The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

i away 1IOlu IL ludl III tOSl-pul IL
! it were anything / really under
stand, l believe l would be q good
salesman, for a fact.
ats been a perfectly astonishing
| discovery TO me. I'm astOunded
every time 1 do it. l suppose that's
why l enjoy it so much. It's max
ing a new man of me. I'm getting
INSCRIPTIONS. A year ago I'd have
been Mortified at this new scheme
of mine, of paying floormen in gar
I ages q fifty-cent commission on all
the chokes their boss sells. Now
I'm proud of it. 1t really is a good
scheme. 1t works. The repeat or
ders show it."
1t was almost the most thrilling
thing in the world when dad talked
to her like that, telling her things
as If he didn't know he was doing
it, things she couldn't imagine him
telling anybody else-except moth
er, Of course. In q way, she was
closer to him even than mother,
closer to him than anyone else in
the world. He didn't have to ex-
plain things to her or lead up TO
them, because she was there on
the spot when they began.
She was there when Mr.. German
began.
Dad came In one afternoon, walked
over to her desk without stopping
to take off his overcoat, took a
card out of his pocket and handed
it TO her. 1t was a personal card,
not n business one, with "Mr. Jacob
| German" engraved on ii.
who's thatf" she asked.
81 don't know" her father told
her. Seems to be a stray million
aire. He's just been getting ex-
cited about our choke"
Really excited?" she asked.
"Well, he seemed to be-" her IA
ther said. Il don't know anything
about him. l gathered from some
things that he threw out that he's
some sort of real estate promoter.
He had on a fur coat that must
have cost several hundred dollars,
! and his car looked as II II repre-
sented thousands of dollars. He
had stopped in at a garage for
something-gas / suppose-and he
came into the office while he waited.
/ happened to be In there selling a
carton of chokes. He looked and
: listened a minute and began ask
ing questions. think he spoiled
my sale. He was so interested and
got so enthusiastic that / imagine
the boss suspected 1t was a plant /;
took US for a pair Of conspirators.
However, the loss Of that sale won't
matter much II :"
He broke the sentence off short,
as If he had tried to stop himself (;
as If the last half Of that sentence
was something he didn't want to
say.
did you sell him one for his
carr" Edith asked.
Il gave him one, or rather he
took 1t. He seemed TO want 1t TO
play with, like a child who has
found some irresistible toy. He
says he's coming around the first
thing tomorrow morning to talk
about it."
She was as excited now as he.
"Dadl" she cried, "do you think he
means-to go in?"
81 don't know what | think" he
told her. I'm afraid to think. Ger
tainly 1t was from that point Of
view that he talked about IT, He
couldn't understand why it hadn't
been advertised. He talked about
putting thirty thousand dollars into
local newspaper campaign-as a
preliminary. He made my head
swim. haven't really got my feet
on the ground yet. Well, there's no
use thinking any more about it until
tomorrow. Well see what he says
then-provided he comes"
He set about opening his letters,
and she went back-made, anyhow,
a pretense of going back-to her
own affairs.
Did he mean to tell mother to-
night, she wonderedl Or would he
want to wait until they knew
whether Jake turned up again or
not. She mustn't, of course, say
anything unless he did.
He didn't leave her in suspense.
Oddly enough, mother, with her first
look at them. as they came in,
thought they looked blue.
bad day?" she asked. Don't you
care. We've got good dinner"
NO." dad said, ut isn't that,
We're a little bit frightened per.
haps, but not depressed. Let's hear
what you think about it." And he
went ahead and told the whole
thing. whats your guess?" he
asked, when he finished. "Will Jake
turn up tomorrow mOrning?"
al don't know" she said. 81 hope
he will, of course. But, Ned, I'll be
sort of relieved If he doesn't"
He nodded as if he understood
which was more than the girl did