Show I Getting Into I the Game 1 1 1 I B By J J. J A. A WALDRON h 1 III I T WISH less Isa money moner said I Marjorie Paxton to Guy Ouy Mar Mar- nr tin In They had met by plan clandestinely clan elun- I against parents parents' wl wishes hM but bat they were In n love loe lie Ill would b be bemore bemore more noro reasonable about you dear cear It Ithe If It be he had less l Well 11 Veil Ive I've got enough money for tor forus forus us t stun tun on darling It If you fOU want wanto to o take o a chance with lIh me Oh Ohno no ool I I Just couldn't elope lope or anything like that I We must wait It f I lured dared tell him were we're really engaged en- en Caged you might hake hae Thank Ing dinner with ng us UI I II I Small chance of that little e girl l I Thanksgiving Is o only ly n a few tew weeks week away I IJu Hut who knows knows' Really Heady though how bow low much money have you OU dear They were having luncheon In a quiet restaurant Marjorie as liS she asked the question sipped her tea tell daintily He lie adored every tiny movement movement movement move move- ment her rare rore grace formulated Well I 1 could raise twenty thousand thousand thou thou- sand Bond dollars on a pinch from what has bus been left me ml And I think I have o havea a of ot getting along t Of course ourse you fOU havel I Dut But twenty i thousand dollars 1 Papa would cull call that chicken feed teed I I Why only last night nt at dinner when he had lilt Mr Strong one of ot his partners In busi bUill- business ness the they talked of spending twenty million dollars on one spot pot I l ISome ISome Some spot I should say say They are quietly busing that block on Green Hudson Clinton and ond Vander streets for a new soap factory fac taCo tory tory one one of the largest In the world I Soap I What w wonders llers are aTe are achieved In thy name I Well little girt gIrl my ray little gull we 1 we shall hAil tt nU a a while as loi you wl wish I put t we cant can't a- a 1 wait t foreVer for for- n- n eVer nr r you rOU know J I Two weeks afterward having hading sent sentI I In his hIs card card Guy waited In the anteroom anteroom anteroom ante ante- room of ot the elaborate offices of ot th the Universal Soap corporation of If which Hiram Paxton WB was wai president Qu Guy hardly expected courtesy but be was asked In In Ulrum Paxton swung In his easy chair and faced his visitor Well young man what Is It IU he asked I I 1 want to marry your daughter MarjorIe Guy Ouy bluntly replied You do eh eb eh Rather Ruther ambitious What Is your vocation If It the question question ques ques- tion lion Is not Impertinent Im experimenting t. sir Haven't yet fixed fired upon what I 1 may really do A dilly-dallier dilly eh eh Well young man my daughter for tor whom I have ambitious plans may think Ink something of you you I should worry about It II It f 1 were not convinced that a girls girl's fancy Is ephemeral I heard you play the piano and sing to her one evening when neither of ot you knew I was was Inthe Inthe In It the house A mer mere inert girl thinks a lot about such things I have hine casually asked her about you though with no desire whatever that YOU you yon should uld become be be- come cone conie my son law She says you you are also a beautiful dancer And possibly possIbly possibly pos pos- sibly you play games eames as all well say well say poker for tor Instance Oh I have played poker In a strictly social environment And I also play tennis golf gaIt and bridge I Ahl Ab I Quite accomplished I Apparently ApI Ap Ap- patently n a young man of I leisure But rouD U. U I toe from irum my slight ui u. of arts 01 A ia iaIn In which you assume to be proficient I doubt If you ever become a virtuoso In many any of ot them Doubtless you OU imagine Imag imag- Ine that you can take the place of who who kl-who who has bas become became a poll all as ns a Oh no no sir Possibly you think you can be a Caruso Hardly Im I'm a n baritone Maybe yo you youcan can dance as ns well as 1 some of or the persons who are sold said to command large salaries In that Held field 7 Mr Paxton you'll excuse mo Im I'm ID I'D IDan an nn amateur In all those things AmI And Am AndI I have ha have no ambition for public ap ap- Then what Is your our bent nU bE Im thinking of going Into real es es- tate Going Into Is good I Hiram laughed cynically Hut But one has to start In n anything you know Hiram's laugh became raucous Say Soy young oung man Im I'm busy but I wanto want wan t to give you a pointer pointe Youve You've heard of ot Wall Street sharks In a general way way Well they're simply sunfish compared compared com com- x pared with the species In r real estate petate Ill I'll tell you something My company has bas been trying to get set et bold of ot a cur certaIn certain tain block on the West Rest est side of ot town O where lax improvement has bas kept th the prices low We lVe worked quietly and bought three-quarters three o 0 f t the block only to find that th the most desIrable quarter had been tied up on an op op- tion Theres There's no DO record of ot the matter matter matter mat mat- ter yet and we cant can't Imagine Ine who the devil could have hae cot got wind of ot ou our plans You Yon see what an opulent opportunity opportunity op op- you 00 have to get Into rea real esta estate teJ 1 In Ia the language of ot the Street yo you mean what they call a n fat tat chance chancel Exactly that A fat tat chance Well Mr Paxton Im I'm the one who wh tied up that quarter of the block I Ibold Ibold bold hold the option |