The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-30
PATENTS and POLLY
BY MOLLY MINISTER.

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Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
Crawford was fatty discouraged. As
he mounted the steps leading to his
boarding house he realized that he had
lost the small model Of his 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 tnancier, but his dreams Of sud- !
den and vast wealth brought about by /
. startling demand for his patent egg |
boiler had vanished into the past, even |
q his model itself had lost itself in !
the subway.
And Polly Woodward, returning |
from . hard day in the ONCE Of her
employer. picked up the small pack.
age that had been left In 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 1t to be something
for kitchen use. 1t might be q baby
feeder or even 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
tired toiler of Wall street. had been
resting his own eyes unobservedly 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 6O-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 the egg.
only to find it half boiled. She sighed
disappointingly. The patent had
seemed so promising, yet 1t failed be-
cause of the indicator.
Surely it could be quite easily ad-
justed," she pondered while she
cleaned the model and dried it care
fully.
When a week had passed and no one
had advertised for the model Polly
. became impatient. She had perfected
} the boiler until it worked like charm
and it irritated her to realize that the
inventor was SO lacking in interest as
to put forward no claim for his patent
1t was Polly herself who finally ad
|, vertised for the person who had left
,, small package on the subway contain
! ing an invention.
!. Crawford, from whom the shades o.
, gloom were gradually lifting, hap
. pened to see the advertisement ant
went forthwith In search Of his lOs
a property.
! "You can make stacks Of money GU
> of that" she told him when she hat
drawn him into the cozy sitting room
1T only required a simple bit of regu
lating. You won't mind my showing
y you. will your"
Crawford listened attentively to he
}. curiously intelligent explanation OF hi
error.
by Jove! My head Is solid ivory
not to have seen that" he said with
/" splendid dash of color in his cheek
8 and sparkle to his eyes.
l. There is a Mr.. John ellsworth Il
" our office building" Polly began hes
y tatingly, Il feel sure he would be II
.: terested if"
n "You are taking far too muc
=. trouble" interrupted Crawford. III 20
g. will agree to take half the profits
e will be glad to get the thing off m
g mind. The thing was useless withou
II your improvement"
10 When he was gone Polly skipped ou
10 to the telephone in the corner chen
% lists and made an appointment wit
q John ellsworth.
q The big financier received her tn
II following day in his luxurious ofiic
. His philanthropy was we'll know
y Polly approached him with NO fec
N and put her model before him.
ellsworth remembered having res
II ed tired eyes on her beauty one ev
10 ming In the subway. Her magnetism
together with the undoubted value I
~ the egg boiler which she demonstrate
= to him. quite worked the charm.
. When Polly returned to her ofiic
= after Q most happy lunch hour spel
. with Crawford. she rejoiced for Il
- second time that she had worn b
!. new blouse. John ellsworth had tel
phoned her. He wanted her to ha,
:. dinner with him II she was not tire
49, of talking business. There was muS
10 to be discussed about the egg boiler
And II at dinner there we're n
,. roses on the table for Polly. and ros'
~ in Polly's cheeks for ellsworth Al
>. only q short talk on the subject
a. egg boilers, no one minded overmuc
NJ The evening passed with wonderf
ID promise of happiness in its trail. 4
~ Polly and ellsworth had found OF
another.
Crawford went up that evening
the home Of the sweetheart who b;
been waiting impatiently to hear Il
10 news Of the egg boiler. But all era
T: ford did was to take her into
IT arms