The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-17
TIE EVENING STOR r
CupII-AdvertIsine Agent-
(By FRANK H. Winiams.l

t14CH4Jf HCOIAluAAJs Tic EAAA SUI ~
the house and lawn, once beautiful but
now dishgured with large sign boards
proclaiming the virtues of Chee-Rup
Breakfast Food.
Il think" said she. forcefully. that
1t is simply shameful"
oh, come now" said the man. Don
you think it rather enlivens the neigh
borhood2 This aristoeratic section OF
the town had seemed rather dull to me
lately. BY the way, how did you enjoy
your trip2"
Bob" said she severely, don't try
to change the subject. AS soon as they
told me what you had done while I was
away I came right over here to per
suade you to take them all down"
'ImpossibleT he cried. I've got
contract. You wouldn't want me to
break q contract. would your"
No, she wouldn't want him TO do
that. One Of the incest things about
Bob was his trustworthiness. Moreover,
she didn't know whether the law would
allow him to break H.
ooh, Bob, she cried. in sorrow,
what made you put up 8hese insight
~ things. Can't you see how they
spoil the looks of the whole street?
Eat Chez Rup Breakfast Food and be
happyI "
There were tears in her eyes.
oh" she continued 7 was thinking
how happy I'd be to see the dear old
home again, and then you must spoil 1t
ALI Oh, Bobr'
Bob felt decidedly uncomfortable, We
happier than he had for several months.
She had been homeEick-not of course
for him, that was impossible-but for
the town as a whole, and he was part
of it! But, to show his joy might spoil
the plan and it was too early in the
game to risk any thing.
80" he said carefully controlling his
voice to the tones of polite interest.
so YOU did miss uSi''
Miss theml She thought how in
tensely she had missed them-and
him. Yes Bob. During the three
months of her absence she had come
to long for the sound of his voice, the
merry laugh in his eyes! How happy
she had felt when she saw him at the
station the night beforei Not that she
meant to show her change of feeling
toward him. She had refused him too
emphatically before sailing to willing
~ acknowledge that she had made
mistake For a time she would not
acknowledge it even to herself.
But she had never thought that Bob
would so destroy the beauty of his
home, the home she had learned to
love.
bob said she again, ignoring his
last question. why did you do it?"
I'm leaving here soon" he said,
outwardly calm.
Leaving here?'' she gasped.
yes" he answered nonchalantly.
I'm going to the city to be nearer my
business, and as / don't care to sell
this place or rent it 1 thought ought
to think up some way Of making it
pay the taxes at least"
''Oh, Bob" she cried, tearfully, am
biguously, chow could your" The she
ran precipitately to her own home.
Bob eazed after her obviously. Per
haps her father was right, but he
doubted it. OF course she had always
loved Bob's place and her ideals of
beauty were both sensitive and mill
tant. The house and yard certainly did
look a sight too. The plan was worth
trying. Bob felt that anything that
might make her reconsider her answer
to the great question which he had
-prOpounded to her was worth trying
and the income derived from the ads
was not inconsiderable. The papers
had devoted a great deal of space to
the discussion of the sign boards being
installed on such beautiful private
property, and consequently the Chez
Rup Food had received a great
quantity of free advertising.
That night at dinner the girl in
formed her family that Bob was plan
ming to move to town.
Her father and mother exchanged
glances.
"Ah.' said her father, II heard he had
a young woman on the string down
there. He is very attentive to her they
say. OF course I wouldn't tell you il
I thought that there was any possibility
of your recOnsfdering the answer YOU
gave Bob in the spring You cant
blame the boy for seeking consolation,
and they say that she is very wealthy
The girl forced herself to eat her sal
ad calmly. So that was the reason he
had taken her homecoming so easily!
Another woman had captured his fancy.
Well she would keep her secret.
| The next day Bob came over to the
house for a conference with her father.
Meeting him in the hallway, she Ques-
toned him as to the day OF his de-
parture, although she hated herself for
doing It.
"Oh, in about a month" said Bob.
1ndifferently and hurriedly.
How different from the way he used
to speak to her, she thought
During that month Bob made many
/ trips to the city and each morning the
| girl woke up to gaze from her win
doWs at the signs with a deep accentu-
alton of the hatred with which she had
regarded them on the first day of her
return. To her they began to seem
/ the REORGANIZATION of the woman that
had taken Bob from her-the cold. cal
/ culating business spirit. How she hated
! those signsl It seemed to her as If
she would do ANYTHING to get rid Of
them. Must she live within their sight
all her life, constantly reminding her
of the love she had lost? The thought
was uncomfortable and she appealed to
her father.
IT can't do anything" said he. Bob
has a contract with the Chee-Rup com
pany and he must live up to it. If
only you had been kind to him this
wouldn't have happened. To my mind
| 1t only shows what good sense Bob has.
This place has no more attractions for
him, so why not make 1t yield an in
/ Conner"
The evening before the day set by
Bob for his departure, he called. The
/ girl was seated on her veranda as far
! as possible from the sight OF the sign
boards. Her parents had gone out for
the evening, and she received Bob with
a strange, sinking feeling. This might
be the last time he would come to see
( her-alone.
Bob" said she. when he had seated
/ himself al q safe distance. Bob. now
/ that you are going away, probably for
| ever. can't you do something about
! those awful sign boards p