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finishing the letter already in her typewriter she inserted fresh paper and, without glancing at her notes other than to verify name and ad- dress, she very swiftly and ac- curately finished Henry Rand S most recent letter.
 This done, she laid her let tcrs in a neat pile on Rand s desk for his signature. The office clock told her it was ten minutes to five. She opened a drawer in her desk, drew a vanity case out of her bag and left the room.
 In the waShroom, be- tween dabs with the lipStick, she addressed her neighbor:
 Gee. Edna, l think Mir. Rand is awfully old-fashioned. But just the same, l think he's an old beach, V
 * N&
 Emerging from the Roya' Brothers store, Henry Rand paused long enough to buy newspaper and then walked over to the street car stop There he waited.
 He was hardly a figure tC command attention in crowd A little under medium height bulkily built; round, ruddl face. An overcoat of neutra brown shade protected hin from the brisk wind; a blacl derby hat sat evenly on hi: small head.
 A street car groaned to stop. Henry Rand hustled oveI to it. ljmping noticcably witt his left leg. Inside, he glanced at the front page headlines skipping over a sensational!
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About two years, Mir, Rand"
 1.-Two years. Well, Miss Fry, l have been with this depart ment store for thirty years and ten of them 1 have spent as manager of the credit depart ment. I have been dictating let ters just like that for ten years and l see no good reason for stopping now"
 M'm sorry, Mir. Rand.'
 "No need to be-" He waved his hand magnanimously. "Your plan is perhaps more ef- fcient, but l prefer to keep the personal touch in my cores pondence.'
 Miss Fry departed. After
New Britain herald., 1926-01-27

and Janet. Well be finished in just a minute, Barry" called Janet.
 Barry Colvin accepted the chair offered by Jimmy. Flows the law business, Barry?" ask ed Henry Rand.
 Fair, thanks, Mr. Rand. It's quite a pull getting started but l suppose l oughtn't to con- plain"
 Ut takes a lot of work to get started right in anything, Bar ry," observed Jimmy.
 Hard work never hurt any one," put in his father. Eve certainly had plenty of it.
 It was exactly five o'clock on his twenty-seventh birthday when Jimmy Rand looked at his watch, walked into the managers office of the Man chester Auto Sales Company and decided to call it a day.
 See you in the morning, Mr. Train. I'm celebrating my birthday by being punctual for dinner tonight"
 The manager turned his head away from his work. "Ad- mirable of you, Rand. 1 hope the folks won't get heart fail ure."
 "There're apt to, at that, ' laughed Jimmy. There's no telling how some people will react to violent shocks. It's nice of you to let me use the demon strator tonight, too, Mir, Train"
 Not at all, Rand. It would be pretty hard to squeeze five into your roadster"
 Jimmy climbed into the
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walked to the hall and flung open the door.
 Attorney Colvin himself" |" laughed Jimmy as he ushered in the visitor.
 Good evenin', Jimes,' re- torted Barry Colyin. He enter- ed the living room. Good eve- ming, Mir. Rand" -
 He stood erect without his overcoat, a stocky, well-knit figure with curly black hair parted in the middle. His nose was of the pug variety. His lips were parted in a broad grin that showed flashing white teeth.
 He stood framed in the door. way between the living and din, ing room to greet Mrs, Rand
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town in a gang
 You old sport laughed Janet. What theater?%
 None of your business, And I've got a ticketfor Barry, too. l suppose you'll have no trouble dragging the young man along"
 Janet blushed.
 Barry Colvin,' observed the elder Rand with emphasis, "is a mighty fine young man. He lighted a cigar.
 "Who said he wasn't?' re- torted Jimmy.
 '1 think he's very ambitious. He will make a name for him self as a lawyer. You mark my words" Mrs. Bands mouth set in a firm straight line as she spoke.
 If l were as sure Jimmy would pick as nice a girl to marry as Janet has a man, I'd be satisfied" Henry Rand spoke with a heavy air of a judge.
 You let James be-" snapped his wife, She lowered her head to stare down at her napkin. James will be getting married soon enough without any en- couragement from you.' There were tears in her eyes. They came so easily to her.
 Jimmy rose, He walked over to his mother and patted her shoulder. Not a chance, mother. Not a chance. I'm sticking by you till we're on easy street"
 He lit a cigarette and stroIled into the living room. "A little music, Sis he commanded. Let's. see what we've been spending good money on les sons for
 When I've finished helping mother with the dishes" Janet agreed.
