Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-12-31


son into real money getter; that to-
morrow, in real life, the other cakes
would come.
Ia one mental flash 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 received, at any rate. They
would ship the 5000 promptly and
Brown x James would pay cash for
them in ten days. She made a rapid
calculation. They We're giving old Mr..
Martin cents a cake for them and
would get $4,000 back. That would
mean $3.50. She smoothed out the
frown in her pretty forehead and an
nounced aloud:
well, it means about $1,000 to us.
and cash too. After all. that's not SO
bad"
Peale eheered up Immediately.
Cash he repeated, rolling the word
round in his mouth and tasting 1t.
The most beautiful word in the Eng
fish language"
Except one said Rodney. looking
at Mary.
(Which is" Peale queried.
Love" said Rodney.
mo. cash., said Peale. "Why, look
here. Think what this means 50 900"
"Wen discount Jones' note" said
Mary resolutely.
And it's only a beginning went on
Peale. Give me back that telegram
tn be my letter of credit. my pass
port and all the rest of it. I'll show it
to the advertising agents. They'll
trust me ON the strength of that"
1t proved a help indeed, this cash,
when it came on in due course, but
not a cure. 1t vanished like smoke in
thin air, like cream before a 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 lot more in the way
IF bills on new advertising. He had
scoOted off for 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 a few other
eastern metropoises. He declared it
was the greatest advertising campaign
ever undertaken since George w. Adj
vertising was young man.
For a self respecting bookkeeper IT
was all dreadfuily disheartening; Mary
sighed and found If very difficult. Max
ing five go into two was nothing com
pared with the effort to make 800. S1S-09
go into Sl33.13.
For little while the days passed IN
eventually. drawing nearer the inevita-
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 l3 Soap COM
panys offices. so far as outward signs
revealed it, 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 al the bank How was she ever
going TO get a check certified TO meet it.
Rodney at his desk sat quietly alb
Sorbed. He rustled a few papers now
and then. and used his rubber stamp.
but IFS impact on the pad and paper
lacked The usual xigor Even Peale's
head. Mary noted, dropped a little as
he nj 3fe his ads ads. that would be
born 70 blush unseen il money could
MOI be lslseI somehow. somewhere, 70
pay for taeln-
As he hour Of dew near Mary
BEGAN to Ialke some long drawn out
pre. a4lti8us lQr going hoIae- This last
quarter ~ an hoar uf time must De
killed and done to death bS fair means
or by foul y resolution had been
slowly forming N her head and now
took definite shape She shut down
he,. desk with delightfully."- loud noise
and stood up.
II may be a little late tomorrow
she said TO Rodney as she began put
ting on her hat