, 1916-01-20
Novelized by Samuel Field
From the Successful Play by

ANHh Peg
ment, seemed much nearer than the
first. a day when time, which Peale
said was h same thing as money,
seemed very much like time. and short
time ut 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 a lot more In the way
of bills on new advertising. He had
scooted off for a week and never let
the Office know by SO much as a 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 a few other
eastern m~etropolises. He declared 1t
was the greatest advertising campaign
ever undertaken since George w. AID
vertising was a young man.
For n self respecting bookkeeper 1t
was all dreadfully disheartening; Mary
sighed and found 1t very difficult. Max.
ing five go into two was nothing com
pared with the effort to make 500.
go into S133. 10.
For n little while the days passed un.
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 10 Soap com
pany's offices. SO far 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 a check certified to meet It.
Rodney at his desk sat quietly alb
sorbed. He rustled a few papers now
and then. and used his rubber stamp.
but its impact IN the pad and paper
lacked the usual vigor. Even Peale's
head. Mary noted, dropped a little as
he wrote his ads.-ads. that would be
born to blush unseen if money could
not be raised somehow, somewhere, to
pay for them.
AS the hour of 8 drew near Mary
began to make some long drawn out
preparations for going home. This last
quarter of an our 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 a delightfully."- loud noise
and stood up.
81 may be a little late tomorrow"
she said to Rodney as she began put
ting on her hat.
"All right" said the president mildly.
Rodney too looked as If something
were working in his mind, and no won
der, Mary thought, with their situa-
ton what 1t was. Mary knew him like
a book, but this time she would ask no
questions and keep her own counsel.
She vas going straight up to Mr.. Mar
tins on Fifth avenue and have a long
talk and argument with him. He sim
ply must let them have those extra
! $1,000 cakes Of soap for Brown &
James.
She scurried over to the Third Ave
nue. elevated and climbed the stairs Of
the station at Worth street, her brain
working all the time. In a curious,
detached spirit she saw her nickel.
slide into the groove made by so many
previous nickels on the hard wood sill
under the office window and dropped
her ticket delicately in the ticket chop
per's glass box.
Several local trains passed, all crowd
ed. and. being tired and enjoying the
fresh air. Mary was disposed to take
her time and wait till she got the seat
she wanted. It gave her a luxurious
feeling to let the trains go by and not
run after them, a people usually did
In New York.
A woman came presently and sat
down beside her, with an evident in
cllnatlon to talk. She was young,
though her peroxide hair made her look
older. There were two types of wom-
en- with dyed hair like this. Mary had
noted-the fast and the sentimental
Her neighbOr was obviously the latter,
and Mary's looks had probably appeal
ed to her. without insolence she look
ed Mary over thoroughly a moment as
IL appraising her,
Are you a business womany 2" she
asked after a little pause.
Mary was good natured and a good
mixer, and. seeing that the IN sur
fered only from human curiosity, she
answered, YES adding just for fun:
I'm a vice president and "a secre-
tary. Our company has offices on Broad
way"
The woman looked quite impressed.
What line are you folks mf" she
pursued.
Soap" said Mary.
"MarrledT' asked the woman
Not yet said Mary.
well, you'l get "A husband II you
want one said the woman, with a
crisp laugh. "a pretty girl like you
usually gets what's coming to her"
am engaged" said Mary, amused.