The Washington times., 1915-12-08
CONTINUED from Yesterday


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The office OF the Pushman Kitchen
Utensil Company was a revelation when
the cautious G. w. slookum paid that
thriving Establishment visit Express
wagons were being loaded nSzh with
cases OF egg-beaters; there was a fresh
coat Of paint on the front, and at the
windows we're lace curtains ana new
shades with tassels. Slookun1 saw All
this from across the street, loafing nom
chalantly in the shade OF the hallway
OF a family saloon; watched 1t patiently
until he saw J. Rufus WRllingf0rd ana
young PushmRn go out for lunch. Then
MFR. slookum hurried over and entered
the Office. New desks, new chairs, new
rallings: at a high desk. keeping the
books n handsome blue-eyed young
tady, and at the typewriter. working In
dustrlously from the moment he had
started to cross the street, a handsome
brown-eyed young lady. On the desk OF
the blue-eyed one a tall vase Of chrys-
anthemums, and Immediately adjoining
her another tall desk labeled Mr..
Pushman." Near the typewriter was
large desk, labeled Mr.. Wallingford,
and on her table was a bowl Of sweet
heart roses.
um, his little eyes narrowing.
Fanny Warden went right on typ
ing. but Violet looked around at him
"NO. sir" she said. He has gone
to lunch"
"Too bad" slookum rubbed his
hands together, and beamed pateTnal-
Is on the blue-eyed one. The brown
eyed one turned to him at that mo-
ment, and he beamed at her also. MT;
Pushman wanted me to come around
and look at the books. He wants 10
sell me some stock"
Violet looked at him with wide eyes
for q moment, then turned to Fanny
with a troubled brow.
"Do you suppose 1t would be all
right, FannyP she inquired, suppress
Ing the triumphant sparkle in her
eyes.
I'm afraid Mr.. Wallingford might
"oh. yes. he will" Mr.. siookum
hastily assured them. You inst wait.
Beaming on them archly, he slowly
reached a hand In each coat pocket
and as slowly withdrew them. In hiE
right hand he held a bedraggled little
bunch of gerauiums and in the other
a solled bag OF peppermintF. He pre-
sented the geranlums to Violet and
the peppermlnts TO Fanny. Nov,
guess you two purity young ladies
and let me take caro- of the office"
! They hesitated. Q They glanced al
| each other dubiously. Then, overcome
! by the flatterinR attentions of g. w
| Slookum, they escaped his fatherly
pats on the shoulder. and went out
| through the factory door. and giggled
| themselves half SICK while q. w
| Slookum plunged feverishly into the
| office books. Guess he knew how
20 handle the ladies, by lingo!
X.
Young PushmAn hurried into tho
| apartments OF y. Rufus WallingforC
in the Hotel Dingle. slammed his der
by on the table. dropped a bag on the
chair. threw back his head. and laugh
ed and laughed and laughed.
"Well, we're clean" he eXulted. ant
opening the bag. began to draw ou
packages OF money and toss them oI
the table.
NO stock left" he surmised.
Not a share! Old Slookum couldn'
get down to mo quick enough to bea
Blackie Daw to II. and he took the en-
tire hfty-hve I'd held back. for him
Yesterday morning he teleEraphed you
man, Pollet. and asked n the egg-beate
| market still looked good"
| Certainly" corroborated 4 Wallipg
ford "1oilet wired me, and I wiret
PollS TO offer three thousand dollars
worth"
They'll have to be new goods.
shipped 7ushman's original thousanS
dollars worth of egg-beatcrs TO Pau
| Pollet and back twenty-four tiEnes.''
/ And Paul paid cash every time.
chuckled Wallingford. However, the
dividend We declared just before W.