Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26

| velvet down the street.
"A little confidence is all we need.
| declared Taylor. 1.-The sort of comb
dence a car like this gives you. Notice
the way those men turned around to
| take a second look?"
Brenhridge did. One Of them was old
| Adamson.
Let me have the Wheel" ordered
| Brenbridge.
Taylor drew up to the curb and
swapped places with the old gentle
man. The latter started her and the
| power of the 12 cylinders seemed to
run up his arm and quicken his pulse.
The engine responded as only a new
and perfect thing can do.
Might as we'll be hung for an old
sheep as a lamb" Brenbridge said
| finally.
Taylor felt the same thrill old Bren.
bridge had felt. He was convinced of
! his own conviction. Business was look
| ing up.
IONCE Taylor got started, there was
no stopping him. He never re-
allied how much honest work he did
during the next six months, although
| he was pleasantly aware that the
stack of bills on his desk vanished.
| With his commissions mounting, as
| they soon began to do, paying a bill
| involved nothing more serious than
| the few seconds necessary to sign a
| check. The only thing that bothered
| him about this was that, with his Tins
at home now limited, he resented spar
| ing even these few seconds from the
| society of his wife.
Night after night he found it i'm.
| possible to get home for dinner or to
| get dinner anywhere. That period
between the close of business and the
1856 train he found to be one of the
| most valuable portions Of the day
AT that time he was able to meet men
| he could not reach in any other way.
Prospects were always willing to be
| driven home to dinner, and this gen.
orally gave Taylor an opportunity to
| show the car to the wife. 1t was
worth while. The wife was seldom
| concerned about the broad question of
general economic conditions, or If she
| was the 16 coats Of varnish which
| made the new car shine like a grand
piano helped her to forget them. There
were dozen other nice details, too
| made for the eye Of tho wife alone
like the cut.glass vase on the side, the
neat little bag near the door. the foot
! warmer and the monogrammed lights
mot perhaps in themselves impor
tant," explained Taylor. But all
| tending to give that tone to the car
which particular people appreciate"
Apparently. the particular people
| did appreciate them, for Taylor sold
| more cars In December than any
| salesman had ever sold in that month
In fho hfufOVIy Of tho Try1
Great stuff" Hutchins applauded.
II knew you had it in you
And when Taylor came home late
one evening in January and reported
| his success Mrs. Teddy Taylor APP
plauded, too. But, all things consid-
| cred. she did not show quite the en-
| thusia3m that Hutchins did. 1t was a
bit lonesome these Winter nights, eat
ing dinner by herself evening after
evening.
1T should think that you could make
the 6:10." she said wistfully.
II always plan to. but so many
darned things come up" he answered.
She thought. too, that he was be-
ginning to look rather thin. He did
not seem to notice 1t. but one evening
lars. and she saw that they were
! marked Is.
Didn't you make q mistaken" she
asked as she examined them.
Guess the collar makers are MAX
ing the right size again"
Wont they shrink"
1.-THE material seems better, too" he
declared. 1--WE noticed it for the last
two months. Guess the whole world
is getting better"
That was nice, of course, and SUI
zanne would have been the last per-
son on earth to deplOre 1t. Certainly
Teddy had improved in every direc.
ton. He was just as sweet and con-
siderate ard thoughtful as he could
be. But she did miss him at dinner.
What was that old proverb? BE
coed and you'll be lonesome" 1t
didn't seem fair.
If Mary Ellen would only let her
make fudge cake now and then.
But when once. tempted beyond her
limit, she suggested this, Mary Ellen
turned on her.
isn't my cake good enough" she
demanded.
Eyes, AIary; certainly. But Mr.. Tay-
Whats good enough for you is
good enough for him." argued Mary
Ellen.
That was the end OF the argument.
Had she been mistress of her own
house SUI" me would gladly have post.
poned the dinner hour until 8. This,
however, was, on the face of 1T, so
absurd a proposition that she did not
breach the subject, even indirectly.
X * Il X
TAYLOR doubled his income during
l. that period from May to May. but
this. oddly enough did not interest
Suzanne in the slightest. If this had
been all that was accomplished she
would have called 1t roor bargain.
Not for four times that sum would she
have gone on another year leading
any such life as this. She might as
we'll have been a widow. The limit
came in the Spring. when Teddy be-
gan to make appointments for Sun
day mornings.
1T gives me bully chance" he eX-
planned enthusiastically. You see.
can drive them out to their country
clubs"
II see." she nodded. "But what
about driving me out to the country
club?"
Now that you have your own
Cali
That was it. Now that she had her
own car she could drive herself. If |
only some one would steal the old |
thing. Twice she left 1t downtown. un |
found 1t there when she |
came back. How much further she |
might have gone no one will ever |
know, for in June came the develop |
ment for which she had been waiting. !
Never will she forget that night when