The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-15
When A Girl
Marries
By ANNE Isle.

tits like this continued Ralph
Lacy. I'VE got out to Hoadley's still
talking about the South American
deal in hats which heard about
through some national advertisers who
are in touch with the South American
market Hoadley was eating 1T UP be-
cause it was hats. Young Rockhiu
was eating it UP because it looked
like money for the zelda bunch, and
they need the cash. And then Park
quietly asked which concern Mr.. Hoad-
ley wanted to have handle the DEAL"
And that clarified things in the
Hoadley mind,'' L eclaimed
You said it!' approved Mr.. Lacy
Hoadley stormed out that his HAT
company was the apple of his eye and
he didn't see why big deal like this
should be handled in any other way
than through Hoad1ey's Hats. Then
Park got into the game again say.
Park, you tell her what you said.'s
"Sure, TIL tell her! I said what
you'd coached me to say. I burst
out one inspired and remarked that
since the tip which was turning out
to be such a, good lead had some from
me to Rockhil1. I thought it belonged
to him and to his company through
which I'd elected to do the job. Where
| upon Mr.. Hoadley, with some of the
engaging stubbornness of an old mule,
said that if I thought I could handle
this without him, why didn't say
so. And I smiled and said wouldn't
go so far to say that. This re-
mark-I pause to add-was also re-
hearsed and drilled into me by that
Master Mind, r. Lacy who will now
continue with, his Machiave11fan reve-
| 1ations''
Language flew all about Mr.
Lacy smiled reminiscently. "And all
| of a sudden, Mr.. Hoad1ey got an in
spiration. He had been talking with
| a great deal of vividness and candor
But suddenly he sat back and began
to size up the situation and Park.
Then he began to approach him
very cdrcumspectly, as one who fears
that his tread may be too heavy and
his touch not light enough"
1t was spectacIe!' chuckIed
Park. HE was so tactfu1-he APP
preached the trap with such wariness.
lest we see his intent to trap us.-He
| r1dled, no less. Pardon the disgression.
Go on, Rafe, my jolly pirate!"
FINALLY, with a great deal Of pom
derous finesse, Hoadley same to the
point toward which we'd been goad-
ing him." said Mr.. Lacy, obediently
taking up his account again. eAnd
he explained that he'd been contera-
plating selling out his hat business in
order to take a more active interest
IN. the importing concern But his
Hats, he confessed, was the apple of
his eye. And the zelda company had
grown so that it was no longer a
one-man concern. Now, he'd like to
see a fine, bright young man like Mr.
Parkinson interesting himself in
business of that sort. And we could
tell that Mr.. Rockhill was favorably
impressed. But-and there was a but
confessed Mr.. Hoadley
All this while,' continued Mr..
Lacy, Park was completely nonchal-
ant, taking out a cigarette and tap
ping 1t on his case in the best approv-
ed fashion. 1 asked why man who
was all enthusiasm about % q idea did
MT try to sell US. And Mr. Hoadfev
confessed sadly, but firmly. that he
was more or less under obligat ton 70
Miss May, who had been trying to
get him to sell out Hoadley's Hats to
client of hers. And he couldn't in
honesty and decency make a decisive
move in the game until he'd seen her.
And -hen-'
And then, what?" I renanded,
And then, with continued nonchaI-
ance, don't you know, and with the
idle air of being a,stonfshed that it
wasn't clear all along, Park said that
OF course, he was Miss Mays client''
After which"-broke in Park with
one of his chuckles-''the contract all
but got itself drawn up without regard
for Sunday. But Park and I would
have none of all that haste. We had
to see you and to have conference
with KISS May"
Then L interrupted in turn, or out
of it.
''You mean" I cried, that Max
Hoadley wants Mr.. Parkinson to buy
into the zelda Company? That's won
derful-but is the firm decently in
solvent? Is. it a good risk for Mr..
Parkinson's money!"
BLESS your heart" cried Park, in
nowise annoyed at my lack of faith,
you would think of that. But so did
we. zelda stocks a rotten buy But
me into forgetting what it was we
had met to discuss.
CHAPTER 6s5
There were several of angles 70
Parks declaration that the zelda
Company was worth going after and
salvaging" All of them were acute
For moment 1 was tempted to cry
out a warning that it certainly wasnst
practical for man with no business
experience to go into a losing pro-
position. Then I wanted to exc1airn
against the exaggerated chivalry.
which was leading to this method of
rescuing Miss Mays big idea.
But thought more compelling
than my first fears restrained me.
This was the realization that Park
was building on foundations laid
down by Ralph Lacy. And I knew
that without bubble or arguments
without question effort, I trusted
Ralph Lacy to purpose sane1y and
to accomplish efficiently. So what I
said was as honest as my first doubt
81 think if you two decide to go
into the zelda Corporation and after
zelda stock, the saliva g:ng is well
u% er way
phi Lacy sent me a look which
was%te ady and calm, but it held
brilliancy of gratitude and of warm
Kindness. Park. however, had to
find his outlet in words
on said it, Mrs. Anne Harrison!'