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CHAPTER XXII.
THE LOAN.
. . y OOK. Lon. 'twasn’t Baltimore
Ml at all. It was the Montana
I bad lands.”
A J Lon looked down on the
crushed cake. ‘‘It’s easier
to eat that way,” he said valiantly.
“Doesn’t take so much chewing.”
“Glad the coffee wasn’t on the tray.
Xt would have ruined the rug.” She
sped back to the kitchen, returned,
poured two cups of the strong, black
beverage, and handed him one.
They salvaged the cake, nibbled on ,
It, wondering If the broken glass plate |
had left any splinters In It. After
the coffee pot was empty Marian
curled up beside Lon on the divan.
Silence while the fire crackled, then
—"You see Ian,” Lon began, “what
worries me most is that I’m broke, flat
broke. I was so sure I could wire for
money and have it here within 24
hours that I paid cash for everything.
“The worst of it Is, I gathered that
crowd of unemployed fellows to do
.he road work and I haven’t the money
to meet the pay roll Saturday night.”
“How much do you need?”
“About $500. I sounded Eaton out
on a loan and you read the answer. I
could try to mortgage this place, but
mortgages on orchard land won’t be
looked upon with favor. I might try
to sell the car, but I don’t believe I’d
get that much and-’’
“Lon, I have some money. The aunt
who sent me to school left me $1,000
when she died. I've spent some of it.
but I believe I have $600 or $700 left.” j
“As If I could take money from
you."
"You could borrow It,” Marian In-'
sisted, “you could borrow it at 5 per i
cent. I’m only receiving 4 per cent at i
the bank and It would be such fun to
have you paying interest to me.” She
forced a laugh with some success.
“And where would I find the in
terest?” he asked, unconvinced.
“You’ll find work right away," she
assured him, “and Lon. it would be
better to borrow It from me than to
let those poor fellows do without their
pay, wouldn’t it? I have you to take
care of me and they probably haven’t
any one.”
“If you’ll look upon it as a business
loan,” he conceded, and she noticed
he had brightened perceptibly. “I’ll
go out and find myself a job in the
morning.”
Marian saw him off in the morning,
running to the hilltop to wave with
her wisp of an apron, and running
back later in the day to watch for
him.
The hours passed. Mount Diablo
turned from purple to green and then
to dark blue as the sun spanned the
valley and moved on. and then Into
the road that led to their home came
Lon’s car.
Marian, binoculars to her eyes, read
the story in the droop of his shoul
ders as he left the car to open the
gate, but rushed down to meet him
with Hero.
“Meet one of the army of the unem
ployed,” was Lon's greeting, as he
stopped the car to let Marian and
Hero join him.
“Lon," chided Marian, "you’re con
ceited. Imagine a man thinking he
:ould go into a strange town and pluck
a line Job off the first tree.”
“I tried more than one tree, Ian,"
countered Lon seriously.
“Of course you did, dear, but you
mustn’t feel downhearted because you
weren’t successful the first try.”
"I’m not downhearted because of
that,” he Informed her, “but because
of the attitude of the men I Inter
viewed. They asked me why I didn’t
go back to Cleveland, where I be
longed. You see, I had to tell them
I came from there.”
“Did you tell them you owned prop
erty here?”
”1 told one man. He said if I had
enough money to own property he’d
Detter give his stray Jobs to some poor
devil who had nothing at all.”
“Of course building is picking up
again,” Marian insisted, “and by Pall
it should be in some sort of shape.”
"And how will we live until Pall?”
demanded Lon, a note of irritation In
his voice.
He swung the car into the driveway
and brought it to a stop before the
house.
“Well, Lon, it’s nearly July now. You
have the nuts and fruit to harvest, we
nave food enough to last us for months
and any time we want to run up home
we can have as much more-”
“I’m not living off your folks,” In
terposed Lon.
Marian started to retaliate, then re
membered it was the hurt pride of a
man speaking, checked the words and
put others in their place. “We can
trade them prunes and walnuts with
out their knowing what it’s for, can’t
we?”
"Don’t worry. I'm not dowm to the
barter and trade level yet.”
“Lon, listen.” Marian’s red hair was
beginning to bristle. "I think you’re
being a rotten sport. I know how you
feel about the money. Lansing gave
you the worst deal possible. But surely
you have enough backbone to face it
like a man. I don’t like the way
you're talking to me. My folks came
out here in the early days when there
was nothing but barter and trade and
were glad they had something to ex
change with the next fellow. I’ll bet
your mother’s people did the same.”
“I’m sorry, honey.” He threw his
arms around her shoulders and nuz
gled his head down into the warmth
of her hair. “I’m just so ... so sunk
at thinking that maybe I won’t be
able to keep you . . . g06h, It scares
me. Suppose I lo6t you.”
"Try to lose me and see how far you
get with it,” whispered Marian, di
vided between laughter and tears.
The storm blew over. They had
theii dinner, then went out to the hill
top to watch night move slowly Into
the valley, to watch the air beacon on
Diablo flash Its ruby and white beams.
Tomorrow, a bad penny returns.
Bible Is Translated.
Translations of the Scriptures were
made in 11 additional languages last
year, according to a London Bible
society.
Mrs. Coolidge at ‘Little House’
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the late President, shown at the entrance
of the "Little House,” considered the ideal model suggested by “Better
Housing" for the own-your-own-home movement, with Mrs. William Brown
Moloney, chairman of the New York Committee for Better Homes of
America. It is Mrs. Coolldge's first visit to New York in several years.
ECKENER ASSURED
OF MAIL CONTRACT
North Atlantic Service to Be Es
tablished When Dirigible
Begins Trips.
