The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-02-24


PsaIe 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 5000 cakes In itself was not SO
bad. n was the very largest they had
ever received. at any rate. They
would ship the 5000 promptly and
Brown 4 James would pay cash for
them in ten days. She made a rapid
calculation. They were giving old Mr..
Martin cents ascake for them and
would get 5000 back. That would
mean $3.50. She smoothed out the
frown In her pretty forehead and an
nounced aloud:
We'll, 1t 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 1t.
THE most beautiful word in the Eng
lish language"
Except One." said Rodney, looking
at Mary.
which is ?" Peaie Queried.
Love-" said Rodney.
mo, cash." said Peale "Why, look
here. Think what this means-$3.O 900. .
SrWeTl dfscount Jones' note" said
Mary resolutely.
And It's only q beginning" went on
Peaie. Give me back that telegram.
It'll be my letter of credit, my pass
port and all the rest Of it. III show 1t
to the advertising agents. They'll
trus. me on the strength Of that"
1t proved a help indeed, this cash,
when 1t came on In due course, but
not q cure 1t vanished like smoke In
thin air, like cream before q set Of
kittens, like snow upon the deserts
dusty face Their joy In it was short
lived. because II was SO soon gone.
Again there came a day when the end
Of che 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 like time. and short
time at that. and very little like 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. He had
scOOted off for q week and never let
the office know by SO much as tele-
gram where he was. Then, as cheer
fully as he had gone. he blew home
again one day. announcing that he had
contracted for about $4,000 worth OF
advertising in Boston, Baltimore. Phil
adelphia. Washington and few other
eastern metropolises. He declared II
was the greatest advertising campaign
ever undertaken since George W. Ad-
vertising was young man.
For a self respecting bookkeeper 1t
was all dreadfully disheartening: Mary
sighed and found 1t very difficult. Max
ing Eve go into two was nothing com
pared with the effort to make $22.s1S.O9
go into $133.l3
For little while the days passed IN
eventually. drawing nearer the inevita-
BILE end. Then came the last day OF the
month, and Mary's blue devils were
very large and blue. The day passed
quietly enough In the 10 Soap CON-
papy's Offices, SO Tar as outward signs
revealed It; 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 to get check certified to meet 1t!
Rodney at his desk sat quietly alb
sorbed. He rustled few papers now
and then, and used his rubber stamp.
but Its impact on the pad and paper
lacked the usual vigor. Even Peale's
head, Mary noted, dropped little a.
be wrote his ads.-ads. that would be
born to blush unseen II money could
not be raised somehow. somewhere, to
pay for them
As the hour OF drew near Mary
began to make some long drawn out
preparations for going home. This last
quarter Of an hour Of time must be
killed and done to death by fair means
or by foul A resolution had been
slowly forming In her head and now
took definite shape. She shut down
her desk with q delightfully."- loud noise
and stood up
Il may be a little late tomorrow.
she said to Rodney as she began put
ding on her hat
ITO be continued next week