South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-25

answered Ieale. we only Just got
back from Buffalo this morning"
We" queried Rodney.
Yes your father and l." Pcale ex-
planned. lie went To the Intercolonial
the ncighbOard r'lStered thick and
forty eight street stands along the
streets tO the railroad station. From
the time the old man got in until he
got ont he couldn't look anywhere
without seeing Is Soap l even found
out the number of his room and had
n small balloon floating l3 Soap
steamers right outside his window.
took page in all the Buffalo papers.
bribed the hat boy To keep putting cir
culars in his hat every time h. checked
IL and sent him one of our new fold
ers every mail | came back with him
on the train. and when he went into
the washrOOm last night ! had the
porter say. Sorry. sir. we amt got no
Is Soap. but you can't hardly keep any
on hands such grand. grand soap. &c
Another day Rodney calmly id TO
Peale. Il have plans for our new fac
tory
plans for what: Have you gone
dippyf"
Here they arc" said Rodney. pro-
ducing large blue print Pretty
real looking, aren't thcy?"
You don't mean you've actually got
some nut to build us factory" shout
ed Peale
NO. no. They are TO impress ia
Their. Don't You see?"
"Oh. yes. Well. that is an idea" adj
mitted Peale
If he ever does drop in to make a
deal" said Rodn"y. Il thought we
ought to have something to make n
front-sOmething that looks like a
plant. And by the way. if we can let
it leak out that it's the Andover soap
people who are backing us with unlim-
tied capital" went on Rodney.
THE AndOver soap people," Peale
inquired
Sure. Fathers always hated EN-
in business" explained Rodney His
oldest friend. though. is John Clark.
one Of the big bugs in that company.
Clark's got n son. Eilery. that father
dislikes because he's such a success in
business-always held him up to me as
a model son TO pattern by. 1t would
make father wild II he thought that
old Clark was going 10 back us
Then that scheme ought to be good
for a great rise ont Of father. Say. by
the way. | put over corner on him
this morning" chartered Peale. II ar
ranged for a parade of sandwich men
up and down i'm front of his house.
When he got to his office there was an
other bunch there"
isn't II funny though. that nobOdy's
tried TO bay any soap from us YETI
asked Rodney. with some anxiety.
This was very tender point with
The soap company. Mary and Rodney
worried over it. and Rodney dreamed
MT night about it. An occasional small
order that might filter in from some
remote outlying diS;rict or some small
merchant whose credit was doubtful.
was GazeG upon H. parents gaze at
their first baby
1T takes time 10 create demand. g
he would say. but admitted that the
200 cakes Of pink CASTLE they had
bought looked swell IN their old rose
wrappers. 1t was a pity they hadn't
got a couple Of hundl eel thousand dol
lars TO go after this advertising thing
on the level, instead II just for father
Neither he nor Rodney knew how much
money they had left.
Don't ask me-" said Peale I'm
not a financier Where's our worthy
bookkeeper. Miss GraySOn?" he added.
looking at his watch. It's nearly IL
I'll bet she was here before either Of
US; she always is. BY George isn't
she corker:" began Rodney lyrically.
"Oh. she's all right" agreed Peale in
differently.
"All right, Why. the girls YOU read
about don't mean anything compared
TO Mary" began the ecStatic lover
shes got juliet beat q mile Every
time think of her | want 10 yell or
do some other darn fool thing. and ev-
cry time see her just want to get
down and kiss her shoes.
Rodney said all this and could have
said much more. but PeaIe's mind was
on other things.
If We could only land one hard wal
Top on father after that Buffalo bust
ness he reelected sadly. still on bust
ness.
Didn't you hear what | said:' de
handed Rodney indignantly
Not word" said Peale
Il was talking about Mary"
IL know you We're That's why
didn't listen" said Peale delicately.
speak Of the goddess he added. rs
Mary just then entered.
She was dressed neatly aud apprOpri.
ately To her new role. distinguishing
between the tone OF the old Martin Of
fees and this new enterprise into
which she had been drawn by such Gu
riOuS processes. To Rodney as always.
this morning and every morning. She