The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-02-09

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ty nearly killed the old man. though
he wasn't so old then. but there's tire
in the Bohun blood and his boys ac
tion seemed to him nothing less than
treason
"And that's what soured him on the
world?"
mot altogether. He had a daughter
Margaret. She was the most beaud
ful woman in the world " ! suspect
my voice broke a little Just there. for
there was shade Of respectful sym
pathy in the monosyllable with which
he filed the pause He swore she
should never marry a northerner. but
she did | guess. being Bohun, she
had to after hearing she must not
There were two Of us that loved her.
but she chose Sam Graham"
why" he said awkwardly. I'm
sorry"
I'm not She was right II couldn't
see it that way They ran away and
so did l. | went east but they came
back to Radville Colonel Rohun nev
er forgave them but they were very
happy tll she died Betty's their
daughter. of course Sans not the
kind that marries more than once"
We reached our gate. went in very
| quietly. III our candles and with elabo.
rate care avoided the homemade bur.
| glar alarm.
"By the way, did you get your invi
tation to Josie Lockwood's party, Mr.
Duncan2 ! happened to see It on the
hall table this evening"
YES" he asscnted quietly
"It's to be the social event of the
year. | hope you'll enjoy It."
I'm not going It's against the rules
at first-l mean business rules. I'll be
so busy at the store you know"
Alone. was fain to confess he baf
fed my understanding.
The rush of business to Graham's
began the following morning Dun.
cans hands were full almost from the
first. and he had to relegate such mat.
ters as making tinal disposition Of his
stock and getting acquainted with 1t to
the intervals between waiting upon
customers Old sam must have put
up more prescriptions In the next few
days than he had within the last FIVE
years. Everybody wanted to take a
look at the renovated store. shake
Sans hand and sec what the new
partner was really like Sothern &
Lees was for some days quite desert.
ed. especially after Duncan took leaf
out Of their book. bought an Ice cream
freezer and began to serve dabs OF
cream in the soda.
VIII Bigelow even dropped round
and bought samples Of the tobacco
stock, from two-fors up to ten-centers
and smoked them with expressive
snorts. Tracey Tanners soda and Gig
arctic trade was transferred bodily tC
Graham's from the first. and ROLAND
Barnette gave II his patronage, albeit
grudgingly, as soon as he found 1t i'm
possible to shake Josie Lockwoods al
legiance. say grudgingly because
Roland didn't like the new partner
and had said so from the first. Bu
every one else did like him almos
without exception. His attentivenes
and courtesy were not ungrateful aft
er the way lAmgS were thrown at yol
at Sothern & Lees. we declared.
Duncan certainly did strive to please
No man ever worked harder In Rad
p vile store than he did And from tn,
time that he began to believe ther
would be some reward for his exer
tions. that the business was suscepti
? BILE to being built up by the employ
? ment of progressive methods, he grew
astonishlngly prolific of Ideas, fron
= our sleepy point of view. The win
dow displays were changed almos
/ daily, TO begin with, and were made a
P interesting as possible. We learned {
! go blocks out of our way to find on
I what Graham & Duncan were exploit
, ing today. And daily bargain sale
i were instituted. low priced articles o
p everyday use. such as shaving soaI
toothbrushes and the like, being sol
4 at few cents above cost on certai
o days, which were announced In at
vance by means of hand lettered card
in the show windows. whereas fol
merly we had always been obliged
pay full list prices.
Still earlier I'm his career as bus
ness man he noticed that the locS
practitioners wrote their prescription
on odd scraps Of paper.
That's all wrong" he declare,
"We'll have to fix it." And by neA
morning the job printing press back {
the courthouse was groaning under a
order from Graham X Duncan's. and
few days later every physician With
several miles of Radville received ha
a dozen neat pads of blanks with h
name and address printed at the to
and the advice across the bottom, &c
TO Grahams for the best and pure
drugs and chemicals" The backs {
the blanks were utilized TO reque
people living out of reach, but on rur
free delivery routes, either to ma
their prescriptions and other orders
or have the physicians telephone ther
promising TO fill and dispatch them
the first post,
For he had a telephone installC
within the first fortnight and the ne