The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11

,eac.>ef the Jones 1 Grab sguz,,surs
,sypQepy. W
> AFAoA'tt kpow what your job H." hs
said easily % the chief coIleetor mo-
ltionsd him to . chair and tooked him
over shtewdly. but I'm sober. indus
trtous and strong. and ] want work
any kind to get a start"
you look AZ II you suisht d." re
piled the collector fdryly. NBut looks
don't count much In this business. It's
Jour ability to get the money or the
gooda We sell furniture. o. the In.
stallment plan. A5lots Of peopls forget
the last few installments. That's
where our profits come in. You get the
last payments OF the furniture. We
don't care which. Want to Try III"
YES" replied Bnghtwell promptly.
"When do you want me to begtn1"
fright now"
And after q brief discussion Of terms.
hours, ETC.. Brishtwell sailed forth.
armed with bis predecessors book.
He ran down the list. Moore.
Greenwich. Hail." all within a block
Of each other. Moore and Greenwich
were marked a. "slow." The name Of
Hall bad this memo. written after It:
"Hear that two Of the family have
skipped out Expect trouble"
1t was characteristic Of Brigbtwell
that be started at the hard end Of the
game and rang the bell marked "Hall."
He climbed the narrow stairs and
dung back his shoulders a. be rang the
private bell on the second door.
rs Mrs. Hall In? Peggy-why. Peg.
~ Hallr be exclaimed. Then be step
ped quietly inside and closed the door
behind him.
I'll thought 1t al the furD-Henry
Brightwell. what are you doing here7
However Is your mother getting along
without your"
She had led the way into the tiny
living room and now stood regarding
him with q severe look not at all In
keeping with the song her heart was
singing.
II decided that All was big enough
to look after mother and that II | ever
won you I'D. have to follow you to New
York and make good. az you have
done. or you'd grow away from me-"
Peggy's gaze fell. Henry had never
told her he loved her or wanted to win
her, but Of course she had thought
he drew her very close. Perhaps he
had recognized this az the psychology
ical moment
II struck a job the frst place l went,
Peggy, dear. l think | can make my
way here. Will you help met"
Fifteen minutes later he remembered
the firm Of Jones & Grab.
II guess I'd better be moving u. |
was looking for a family by the name
Of Hall that owes my 6rm some
money
Peggy turned scarlet.
Pm the Hall. and l can't pay you.
The girls" her eyes snapped-''the girls
went back on me-"
Henry Brightwell sat down very sud-
denly on the sofa on which $3.50 a
yet due.
"Well what do you think Of that?"
Then his face cleared. Yankee shrewd.
ness asserted itself. he began to 1g.
ure, and Peggy helped him.
That afternoon he walked into the
Office of the collection department and
laid down his book and q roll Of bills.
Moore and Greenwich paid up to date.
Miss Hall Is up against it. Her two
partners skipped and left her with all
the furniture on her hands. She wants
to keep it ii she can. There's $97.5 so
still due. Will you let me compromise
with her for SIS cashT'
Sure" said the collector.
II kind Of thought you would. 90
took the SIS while she was in the
frame of mind. You eve can tell how
women will jump, you know"
you're all right, young man. You
can have a berth here AZ long AZ you
keep up this pace"
The head b%ookkeeper from Ainsley's
did not 6nd Mrs. Hopkins select board.
ing house to bis liking. and the Friday
evening dances Y materialized, but
sometimes when Kit and Lucy want q
real pleasant evening they 60 to the
Brightwell apartment where there are
always guests worth meeting. Then
they 60 back to the third story front.
with its cheap brass beds and moth
eaten hangings. and D says to the
other:
well. of course we get no credit for
1t, but VI helped to pay for Peggy's
pretty things"