The Washington times., 1922-04-22
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
AN INTERESTING STORY OF EARLY Welded LIFE
More Business Exactions Make Jim's Wife
Glad That She Is to Have the Advantage
of Carl Booths Counsel.

row." insisted the voice of doom
from the other end of the wire.
When shall mail your check?"
asked. smoothly, but with the
gooseflesh prickles doing business
at the same old stand and making
my spine feel like a gigantic icicle.
Tomorrow. if 1t isn't too much
trouble"
Not at ALL" I said, easily.
This is a great relief, Mrs.
Harrison. We hated to put the
matter in the hands Of a col
lector-"
"A collector" cried, hotly.
When the advertising hasn't been
running a month! You are in need
Of your money, aren't you?"
After the words were out
realized that they had the effect
Of a studied insult and couldn't
help antagonizing the men with
whom was dealing. What was
my astonishment. therefore, to
him reply with the utmost good
nature:
Seems like that on the evidence
you have, doesn't It? Well, we
aren't doing any such piker bust
ness. Mrs. Harrison. But you
know newspaper payrolls are made
up once a week, and we like our
debtors to act on a rapid-turn.
over schedule like our own. But,
as a matter OF fact, we have been
carrying the Derringforth account
for some months past. They ad-
vertised in our Sunday supple
ment long before your daily cam
paign started"
Are you sure?" I asked. re-
membering Mr.. Derringforth's dec
laration that he'd never before
done newspaper advertising.
The account must be met IL
were to go on with the advertise
ing" came back the inexorable
voice. "As l tell you. it has run
for month
I'll have to see Mr.. Derring.
forth about the Sunday account to-
morrow" ! ventured. "Of course.
l expect TO pay you at once for
the daily advertising which my
self placed with you. But don't
you think you ought to go on car
rying that on the principle that
the two accounts are separate and
TO be met individuality" / asked.
mink we might do that" the
voice agreed.
May l know to whom I am
speaking?" / asked. I'D like to be
IN position to deal with you
throughout these negotiations"
MT. Lacy. Glad to do what.
yer l can 10 serve you. Mrs. Har-
rison. returned the man.
turned from the telephone IN
mental turmoil. Mr.. Derringforth
hsu toId me In what ! consider.
eo perfectly good faith that he'd
never done any newspaper adver.
using and 80 hadn't any credit
WIN .ne papers. This was what
hsu determined me to carry his
auVertising along with his other
Iep's 10 me for services rendered
mated to feel that this quiet
Iehse httle man with such honest
eyes mad deliberately deceived me
ana nad twisted the truth TO
suit his own purposes.
for a minute 1 was tempted 10
Try 10 reach him over the tele.
pnone to discover If he couldn't
give me some assurance that he
haont intended to deceive me
~ seemed as II there must he
some explanation. and yet I had
~ aiCe tnat the newspaper
campaign / was starting repre.
sented his first advertising in
the press. l searched my mind
lot ms exact phrases and found
myselt digging them up from
'hat steady old memory Of mine.
remembered my own protest
against running my business on
S...i sls OF taking the cash and
ietung the credit go-and then
Mr.. Derringforth's precise words
came to me.
DO you mind doing me this
courtesv! he had asked, with a
trace of asperity. "I've never
oone any newspaper advertising
which means that I'd either
nave 10 go to some trouble
establishing charges and credit,
h WIN the papers, or else pay spot
cash. And | can't now"
was angry-furiously angry
Tor a minute. resent having
people lie to me. Then suddenly
remember how gray and
stricken Mr.. Derringforth looked
the day he sent for me and beg.
ged me to carry the expenses OF
advertising his mark down sale.
He,d been compelled to let his
publicity man 60. He'd confessed
that ne was quarter Of an inch
this side Of an assignment.
Now. more than ever I felt nv
need OF Carl's help. But I deter.
mined to get II without beIittlinp
Mr.. Derringforth. After ali. Tn,
not cornered nor vet desperate
And, no matter how forced ,,,v
liberation Of other folks firh,n,x
methods. can't let myseIf lie
mand help OF Carl because the
claim he got for me isn't proving
easy to handle.