Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-13
Copyright. 1s14-1916. by Rot Cooper
Megrue and Walter Hackett.
CHAPTER v.
PsaIs Makes Progress.


Of drawers and chiffoniers. What
trunk should he take-that new one
he had made in Paris last summeH
"before the WARP" No, he could send
for that later, and besides, he didn't
want to stay away from Mary any
longer than he could help. He wouldn't
/ take all his things just now; he would
leave q good many behind, so that his
father would be sorry IL he ever came
into his room again after his baby boy
was gone. He would not take trunk
at oil now-just his kit bag Where
was that kit bag2 johnson would
know. .-.
He started to ring for Johnson and
then checked himself. He would not
say anything to the servants yet. He
didn't want them to be a party to this
painful scene. He would leave them
misinformed and keep his father guess
ing a little while. He would 60 and
get that kit bag himself. 1t was In the
garnet most likely.
He had sneaked up the narrow gar
ret staircase, the boards creaking now
and then beneath his tread, just as
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Under the caves he spied his kit bag,
covered with dust. He dragged at it,
and pile of magazines and odds and
ends of books fell forward across his
arms. One Of them was a battered
cash book. or old diary, bound with
black and white back. and with many
recipes written in Il refined feminine
hand on its blank pages
Rodney remembered this well. It
was a real heirloom from the Earles,
his mothers people, who had prided
themselves on Setting a good table,"
Rodney sat down on his dusty kit
bag and turned over the following
pages idly. Some Of the recipes were
in an even older hand than his moth
er's-his grandnother's or his maiden
aunts' probably-and now and then, in
his mothers hand again, there would
be comment written in the margin,
every choice or Extra good or
"Wel worth trying" The recipes for
these tasty old dishes looked good
Rodney decided to tuck the book in
and put it by some day for himself and
Mary.
They certainly did sound good. "Old
harrington meat pie" Hannah Earle's
gold and silver CAKE" Susan Pitchers
everlasting fruit cake" Yes he would
take 1t. And here was formula even
for soap, and in his mothers hand or
his grandmother's. he could not be
sure which. was the quaint marginal
note: 1.-THE cheapest soap in the world.
Unlucky for dirt" And so he had
pitched the old book into the bag.
stolen down the attic stairs again and
bounded. dusty kit bag and all, into
the little waiting room where Mary
sat.
Dear Maryi
And she had let him hug her-the
first taste Of the bliss to come. How
sweet and wonderful she was!
When he woke In the morning he
rubbed his eyes a moment in bewilder-
ment at his unaccustomed surround
ings. And Immediately the memory
Of Mary Grayson swept over him
again, fresh and undimmed. He would
call up Mary ON the telephone before
DIG SOt away W tAo ohiSc. AANs W
the way, he had an idea to tell her too.
He was going to make soap, like his
father The old cook book had given
him the idea. He left his coffee scarce
ly tasted and few to a booth at the
club.
well, Mary" he shouted through
the receiver, which smelt Of cigarettes,
did you know I'd lost my jobT'
EYES," said Mary's voice at a dis
lance. II suppose I shall lose mine.
too, II I don't give you up"
Eve should be friends in need. them"
bawled Rodney at his end.
| "Oh. Rodney, I'm SO sorry" said
Mary.
Nonsense. you've made my future
Without you I'd never have got the
idea-the big idea"
idea for what"
1.-THE idea to make money out Of
that's all you need-and, just think, /
found 1t in an old book
"What idea-what book?"
TITS a cook book"
"What on earth
"Well, you see, when was packing
stumbled across an old family cook
book. 1t fell open at a certain page
fate was on the job-it was hunch"-
But what 10 itY'
TITS an old family recipe for max.
ing cheap soap. It says it's the cheap
est soap In the world, cheaper even
then tho manufacturers make it. I'm
going into the soap business"
"WhatT'
"sure- father did-look at the money
he made. Why shouldn't II"
You're Joking"
"rm In dead earnest. I'm going to
buck the trust. You see, I'll have all
the popular sympathy = independent
young son Of soap king fights father
Idon't buy from the trust
"But Z, that very nice to your ia
ther?"
HAS he been very nice to me? It's
great! Down with monopoly! Hur-
rah for the peopiei I've heard political
ispecches Ike that! Hurrah for the
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