Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-11-25
SYNOPSIS

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SYNOPSIS
oid Cyrus Martin. the head Of the Amer
toAn soap trust. makes . bet OF $4,000 with
q friend, John Clark. q rival soapmaker,
that his CARrtin's) son Rodney weald be
making more money ct the end Of . year
than Clark's son Eliery.
Martin takes his pretty secretary, Mary
0rAyBon. into his confidence and enliSts
her cooperation. Rodney has been Q
spendthrift. and the father wants TO make
him reform and 80 to work.
Mary meets Rodney. and the son pre-
poses marriage to her. Rodney tells his
father about his proposal, and the old man
pretends great anger. He tells Mary he
win dislnherit Rodney.
Rodney defes his father. and Mary IL
deeply touched NJ the lads genuine afrec-
ton for her. Mary makes financial bar
gain with Martin 20 encourage the son 20
80 to work.
AMBROSE Peale, press agent. meets Rod
ney and agrees TO 60 into business with
the lad on q salary basis. Rodney has
resolved to go into the soap industry and
buck the trust.
Rodney, Peale and Mary go into the
soap trade together. Rodney then en-
deavors to borrow $4,000 as capital for
his newly formed company.
Thu oaaces OF the "1s Soap company
are opened, and they advertise 1t as tine
most expensive soap In the world. Feaie
talks advertising continually
The IL SOAP company finds its expenses
very heavy. and financial rocks loom
abeadN Their chief business seems to
have been to spend money for advertising
under Peale's directions.
CHAPTER TX.
Sowing the Wind.
0NE day. sure enough. not long
afterward. Miss Burke trfpped
into Rodney's Office and handed
him something which had not
yet become common in the company's
rOutine-namely. a letter with a for
eign stamp and postmark. The three
partners were standing about as usual
when this dramatic little incident &C.
Cured Mary was willing to bet it
was another bill, and Peale asked what
odds she was giVing-would they be
as high as 400 to /? Rodney in the
meantime, who had opened the epistle
and been reading 1t, shouted out:
"Hurrah, hurrah! It's from the coun-
tessg'
They had pinned their hopes to the
countess Partisan skirts, and here she
was coming back again In the nick OF
time Luck was with them
what does she sayT' asked Mary.
much excited, while Peale grabbed the
letter and exclaimed In disgust, when
he had Glanced at 1t. ''Oh. French
stuff" eags
'She says she was delayed abroad,
but that she's due on the NOrthumber-
land this morning and that she's COM
ing to see I'D at IL"
Its half past II now" Mary sighed.
SOh, dear. She's late"
Fear not" said .Peale. Remember.
though a countess, she Is still a wo-
man. Give her time"
"Does she say anything about the
$l5,0O0?' a&1hed Mary, to which Rod
ney was obliged to answer, mo-"
Peale, however, had a huRch every
thing was going to be all right. I'm
luckily Miss burke punctured 1t by en-
JGEU1k 6tlyAAe6 GSAAs OVAknS IA~ ON'
man. was hene to see him and seemed
very angry.
my bunch hs wrong" said Peale.
Here's where we take an aeroplane
and dig a hole right through the cell
ing
Keep a stifrupper lip" Rodney coun-
seled.
ION, sure, Ina full of starch" Peale
retorted.
"G0od luck, Rndney," said Mary.
'Don't worry-I've got a way to
square him." Rodney answered.
They looked forward to the countess |
and her $4,000. ana instead here was |
Jones again with his advertising bill.
Such were the ways Of business life. !
A cOlorless, unprepOssessing person
enough was Jones, but in truth the
soap trio would have been poor judges
Of any mans personal magnetism who
came on Jones' errand To them be
was just the man with the advertising
bin. ,ow ass,a. e5sm
He entered quite bodily. allowing
he'd come Eighty in and not wait to be
told they were all ont He was an.ex,
pezlenced I'LL collector. w , "a 4,
There wdsinothing 10 do but receive
him bravely.
why. hello. M. Jones'" said Rod
Deys EeniaIIx, pretending to be quite
glad and SURPRISED 70 see him-a5 a.a,s
"How arr you. aJGckT' began PeaIe
He even tEiedl1tosshake Jones' hand.
bat was thrO%h0R roughly - K