was not made for salesman-ne
should be manager; he'd succeed tha'
way and he knew It,
"A
everything going wrong at the store
Flo Williams. the pretty little stenog-
rapher at Monroe's printing house,
had also begun to drop hints. In fact
she as good as told him that he ought
to have enough ambition at thirty to
be something more than mere sales
man and that their future relations
depended upon his future actions.
Irritably he ripped open the letter
In his hand that he had found await
Ing him on the hall table downstairs
'Dear Sir: cit RAM
"As attorneys for the late Mr.. Har
old Carpenter we wish to notify yo,
that you are named as one Of the
beneficiaries In his will and that your
share in the property after the estate
will have been settled will amount tc
some $4,000.
"YOu will hear from us again with
In the next few days giving further
particulars and instructions.
| every truly,
BURNETT & BURNETT"
In a daze of unbelief Tom stared
at the letter. 1t came from Milwau
kee, he saw, but who on earth was
Harold Carpenter? Then he remem
| bered that Carpenter was his mothers
name before she married; some rela
tive Of hers. no doubt. Slowly thu
situation began to grip him.
He, Tom HaltOn, was about to In
berit a fortune! Now he'd show those
people down at the store. He jumped
I'D and paced around the room, TIVE
strides forward, then two back, theI
forward again. His head was whirl
ing with plans as he muttered win
dictively to himself. At first h
thought he'd phone Flo. then changed
his mind and decided to keep 1t Quie
until he'd won her.
Late In the night he began pre-
pairing for bed. With toss he pitche'
his old suit into a corner Of the room
the ianitor could have 1t. Tomorrow
he'd wear his best and buy new on
to take its place. Accordingly. he ap
reared the next day looking more lik
the owner of Adler's than one OF tn
statesmen. He greeted his fellow work
ers with a patrOnizing wave OF TIL
hand and jauntily started to arrang
his stock.
"Hey. Tom" called one Of the mer
"the managers out of town for tw
DAYS. We've got to run things our
selves"
"Out Of town, is he?" asked Ton
.'Is the boss In his Office nOw"
"Sure; what're you going to do7"
"Don't know YET he answered, starr
ing toward the elevator.
"What's struck him?" they mul
INJURED among themselves.
"NTorning. Mr.. Adler" said Ton
rather breeZily moment later.
"Good morning, Halton. what can
do for your
II came up to say that since tn
managers out Of town for couple I
DAYS I wish you'd let me take his plac
for that long. have some selling plan
In my head to try out"
ut isn't customary, you KNOW,
stammered the boss, totally take
aback by the nerve Of the man.
customary or not, you're In a ri
down there and you need some pep an
new blood. Tn tired Of having N
hands tied, and If you don't care
give me the chance / guess I'd bette
; resign and try my luck somewher
else"
The boss played with his lette
opener for a while and then answered
"You can't do much harm in thu
time; go ahead"
With elation Tom almost skippe
back to the elevator and down to h
department.
"What'd you dof" the salesma
: asked as he returned.
"rm manager while Rollins is ava
. and we're going to make a whoopir
success Of It," he announced. "Con
here, Turner, want to dress you I
and put you in that window. Tv