The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20


on. but I'm not going TO take one
more cent of fathers money for 1t.
There are two things that are set
tied. and that's one"
How are you going to get it?"
She asked the question easily
enough, but as the answer suggest
ed itself she caught her breath.
"You mean you'll work your way
through? Tending furnaces and
shoveling snow and things like
that? Oh, Ed. that would be per-
fectIy horrible"
He laughed and patted her hand.
'I'll earn it," be said, but not that
way. What think I'll try for first
is student agency for radio stuff.
| know | could sell a raft Of that
Mr.. Wizards going to back me. Gee,
but he's a peach, Edith ~
She nodded in full agreement, but
there was something else on her
mind that she didn't want to forget
about. You said there were two
things settled. What was the other
one"
The other thing is that you're
going right straight along to your
regular school just as if nothing had
happened"
IL don't see how l can," she OBJ
jected. dad simply hasn't got the
money"
mo, but | have" Ed said. i've
got five hundred dollars right here
in the savings bank. If mother gets
home in time I'll draw 1t out today.
Give her three hundred of it for
you and keep the other two TO get
myself started. You don't have tC
worry about that. That's fixed"
She answered. ITS not fixed !" and
when he reiterated that ii was, she
told him colCly that she wasn't go
ing back to school. She'd made up
her own mind about that, independ
emily. She wouldn't go back. if dad
had all the money in the world. Not
to that school.
whats the matter with the
school?" he wanted TO know. 81
thought you were crazy about it
about your crowd and ALL"
well, I'm not" she said. "Oh,
they're all right in their way, Of
course, but they're awfully young
and silly and inexperienced. It's
not the real thing, somehow. And
I'm going to - well, anyway, I'm
not going back to school. I've got
other plans. | wouldn't let you do
1t. anyway"
She didn't want to be asked what
the plans were. so she went on
hastily. And besides. you're going
to work your way through college.
You'll need all that money your
self, every cent of it. Who did you
see at the office today? What did
you think of the placer"
Dads? Oh, it's all right,
guess. met his partner, Mariner.
He looks to me like a washout. Good
bit Of a fake, I'd say. He tried
to make me think there was some
thing mysterious and secret about
the metal they used for that spiral
spring. hope dad didn't let him
get by with that. Every thermo-
static device uses it in one form or
another"
Don't you think it's any good at
all?" she asked.
"Oh, | don't say that. agree
with Mr.. Willard. It's probably a
good novelty, from the selling point
of view"
She changed the subject.
rs that boy still there-an awful
boy with pimples. who worked the
typewriter?"
Ed nodded glumly. ~ guess So.
| didn't notice him. much. A sulky
young brute, with dirty ears"
Edith laughed. Its funny about
that. About why they have him,
mean. It's because of Mrs. Mariner.
She's so jealous she won't let her
husband have a woman stenog-
rapher. Not an ordinary one, mean.
But if she goes away to California,
| guess they'll change. She's the
most awful woman | ever saw"
They heard the front door open.
There's mother. | guess" Ed
said.
On a sudden compunction she
thought she couldn't let him go
like that. You are a peach, Ed"
she told him. But you'll let me do
this thing my own way, won't you?
You won't try to make them stop
me, mean. Because they can't, any.
how"
mo. | won't butt in," he said
Its all right. of course"
1t was a bright crisp day that
made you tingle with something that
felt like courage. If it had been
dull and rainy Edith didn't feel a
bit sure she'd have had the nerve
to put her program through. Also,