South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-02

| Pesle Had Swung Around the Circle.
son into a real money getter; that to
morrow, in real life. the other cakes
would come.
In one mental fash she would see
the thing this way and now that
Then she began TO look on the more
practical side Of things, to turn round
and see where they stood. An order
for 5003 cakes I'm itself was not so
bad. 1t was the very largest they had
ever received, az any rate. They
would ship the 5000 promptly and
Brown & James would pay cash for
them Ia ten days. She made a rapid
calculation. They were giving old Mr..
Martin 3 cents a cake for them and
would get $1,000 back. That would
mean $3.50. She smoothed out the
frown In her pretty forehead and an
nounced aloud:
"Wen, it means about $1,000 to US.
and cash too. After all, that's not so
bad"
Peale cheered up Immediately.
Cash" he repeated. rolling the word
round in his mouth and tasting It
1.-THE most beautiful word in the Eng
lish language"
Except one" said Rodney, looking
at Mary.
(Which isT Peale querted-
Love" said Rodney.
'No. cash." said Peale 'why. look
here. Think what this means-S3. 600"
Wen discount Jones note" said
Mary resolutely.
And it's only beginning" went on
Peale. Give me back that telegram
tn be my letter os credit, my pass
port and all the rest Of it III show it
to the advertising agents They'll
trust me on the strength OF that"
II proved a help indeed, this cash,
when IL came on in due course, but
not a cure. 1t vanished Ike smoke in
thin air, ike cream before a set OF
kittens, like snow upon the deserts
dusty face. Their Joy In Il was short
lived, because It was So soon gone.
Again there came a day when the end
OF the month, with its next rent pay
ment, seemed much nearer than the
first, a day when time which Peale
said was the same thing as money,
seemed very much Ike time, and short
time at that. and very little ike real
money. To make matters worse Peale
meanwhile had swung round the circle
again. waving his letter Of credit"
and running up lot more In the way
OF bills on new advertising de had
scooted of for a week and never let
the Office know by SO much as & tele-
gram where be was. Then. as cheer
fully as he had gone. be blew home
again one day. announcing that he had
contracted for about $4,000 worth OF
advertising In Boston. Baltimore. Phil
adelphia. Washington and a few other
eastern metropOlises He declared IL
was the greatest advertising campaign
ever undertaken since George W. Adj
vertising was a young man
For a self respecting bookkeeper It
was all dreadfully disheartenlng: Mary
sighed and found It very difficult Max
ing FIVE 20 into two was nothing com
pared with the effort 10 make SO. $500
go into Sl33.13.
For little while the days passed IN
eventually. drawing nearer the inevita-
bic end Then came the last day OF the
month. and Nary's blue devils were
very large and blue. The day passed
quietly enough In the Is Soap CON-
pany's Offices. so far as outward signs
revealed Il; there were few callers,
Jones being out Of the way. though
Mary knew he would be heard from
tomorrow II his note was not properly
met at the bank How was she ever
going 10 set a check certified 10 meet fl
Rodney at his desk sat quietly abb
sorbed. he rustled a few papers now
and then. and used his rubber stamp.
but IT'S impact on the pad and paper
lacked the usual vigor Even PeaIa's
bead. Mary noted. dropped a little as
be wrote his ads.-ads. that wOald be
born 10 blush unseen If money could
not be raised somehow, somewhere. 10
pay for them