Evening star., 1926-05-23

| It's going to get more so as II goes
| farther?''
rs this a proposal?" twinkled Miss
| Ryder. II haven't had one for so
| long that I've almost forgotten how
| they 60"
Call 1t warning said Jones.
Now that that's over with, let's go
and cinch the job
After such manner did young
Jones get his job and become hard
working dance hall gigolo.
UHOW much do I owe you?" in
- quired young Jones in business
| like accents.
How much have you made?" asked
| Miss Ryder.
| The two sat across from each other
at the girls siX-legged table, now lit
| tered with designs, sketches. pencils
rulers and other paraphernalia of
| work
Three weeks wages. seventy five
extra lessons, hundred and ten; com.
missions. about thirty. What's that
make? Two-fifteen. isn't it?"
Correct. What's your metz"
oh Expenses? Well. they charge
me ten dollars a week for room and
coffee. Meals. two dollars a day more.
Extras--I don't know. BY the way,
working here every day."
,, I'm charge it to the frm." she
smiled. We've been able to use one
of your designs-with notifications.
Why don't you study? You might
really make something of yourself"
Think so? Bill, please. lady"
She made a swift reckoning. "Give
me twenty-five on account" He pro-
duced the money proudly from a roll
rH.tN N{nh oh ntAp vi taA ruyith h yx.t
| Gus smile. ''Is that the first money
you ever earned. wonder. No. don't
answer 1t isn't q question"
at wouldn't be. You've never
| asked me anything about myself yet"
why should II"
He sighed elaborately Your lack
Of interest in my worthy II unalluring
| self pains me. Nevertheless. with
your kind permission. | will tell YOU
| a short but realistic tale. There were
once two young fools"
1T seems" Interrupted the girl
dreamily. there were two Irishmen.
Pat and Mike
IAN right" ne accepted. Have II
you own way. Pat"-he made a
wide. vague gesture-'and Mike" He
pointed to himself. They went TO a
house party and stayed drunk for
three days
w..
Was that their habit"
II don't think so. Mike had never
been drunk but once before. and he
did not like II then. mostly because
II cost him his place on the foot bali
| team"
What did he repeat for. them"
Because he was bored So was
Cart--Pat. They began by rejecting
how worthless they were-got ali wet
| and mushy about it-and then they
began TO dispute about which was the
more worthless. II ended in
"a bet" hazarded Mary Ryder.
Not exactly. A challenge. They
agreed to leave all their money but a
dollar, and go out on their own"
For how long?"
six months
What became of Pat?"
lie reneged.'
That let's Mike out. then. doesn't
it?"
NO, because he didn't make the
agreement with Pat alone; he made 1t
with himself
Mary Rdyer's stili. enveioping
glance was upon him. You may do
vet Boy Scout" she pronounced,
We'll. there's the story. Any ques.
tions?"
Yes. What have you been doing
Hi LnlS afternoon!
Touching up this. It's something
I roughed out months ago, and tried
on-on a man l knew in the Ever
wear Tire Co. They wouldn't have II.
Mary Ryder examined the sketch.
then looked up quickly. The Ever
| wear? We've been trying for that
account for three years" She exam
ined the sketch. THE four winds Of
heaven blowing up the four tires. and
Jove's lightnings bounding off of EN-
without harm, eh? Pretty classical
but it might be all right for maga.
Zines-with notifications. What's
this thing in the corner?"
"Oh, a sort Of private mon ogram
of mine"
Mary Rider was musins. The
Everwear. That's three-hundred-
| thousand dollar account. If could
land that. I could pry the firm wide
enough open to let two Of me in
Young Jones started to speak. but
thought better of 1t.
x**
TWO days later he received a letter
from his fathers extra private
secretary. who had adored him since
his babyhood. and with whom, alone
of his home environment, he kept in
touch secretly. 1t was on the letter
Manufacturers Of Everwear Tires,
Office Of the President. and said in
part:
This morning a girl came in to
see your father, the prettiest thing
I've set eyes on in a year. But that
| was not what got her in, but her
statement that she had direct infor-
nation about you. and she had some
sort Of document to prove it. sup
= af
: ward in the Philadelphia papers"
fThe reader started) Il couldn't stop
him doing that And I guess she got
! the reward. for she came out of your
! fathers Office with her eyes just shin
ing AS soon as she had gone, he
| telephoned q detective agency; so per-
haps you had better move
1t was l o'clock when the letter
! came. Mary Ryder was at the Office
or out at lunch. Her aunt had gone
to Brooklyn. The coast would be
clear upstairs. Slow OF step and
/ heavier Of heart, Waverly Jones, jr.,
climbed the stairs. opened the door
with the key that Mary had given
| him, and proceeded to collect his pa
| pers. Part of them were in a drawer
with some of hers. AS he ran through
! them he came upon a Jersey Central
time table and clipping from Phila-
delphia newspaper, telling Of his dis.
appearance and Of the $4,000 reward
| that was offered for Information.
J He went to his room to pack UP,
and write his resignation to the Rose
mont. No sooner was it finished than
| he tore it up. He could not resign
until he had money enough to pay his
debt. If they did trace and find him
there, what did it matter? What did
anything matter!
Aunt Margot returned at o'clock,
! to find Mary Ryder with all the vital