 Henry Rand and his son found comfortable chairs in the living room. The elder Rand was enjoying the third of his three cigars a day, lingering over it like an epicure.
 "How's business, Jimmy?"
 Jimmy eXtinguished his cigarette. q sold a car today, I'm fush.'
 Good; Did you bank the money?"
 Absolutely. Kept out enough for board and spending change, The rest is salted in the old sock"
 Thrift observed his fath- CT, lis a great virtue
 "Like punctuality, eh?' laughed Jimmy. Quit talking platitudes, dad. Do you know what l wish you'd let me dc with some of my heavy roll?'
 "No. What?'
 q wish you'd led me rip out that old board walk in front and put in a cement walk. caught my shoe in it this eve. ming coming in. Some day IT break a leg. Besides, it looks like the devil"
 If you can make him dc that. James," called Martha Rand from the dining room you'll be doing more than Pvt been able to do."
 "The board walk stays. Henry Rand spoke positively Tt may not be scrumptious tC look at but it suits my old fashioned notions. l like it."
 The doorbell rang. Jimm!
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played divorce, and turned promptly to the editorial page.
 When he got off, half an hour later he thrust the folded paper in his overcoat pocket and set off briskly down the street. He threw his chest out, tilted his head back and inhaled deeply. Then he exhaled very slowly. Henry Rand was indulging in his daily bid for health.
 Three blocks from the car line he turned off the sidewalk in front of a little white house of Dutch Colonial" design. A walk made of blanks some two feet in width marred the ap- pearance of an otherwise per- feet lawn and entrusted sharp ly with the neat cement walks on his next door neighbors. As he opened the front door he pulled out his watch.
 Right on time, Martha" he announced as he hung hat and coat in the closet off the vesti- bule. He limped into the kitchen. Quarter to six,' he proclaimed. "Old Reliable him. self"
 "Just chase yourself out of the kitchen, Henry Rand. You're in the way Martha Rand was stopping before the gas oven, basting a roast. She kept right on, without once turning her head.
 Henry Rand bent over and kissed her on the ear. It dis arranged her neatly arranged hair, sandy colored but streak. ed here and there with gray.
 "Where's Janet?' he asked
 "She's in the dining room setting the table, or was a few minutes ago. Don't bother me.
 The sound of a piano, wei played, came from the living room.
 Shes probably forgotten tc set the table," grumbled Henry Rand's wife. "I suppose IT have to do it myself
 Henry Rand had walked into the dining room. No sucl thing" he called back. 9Th, tables all set, My dear, you'C do well to have a little nor, confidence in the members 0 your family"
 He walked through the wid doorway between dining an, living rooms. The girl at tn piano looked up to receive hi paternal kiss. Hello. Dad"
 "Evenin. Janet, what's thi you're playing? Mcdowell Woodland Sketches? Some thing new? Sounds like goo stuff"
 His daughter rose from tn piano bench to take off he apron that covered her dress When she stood, her gray eyes set wide apart, were quite O a level with her fathers. He dark brown hair was bobbe and curly, her face quite devoi of color except for the rednes of her lips. Her straight nos enhanced the seriousness of he face.
 She smiled. "Yes, it is We thought of, and quite dif'icuI to play, if you ask me-
 Henry Rand patted he should, "Nothing's too diff . cult for you, honey. Schuber. Lizst, Rachmaninotf-even thi guy, what's his name?" "I hope you're not referrin to Brahms, Dad"
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sedan. me starter WlllrTed. He shifted gears eXpcrtly and was off.
 It was precisely tive-forty when he entered the Rand home to find his mother and Janet busy in the kitchen.
 "For once,' he announced triumphantly after greeting his mother and pinching Janets cheek, %'ve beaten dad homo for dinner"
 "I suppose that's what brought this miserable rain," observed Janet sarcastically.
 Jimmy strode to the front windows. Outside it was almost completely dark. A cold No vember rain was falling, whip ped by a strong wind that stung to the very bones.
 Not exactly cheerful wealth CT to celebrate the twenty seventh anniversary of the ad- vent of the well-known Mr. James Rand,' he remarked. He went back to the kitchen. Quarter to six and after. mother. Where's the punetual Ml-. Rand this evening? You remember he said those who were late should go hungry
 Footsteps were heard outside the front door. That's your father now, maybe,' hazarded Mrs. Rand. The doorbell rang. "No, it must be Barry"
 It was Barry Colvin. Jimmy took his hat and coat. "Just in time for dinner, Barry, but dads late. Can you beat it?"
