The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-23

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ceEcroE nom the ous1loes Of tneA. AZ
any rate It was astonjshiAg 10 80 bow
many thers wSre. Il was peG1klveiy
pathetic. AAsy tAouUht. snDee1neo y
ses him porting over tl1s ''litssstugsr
or sittiny thess- scxibbling his eds
when. tn buseness a shtntne sAoas.
which Ho1nsy had threateAed 10
AAepe. wssld have produee1 mego real
money for him.
II wa3 the irony Of fate hat Osd
Cyrus Martins eS9oN meant - bssp
eAfkips. cars tEpu. lGax3s sAesaoss1
should have bsen spent in to a1ys In
advertisins By Amhrose PsalA TAs
sxplanation OF this $1,000 1ange b.
made to Rodney some day too. Evssy
once in awhile he grew curious sbeut
k. But Ambrose didn't measure e In
dollars and cents, only IN tssns Of
space, and still les d. - care wAoeo
e came nom. Truly Ae Wa q oeod
a copy. He would stpdy and ekpoanA
the signs which they could - freO
the once win0ows. While Mary. Ro0
neg and Niss Burke would an listen
spellbound when thArs vsss - cal
ere, - often happsnsd Net enoogh
white space. 10 would cyy q on e.
blasonment Not big snossA. b WouA
cay. Doean't bring cot IL EiG1t
point. was another efttSc9sR. Amt
claar-not trus-ne punch. ct esssra.
ct ceters.
II only they had just nads soap
Mary coMdn't help thinking some
times, ~ all this talk rang in hee ears.
II only they had just made sop and
made Il good. Good wine Deedb no
bush. was IN ancient pzovsRb The came
to believe in. BY the same token
good soap would need no adA
Now. the funniest part q the'w3oO
thing. speaking Of sdvertiaing. was
that the 10 Soap. the Old family cock
book soap. was really good. Mary had
always besn loyal 70 Il from TIE 0rse
time she had used It. She had s1vsa Il
to some friends for Christmas. and
they had liked 1t. too. and said they
would talk II up" She bad gone to
q store and bought . holly covered
box and laid three cakes IN Il neat
" done up In tissue paper and red
ribbon. with q stamp allowing Santa
Claus and q legend, Not to be opened
till Christmas" on the outside.
I'VE must spell Christmas with an <
this year." said Rodney cha0nsly.
LET x equal the unknown quantity"
Wen see" said Mary. smiling.
She simply must 20 On hoping and
smiling or she should die. Il was
counting your chickens before they
were hatched no doubt. but. then. you
might never get q chance to count
them later. she told herself patheticaI-
". She had superintended the 6rst
experiments at eoapmakinE and nC-
ured out the manufacturing costa.
They must be ready. she had always
maintained. She even bought book
on elementary chemistry and had
dreams Of large soap works. like old
Mr.. Martins, where an army Of self
supportins girls should b put to work
under the best hygienic and sanitary
conditions. and the minimum wage
should be q generous one. She did
succeed in getting few gross OF II
Soap made after the Old book formula.
| In the loft there Were q few piles Of
it. the genuine IS, ranged alonsuide
the pink CASTLE in old rose WFappora
A. q matter Of fact she had had to
give up manufacturing ON any large
scale. because their advertising took
all their money, but Mary chsrishsd
the idea Of taking up the woek In
earnest some day again She dSdn't
really believe much In the idea OF
making old Mr.. Martin buy them out.
Already she had more ambitious de-
signs than that for her man Rodney.
The darkest hour comes Just befoes
the dawn. and dawn came With . sud.
den burnt Of glory one morning when
| Ambrose Peale new into the once in
great excitement. intefrupt1ng Mary
and Rodney in q long emheace. A.
ways discreet and tactful, hs coughsd
and scraped his feet a. q signal 10
them to break away.
'"say. 1 didn't mean to Interrupt" he
apoloeixsd.
Rodney kept his arms around Mary.
Nothing In the world can interrupt
| nc 86lU. " u0t -
"A telegram" said Peals. ITS the
trst we've ever had. I was afraid to
| open It."
Mary came over TO him ana looked
at It nervously.
"what awful thing can II bar che
queried.
Gee. wonder what IL saysl" came
from Rodney.
Read 1t. read it-' said PeaIe. afraid
| to do 20 himself.
So then Mary opened It and read:
Rodney Martin. Prssidsnt u Soap Com
pAny. - Broadway. .---.-
go on, We know the address.' -
Peale broke in impadently.
Mary went on:
Ship at once. collect 5000 cakss - Soap.
Signed. BROWN q JAMES,
Chicago.
A profound silence fell upon the tho.
The colossal number Of $1,000 and the
magic name Of Brown 4 James had
overpowered them. It was far too
good to be true.
SOMEBODY really wants TO buy some
Of our SOAP" echoed Rodney stupidity.
II don't believe It," said Peaie.
.sE2uf l,erA n is {" sakd MARI hauf1fn~