By the Associated Press.
The Post Office Department has
tentatively agreed with Dr. Hugo Eck
ener of the Zeppelin Co. to start a
North Atlantic air mail service next
July, when the company puts its new
dirigible into service between Lake
hurst or Miami and Germany.
Eckener conferred yesterday with
Harllee Branch, Second Assistant
Postmaster General, and Branch, it
was learned today, told Eckener the
department was Interested in the
project.
The Zeppelin Co. expects to com
plete a new airship In April and has
received permission of the Navy De
partment to use its mooring masts at
Lakehurst and Miami.
Eckener proposed that an air mall
contract be given his company for
four months on an experimental basis
at the rate of 25 cents for each half
ounce. In addition, each letter would
bear the regular 5 cents postage now
charged for ocean mail. The 25-cent
surcharge would go to the Zeppelin Co.
Movies Help Politicians.
Politicians in Scotland are giving
open-air movie shows, the pictures
being projected from special motor
trucks.
RICHETTI HEARING
DELAY IS GRANTED
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Extradition Testimony on “Pretty
Boy" Floyd Companion to Oo
to Governor.
Br the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 2.—
A hearing on the extradition of Adam
Rlchettl, captured in Wellsvllle, Ohio,
and held for Missouri authorities, was
postponed yesterday when attorney for
the prisoner demanded the right to
present the Rlchettl deposition.
S. P. Dunkle, executive secretary to
Oov. George White, who presided at
the hearing, announced the matter
would be submitted to the Governor.
Rlchettl was a companion of
Charles “Pretty Boy’ Floyd, who was
slain in a gun battle in Eastern Ohio.
The attorney for Rlchettl, In asking
permission to present Richetti’s dep
osition, declared that it was impos
sible to proceed without such evi
dence. He declared the deposition
would show that Rlchettl was lnno
cent of the killing of two policemen
in Boone County, Missouri, os charged
by authorities of that State. The
prisoner, he said, was not in Missouri
at the time of the crime.
WHITE CARDBOARD MADE
FROM SOUTHERN PINE
Company - Purchases Equipment
to Produce New Revolution
ary Paper Invention.
By the Associated Press.
MOBILE, Ala., November S.—After
a series of successful experiments in
making white cardboard from South
ern pines, the Mobile Paper Mills Co.
has purchased equipment to produce
the cardboard.
Pulp used in making the white card
board now is obtained from Sweden.
R. E. Hartman, president of the com
pany here announced yesterday that
experiments carried on with pulp fur
nished by Dr. Charles Herty of Savan
nah, Os., had proved successful. Dr.
Herty has perfected a process for pro
ducing newsprint and various grades
of paper, either kraft or brown, from
pine trees.
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THANKS. I'VE BEEN
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I WAS INSTALLED."
FOR INVALIDS
An antemion telephone upatairs
help* any invalid k> get weM
quicker. It’s bound to be handy
for anyone while dressing, or for
night time emergencies. Ana the
cost is jsist a few cents a day.
Chesapeake A Potomac Telephone Co.
723 13th St. (Bell Syitem) Metropolitan 9900
The Height of Good News
for You Young Fellows...
Wrap-Around $4*795
OVERCOATS 1/
For the week-end foot ball game or the week-end stroll (and date) you
can swagger at your jauntiest in one of these dashing new wrap-around
overcoats that so perfectly express your high spirits—and so well reflect
your good taste and your good judgment. Plenty of raglans and guards’
models, too. Size* 16 to 22 (31 to 38 chest).
-And Two-Trouser Suits, 517.95
Single-breasted models of true collegiate type, tailored of fine woolens
in greys, tans, browns, hound’s tooth checks and plainer weaves. Sizes
16 to 22 (31 to 38 chest).
CORDUROY VARSITY (12 to 20) SLACKS $795
IN GREY, BROWN and TAN. J
I (8econd Floor)
The HECHT Co.
YOUNGER MEN'S SHOP
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NEW FORD
DEALER
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WALSH MOTOR COMPANY
8000 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland
IN KEEPING with the Ford Motor Company policy of
providing the highest type of representation in each
community, the Walsh Motor Company has been
selected to handle the sale and service of Ford cars
• and trucks.
The new dealership, in addition to furnishing com
plete Ford service facilities, offers to the people of this
locality a better opportunity to become acquainted with
the outstanding features of the New Ford V-8. You will
be welcome at any time to inspect these cars and to drive
them yourself.
The Ford Motor Company policy is founded on the
belief that a sale does not complete the transaction with
the buyer, but establishes a new obligation to see that
the car gives good, economical service.
The Walsh Motor Company, as an Authorized
Ford Dealer, is pledged to carry out that policy. Thor
oughly trained mechanics, using approved tools and
machinery, service Ford cars and trucks. Only genuine
Ford parts, priced low, are used. All labor is billed at
a suggested standard flat rate.
This new dealership is now open and ready to serve
you. We are confident they will do it well.
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Official Opening and Housewarming Saturday Eve
ning, Nov. 3, 6 to 10 PM. Entertainment and Free
Talking Pictures, “Rhapsody in Steel” and the “Chicago
Century of Progress.” •
EVERYBODY WELCOME!
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1 Real Humor!
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"Men don't like women with big feet."
Humor That Is Alive!
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This new daily cartoon by Fred
Neher is keen, lively and natural.
It’s taken from life... and life is alive.
Neher is well known for his work in
The Saturday Evening Post.. .New
Yorker, Colliers, Judge, Life, Ameri
can Magazine, College Humor,
Photoplay Liberty, Punch and By
stander.
begins Nov. 5th
and runs daily in
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