The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-22
Copyright. Jo14-lo16, by Roi Cooper
EsErue and walter Hackett

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'Yes. your father and l." Peale ex-
planned "He.went to the Intercolonial
In Buffalo. had all the billboards In
the neiahboard plastered thick. and
f0rty-oights street stands along the
streets to the railroad station. From
the time the old man got In until he
got ont b couldn't look anywhere
without seeing Is Soap. even found
out the number Of his room and had
q small BALBOA floating ID Soap
streAnnerD right outside his window.
took paxe In al tho Buffalo papers.
bribsd the hat boy to keep putting cir.
culAxS1n hin. hat every time he checked
e and cent him one Of our new fold.
an every mail. came back with him
on the train. md when he went into
the washroomt last night I had the
porter say, Sorry. sir. We amt got no
- Soap. but you can't hardly keep any
on hand-it's such grand. grand SOAP "
Another DAT Rodney calmly said to
Psale. y have plans for our new fac
tory"
-Plans Tor whata Have you gone
dippy7"
"Here they are" said Rodney. pro-
ducing large blue print pretty
real looking, aren't they?" -. .-
You don't mean you've actually got
some nut to build M factoryT' shout
ed Peaie. '.as
mo, no. They are to impress ia
thsr. Don't you seer'
"Oh, yes. Well, that Is an idea," ad.
mitted Peale.
If he ever does drop In to make a
dsal," said Rodney. II thought we
front--something that looks like q
4 leak out that it's the Andover soap
people who are backing as with unim-
tied capital" went on Rodney.
The Andover soap peopls7' Peale
inquired.
"sure! Fathers always hated EN-
IN business" explained Rodney. "His
oldest friend. though. 10 John Clark.
one Of the big bugs In that company.
ClaTk's got 4 son. Ellery. that father
dislikes because he's such success In
business--always held him up to me as
Q model son to pattern BY. It would
make father wild II be thought that
old Clark was going to back us."
''Teen that scheme ought to be good
Tor great rise out Of father. Say. by
the way. put over a corner on him
this morning." chartered peale. II ar.
ranged for . parade Of sandwich men
up and down In front Of his house
When he got to his Office there was an
other bunch there"
isn't IL funny. though. that nohody's
tried to buy any soap from US yet?'
asked Rodney. with some anxiety.
This was q very tender point with
the soap company. Mary and Rodney
worried over It. and Rodney dreamed
at night about It. An occasional small
order that might filter In from some
remote outlying district or some small
merchant whose credit was doubtful.
was Razed upon a. parents gaze at
their drst baby.
b. would SOY. but admitted that the
200 cakes 81. pink CASTLE they had
bought looked swell In their old rose
wrappers. 1t was pity they hadn'1
got q couple Of hundred thousand dol
lars to 90 after this advertising thina
on the level. instead Of just for father
Neither he nor Rodney knew how muct
money they had left.
Don't ask me-" said Peale. I'm
not q anancisr. where's our worthy
fbookkeeper. Miss Grayson?" he added
booking at his watch. It's nearly H.
TN bet she was here before either Of
Nds; she always IL. BY George, ISM,
she q corkerT began Rodney lyrically
"Oh. she's all right" agreed Peale In
differently.
IAN right! Why. the girls you read
about don't mean anything compared
to Mary" began the ecstatic lover
shes got Juliet beat n mile. Every
time think Of her want to yell OF
do some other darn fool thing. and ev
cry time l see her just want to &c,
down ana kiss her shoes"
Rodney said all this and could have
said much more, but Peale's mind wal
on other things. -
If we could only land one hard wal
lop on father after that Buffalo bust
ness" he reflected sadly. still on bust
ness.
Didn't you hear what I said?" de
manded Rodney Indignantly.
Not 1 word" said Peale.
II was talking about Mary"
II know you were. That's Why
didn't iisten." said Peale delicataly.
Speak Of the goddess" he added. a
Mary just then entered.
She was dressed neatly and appropri
ately to her new role. distinguishing
between the tone OF the old Martin Of
does and this new enterprise into
which she had been drawn by such Gu
rious processes. To Rodney az always
this morning and every morning. she
was vision Of loneliness. a refresh.
ment for tired eyes.
"Ah. you're herew be said 1oyfully
Snow everyshing's all right It's q
great world" &
Don't be Silly" said Mary briskly
This II q business ONCE"
by George. Mary" began Rodne,
again.
Miss Graysonr' corrected Mary.
ny George. Miss Grayson. you do
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