Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1937, Page 24

" B—6 &% DAILY SHORT STORY' REACH FOR STARS [EARLY in his business career Bob Raymond learned a lesson, &nd benefited by it. He learned that By Richard Wilkinson. loved him, she was going to marry him. And then, when Bob’s happiness had hit an all-time sometimes you can reach too far and speil what you al- ready have. And so, after the first illuminating expe- rience, in which he missed cut on an opportunity to go ahead in the steel industry, Bob curb- ed his ambition and schooled himself to be contented with what he had. His forte was business, and from steel he went into textile. Five years later he was assist- ant superintendent of one of the largest mills on the At- | lantic Coast. He wanted to be super- | intendent. But, remembering his frst | experience, he didn't let himself think | about it. He forced himself to be con- tented, forgot the future—and lo! One day Mr. Somers, the general manager, called him into his office. “Bob, we're transferring Martin to the South Carolina plant. We've had our eye on you. You seem willing to| do your present job well, without | spending too much time reaching for | the future. How would you like to be| superintendent?” { Bob had been superintendent for = | year when he met Be Carstairs. She was the daughter of the local \)ank“ president, high up in the city’s society. | She was the most beautiful thing he | had ever seen. She had black hair and deep brown eyes and creamy skin. The night that they met he couldn’t keep | his eyes off her. And when he got| home that night he told himself that | he was in love and that he couldn't| be happy without Betty Carstairs for | his wife. | | During the next week he made in- quiries. He ed that Betty Car- stairs had just returned from Europe, that she had brought with her a count named Andre Faloux, who was visit- ing this country in the interests of his government. Betty was engaged (o’ marry the count. * ok % THE following Saturday Bob called up, He was surprised that she| remembered him. He was delighted when she said she'd go out to the club with him. i They had a marvelous time. They danced awhile and then drove into| the country and stopped at & road- side stand and ate hamburgers. “You know,” said-Bob, “I'm begin- ning to think I haven't lived, up.to now. I've been too interested in my | job." She laughed. “And that,” she said, “never hurt any man.” After that he saw her often. Not as often as he would have liked, but one or two nights a week. They had swell fun together. He knew thnt{‘ she liked him, and marveled that a girl so beautiful, who could haye about anything she wanted, could find any- thing of interest in a mere business man. | He knew she saw Count Andre often. | The count divided his time between the Carstairs home and New York. When he was in town Bob never saw Betty. But it didn't worry him. He felt that he was getting places, Betty —— TR Day’s Hgadlines in Melody In- creasesSales for Newsboy. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (#).—Here's a tip for street corner newsboys who can carry a tune. It comes from Fulton Gunter, 18, who says his sales have doubled since he started adopting the day's head- lines to the melody of “The Organ Grinder's Swing” It goes something like this: “Mrs. Manville gets divorce, Bhe’s his fo-urth wife, of course; Auto stolen, cops nab one; | Read the (name on paper), oh,! what fun!” > TUN'ES BRING CASH T high, he picked up the paper one morning and read that the Carstairs had set a date for the wedding of their daughter to the foreign count. Bob couldn't be- lieve his eyes. But there was Betty's picture, - she was standing, beside the count with his arm around her, Bob took the aft- ernoon off and drove into the country to a spot where he and Betty had stopped often. Alone, he remembered his first experience in business. He had reached too far once, and now he was doing it again. The first time it had resulted in tragedy; this was the same. He was a fool. Bob went back to the mill and asked if he could take his annual va- cation, beginning right then. They said he could. X ok ok % E WENT up in Maine and spent two and a half weeks fishing. Then he could stand # no longer. He | was a fool, but he couldn’t help it. This was different from business. In business you always get a fresh start somewhere. You couldn't when you were in love. Really in love. He chartered a plane to take him back home. Without bothering to change or wash, he climbed into his coupe and drove over to the Carstairs. | ‘There was a party in progress. There atthe they @ll say! 'Most Women Don't | Need Beauty Parlors This gentle bile-producer might help* Sallow complexions and pimply skins are often not a matter for cosmetics. For most skin blemishes are aggra- vated by constipation. i Constipation can be a serious handi- | eap. Mental dullness, early fatigue, | headaches, sleeplessness, mental de- pression, loss of appetite, hyper-acidity can all be caused by it. 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He strode up to them, “I want to talk to you,” he said. “Bob!” ‘cried Betty. ‘The count stood up. pardon,” he said loftily. ’ “Nuts!” said Bob. He turned to Betty. “I read in the papers about, your marrying this guy. I suppose I'm a fool, but I don’t want you to marry “I 'beg your Dlist. 7200 S EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, him without knowing that I love you and would like to have you marry me, too.” “But I can't marry you, said. “I don't mean that,” said Bob. “You know what I mean.” “Yes, I do,” said Betty. “I was afraid you wouldn't ask me. I was afraid you'd think I—I was too aristo- cratic. And then I thought that, even though you were a business man, if vou had any imagination you wouldn't let me marry any one else. That's why too!” Betty o/ S MODERN D. C, I asked mother to set the date.” “My good man,” began the count. “I'll have to ask you to explain all this.” - “Wow!” said Bob. “How's this for, an explanation?” Whereupon . he picked Betty up in his arms and went galloping off with her into the night. The count stared, open-mouthed. He never had been able to understand the ways of Americans. o (Copyright, 1937) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1937. WRC PLANS TO MOVE STATION TO AGER ROAD National Broadcasting Co. Plans $20,000 Building in Prince Georges County. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, .Md,, > Plans are being made by the National Jamaica will build many new roads. ' Broadcasting Co. to move the trans- | L 6 STANDARD BRANDS OF WINDOW SHADES REDUCED! —As an added attraction we will cut any of these shades to & * narrower width without charge . .. They’re now in the standard 3x5.9 size ... This means you can re-shade any odd size windows with shades to match the rest of your windows, at no extra cost. 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