The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

WELL" remarked Tommy Nortf
cynically. there were a great man,
policemen in the house."
| Betsy-Barbara walked on, still think
Ing. Maybe. I'm afraid, though, thai
1t might be only an alteration" she
said finally.
Perhaps" echoed Tommy North
And now. having finished his introduc
ton, he approached the subject near
est his heart.
"Of course, that's ALL" he said, "ex
cept that I owe you an apology for
: for my condition last night"
1T is to yourself" said Betsy Bar
bara, "that you owe the apology. Mr.
North, why did you do it-again?"
Now 1t was in Tommy North's i'm
pulses to tell exactly why he did it
to come out with the truth, accompa
MED by his opinion Of philandering
Spaniards. But that would have
amounted to declaration; and to de.
clare his feelings for Betsy-Barbara
was leagues beyond his present cour.
age.
"Oh," he said, carelessly, desperate.
ly, 81 got a jolt. That's all. And took
it out in BOOZE"
"You told me the other night 1t was
because you hadn't anything better to
do. Mr.. North" she added, suddenly
lifting her blue eyes to his, I'm going
to ask very personal question. I'm
not asking it for curiosity. I've rea-
son, which I'll state later-have you
saved any money!"
Brace yourself for the shock" re-
piled Tommy, "but really have. / IN
herited three hundred dollars a while
ago. And my mother made me prom
ise one thing-that u save a little
every week. have i've hundred dol
lars in the bank"
Betsy-Barbara nodded her wise and
golden head.
"That will do beautifully for start, !"
she said.
"a start at what?" inquired Tommy.
"At the Thomas w. North Advertis-
ing agency"
"At-"
"The Thomas W. North Advertising
agency. It's founded now, 1915 a. m.
October sixteenth, at the corner Of
Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth street,
New York;"
"This is so suddenly exclaimed
Tommy. But his heart leaped and
danced.
"Now, see, Mr.. North" resumed Bet
sy-Barbara, "I've diagnosed your case.
The trouble with you is that you've
drifted. You need responsibility. When
you're boss, you won't be loafing on
the job. You'd discharge an employe
who did that-and you can't discharge
yourself. Some day you'll wish you had
a business of your own. Then you'll
look back and be so, ry you didn't start
1t when you were young. You can get
business, can't your"
Il ought to-" said Tommy.
"And you can-fix up-the business
when you get it?"
81 suppose l can. / never lost a
place for incompetence"
"Then there's really nothing more
to be said," responded BetsyBarbara.
Just get an office. and hang out your
shingle, and go to work. You may
fail, of course. But you'll be doing it
for yourself. and that, Thomas w.
North, is what you need"
Tommy North had been looking at
her as one who sees visions and hears
voices. why, that's the way / used
to think. That's the way l used to
talk" he said. Il didn't realize until
l heard it from you, how I'd got over
It,"
1.-The first thing to do when you're
starting in business is to find an Of
fice." said Betsy-Barbara practically.
There are lots Of good cheap little
places in lower Fifth avenue" said
Tommy North.
Lets look at them right now!" ex-
claimed Betsy-Barbara. And the new
ly-formed Thomas w. North Advertis-
ing agency wheeled and started south
ward.
That afternoon, Betsy-Barbara and
Rosalie LIE Grange we're sewing togeth-
er in the sun parlor. AS they pulled
hastings, Betsy-Barbara slipped in a
remark which she tried artfully to con-
ceal in general chatter.
"Mr. North tells me-" said Betsy.
Barbara, "that he is going to start In
business for himself"
"That so?" exclaimed Rosalie: "well
he's a nice, smart young man an 1t
will be the very best thing for him. "
She pulled hastings for ten seconds
before she resumed:
"It will keep him straight. He won't
have to be helped up to his room for
some time, hope"
Betsy Barbara stirred and flushed.
"Oh! Did you sea it,"
"Now, my dear. think 1t was brave
an nice of you. It's what any girl