Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-05

Il f-urur we're fourgof them, jean anu
J; ans Maud and Matilda, ana they
= = lived together in little white " ,, nuu,e ssn
. q ,,,,,on urs and taught school in the Hill
70. ..1rS.r.'s rSS' nothing to it," said Jean
:. evening, we. after the supper dishes as
ens ~. o,,t Of the way and the four had
vs .S..s, I round the lamp that stood on
'n.. ..s..r table Of their living room.
~ "Nothins 70 what!' said Jane me. LOOK. Ok.
:. nm from the ALGEBRA papers sue
,~ss , correcting. ..,o,,n. ", Jean
.'Nothing to school teachinfS, S,u.s sesm a.,
,isined. "You work IKE morse 49,
~ with such big classes tnm5 u5,n .uo"i "mJ
n ~ Won can do Is to Keep oLoet ,.h. III.
ss,,s in enough facts TO get !ne or,ts W.,
sAildren to pass at eSaHi""'io'' III '' wi ~"
so,ne home tired .,, Hyo,d toot
Wv" %And what do you set' MAUI '''A
% the refrain. ;, ,u,oa ,,o.,,d.
"HnS YOU never meet any one, Jean
rneJ. "I.ook at stehosrapneI.
nss.n't have to know half as mScn Tc
' teacher and she meets men. one
- married or else she starts IN oust;;
~ 80 by herself and makes good money.
T don't care about gettins mat
.d" ,aid Matilda. But sne hesi-
!..sd and took a chocolate from inc W"
Honbons open on the table,
let's start in business. the 1our OF
Z ~" II was Jane who made the prop
ssi,,on. ....
~. and there It was agreed that
lnem omlJ 90 into business with q
sney % Il In few more months the
: ftpl.Ia' .arm would be over. They could
scnVV' .he day nfter school closed, see
slar' .hoy t" made out, and II prospects
now mssl nl they would all hand in their
wes,snsst;ons VIZ BY August. That would
s,va Tho school board time enough 10
~ aT y nt,s make candy" said Jane, who
se,Io,vcd Matilda's example and
naa r,hbling a chocolate cream. Sugar
s,x Cents n mound ut retail. Choco-
T. 8ftepn md candy. that IL mostly
.. ~ 70 and chocolate, sells for eighty
!usS .s a nound."
o. a. wns agreed that they should
a sandy business. Also 1t was
raoa that they should operate under
~" name of the j. & NJ. Company.
NJ Man some one suggested. that they
u.. have capitol. They must have
uyt shon in a prominent place to sell
t.,r wares. They must start from the
w.. ssst with good equipment. They would
a.sd NJ least $1,000, land their COM
h,Ssd savings made only $1,000. Some
p.aer n,nst cot the necessary funds, and
" was % cosy for Jane to persuade the
n.hsrs that Nrthur Hayden. confirmed
o.aehS os hocbsIor and shrewd business man.
%auid no approached. He was the
,own's ' richest man. He was most
sst,ve in enforcing the latest amend.
sv in Hilton. The fact that pro-
S,h,,,on @ bad created a keen demand for
n.un,o" udx o"Sht " 70 he good argument
sS vWh him
Iots were drawn, and before the
.cbool teachers retired that night it had
tsie this quest of capital. The fatcs
lad decided wisely. Maud was ag.
.sressiyc and unafraid. She taught S-H
BOYS BECAUSE she had firm command
Il herself at all times. Her eye was
dark and steady and shyness had been
lift out Of her makeup.
80 Maud went to see Arthur Hny-
den. Arthur Hayden did not want 10
zee her. lie avoided her: but she was
tnsistent. He was not especially a.,
tractcd By her brisk manner anu GiG
not feel that the town OF Hilton neeGea
another candy store. Moreover, n!s
twn business. though III prosIGto"ss ns
condition, was IN need o, every St WI oi
capital he could COMMUNE. DuI u. unu"
came home with her piedge OF " '"ou
"na dollars. u.o ,,,ra ,ro,, IN
The next day she caird again on
pr. HAYDEN anu mat nisnt ahho""ce"
ne.se!l az GUY OF .he uIa so,pa,' o cal.
NJ, u. ia!uun nas omIo" .m',ao what an
sry .na' a,n''"ts ~ " on,s ~ -" " ~ hcv;n
.sa,ns now sohnn, M M"",s w. nror ~" NJ frst
S 10 SoVm ,,,i a. ho :" .o,, s,ocL for vden
soln, T w'n oe " se'' '''e" t''
M to, anna ,ho, NJ u.vaer had
h..n r"r, ,",' sanorahIv W"a .I imrrasseJ with
~ u .,,,;n.. nt. oh,,,tr ) of tho roumo woman
ms mh se."as h"n ,aii,. a,y " oam .' nb,n ~ con.
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