The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-03-20
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| she's mighty pretty girl, judge,
Wallace commented, with fervor.
We'll, we're proud of her" Tht
judge made a gesture as if warnint
them to listen carefully, and. the1
dropped his voice, almost to whisper
This was the homecoming of Jones
and this was Jonesville. 1t should, n
held, be celebrated in sometime
stronger than lemonade. With an eye
upon the door, he pulled flask out o
his pocket. II thought maybe yo'
| boys would like little drop of some
thing, so I brought home this flask
Can't fix you up drink, Broadway
Jackson guessed it's quality, and
Though his system yearned for alco
| hol, rejected the mere thought. NO
now, thanks
| "Mr. Wallace?"
Taking his cue from Jackson, Wal
lace shook his head. "a little later
Judge"
Il The Judge put the flask back in hi
pocket. well, don't say anything
about it. Mrs. Spotswood would raise
| thunder If she thought I brought 1t II
| the house. She's an awful temperance
crank"
mot word from me, judge" Broad
| way assured him.
Nor from me-" said Wallace
They were wondering why he die
| not begin to discuss business, but hi
soon explained. wait till you SET
Sammy, you won't know him. he be
gan, beaming upon Broadway. Hell
be here directly I sent him to the of
fee for some papers. 1 want you tt
see a copy of that will"
'Yes; I'd like to, just as soon as pos
sible," Broadway admitted.
The judge turned to Wallace. "Yor
knew very few people imagined tha
this boy would come in for it all?"
.I can't understand it myself" sait
Broadway.
"Of course 1 knew" said the judge
complacently.
"But I always supposed, judge, thai
the sold gentleman hated me-"
r. >asNo, street" exclaimed the judge
"Of course he didn't like the idea o.
your going to New York as soon as yor
grew UP and not taking hold of the
never would have bought you out i
he'd not been afraid you'd sell to some
one else.
II know I was in his confidence
after you went away. He didn't wan,
you to go to New York because he
didn't understand you. He never had
the least idea that you'd take up the
wholesale liquor business down there
or take up any other business for thai
matter He feared you'd go squander
ing your money.
Il wish he had known the truth be
fore hef died! But he>was really very
fond of you, though he didn't always
show it in a way you recognized, per
haps. Naturally he would be; never
married; no children of his own.
He used to feel hurt that you nev
er came to see him; but he always fig
ured that the plant and gum belonged
to you You didn't understand one an
other-you him nor him you. But hs
| did not forget it was your father tina
INfrst made the gum a real success
That was the real reason he never le
| go to the trust" the judge continued
''that and his regard for this com
munity."
| ct must be an immense fortune
| Judge. isn't it," asked Wallace
"The Consolidated people offeret
him twelve hundred thousand dollar
for this plant and trademark"
Yes; we know that" said Jackson
.'Mr. Wallace means aside from tn,
gum business.
Well" said the judge refectively
"you see those trust fellows have beel
so anxious to get the Jones Gum tha
they've been making business prett,
warm of late. They knew, for instance
that we had fund for advertising
and they killed that fund for us tw,
years ago with one of their shrewt
business tricks"
f.. Wallace was interested. How wa
that?"
| We'll, they sent in such demant
on us that we added to the size of tn.
fplant and spent the money for ma
chinery. We thought it was the pub
lie. We never realized that it was any
thing but legitimate increase til
| the smash came. They quit all thei
fake orders. We went back to our nor
NAL business, laid, off our extra force
and found ourselves with lot of use
less machinery and half dozen super
| f1uous packing houses on our hands
and no advertising done at all tina
year. Shrewd game, eh?'
4 :."Can you beat that?' asked Jackson
of his friend.
''Just shows you" Wallace answered
what chance a little fellows got.
None at all, unless he's got big capi
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