The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-02-10

Well. that was load of bis mind at
any rate. he reflected contentedly. OF
course he had bought pig in a poke.
more or less. You couldn't tell wheth-
er their books were carefully audited
or not. II Mary Grayson kept them
they were probably pretty straight
He was glad to have the boy back any
way. And there would be no more
sandwich men parades.
Altogether he was in quite mellow
mood when Mary Grayson opened the
door and came In From the look on
her face she was glad to see him and
extraordinarily relieved too. Alas for
the soap king! He did not realize how
short his satisfaction was to be-
why, Mr.. Martini" cried Mary hap
rNy.
Hello, Miss Graysonv' he said.
Its mighty good to see you again."
"Oh. Mr.. Martini" responded Mary,
I'm SO glad Rodney finally sent for
you!"
sent for met" repeated Mr.. Martin
In surprise.
"Have you talked to himf"
"Oh, yes. Hes just gone out for Q
minute to see the agent Of the land
lord"
"Oh. then he told you about that
tooY'
Yes. he told me. Why notr asked
Mr.. Martin. puzzled.
"Oh, I'm SO glad you've settled with
him. You have settled. haven't your
"Yes: sure"
"Oh. goodI Isn't 1t wonderful for
himT
The relief In Mnry's voice was gen.
uine. absolutely, as Ambrose Peale
would have said Poor Mary had had
a trying day. There had been that
dreadful man Jones to begin with.
Rodney's $500 check must have gone
through the clearing house in double
quick time. Mary had thought. As the
advertising dun appeared again. The
fact was, 1t seemed that he had gone
to the bank to get 1t certified and was
furious to find that there were no
funds there OF the 10 Soap company to
meet 1t with. He roared loudly about
the sheriff. Unless the check was
made good at his office In an hour he
would have the sheriff round and sell
them out, cover up their billboards and
send them all to jail.
Mary didn't know much about sher-
IFS. and they sounded terrifying. She
had heard about the laws delay, but
the law sounded swift and terrible as
interpreted BY the irate Jones. She
couldn't laugh about 1t and char about
q cell with q sunny exposure. as Am
brose Peale did. That awful countess
too. A woman swindler who had tried
to get into them for 5000 And the
electric agent threatening to turn OF
the light from all their beautiful signs
II be wasn't paid at once. How I'M
reasonable people wereI How could
you pay them when you hadn't any
money! And now. last Of all. the rent
agent making q fusa No wonder
Mary had begged Rodney to send for
his father and give In She was sure
old Mr.. Martin would help Rodney II
he was sent for. Very naturally Mary
thought on seeing Cyrus Martin smok-
ing his cigar there contentedly that he
had come in answer to Rodney's sum-
mons. She went on. signing:
"Just think, without you he couldn't
have lasted out the day"
Couldn't what?" circulated the as
tonished soap king: then, recovering
himself swiftly, he added: "Quite SO.
Quite So Oh. by the way. in our ne
gotiations the one thing Rodney didn't
go into fully was the nature Of the
assets"
'.The assetsw laughed Mary gayly.
They must have amused you. Why.
we haven't any"
"Ha. hal Haven't anyr' echoed Mr.
Martin. trying to laugh with her.
But everything's all right now"
went on Mary sweetiy.
"Oh. yes! Great, greatr' said Mr..
Martin. by the way. there was a re
port on the street today that the An
dover Soap people were going to make
a deal with ROdney-build him q fac
tory
"Oh, there's nothing In that" said
Mary innocently.
Are you sure? As got here
thought I saw Ellery Clark"
''Oh. that wasn't business He Just
came to try to borrow some money
from Rodney. Wasn't that funnyT
'Oh. yes, very funny" said Martin;
then. changing his whole manner. be
added angrily:
The young scoundrelr
''Whatr' said Mary.
Thank you, Miss Grayson, for telling
me-" said Mr.. Martin. DO you know
what he tried to do TO met Hold me
mp for $780, 900. and but for you he'd
have succeeded"
"Oh, what have I doneT cried Mary
In distress.
you've saved me a lot Of money and
kept me from being a fool. That's
what you've done. Thank You. Good
morning"
you mean at last he had succeeded
In getting yos TO back nimT ezaso
Mary.
AT lastI 30 that was his scheme
all the time, was 1T He didn't 60 into
business on the level. but just for my
benenti And you were helping him
Well. he can thank you again for hav.
ing failed"
ITS all my fault" cried Mary. break