Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-07-29
AN ADVERTISING
SCHEME
By ARCHIBALD SPOFFARD.
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

the nrm OF Gfeeuu"ay " TO-, IueIe
not much chance for you here. Our
goods are sold exclusively on adver-
tisement All we have to do Is to de-
liver them on whatever demand there
is for them. can get men to ship
goods and keep accounts for compare
lively small compensation. However,
I'll admit you've served me we'll. I'll
pay the expenses of your trip"
THANK you for the funds. uncle. III
take the trip"
Paul Greena way was at crisis in
his affairs. 1t was necessary for him
to be something better than a mere
shipping clerk In his 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 he was getting with Greenaway
& Co. They would pay him no more,
and he must either give up Mollie or
invent some plan to make more money.
What he desired was to think out a
plan for increasing the sales of Green
away's soap. By efecting that pur
pose he might go back with his uncle
on his return to a very different po-
sition from the one be was leaving.
Mollie kissed him goodby. bidding
him be of good cheer. and he went
aboard the steamer Arago that was to
take him to England
The second or third night out, while
quietly sleeping in his berth. Paul was
awakened by shock. He listened
The machinery stopped. He heard the
sounds Of men running on the decks
above and a confusion Of orders. Put
ting on some clothing. he ran out into
the saloon and thence up the compan-
ionway. Outside there was dense
fog. Then he knew there had been
collision.
One party under direction Of the first
mate was lowering the boats: another
under the captain was endeavoring to
pass sail down over the port bow to
cover 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 ramming 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 60 ashore, the
other that she would sink. If her bow
could be raised so 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 born to do great things
must be endowed with the faculty Of
ignoring danger and being able to
think quickly at critical moments.
Paul Greenaway turned out to be such
man. When he saw boxes going
over. many Of which foated, he ran
down the companionway to the engine
room. There he espied pot Of red
paint Slipping coin in the engineers
hand, he seized the paint pot-there
was a brush in tran back on deck
and began to paint on the boxes that
were being thrown over: use 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 GOODNESS displayed
restored confidence to the passengers,
he changed his mind. Paul continued
| to paint his advertisements on every
box or bail that was likely to float,
| and the ocean was StreWn with mes
sages in bright red paint, all driven by
the wind toward the shore.
By the time the vessels bow was
sufficiently lightened to raise the hole
above the surface she had drifted to
within a couple Of miles Of land. Paul
went to the captain and offered him
all the money he had with him if he
would put him ashore. The captain
declined the offer. Then Paul begged
him to give him a boat and let him &c
ashore himself. The captain. appreci
alive of the effect Of Paul's GOODNESS
in calming thes5Rassengers. consented
! "A ,uOdl was IOWeleQ, WILL pEOVlS1Ous
in her In case the wind should sud
denly change and she should be driver
out to sea. Paul was lowered In the
boat and pulled for the shore. Tbe
waves were not dangerously high. ant
in time the, wind would have carried
him to land even without pulling. OF
the way be picked Dip a life buoy OF
which was painted the name "Fmms
Bradley" This fixed the name Of th,
vessel that had collided with the Ara
go. AS he proceeded he saw wreckag,
to convince him that the Emma Brad
ley had gone down.
He reached a beach on which tn,
breakers were rolling, and, not bein,
skilled at Bleaching. his boat was up
set, and, he was thrown up. on to thu
sand by the waves. He found th'
shore covered with boxes and bale
that he had painted. and as the region
was thickly populated many peopl
had collected to appropriate their con
tents. Near by was telegraph Office