The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-24

Peale Had Swung Around the Circle.
son into real money getter; that to-
morrow. IN real life. the other cakes
would come.
In one mental fash she would see
the thing this way and now that.
Then she began to look on the more
practical side of things, to turn round
and see where they stood. An order
for 5000 cakes in itself was not so
bad. 1t was the very largest they had
ever rec eived. at any rate. They
would ship the 5000 promptly and
Brown 4 James would pay cash for
them III ten days. She made q rapid
calculation. They were giving old Mr.
Martin 3 cents a cake for them and
would get 1000 back. That would
mean $3.50. She smoothed out the
frown in her pretty forehead and an
nounced aloud:
We'll. it means about $1,000 to U.s.
and cash too. After all. that's not so
bad"
Peale cheered up Immediately.
Cash." he repeated. rolling the word
round in bis mouth and tasting it.
The most beautiful word in the Eng.
fish language"
Except one" said Rodney. looking
at Mary.
Which is?' PeaIe queried.
..~ve." said Rodney.
--.r, cash. said Peale. Why. look
te.r Think what this means-$3. 0OO."
Wen discount Jones note said
Mary resolutely.
And it's only i beginning" went on
Peale. Give me back that telegram.
It'll be my letter of credit. my pass
port and ali the rest of it. III show it
to the advertising agents. They'll
trus. lie on the strength of that
1t proved a help indeed, this cash,
when it came on in due course, but
not cure. 1t vanished like smoke In
thin air. like cream before set of
kittens. like snow upon the deserts
dusty face. Their joy in it was short
lived. because it was so soon gone.
Again there came a day when the end
Of the month, with its next rent pay
ment. seemed much nearer than the
first, a day when time, which Peale
said was the same thing as money,
seemed very much like time, and short
time at that. and very little like real
money. To make matters worse Peale
meanwhile had swung round the circle
again. waving his letter Of credit"
and running up a lot more in the way
Of bills on new advertising. He had
scooted Oft for a week and never let
the Office know by so much as a tele-
gram where he was. Then. as cheer
fully as he had gone, he blew home
again one day. announcing that he had
contracted for about $4,000 worth Of
advertising in Boston. Baltimore. Phil
adelphia, Washington and few other
eastern metropolises. He declared It
was the greatest advertising campaign
ever undertaken since George W. Ad-
vertising was young man.
For self respecting bookkeeper it
was all dreadfully disheartening; Mary
sighed and found it very difficult Max
ing five go into two was nothing COM
pared with the effort to make $22.S1SO0
go into $13S.13.
For little while the days passed IN
eventually. drawing nearer the fnevita-
BILE end. Then came the last day Of the
month. and Mary's blue devils were
very large and blue. The day passed
quietly enough In the Is Soap CON-
pany's Offices. so far as outward signs
revealed 1t: there were few callers.
Jones being out OF the way. though
Mary knew he would be heard from
tomorrow If his note was not properly
met at the bank. How was she ever