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THE EVENING STORY The Nest Egg. UTH sat with her hands clasped tight in her lap and listened to Mr. Ellington, her new employer, explain their product. The of- fices were glaringly new; new rug, new yellow oaken furniture, new typewriter and a lecture room adjoin- ing with several rows of new yellow chairs, facing a brand new blackboard. “You see,” said Mr. Ellington with eloquent gestures of his fat, bejeweled hand, “we have them in nearly all the largest cities in the country; Chicago, New York, Boston, St. Louis, San Fran- sco the greatest little money- meker ever Invented. People must eat! Al right! These machines are filled daily with box lunches, compact and srnitary—sandwich, pickle, fruit, pie or cake, sce? And these pasteboard boxes are fitted into slot machines which are refilled by our wagons from the factory several times a day, see? These machines are set up near fac- wries, schools, recreation centers, office buildings and so on. They deposit & quarter and presto! A lunch! Bound | to sell! Can't help it! Now our part | here in this office is to sell the ma-, chines. We are putting on a force of salesmen who will cover the city flnd‘ sell these slot machines to individual investors at $150 each, sce? And out | of the daily proceeds from the lunches | purchased, the owner of that machine gets half. Greatest little money-maker in the country—the machine pays for | itself ia a year at the rate these | Junches seil when they get started, and | then it is all clear gravy, see? | Ruth nodded absently. Mr. ton smelled of hair tonic. “Now,” he continued, “we will start on folding these circulars and getting || them ready. The ads for salesmen are in all the papers today and they will || e coming in here by the dozens. To morrow we start our lectures ane next week there will be several ma. chines in operation. Greatest little money-maker in the world, Miss Har- rison. fore her. She didn't like Mr. Elling- ton; she dian't like the job. She longed for the quiet orderly routine she had || foilowed . for seven years over in Mr. Ruth sat at the bright vellow desk || and started to fold the circulars be- || “Finest little money-maker in the country . . . " Mr. ton was saying to & shabby, tired-looking young man who had come in in response to the ad. “Our salesmen make $35 on every machine they sell and the sales- men in St. Louis average around $400 per week. and attend our lecture. We show you how . . . Tell you how . . ." The Happy Hooligan Lunch Oo. | flourished the first few weeks. Their | advertising drew salesmen by the doz- ens, and they sold the machines. Busi- ness was good—and then it lagged. Ruth was very unhappy. There had been two letters from Don the first week and one night he had called at the house and urged Mrs. Adams, her landlady, to call Ruth to the door. but he good woman faithfully followed Ruth’s instructions. Then he had writ- ten her a note. “You won't give me a chance and I've tried to see you. I'm through. The next move will be yours.” And then the “Happy Hooligan Lunch Co.” met with serious reverses. The civic organizations investigated and there was considerable publicity. Mr. Ellington and his assistants were worried. The salesmen dropped off one by one: men came into the office and held long conferences. Ruth saw sus- picious correspondence handled over her desk. and it was on the day that she thoroughly realized she was in the employ of fake promoters who had gained disrepute in other cities that one of the few remaining salesmen on the force rushed into the office waiving a paper in his hand. “1 got that bird at last, but he was Just ceme back tomorrow | THE EVENING a hard nut to crack! But I got him— to the tune of six machines. One thousand and fifty dollars! Told him he would be rich in a year! I am g- ing to meet him at 12 o'clock at the National Bank and get—cold cash! | Come on, Ellington, sign your John | Hancock to a little check for me—I need it!” Mr. Ellington beamed and rubbed his fat hands together raspingly. “That is fine, O'Connor—fine! That will add a little impetus to our arguments today. Miss Harrison will you prepare this contract ready for our prospect’s sig- nature this noon, and I can show it to those three who promised to come in at 11.” He turned to leave the office. “And O'Conner, I'll pay you your com- mission when I see that thousand and fifty—cold cash—and his name on the dotted line.” Ruth inserted a contract form in her typewriter and looked down at the paper on her desk. A name jumped out of the scrawl—“Donald Mullen.” Don—$1,050! Their “nest-egg.” At 12 o'clock that precious savings account would be in the hands of the “Happy Hooligan Lunch Co.” lost. She saw O'Connor leave the office at 11:45. She could not leave until on the hour. The bank was four blocks away and the usual noonday crowds thronged the streets. It was 12:10 when she sped through the portals of the National Bank. At the further end before the teller's window she saw Don—dear Don —counting a sheaf of bills in his hand. O'Connor stood expectantly near, hand outstretched. | “'she was just half-way down that [long stretch of floor when Don started to_hand the money to the salesman. | Tolmanized Collars [ Wilt Slowly THE TOLMAN LAUNDRY, Franklin 71 MODERN Aiken's law office: the position she had left just yesterday. so that Doni couldn't find her. She would show him! He would be calling up this| morning and no one knew where she'd | gone. It had been a bitter quarrel and Don had said—although his eyes had told her otherwise—that he never | wanted to see her again until she | took back what she had said. She | had replied she never would, but of | course, Don would come back to her. | He just couldn't stay away. They loved || each other; they had been engaged three years, and were to be married in June! The thousand dollars which they had set as their goal was in the bank—their “nest-egg” with which to furnish their little apartment. Don had worked hard to accumulate that money and they were both very proud of the little bank book Ruth had kept until she gave it back to him—the night they quarreled. WARE- HOUSES OPEN STORAGE PRIVATE LOCKED ROOMS i Merchants Transfer 920922 E | MOVING—PACKING—SHIPPI TORAGE ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF SEPARATE ROOMS FOR PIANOS AND WORKS OF ART REASONABLE RATES PHONE M. 6900 FOR ESTIMATES & Storage Co. Street N.W. NG—FIREPROOF STORAGE (I OO OO ROECRERORERRE Seals itself against dirt! Washable as of Barreled Sunlight Tile v E » STAR, WASHINGTO “Don,” she cried, “Don! Oh, don't.” Donald looked up quickly and O'Con- nor made a move to take the money. Ruth darted between them, breathless. “Don,” she whispered, “Don—den't —don't—lose—our—nest-egg. Let me explain.” He took her arm g Ruthie, what is it 3 O'Connor broke in gruffly. “Well, let’s settle this business first. Mullen, s0 I can be on my way. Ten fifty . . . and here is the contract.” “The business is settled, Mr. O'Con- nor. Mr. Mullen is—not—going to— buy—one of—those machines.” Ruth spoke clearly, slowly. “This is infamous, Miss Harrison. I shall report it to Mr. Ellington at once.” “Please do. Also tell him that he can have my half-week's salary. He will need it to get back East on. You can tell him I have resigned to get married and that that money is going to buy furniture—not sand- wiches, pickles and cake machines . and he will understand . . ." THE END. (Copyright, 1928.) ly. “Why, Portobello, Scotland, is to have auto- matic telephones. “MOTHERS’ BOYS” GET MUSSOLINI’S CENSURE Duce Forbids Recommendations to Examiners to Help Students Pass Classes. 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