Evening star., 1922-12-10

hrm, but after he married daughter
and the business he'd developed into
= regular Mr.. Blah-blah and had
tanned wife to a state where she got
wabbly in the knees when she sub
n1itted the monthly grocer's bill.
But Mrs. Adshaw had broken loose
while her Harold was off on busi-
ness trip She had listened to me
tell how I wanted to stretch a chain
of odd-Jon shops all over the map. and
she had decided that it would be just
lovely to be doing things like that
herself. wasn't wild about having
Mrs. Adshaw's help, but did need her
money, so we had made trade OF It..
= + X (:
THE thing wasn't so easy, at that;
J. for when she called in her lawyer
20 fix up the papers he turned out to
be a. cagey old boy, who looked over
the top of his glasses at me as sus-
picious as If was trying to swap
bale of rubles for dollar in real money.
Pardon me, Mrs. Adshaw." says he.
but this appears to me to be quite
new and untried enterprise
so was Bell telephone once upon
a time" suggested And the kodak
business, and the woolworth PROPOSE
ton"
Very true" says he. But for one
big success 1 could name hundred
failures. Have you consulted your
husband about this investment, Mrs.
Adshawe'
.Oh, no, indeed" she gurgles. "Har-
old wouldn't hear Of 1t. He thinks
haven't sense enough to manage my
own household affairs. But l want
TO show him that really have quite
a good head for business"
"H-m-m! says the lawyer. patting
his white sidewhiskers. Il can hardly
advise such a speculative venture"
Did anybody call on you for ad-
vfceT' I breaks in. Not that I no.
ticed. Your job is to frame up a part
nership that will work. But say, II
you can't cut out this old-family-
solicitor stuff. just speak the word
and we'll hunt up another ONCE"
That seemed to stiffen him up like
jabbing a hatpin through piece of
spaghetti. MY duty to my client
compels me. Miss Dodge" says he. Ito
warn her that in financing this pro-
posaI Of yours she is taking a big
risk"
"Surep says I. "She knows all that.
If had a cinch would I be tossing
away part Of it to a stranger? Not
me. And II Mra Adshaw doesn't want
to take the chance she has still lots
Of time to back out"
.But / do" insists Mrs. Adshaw.
Really, I do. 1t Is my money and
don't care what Harold would think.
Iwant to help Miss Dodge spread her
Handy Andy shops all over the coun-
try. So there"
That settled him. And by noon next
day the firm Of Dodge & Co. was all
incorporated, with me holding con-
troll of the stock, a balance Of $4,000
in the bank, and Mrs. Adshaw fiuttery
and excited over being made secretary
and treasurer.
Now, how do we begin?' says she.
why" says I. 1.-The idea was, wasn't
t, to establish an uptown branch?
Suppose you do that first
Me-" says she. gaspy and with her
baby blue eyes rolled. ''Do-do you
think could do that all alone: Why, I
shouldn't know how to start in
well, that's simple enough" says
I. "Your first move 10 to lease q va
cant store. Pick out q likely looking
block, not too far from = subway
station, and one with enough floor
space and not too much. The rent
shouldn't be too high. either: and II
tho agent tries to unload q lot Of use
less fixtures on you tell him it can't
be done. After that, you sec about
having the phone connected. and she
light and water meters put in. and
them
'swait, Trilby May she begs. 81
I haven't been used to doing things
like that. you know. and rA AFRAID ]
heouidn't."