The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-12

The fact is, Paul. said the head OF
the firm Of Greenaway & Co. there's
not much chance for you here. Our
goods are sold exclusively on adver-
tisement al we have to do Is to de-
liver them on whatever demand there
is for them. l can get men to ship
goods and keep accounts for compare
lively small compensation. However.
I'LL admit you've served me well. I'll
pay the expenses of your trip
Thank you for the funds. uncle. III
take the trip"
Paul Greenaway WAS at crisis Ia
his affairs. 1t was necessary for him
to be something better than mere
shipping clerk Ia bis uncle's Office
The occasion OF this necessity was
that he had fallen In love with Mollie
Edwards He couldn't support her on
what be was getting with Greenaway
& co. They would pay him no more,
and be must either give up Mollle or
invent some plan to make more money.
What he desired was to think cut a
plan for increasing the sales Of Green
away's soap BY efrecting that pur-
pose he might 70 back with his uncle
on his return to a very different 20
sihon from the enc he was leaving
Moilie kissed him goodby, bidding
him be Of good cheer. ard he went
aboard the steamer Arago that was TO
take him to England
The second or third night out, while
quietly sleeping in bis berth Paul was
awakened By a shock. He listened
The machinery stopped He heard the
sounds Of men running on the decks
above and confusion Of orders Put
ting On some clothing. he ran out into
the saloon ana thence up the compan-
ionway. Outside there was dense
fog. Then he knew there had been a
collision.
One party under direction Of the first
mate was lowering the boats; another
under the captain was endeavoring to
pass sail dcwn over the port bow to
cover q hole that had been rammed
there by another vessel.
When morning dawned an east wind
sprang up the fog cleared, but the
ship that had done the rammiug was
nowhere to be seen. But something
more terrifying was plainly visible
the Newfoundland coast, on to which
the Arago was drifting.
Two dangers threatened the ship
the one that she would 10 ashore, the
other that she would sink. II her bow
could be raised 20 as TO lift the hole,
into which, despite the covering sail,
the water was pouring, above the sur
face she could steam away from the
coast. In order to accomplish this re-
suit the captain ordered the freight
stored forward thrown overheard.
Men who are bern to Dc great things
mnst be endowed with the faculty Of
ignoring danger and being able to
think quickly at critical moments,
paul Greenaway turned out to be such
q man. When be saw boxes going
over. many Of which fioated he ran
down the companienway to the engine
room. There he espied a pot Of RED
paint. Slipping coin in the engineers
hand. be seized the paint pot-there
was d brush Ia tran back on deck
ana began to paint On the boxes that
were being thrown over fuse Greena-
ways Soap"
The first impulse Of the captain On
seeing the young man at this work
was to hurl an imprecation at him;
but. seeing that the eeolness displayed
restored confidence to the passengers,
he changed his mind. Paul continued
to paint his advertisements on every
box or BAH that was likely 70 aoat
and the ocean was strewn with mes