The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-26

anxious to get 'cm in his s~hebang-an
he got redder. but he pulled the side
O. his. face down an looked to see thai
The Teller couldn't hear. an said; 'Sh!
l Ve got EN- already sold in Atlanta a.
% cents apiece, an that galoot's goin
10 take his pay in coffee at Is cents d
~pound-coTee that cost 10 in New Or
leans. You sec whar 1 come in. don't
you?"
+" You better go it sorter slow at the
start Lib said, but he was simply
tickled to death. I'll swear 1t was fun
to watch i'm! He'd rather see that
boy learn how to handle money thar
fer i'm to be elected governor o this
state"
Old Hanks seldom left his home after
supper. but that evening he dropped
in at Hillyer's. finding the merchant
and his wife before a cheerful fire In
the sitting room. He came in awk-
wardly. but his self possession was a.
thing he always had with him. Ken
ner had once said that Tanks could
sell scrap iron in a pigeon-tailed coat
and white vest and never realize the
oddity of his appearance. His brogan
shoes were united, as if he had started
to go to bed and changed his mind.
81 see Bob's got that store to goin','
he said dryly. i've been sorter watch
in i'm today. I hardly know what TO
make of i'm"
HilIyer looked knowingly at his smil-
ing wife and replied:
so he's got opened up, has he"
Opened up? / reckon he has tuck
in ninety odd dollars today, an the
Lord only knows what profit he'll aver
age. l don't reckon Bob does. from
what I observed, though he amt losin'
so fur"
"Oh, he'll hold Sandford's trade" said
Hillyer. you kin count on that"
well, ] reckon he WILL said Mrs.
Hillyer. "Ive changed my account to
him from Waters & Co. An Why
shouldn't 1? Do you reckon I'm not
goin' to encourage rail enterprise? Jest
the minute he told me he was a-goin'
to run a free delivery wagon to take
orders an deliver goods twice a day
I put my name down. The idea o
them old fogies waitin' for young Bob
Hanks to start a free delivery! Why.
the minute / told Mrs. Dugan about
1t she mighty nigh had a spasm. she
was so glad. l seed her ag'in Jest be-
fore supper. She'd been down an
orderd a whole raft O. stuff she didn't
3 need Jest to see 'em come up like they
: do in cities. She's been trampin' from
one end O. town to t'other tellin' folks
they won't have to make a step eite~
way to git what they want f.
e table. Bob's boy II caH
, in the mornin' an" write
= wanted, an up the stuff
l got some li~ttle-have yo
4 little books he's givin' Nv
D to write orders in? oh
l Well, it's a powerful goo
I body kin dispute Their a,
| it's writ in Their own hand
5 Hanks, as shore as yore a
, Bob's goin' to succeed"
I Hank looked at the fir,
usually a dead thing, held
or was it only the reflect
flames in the chimney?
81 sorter like his start" h
: 81 was always afeard o. tn
, o. that trifin' set o. boys he '
, with, but today Bill Boyle
2 of the lot-drawed up a cha
o. the door whar Sanford l
, an white an started to ia
but, bless you, Bob called in
told i'm he wasn't a-goin' to
friends settin' round the fro
/ store that a-way-said it di
: businesslike, an he was goir-
right an sorter hew to the lin
ag'in, one o. the clerks that s
h9'h w i0t w pun ~ HULL DIS
, was startin' to light a cigar b
show case, an Bob yanked ii.
| 'Cayn't have no smokin' in y
jim he said politely. We
crackers an ~gunpowder, an h;
careful. Besides, it don't To-
durin' business hours, an eff we
ketch fire an burn out we'd \
collect our insurance without /
cused o. carelessness.'"
Yes Hillyer said. his q
glance on the face of his wife, 9.
[ lieve Bob's goin' to do all right.
} daddy used to think I was dead lazy
bec'ase I didn't like to chop sprouts in
the middle o. August as we'll as I did
to play ball twice as hard. but the
sprouts was his fun an the ball game
mine. This here's Bob's fun, an the
only way to amount to a hill O. beans
is to enjoy what yo're at. You think
yo're a model business man, Hanks,
but thar's as much fun at the job you
have as playin' poker with a full land.
You'd go to sleep sellin' supplies on
time fer anybody but yourself. but yo're
wide awake as it is. The truth is. you
} never tried to find out whar Bob's
talent lay"
Hanks drew himself up. He had not
smiled during his visit. and he rarely
lldue CONCESSIONS, ne ava Doln now
rather sheepishly.
well, w come over to tell you that
I'm goin' to take up that note" he said.
What note is that?''
why, the one Bob give you. T.
reckon I'm able to stand the-the resk
as we'll as you are"
"Well," and Hillyer smiled again at
his wife. 81 think you've got a lot o.
gall to come tell me a thing like that.
When did ever ask you to give up a
good loan to me?"
II think so myself Joined in Mrs,
Hillyer. who had caught her husbands
drift. "Why, Mr.. Hillyer was jest say
in t'other day that it was mighty nigh
impossible to put money OUT whar it
I'D be safe an draw any sort O. inter
est, an Bob's got a good payin' cash
business
Hanks shrugged his shoulders. His
small smile had vanished; he looked
shrewd.
"I reckon TIL have to give Bob the
money, then, an tell i'm to pay 1t Off.
I don't want i'm TO be OWN anybody