 "There must have been at least four street cars derailed, , then," laughed Barry. "Either that or an earthquake" Mrs. Rand called from the l kitchen. James, will you come here a moment l. "Sure, what is it?" He was - there on the run. - Do you suppose anything could have happened to your 5 father? Traffic is real heavy t now and he might have been I knocked down by an automo- e bile.''
 s Not a chance, mother. He Il most likely is caught in a street e car tie-up, This weather is enough to cause a lot of them.' '- Mrs. Rand went to the r. kitchen window and peered d out. It was quite dark. From the living room came the strains of Rachmaninoff's Pre- Jude, Jimmy's and Barry's favorite. Barry and Janet were there together. The window panes rattled with the sudden gust of wind.
 What time is it, James, Mrs. Rand's manner was agi- tated as she kept opening the oven door to look at the roast chicken which was long since cooked and which she was keeping warm.
 Jimmy glanced at his watch. "SiX-thirty. Gosh, that's not late, mother. He'll be here any minute now"
 q wish you'd call the store, James"
 Al right, will, but I hard ly think he's there" He went to the hall. Before he could pick up the receiver the phone bell rang.
 "Hello," he said, sharply. ,, Hello" came the voice over u the phone, a mans brusque u voice, "is this the home of Henry Randi" ,e "YeS."
 !! 5 "Who is this speaking?" A' James Rand, his son" ,- "Well, this is a police officer ,t speaking from the Garfield l' hotel. Get here quick. Your IL father has just been found dead in a room.' S' s, (To Be Continued)
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That's the bird."
 She made q mock curtsy. Thank you, kind sir. Suppose you study Mcdowell while l help mother
 Jimmy home yct?" he called after her.
 Nope"
 The front door banged shut. "l am, too," came a loud voice from the hall. Dinner ready? ?'
 "You'll wash wour face and hands before you sit down to the table, James Rand" It was Martha calling from the kitchen.
 "How old do you think l am, Mother, seven?' A tall, broad shouldered young man, gray eyed and straight-nosed as his sister. leaped into the kitchen, seized his mother in his arms and kissed her. He ducked to avoid her slap, and pumped into Janet, who seized him by the hair.
 Cut it out, Sis, or I'll muss you permanent wave" He ran past her, shouted a greeting at his father and dashed up the stairs.
 In the bath room he divested himself of his shirt and dili- gently scrubbed his face and hands. The athletic-cut under wear revealed slim but power fully muscled arms. His face dried, he rubbed his fingers ex- perimentally over his lean jaw, and fingered a close-cropped brown mustache.
 Good enough" he remark. ed. Retreating to his bed room he carefully combed and brush. ed his hair, parting it on the side. Like his sisters, his hail was brown, but it was quite straight and came down on the forehead in a widows peak. T By the time he had put on 8 clean shirt dinner was on the table and the rest of the Rand family waiting.
 Henry Rand, with a pre-. liminary "ahem," said grace He said it rather pompously, 1T \ a slow, measured voice, hang ! ing on each syllable as if ht :, were reluctant to finish. Well, l see the sheik is al
 slicked up." Janet, turning to
 ward her brother, made a ges ture as if she were smoothing D down her hair.
 Don't be young, Mis- Rand" retorted Jimmy. "lf the young man would ! time his arrival a few minute : earlier,' remarked Henr!
 Rand, "he wouldn't have t . break his neck to clean up il time for dinner"
 "Oh you and your punctuali z ty," retorted Jimmy, his moutI filled with baked potato. ' n "Punctuality,' answered th a elder Rand, lis a virtue. I hay . never been late for work in m, . life, except on the few occa Sions when the street cars wer :, tied up. Eight-thirty finds m at my desk. And quarter to si: j finds me home. l like dime served at six, and whoever i
 late should go hungry" "Twenty-nine years of it, t, !, observed Mrs. Rand. A leetin, IT !, smile lighted up her sharp flea \, lures. She turned her pale blu  II eyes toward Jimmy. q some T, q. times wonder what form 0
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murder your father would com init on me if l happened to be late with his dinner
 "Twenty-ninc years, eh," mussed Jimmy. And l hope you haven't forgotten that memorable day 2 years ago to- morrow.
