Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-12-11

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amused by blowing bubbles. She pratt
tied and crowed and laughed as her
companion blew the rainbow.hued
globes away from her dainty lips, and
the fair picture Of innocence and
beauty would have entranced Warren,
had not his mind been oppressed with
serious business troubles.
He sat SO vaguely taking in the
court ensemble that it was only when
q bubble from below gracefully ascend
ed, and, caught by an awkward current
Of air. shot through the window and
broke directly across his lips, that he
awakened to the pretty picture. Some
swift conception of sentiment caused
him to glance at the source of the
bubble. The lovely lips of the fair
faced young lady had blown the airy
sphere. 1t had met his own, gentle us
a kiss. She flushed and drew back,
while the child in her lap uttered a
Shrek of delight as Warren's eyes
snapped from the conclusion of the
bail of air and the. filmy shower of
dampness.
b X. Is
Blowing bubbles!" he muttered, al
most irritably. That's mel And the
last one has burst and I'm brokel"
Bubbles! bubbles! There was the
speculative rainbow fancy of great
system for extracting gold from sea
water, of revolutiGnizing the tanning
industry by using the extract of root
common in Idaho; Of substitute for
rubber that would cheaper tubes and
tires to mere fraction of cost, and
last, but not least, a liquid, which, APP
Piled to half-grown melons, squashes
and pumpkins would insure quadruple
size by the time they We're ripe!
He came back to normal poise as
some Gane entered the Office. Looking
up he greeted Boyd Dalzell, broker
whom he knew we'll. The latter un-
tremendously dropped into chair di-
rectly at the side of Warren.
I've come on business" announced
Dalzell, "real business. See here, old
man, need you, but no wild goose
hunt for the fortune that never ma
teriali2es. I'll give you $1,000 to
come and talk with man I've
financed. and good fee on top Of
That, if you find a customer for new
device he has patented"
what is it?" inquired Warren. and
8 almost indifferently, for prospective
millions only We're his lure. h I.
cts bubble" replied Dalzell, and
Warren stared at him suspiciously.
That is, a bubble idea. He's wise
old fellow named Saul Hardy. He's
got the idea that he can make a scale
with bubble for an indicator-that
Old spirit level idea, see!" !.
Can hep
Not very practical for average use,
have demonstrated that, for the bub-
BILE is affected by atmospheric int1u-
ences but his experiments have been
interesting. I'd like to get back the
money | have sunk You see if you
can't work something out of the
scheme, won't you? Hardy has an
office in the next building. It's only. q
step. Come on" and three minutes
8 later Warren was ushered into suite,
and a glance into an inner room
showed the girl and the child of the
bubble episode. The young lady
flushed as she noticed him. Warren
was introduced to her father. there
was an hour of conference and War
ZEN left the Office with another glance
at the charming Eunice Hardy and her
little sister. Florence, and somehow
augured luck from the unique Incl.
dents of the hour. Ten days later
after an absence from the city, he re,
turned "a .-=s,Srt to Dalzell.
WELL" he said. 81 have an Offer
Z on your bubble scale. I've found q
liquid that will maintain an equable
air bubble, and I've got big offer fol
the device from a great coal mine In
Pennsylvania. They can use such 9
scale, weighing loaded cars on the fly
and where the deviation of few hun
dred pounds means little in the han
ding of tons. You see, the eight sec
Onds car is crossing the scale The
bubble vibration ceases and the bub
bic chronicles fairly accurate
weight. What do you say tt
$50,O0O?"
Il say $4,000 for the inventor ant
the balance fifty-fifty for you and me.
responded Dalzell briskly. Warren
If ] had your ability I'd drop chasin,
bubbles and graduate into fair ant
square broker. Come over to Hardy
Office with me. The old fellow vii
be wild with delight"
But Mr.. Hardy was absent, and Dial
/ zell went to look for him and lief
Warren for Eunice to entertain Will
he chased down the old inventor
Thereby those two became better nc
z ,quainted, and two evenings later, whel
4 Warren called at the Hardy home, III
tie. Florence referred to "the kissin
bubble" and Eunice flushed divinely
and Warren looked ardent and long
ing, and one afternoon somewha
later all three engaged in Florence
fayorite amusement, and in a bubbl
!. she blew serenely floating In the golde
sunlight the reflection of two faces
discovered snspiciously close together
caused her to cry out mischievously
"Oh, Mr.. Warren; saw you and I1u
nice, and I'm going to tell papa whe
he comes hons !"
We are going to do that ourselve.
little. dearp replied Warren, and h
kissed Eunice again.