Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-07-06
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EDITH LEONARD was very much
IL annoyed that Dick could even hes.
itatc 10 accept the offer of position
with the big trust company, which
would mean a salary that would en-
able them to marry almost at once.
"lf you stick to the work you're do
Ing now" she said somewhat peevlsh-
ly, you will be pottering about with
those patents forever and never get
anywhere"
"Bul Edith, dear, II | take this po-
sition ii will mean grind, grind, all the
time at some one elses business and
give me no time to work ont my pat
ents | know If | could Just get a
start in selling some of the things
have been working on so long II would
soon clear the deck for bigger things"
You'll never make a lot of money
inventing soaps and can openers and
little things like that"
"It's sometimes the little things that
make the money" he said stubbOrnly
Come, Edith, just give me another
year and If I'm not marketing some of
my ideas by that time | will give II
all up and do as you think best
have enough money saved now to start
putting the soap on the market, and
with Just a little cooperation from
some one who has faith In it--well,
l just know 1t will prove a winner"
When Dick returned to his boarding
house that evening he felt dlscour-
aged. Certainly the girl he loved
gave no encouragement to the schemes
dear to his heart.
Not so with little Polly, the daugh-
ter of his kind landlady. She was the
motherlng type OF girl, who listened
to everybody's troubles and always
sent him away much the cheerler.
She had known for some time that
their third-tlOor boarder had of late
been worrying and she longed to know
his troubles. He had not up to the
evening In question conhded his am
billions to her, but somehow his last
talk with Edith had cast him so low
in spirit that he wanted to pour out
his troubles to that soft eyed Polly.
II was eleven o'clock and past Poi.
ly's bedtime when she and Dick
turned out the sitting light and
went TO their downy couches, but Dick
felt as If a new world had opened for
| him, and Polly seemed to know, with,
out having told Dick so, that she was
going to do something to help him In
his life's ambition.
For with the true housewives keen
brain for anything which might light.
en- the work of the household, she
had AT once realized that Dicks pat.
ent soap for cleaning windows and
mirrors and his wonderful can opener
which opened the can without the usu-
al amount of inward rawlings, were
both most salabIe articles.
And unknown to Dick she got hold
of his formula for the soap, and. hay
ing got Il supply Of all that was nee.
rsSary for the cOncoctiOn thereof, Pol
~ set. to work to get out small sam.
| pie tins Of It,
81 want first to try II among some
0i our friends and see what they say"
,hc told her MOTHER "and II II proves
worth while ! can book orders And II
housewives want 1t, 1t will be easy
enough TO get some Of the grocers and
shops 10 order some"
81 believe you're right" said the
mother who always added her help
to any pet scheme of her daughters.
~ never had anything clean the mir.
rOrs so well and It would be grand for
motors, toO-water doesn't seem to
blur the windows after using It. And
that can opener Is a dandy"
"Ies, It's n pity that we cant get
few made as samples, but I'll just
have to take this one on my rounds
and demonstrate II as do the sOap."
The orders Polly brought back dur.
Ing the following few weeks were not
only natterlng to Polly and the soap
and the can opener, but they were
quite beyond anything she had hoped
for.
"We Will put them on Dicks dress.
Ing table this evening"" she whispered
to her mother For up to now In the
proceedings Dick had been merely the
man who held the patent rights. This
scheme to put II on the market was
still surprise for him.
When he saw the pile Of orders for
soap and can openers on his dressing
table he felt almost like shouting his
joy.
He dashed down the stairs and Into
the private sitting room OF Polly and
her mother.
"Tve never had anything quite so
wonderful done for me in all my life
he said, somewhat shaklly, "and II T.
all due to you two. suppose we will
have to form company now, the
three NJ US, and begin manufacturing.
And the brand" he said, and looked
long and happily at Polly "shal be
the Polly brand" He gazed at the two
women who had made life different
merely by their faith in him. All his
dreams had come into being and he
could now spend his energy and his
brain power making good in the lines
he loved
"And couldn't marry Edith now"
he said softly, aud slipped his hand
into P0lly's, and with his other arm
cncircled POlly's mother Everyone
lOvc Il jusi right here And the
sooner we can form our company
which viii include the mother Of the
bride, the bride and the groom, the
happier we viii be"
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