The Huttig news., 1914-03-21
Copyright. 1913. by c. ". Dillingham; compa
SYNOPSIS.

CH APTER I--Jaclson Jones. uieknamsQ Broadway,' because Of his continuA& glorlflcation of New Works great thse- eughfafe. IS anxious to get away from hsa home town of Jonesriile. Abner Jonas i his uncle. is very angry because BrozG way refuses to settle down and take a place In the gum factory in which he sNn4 eeeded to his fathers interest.
 CHAPTER II-Judge spotswood informs father Is at his disposal Broadw.y makes record time In heading for hls fxv- orite street in New York.
 CHAPTER III-with his New yo~A friend, Robert Wallace Broadway ereau@w T sensation by his eXtravagance on tAo White Way. Four years pass and BroasS- way suddenly discovers that he Is u~A only broke but heavily in debt He S~- plies to his uncle for loan and rcceiyuS a package of chewing gum with tie sA- vice to chew it md forget his trouhi~ te quietly seeks work without suecesa-
 CHAPTER Iv-Breadway gives what h intended to be farewell supper to lan New York friends and before it Is oys becomes engaged to Mrs c rard. an axA- tent widow. wealthy and Very siddy.
 CHAPTER v-walisce expostularsv with the aged alrt and her youthfvA lance. but fails 10 better the situatiUa He learns that Broadway is broke an4
 
 tertising firm, but it is declined WanasA akes charge of BroadwaY's affairs.
 CHAPTER VI-Braadway receives = telegfam announcing the death of h ncle Abner in Europe Broadway Is IG sole heir. Peter Pembroke of the Gaes Broadway s1.2a0.000 for his gum plant a1 Broadway agrees to sell Wallace taloN1 the affair in hand and insists that RroaA ts May hoid off for bigger price and rusfN kFiI To ff fr as-ITIf Jt,Ia Sv.a wood. who was Uncle Abner's attornss.
 They're willing to pay more thnn that for it." he told her, feeling - the first time a real interest in s8 conversation. Before that he had basau absorbed only by the conversatienal1ne Twelve hundred thousand they've 6 fered"
 She was not pleased. T didn't thinA you knew that" she confessed. "TnR made that offer to your uncle seveMA months ago
 But what I've got to find out - this: Am I in a position to hold aQ against the trustN for q bigger prinaG You see, friend of mine advises nsG to hold out. Is business good, riau now 2,
 Why. yes. We did over hundruu and twenty thousand dollars lsuI month"
 This was exciting news. and II - cited him. "A hundred and tweHw thousand dollars worth of busln- last month. Can I go down to rsa bank and get that money novr
 She laughed al his commercial igne rance. Why, certainly noti"
 For all instant his heart sank as - contemplated saving what he felt tnR he must say, sank doubly deep - cause he felt that the confession - must make might possibly disturb tnW good opinion of him which he hopa4 he had renewed in her peculiarly luoA mind. But there was something in n0 eyes that gave him confidence. AH6 there was nothing for. ii but eonIa~ sion.
 You don't understand" he ventur61 stumblingly. This is-er-betwesA us. The fact is-I'm broke, am - debt! l must get some quick mona~-- and I want to know how much yuA have in bank, right now"
 Our cash balance?'
 Yes"
 She thought deeply for momennf Then she looked up with smile a triumph. *Over eighteen thousaMnk dollars, should say"
 He was dismayed "Only eightssu thousand dollarsl And you did = business of a hundred and twenw thousand dollars last monthl" His manner worried her T hosn you're not thinking seriously of golna over"
 Going over where?"
 ''To the trust"
 Why? Don't you think the prla they offer is big enough?"
 Tt isn't question of price M Jones' she said, with flashing eysM its the principle of the thing"
 You'll have to explain that to ma
 Why, think of what you're sellinsi~ she exclaimed. Tt is the thing yoss grandfather worked for and handed down to your father: the thing thsA he worked for and handed down A YOU: the thing that you should worA for and hand down to your childreM4 then to their children, and so on ana on. Why. think of what you're seu- ing,"
 He was little dazed, but. still, hA surely needed money. T don't sa@ where there's any sentiment connecs- ed with the thing
 You don't!' She gazed at him. a.- tonished, and rose and stood besias the table looking down at hlin~ Would you ruin the town in whIcA you were horn? Why, your granA- father was the founder of this towaa Mir. Jones. Would you see seven hun dred men and boys turned out of the~ employment Would You see the very bread and butter taken from tns mouths of families ?'
 HeAfelt he must defend bimsef, en plain himself. Well. that's not my