The Democratic advocate., 1908-02-14

Marna.
Please. send that nlsle of the attach
mer,t inr .suv.rn"r To me by messenger.
NAV be able 10 utiI re it. Will explain
Saturday night.
Philip sent the model, but with the
determination not 10 listen to any explain
alton Nevertheless when Saturday night
came he sought the Norman home.
Il must tell you about my success with
the attachment said Marina. Il know
Mr.. Arthur Hope l taught his little
girl, you know. And she did 50 well
while in my charge that her father felt
grateful. He asked me to call upon him
at any time, and said he would be glad to
be of service to me. So | took the at
tachment to his office in the big factory.
| told him had chance to invest little
money in an invention, and then l showed
him the model.
/" That looks like a good thing, he
said What's the price p told him
the price you mentioned, and he said l
could send him dozen to equip their fac
tory engines
Philips eyes sparkled.
"That' fne," he said. "The attach
ment couldn't have better advertiser
than Hope & Co."
"That isn't all, Philip. Mr.. Hope
called a man into his room and introduced
him as the representative of big Eastern
supply house. And the man looked at
the attachment with critical eye and asked
the price to the trade. When l told him
he said l might send him 500 if [ could
ship them in sixty days. | said | could,
and here's the order
Philip drew long breath.
'sYou' re wonder, Marna,'' he cried.
And then he remembered her proposal and
suddenly stopped with flushed face.
"And now," said Marna hastily, II
want you to draft for me detail of that
automobile brake clutch that you told me
about last month. Here's the table and
paper
Philip was good draughtsman and soon
finished the drawing and the description.
''And the price and the time you will
require to get them out in quantities.
Philip did SO.
81 have tried that device on the Mon
arch Company" he said "they couldn't
see anything in it. y
probably you didn't know that the
Monarch Company makes clutch of its
own," said Marina 1.-The head of the
Clifford Runabout Company is an old
friend of my father. | am going to show
your drawing to him."
A few nights later he was there again.
He was very anxious to hear what Marina
had done with the clutch.
II landed an order" she told him.
''Mr. Clifford called it the best thing he
had seen." She passed slip of paper to
Philip. eff you can deliver them as
needed and bill them at that price he will
take 50O0.''
Splendid p cried Philip. "Theres
beautiful profit in it -
Then he remembered that he was get
ting deeper into Marina debt. And he
went back to his lonesome lodging.
He was busy now, buster than he had
ever been. There were new orders Sc
cured through the orders got by Marna.
There was money coming in. His dead
ambition was coming back to life. And
he owed it all to the girl.
One. night he called on Marna.
"Marna," he said, 81 want to make a
partial settlement with you.
"This is strictly business transaction,
Philip? There is no sentiment about it?''
He flushed. II understand
81 want the full amount due me-.
'For the two months since you secured
the first attachment contract the net profits
have been s1626. This will make your
share s913. Is that satisfactory
"Philip," she quietly said, "under the
arrangement proposed this money would
have remained in the business.
He suddenly choked and turned away.
Why did she persist in alluding to that
unfortunate proposal? She saw it hurt
him. She knew it drove him from the
house every time she referred to it. 1t
was so unwomanly.
And then he stopped. Was he not
fully as unmanly as Marna was unwoman-
ly? Here he was actually building up
bank account on the profits she had earn
ed for him. True, he had given her half
those profits: but she had really earned
them all.
Well, there would be no more of it.
H. mould Los hor hat ho h,I
little manliness left. He would shift for
himself hereafter. He waited three days
before he put this resolve into execution.
And when he made the momentous call he
wore new look on his face that meant
complete self-reliance.
Marina seemed very quiet. Presently
she spoke.
"Philip," she said, "I have little
news for you.
"News, Marina p
eyes. Mother and 1 have decided to
60 away. We are offered a pleasant cot
tage at Hereford, the property of my
Uncle Edward. 1 have given up my
school and we expect to start next Tues
day
''Going away, MarnaY'
eyes, Philip. 1t seems like great
change-we have lived here so long-and
l have felt quite blue over it all day."
And then Philip suddenly realized with
a sickening sensation what this meant for
him.
"This is very sudden, Marna.''
eyes. We received my uncle's letter
yesterday. He was anxious to have us
come as soon as possible"
Philip leaned forward.
81 can't really believe you are going to
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