Smyrna times., 1933-08-02
FEEKLY STORY
AROUND TABLE
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1Ssn llbsr Days Work is Dcne
:. ,.-rvpEsrING READING
.Nn HER BARN"
gv Dorothy Douglas

Ol
,urv the wolf prowled near
n ,norrb to the door Of the old
,s ostate to cause young Betty
4yelift serious anxiety 'c she dec,udo 9 ~
y @ tse most sensible thing TO 40
4 to sell the old home itself sen,In ano
!, y M her abode in the stable
tmmonly n called the barn The new Ds '
.o-s ..-r we're quite willing that she
$"pld keep the barn since they
sOuld be putting up modern ga
ngeS ,,.o,+ 1;ra of
! railway approach to the glow
Httle suburb, which. before us
sdancy to sprout, was justly
rad IIfthemap. But with a gen
t,rs ms supply Of the fertilizers
,iIders estate Office, butchers, etc.
M growth began and they wise
q changed the name to Onthemap.
s. Betty's old barn stood like a
Seritable lighthouse in its promi-
IN position on High street.
TSa prowling footpads Of the
N we're TOO close for Betty to
y done much except Install q
tbroOm and kitchen and hard
)l-Ood floors in her barn. she want
yery much to make good in the
Ittle village in which all her fore
tbers had been reared. An at
kactye sign down at the rustic
nte leading to the barn informed
I'm passerby that Miss Wycliff
ught dancing and elocution.
III Betty's pupils were not 50 numer-
rs as 10 effect a traffic block in
&igh street.
n Il was between a dance and an
Tocution lesson that Betty watched
BRe approach Of a young man.
Betty soon learned that he was
NE owner Of the new department
More that was even then nearing
romnlatiOn IN the heart Of Onthe- /
maps shopping district.
Miss Wycliff." he jumped .
Gralghtway into his reason for in
fuding, 4 will pay you $500 down
fhd another 500 when the signs
anished If you will rent out that
Est wall Of your barn to me for
sdVertising purpOses-it's a swell
rte to catch the eye and it need not
ee Observation-Disclosures it were.
What do you say? I'll get an artist
nat knows his job"
wait a moment" cried Betty,
pntil my brain regalns its poise. I
ever see the outside Of my barn
\ least not on that side and-a
Rousand dollars a year would
Jean an awful lot to me. Do you
nlnk-that is-could 1t be done
sithout lot Of printing!"
II ! have ny artist chap consult
'ou before beglnning-wlll that do7
And i 0nthemap grows as its
eund 70 and takes my store along
IN i, you shall have double that
Rntal ID another year" And see
Hg consent in Betty's eyes he
IOse' squeezed her hand until she
Parry sauealed and was Off to ar
Rnge with his artist.
he mad not been gone an hour
uen me owner Of the new butcher
nOp came up the path with the self.
ureams or an advertisement
" mead end the exact same fg.
IS n the way OF rental.
But ! simply couldn't stand If n
~ pictures Of sausages and those
Z ,uss s.o q lamb and beef riotIng on
y 4, oafn walls cried Betty.
Inc decorative scheme shall Ia ,
entirely to you" said the vopng
quite oyerJoyed at the site /
! had secured. '''
,.,a "us !. retired in somewhat wIlted {
-. e. = ner little kitchen to brew !
Z 's,, sn,Il cup Of tea. Certainly hav. ,
/ ,.ao. .' e % ones barn was a great /
h. ,''1. s.11 s9an having a brain in l
H. IT,, head for the teaching o. m I
''1cins i and eIocution. u
,rt',' - while Betty slipped her com. :
i Ss Ss,Ip cup Of tea the owners ., :
Ion and - store. the butcher 2
! ooa auu me baker shop were one :
M, tue :, dickering with the onIv %
bown 'Iat "a Onthemap had ever
''gSn' Ta u He was but a visitor e'e
,rtnno @ elOrts to secure fame ana
tIrs far ,an.9 n miniature painting had had
ema ~. .alled' and it was with ex
i. NJ ! 10y ~, that he welcomed the the or or-
teras, = .ake !. up his brushes IN tbo {
tba Sa' You You must consult the owns t
y 1nf st. barn" each had warned urn owner SIa /
h IaVe lave, a scheme that Will .IIl+ snit /
EDlr laughed the artist. I'VE we Sult @In G
|es.sd [ye paint paint crowds of ~ waII miIl
|ea 's sod.s people rushing toward "gli, the {
h. rDors soas Of the shops Of : ror ene Z
|spb,'a soOd gentlemen. + iii, Spu
the tSs ,o,aI. and attractive way of Of De q
I9p y, ss because Betty bad , ,-.,. !
sns Isrs soa, she promptly started Ssdia !
d ~ eIa,n., coffee room in conj1nctloa iarvsq
lrrs r'0cutl0n Tlo and dancing, uYe,lOn YouOn /
iptiay wen meils, swinging On 10ung his :
lovely placa 'nought the world =
had ever ~, anu wondered WIN