Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-15

i out. he fOuid II to De "A part of his
| formula. Everything had been burned.
In one week he must begin work or
forfeit his contract. If il was forfeit
] ed he would lose not only the splendid
profit be had expected. but thousands
upon thousands that he had expended
| in preparation would be almost tcta.
! loss-a loss that would bankrupt him
| There was but one thing to do-he
| must reconstruct his plans. There was
no time to make new ones. The old
! ones must be set down from memory.
| He was no longer young. Indeed. he
had reached an age where memory is
| grown defective he hurried mes
| sage to the telegraph Office asking for
an extension OF time. No reply came
till the next day. when hs was wired
that 1t would be impossible to grant
his application.
When Elsie saw her father come in
at the front door that evening she
thought he was some broken down old
man she had never seen before. TAX
ing him in her arms, she supported
him to the library, where he sank into
a chair, while she knelt beside him
with her arms about his neck. She
knew what had happened to his pa
pers and inferred that his application
for an extension had been refused.
Father" she said, i've something
to tell you. Listen. / wrote Ned Ken
nedy of this misfortune. This after
noon i, received reply. which said:
al can reconstruct the formula"
1t seemed to Elsie that an electric
shock had been infused into her ia
theirs frame. With a bound he sprang
from his chair.
"Can hep he exclaimed.
There was no room for wounded
pride, no words of regret at being
obliged to humble himself by asking a
favor Of the man he had discharged
from his service.
where is he? Can you get him
now"
Elsie sprang away to a telephone, in
with her lover, and in twenty minutes
more he was with them.
elsie says began her father.
81 knoU it," interrupted Elsie. rub
bling her hands gleefully.
II have a good deal of the work l
did" said Kennedy, ain my room, |
where I worked nights, odds and ends
of figuring. These will assist my mem !
DRY. and / am sure I can recall the |
whole formula"
Mr.. Winslow stood looking at the |
young man in a dazed way for a few |
moments. then caught him in his !
arms and Rugged him.
You can, You can, I know you
can. That memory of yours! It's won |
derful. When can you begin?'
IN go to my room and begin at |
once"
mo. no: not there. Bring any fgur- |
ing you may have here. Stay right I
here till the work is finished"
Ned was followed to the door by |
Elsie. where several minutes were lost /
in a clinging embrace. prolonged in
the knowledge that from that time 4
forward they had the upper hand. I
Then the lover ran all the way to his /
room. snatched up roll of papers he \
had collected with this very purpose
in view and ran all the way back. He .
found Elsie and her father about to sit Z
down to dinner and joined them. Mr.. 4
Winslow was absorbed IN the matter
of the formula. He said nothing, ex-
cept to interrupt Ned and Elsie occa- /
sionally. who kept up constant CAB /
BILE. the old man asking If Ned thought 1
be could supply this detail and that /
detail. and Ned always assured him /
that he could, though with regard to
some OF them he was not altogether /
certain.
After dinner Ned was given a desk
in the library. with plenty Of station
airy. Mr. Winslow insisted on helping
him, but Ned declared that he could
get on better alone. So at 9 O'Clock
Elsie insisted on her father going TO
bed to recuperate from the strain he
had been under and carried him off
upstairs. AS soon as she had tucked
him in bed she went down to her
lover.
There are youthful idiosyncrasies.
enc OF which was illustrated by the
Young couple. One would suppose
that they would both appreciate the
necessity OF Ned at once getting at
work Of such vital importance to all
What did they do? Sat
in the same chair in each others arms
till o'clock in the morning And
what did they say? Let those who
have spent hours under the same cir
tell-if they can remem-
Der. At 2 a. M. Elsie went to bed, and
Ned worked till breakfast was an
Nevertheless within two or three
lays the formula was reconstructed.
Ned married Elsie and is now at the
head Of the Winslow company.
Notice of Meeting.