Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-04-29
PATENTS AND POLLY
BY MOLLY MINISTER.

scopyright. ISIS. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.l
Crawford was fatty discouraged As
ne mounted the steps leading 20 his
boarding house he realized that he had
lost the small model Of hts patent
However. since the thing was not
worth financing and putting on the
market, Crawford didn't care what
happened to it. He had banked rather
heavily on the outcome OF his visit to
the financier, but his dreams Of sud
den and vast wealth brought about by
a startling demand for his patent egg
boiler had vanished into the past. even
as his model itself had lost itself In
the subway.
And Polly Woodward. returning
from a hard day I'm the Office Of her
employer, picked up the small pack
age that had been left I'm the seat into
which her tired body sank.
She was far too weary to ponder on
the exact nature Of the thing she had
found, but knew IL to be something
for kitchen use. IL might be a baby
feeder or even n grill Of some kind.
For the present she closed her eyes
they were strangely luminous-and
robbed the gentleman opposite Of the
pleasure Of watching them. He, also
n tired toiIer OF Wall street, had been
resting his own eyes unobservediy on
the beauty OF the weary little worker
John ellsworth was more than ever
regretful that SO many women were
forced to enter the field of labor.
When Polly woodward had finished
her evening meal she sat down with
the patent and studied It infinitely.
An egg boiler" she unused. Il won
der II It's any good or just like the
thousands of other egg boilers" Curl
osity got the better OF her and she
tripped lightly into her kitchen to ex.
pertinent with Jim Crawford's patent
and one OF her 60-cents-a-dozen eggs.
Using great care SO that no harm
would come to the model, Polly put In
her egg.
The Indicator on the egg boiler
snapped and Polly removed tine egg.
only TO find 1t half boiled She sighed
disappointingly. The patent had
seemed SO promising. yet 1t failed be.
cause OF the indicator.
Surely IL could be quite easily ad.
justed," she pondered while she
cleaned the model and dried 1t care
fully.
When a week had passed and no one
had advertised for the model Polly
became inpatient She had perfected
the boiler until IL worked like a charm,
and IL irritated her to realize that the
inventor was so lacking In interest as
to put forward no claim for his patent.
II vas Polly herself who finally ad-
vertised for the person who had left a
small package on the subway contain
ing an invention. f.
Crawford, from whom the shades OF
gloom were gradually lifting, hap
pened to see the advertisement and
went forthwith In search OF his lost
property.
you can make stacks OF money out
OF that" she told him when she had
drawn him into the cory sitting room
1t only required simple bit of regu
lating. You won't mind my showing
you, will your"
Crawford listened attentively to her
curiously intelligent explanation Of his
error.
by Jove! My head Is solid ivory
not TO have seen that" he said with a
splendid dash OF color In his cheeks
and sparkle to his eyes.
There Is a MIR. John ellsworth in
our office building" Polly began hest
tatingly. Il feel sure he would be in
terested if"
You are taking far too mucl
trouble" interrupted Crawford. eff you
will agree to take half the profits
will be glad to get the thing OF my
mind. The thing was useless without
your improvement"
When he Was gone Polly skipped out
to the telephone In the corner chem
lists and made an appointment with
John ellsworth.
The big financier received her the
following day In his luxurious Office
His philanthropy was well known
Polly approached him with no fear
and put her model before him.
ellsworth remembered having rest
ed tired eyes on her beauty one eve
ming in the subway. Her magnetism
together with the undoubted value OF
the egg boiler which she demonstrated
to him. quite worked the charm.
When Polly returned to her office
after a most happy lunch hour spen,
with Crawford. she rejoiced for the
second time that she had worn her
new blouse. John ellsworth had tele
phOned her. He wanted her to have
dinner with him II she was not tired
Of talking business. There was much
to be discussed about the egg boiler
And IL at dinner there were red
roses on the table for Polly, and roses
in Polly's cheeks for ellsworth and
oHly a short talk ON the subject OF
egg boilers. no one minded overmuch
The evening passed with wonderful
promise of happiness in its trail, for
Polly and ellsworth had found one
another.
Crawford went up that evening to
the home of the sweetheart who had
been waiting impatiently to hear the
news of the egg boiler. But all Cray
ford did was to take her into his
arms.
Can you be ready for that trip In
about four weeks?" he asked her.
An ordinary bathtub can be made to