 The elder Rand paused in the act of buttering q piece of bread. Your birthday, to be sure. My, how time does fly. TWenty-seven years ago tomor- TOW, my son, you came into the world a squalling, red faced-'
 Jimmy threw up his hands in mock horror. Spare the hor- rible details, dad. I've heard all this for the last 15 years that l know off,
 And 30 years ago tomor- row. resumed Henry Rand, q first went to work for Royal Brothers. I'm getting old." He smoothed his bald spot, His gray eyes-they were Jimmy's and Janet's eyes -- twinkled merrily behind his spectacles. q started in mems furnish ings.'
 Henry Rand laid down his knife. "They still remember around the store how l used to finger lovingly over the socks and ties and shirts that l sold. They tell me that l almost hated to turn them over to a customer
 "They would call that sales psychology today" cut in Jim my. "1n the automobile game. for instance, that sort of stuff would come under the chapter heading that describes the creating in the mind of the GUS toner of the desire to buy"
 There was no such thing as psychology then" went on Henry Rand. "The word was unknown. But they tell me l was a pretty good salesman. l used to put in as much effort on the sale of a 15-cent hand- kerchief as 1 did in selling a suit of clothes"
 That's where you were wrong, dad. That shows you didn't have the proper sense of values. Do you suppose I'd work as hard to sell one of our four-cylinder jobs as 1 would to put over a Manchester eight-in- line?"
 You should, absolutely"
 "Not on your life, dad, When l sell a big one I clean up sev- eral hundred dollars. The con- mission on the other is only about a fourth. Tell me, would you work as hard for three thousand a year as you woull. for ten?'
 Stop your eternal arguing, " cut in Mrs. Rand. She turned to Jimmy. You and your father are at it from morning till night and neither one ever admits the other is right She sighed. "I suppose you inherit your fathers obstina- cy."
 "The discussion has gone far enough anyway" chimed in Janet. What kind of a party do you intend to celebrate with, Jimmy?'
 "Oh. 1 almost forgot" her , brother answered. five got tickets for a show. We'll all : have dinner here and go down
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-03
sign SHOP DOES LARGE
BUSINESS in TRADE AREA

Serving San Antonio for the past five years. the New
Sign Shop located at 900 Victoria, reports excellent bust
This has the reputation of turning out the
very highest grade of work. Numerous complimentary
remarks are mare daily of the results that these signs
bring They get the idea to the public which
could not done any other way The shop not only
ufacures signs of all kinds but it WHOLESALERS and retas
paints and varnishes In addition to this it is agent
for Cooks Paints, of Fort Worth.
J. E. Himen, proprietor of the shop has been con-
nected with this work for number of years He has been
established San Antonio since 1921 In discussing the
conditions existing in the city Mr. Hilmen states:
eve have done business the last year than ever
before in the history of this Our work has been
steadily increasing and will doubt break all records
in 1926.
During 1925 this shop turned out approximately $780,,
900 of work Out of this amount 5000 completed signs
shipped the valley Most of the work done in the New
Sign Shop work for San Antonio and Bexar county How
ever the demand for these signs in the valley rapidly
increasing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-03

BUILDING BOOM A Big
- BOOST FOR LUMBER YARD

Established in December last the Bexar Lumber COM
pany has witnessed steady business growth High stand
ards maintained by this company and complete salts
faction is assured patron The yards located at
326 Castro street the I-G N. tracks. These
strictly retail yards. .,
w. w. Kelly, manager of the lumber company, is an
experienced lumber For twenty-five years he has
been actual worker in lumber plants. Before coming
Antonio he worked in the retail yards of the Central
West Mr. Kelly familiar with every detail of the work
having actually worked in every department from the
woods the retail yards He is competent in selecting the
very highest grade of lumber which is always found in
his yards
Another very helpful feature is that Mr.. Kelly is per-
sonally acquainted with practically every mill man in the
South He finds this especially beneficial in his work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-22
Maine State Y. M. c.. A.
Meets in Yearly
Convention at Auburn

Auburn, Me-, Nov. 20-The 10th
annual convention of the Maine
State Y. M. c. A. was held at the
Auburn Y. NJ. C. A. today, with SO
delegates in attendance.
Rev. DIR. Milo E. Pearson of the
High Street Congregational church
of this city, in his address, maintain
ed that the Y. NJ. C. A. can be in
teresting and appealing in a world
~ way without losing its prejudice
for morality.
