Evening star., 1921-06-05

had harvested $40. 900 worth of wheat.
"AlI right" said the man. "I'll take
you-a hundred dollars will buy
couple of spare tires for my new car"
opened his money belt and abstracted
five tWenties
Done" he said briefly
He came back two hours later with
the wrecking car. He had made an
arrangement with Smith by which he
was to repair the car in the shop in
his own time. The next morning he
was up It o'clock to tear the car
down and learn just how badly it had
been injured. The motor was happily
all there. BY 10 o'clock Gannett was
able to make complete list Of parts
were not so scarce then as oney be-
came a year later; he got them all
within week. He continued to do
his ten-hour stix6 for Smiths garage.
At night he did six or seven hours
more on the Fortner. After a week
of this he had to take Sunday morn
ing off for sleep. But he finished the
job oh the 18th OF September. He had
spent $134.93 for parts. The car was
as good as it had ever been: perhaps
better: II lacked only painting. T.
Gannett hadn't time to paint it. He
offered it for sale as it was for $500.
Smith said he would give $500. T.
Gannett was in a hurry, but he told
Smith to come again. Smith offered
six fifty. Two days later T. Gannett
sold the Fortner for seven hundred
and fifty to a real estate agent who
had the cash.
r. Gannett looked at his watch. He
could catch the noon train for Kan
sas City if he hurried. He had won.
He had made his five hundred on the
car alone. He had more than four
hundred besides. He needn't ride the
blind baggage. He could treat him
self to berth in the Pullman. He
would arrive in Monroe with &9Oo-in
bills.
Smith was SO outraged at T. Gam
nett for quitting that he had to tell
Smith the truth.
Smith looked at r Gannett and did
not smile. He was very much in ear
nest.
Look here" he said. What do
you make a professor"
T. Gannett told him.
He'll" said Smith. IF you'll stick
| here. I'll take you into partnership
with me. ] need man like you for
a partner. You'll make five thousand
the first year or I'll give you the
shop
IT. Gannett shook his head.
"I'll see you next summer" he said:
Listen" Smith urged. You and l
know there's money in used cars. Peo-
pie get tired of a car in couple of
little things-a rattle here and a dent
there. Most any car two years old
can be. made good as new with few
dollars worth of new parts and few
days work. You made good thing
out O this F'ortner Why stop? Why
i'not do it every week? One swallow
don't make summer.
T. Gannett was interested. but he
, wanted to get home; he tore himself
! away.
DROF TRCMBULL GANNETr Drop
ped off the train at Monroe at
| o'clock in the evening of Septem Der
| 10. He was wearing the suit he had
! worn three months before, but he had
exchanged the grain sack for proper
! suit case and he had a new hat. He
1 looked prese ntable. but he didn't par
! ticularly care whether he did or not
| He could feel that fat oiled-silk bel,
around his waist. He took a taXicab
| to the mouse.
! 1t was only when he stood facing
| his own front door that he had any
| doubts. There were lights in the
| house. Either the visiting professor
! TO whom he had rented il hadn't left
/; or Dorothy had come a day early. l,
was Dorothy, of course. And how he
! did want to see her, He wanted to
see Dorothy more than anything else
/ in the world. But he shrank little