White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-11-15
CHAPTER II-continued


Eddy did not talk nonsense. He
never stopped the car to leap out
and pluck wild rose to present with
a fattering word, soft look, and
sly touching Of fingers. He did not
quote poetry. He did not sing. He
just srrolled blithely in with an offer.
ing of fruit from the farm, fresh
vegetables, or chicken ready for
broiling, and announced that he would
like company for ride. Regular.
Just like father. That was Eddy
Jackson.
Ginger took her responsibilities to
the family with great deal of solem-
nifty. II only she could hold them in
line, the twins, that Is, for Helen
was now irrevocably lost to her sis
terly schemes. Still, even Ginger
found some grounds Of. justification
for Helen. She was gerting old
nearly twenty-three. And Helen was
an even-tempered, unexcitable, unro-
mantle type. Perhaps after all 1t was
just as we'll.
She regretted that they could not
afford money enough to adorn Mar.
jory's beauty In a fitting manner
Ginger was not very patient. And 1t
did seem hard to wait, and keep on
waiting, for Marjory's hour OF tri-
umph at the side of the romantic fg-
ure dispensing countless millions In
charitable enterprise-and looking
well after the Tollivers, also.
In the meantime, Ginger quite
burned to do something on her own
account. It was not that she had not
tried. What, indeed, had she not
tried? She had bought, from her per.
sonal allowance, at Iowa rates, copies
Of Sunday editions of all the Chicago
papers, for the sake of the advertis.
Ing sections Column after column
she had studied, ad after ad she had
answered. But these, although In
type they seemed to promise such Law
ishness OF reward, turned out most
disappointingly The one about ad-
dressing envelopes for instance. In the
advertisement It had seemed rosy
road TO fortune. home work, quiet
easy. And Ginger had to try 1t be.
fore she realized how very, very long
1t took to address thousand en-
yelopes, and how very. very little re-
Enumeration was sixty cents for this
expenditure OF time and ink
The plain sewing had turned out to
be the complete manufacture OF over
alls at fourteen cents apiece, and Gin.
ger ruined three of them and wus
obliged. to pay for the material before
she would confess herself beaten
One magazines private road to Tor.
tune, she discovered. proved to be via
the taking of subscriptions. and this
was not just the thing for a minister's
daughter In small town, where
parishioners felt obliged to do what
ever the minister's daughter asked.
and then were aggrieved at her for
asking.
Very nearly had Ginger become
raiser of ginseng. She had read a
simply thrilling account of how one
could take an absolutely negligible
amount of ginseng seed, and set 1t
out in small shady corner OF the
garden, where In practically 40 time
at all the produce would attain mar
ket value almost unbelievable. She
had written. feverishly. for the prom
ised details. and while awaiting their
receipt, unwilling to allow one un-
necessary moment to elapse between
her effort and the market value, she
went to work on the Smallest spot In
the garden. She dug, she hoed, she
raked. And long before the details
arrived In Red Thrush, her garden
spot was ready, and. subjected to most
inquisitive and irnnicaI comments
from her sisters. who teastngly won
dered If she had prepared the soil for
mama from Heaven.
When the letter Of details at last
arrived she carried 1t, In quiveriny
expectancy, to her attic studio, her
sanctuary, only to find that there was
an original Outlay-fOr seed. for es
pecialIy prepared soil rich In humus
potash and phosphoric acid for par
dcufarly recommended iath frames to
supply artificial shade. The entire
expenditure amounted to not more
than forty dollars from which. within
an amazingly short time, according
to the printed matter, but whaf to
Ginger was NOT less than u five year
eternity. fortune was guaranteed
Ginger reluctantly sowed flowers in
the garden spot, and laid In fresh
supply of Sunday papers
In her pursuit Of profitable exer
else, she was an insatiate. Although
she chafed at her Inability to turn
effort into cash. she did MOI despair
AS long as the Chicago papers con
tinued to hold ont rose-colyred induce
ments, SO long would Ellen T0Iliver.
called Ginger Ella, follow the rain
bow trail.
Barred from the comfortable liv.
ing room, occupied by Helen and
Horace, by the unwr1iten law Of fam
fly Of sisters, Miriam. Ginger. and
their father sat on the veranda- They
were thrilled and expectant. They
must wait--wait for the wealth OF
prizes-wait for Marjory shining. rupt
triumphant-fo fifty dollars 10 gold
'1Oh. father" cried Miriam sudden
=. ~ we are tust sitting here-wait.