DR.. Pearson referred to fundamen-
talists as having a great religious
zeal which is very often I'M opposi-
ton to the teachings of Jesus Christ,
while on the other hand, the mod
ernists too often boast of their
broad mindedness, which is too fire.
quently not matched by depth of
Christian life and experience.
The morning session was conduct
ed In four divisions: Physical edu-
cation work, led by R. w. Young of
Bangor; boys work, led by Raymond
S. Grant of Augusta: general admin
istration, led by Roy C. Handley of
Auburn, and student work, led by l..
G. Wilson of Orono.
HIS the IcpOIl VI res.
Henry F. Merrill on the years &C
tivities was received and Judge Har-
~ Manser of Auburn, delegate to
the National Council at Chicago,
gave a report for the doings of that
meeting. The election of officers re-
suited in the reelection of Henry
F. Merrill of Portland, as president.
Thomas Smith of Augusta was elect
ed secretary and Herbert l.. Emery
of Waterville treasurer. The following
members of the executive committee
We're elected. Gov. Ralph o. Brew
ster Augusta; Hon. William Tudor
Gardiner. Gardiner: Benjamin Sander
son, Portland: +. A. Rummery, Port
land: Percy V. Hill. Augusta: DR.. A.
o. Thomas, Augusta; w. C. Sanderson,
Portland: Pres. A. J. Roberts. Colby
College: Thomas Searles, Bar Harbor;
Silas Adams, Portland: Willard Bass,
Wilton; Nelson McDougal, Rockland;
Mayor Charles Carill. Bath.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the action of the Maine delegates to
the National Council in regard to the
budget. and calling upon member as
sociations to join in meeting in the
first two months of 1927 to develop
plans for adequately meeting Names
share of the 1927 budget of the Ma
tional Council.
This evening a banquet was served
at the ~" with Rev. DR.. George Win
ME of Lewiston as POSTMASTER. The
topic was THE Objective of the Y. NJ.
C. A"
The principal speakers of the con-
vention were Tracey Redding of New
Haven; James w. McCandless. secreta-
ry of the department of association
administration of the National Coun-
Gill; New York: Phillip P. Elliott, New
Haven, New England student secreta-
ry; c. j. Ewald of South America and
George f. Goss, New Haven, state
physical work director.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-22
Alleged Head of
Auto Thief Gang
Held in $4,000 Bail

Portland, Nov. 20.-J. A. Baldwin
or Joseph Boardman was held in
$4,000 bail on fugitive from justice
warrant when arraigned before COM
missioner George f. Gould in the
United States District Court today.
An order for his removal to answer
to charges of theft of automobiles and
moving them out of the State for sale
was signed by Judge Clarence Hale
and deputy marshal will take him
to Boston Monday. He was arraigned
IN the Municipal court Thursday on a
State warrant alleging sale of a stol-
en- car. The case was continued until
today that he might be taken into the
District Court and plead to the Bay
state warrant, sworn out before
Commissioner Jenney. He pleaded
not guilty and waived examination.
He has Louis j. Brann and John d.
Clifford of Lewiston as his counsel.
Maine and Massachusetts officers
who have been assembling in South
Paris many cars that they allege
were stolen from Boston and nearby
cities and driven into that section
and sold, mostly at fractional part
OF their value, were not called upon
to testify.
Norman Merifield, otherwise known
as Charles H. Perry, 2S, of Sandwich.
Mass. was arrested in a public gar
age at 101 Washington avenue bv Of
nicer Hybert of the police force about
O'Clock this morning and is held
on the charge of breaking AID enter
ing. He had .32-caliber rvoelyer
and said he bfoke through the door
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-22
Meeting of
Hubbard Relief Corps

The regular meeting OF John B.
Hubbard Relief Corps last week was
held at Granite Hill at the pleasant
home of Mrs. Benjamin Smith, who is
a member of the State Relief Corps of
Vinalhayen. After the business ses-
sion the 10 members present formed
themselves into an old-fashioned quilt
ing party and made quick work of a
fine quilt which had been put together
by the corps needle, expert, Mrs. Julia
Bradbury.
A very pleasant social hour preceded
a delicious banquet, at which Mrs.
Hattie Hopkins of the Vinalhaven
State Relief Corps and Mrs. Laura
Smith were special guests.
The membership of John B. Hub
bard Relief Corps has been increased
this year by the addition of six
names. The success of the organiza-
ton is due to the combined efforts of
it's competent president, Mrs. Lillian
Keene, and her capable corps of Off
GERS, together with the splendid CO.
operation of all members.