Evening star., 1948-10-24

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the money worries could be eliminated 50 easily of Sank
inability to face the simple facts that could eliminate them
Sam thty-six Old enough to have bucxled down to
his role in life old enough forget that he had been
aAmercan haback Certainly he old enough to under
stand that his reservoirs of ability quick intelligence
his excellent mind his talent for working with people and
getting the most out of them because they liked him and
sensed his liking for them would never be tapped until he
could free himself from the unspoken but Stacking conviction
that in business other could be
as important as the success he had enjoyed as college foot
ball star.
Sam old enough understand that life matter of
moving forward from stage to the next not matter of
looking back He old enough realize that football
which could and quite properly should be the most important
thing IN your life when you were twenty was just game
when thrtysix Everybody grew up. Why couldn't
Sam grow up, too?
lF start jacking the car I'll get the spare" Grace
Hiiard said. I'm sure wen make it in plenty of time
That fixes up everything" Sam Hliard said. "Your
being sure He took off his coat THE idea of going to
football game you don't know it, get there early
enough to see the whole thing not just the last quarter
Sam Hard dropped to his knees beside the crippled wheel
IF hadn't spent the morning chewing my off about
Fred Lyton and old Chiswicks stupid dinner parties
we'd have left in time and we'd be there by now
I'm sorry She opened the luggage rack pulled out the
jack handed it to her husband Il thought going to Mr.
Chswck dinner tonight important than going to-
She stopped and bit her Gp There point in arguing
The events of the morning had made thing clear what she
thought important differed considerably from what Sam
thought important To Grace it simple enough.
After dozen years with Chswck Chemical years during
which Sans indifference and lack of interest had prevented
him from fully exploiting his first rate potentaes he had
reached precisely the point that it had taken Fred
Lyton only four to reach They both assistant
salesmanagers.
Now that the salesmanager job had opened unexpect
edy, seemed reasonable to Fred Lytton
had assumed, that Sam who older than Fred and had
genuine less ashy ability and had been with the firm
three times would get the post Mr.. Chiswick
who shewd enough and fair enough make the correct
choice between Sam iard and Fred Lytton, unfotu
nately not the most reasonable of reasonable
would not call up without any previous warning at nine
o'clock Saturday morning and employee and his
wife to dinner that night in his imitation French chateau
UN THE other hand reasonable employee, employee
who had good to believe that he being summoned
to be told he about to be appointed sasmanager would
have been delighted to the Unfortunately
Mr.. Chswck had decided to his decision the
day in the year when Sam Hiad not reasonable
Even unfortunately had proved to be the day
which Grace Had realized she had reached the end of her
patience with Sans refusal to face the realities of his ability
and his life. She had pretended for fifteen years that Sans
annual reveson the of than
amusing, harmless quirk in otherwise admirable
1t entirely different thing to pretend that what Sam
had done today his willingness to sacrifice for football
the promotion had taken him twelve to reach just
an amusing uIirk I'm sorry Grace said again. I'm