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C ID d New cn Sen T r-T HAT young oung Jackanapes T I has been hero her again a J Lucien Bancroft growled coming Into Int the house with the Ule customary whit whit- Ling block In his hand Daddy I his young daughter re re cc plied How flow did you know How lIow could I help it Il The place reeks with the odor of ol those smelly combinations hes he's always mixing But Dut Daddy he only wanted to show me me- me See here Mildred Im I'm telling you for the last time I forbid that boy the house Im I'm not going to torun torun torun run the risk of being blown up any longer Lucien Dancroft Bancroft a power In n the Ule business world and a philanthropist at heart hurried up the stairs to his private quarters leaving his motherless daughter looking the picture of despair That brainless Idiot does make it hard for a fellow Dancroft Bancroft told himself closing the door and und be beginning beginning ginning to whittle Into Inlo a convenient wastebasket waste Mildreds in love with him up to the hilt hili and Ive I've got gol gotto gotto to think up something right away awny to break it off oIL Gerry Winthrop the young Jack Jackanapes and brainless Idiot referred to was the son lion of an old friend of During the fathers father's lifetime Gerry had caused that worthy gentleman no end of worry because he insisted upon continually brewing things and after his fathers father's sudden demise when he continued in this line of work instead of taking his rightful place a place which should have meant careful preparation to take his fathers father's place pl In the linen busi buss business business ness Dancroft Bancroft his fathers father's old friend was sorely troubled Today Dancroft Bancroft was recalling how he had watched the prosperous Winthrop linen business slip sUp almost to the verge of bankruptcy He lie remembered with a poignant throb of regret that once it had been his and Winthrops Winthrop's dearest wish that their children should marry but how could he give his only daughter Into the keeping of a crazy young madman who was wasting his sustenance and his time on mak snake making ing fag worthless experiments Bancroft whittled away at his block of wood until it became a amere amere amere mere shaving Then he reached Into a desk drawer for another Whittling was Bancroft's hobby He Ill could think clearer so he said when he was whittling so he al ale always 01 ways carried a small piece of wood and a penknife conveniently at hand handin handin in his coat pocket After an hour of Intensive reason reasoning ing lag he decided to take Mildred to Europe at once but first he would see Gerry Winthrop again and 1 make one last appeal to the boy to give up his crazy work lie He would suggest that he prepare I himself fittingly to be bo the husband of a splendid girl like Mildred d. d Down deep in his heart Dancroft Bancroft liked the boy and felt that he owed It to Gerry's father to try his best to show the error of his way It wasn't as though the boys boy's con concoctions cordons ever amounted to anything Dancroft Bancroft himself had made a con considerable portion of his money by finding fading the grain of sense hidden in inthe inthe inthe the fantastic schemes of various men but no one could possibly take any of Gerry's things seriously When he went downstairs Mildred was waiting wailing for him enthusiasm oozing from every inch of of her healthy young body Oh daddy I she exclaimed Just telephoned that hes he's sold two of his formulas to Sears Lane Lanel Great Scott That shows what a fool he is if nothing else does I Bancroft Dancroft thundered Sears Lanel Lane They'd help themselves to the he pennies from dead mens men's eyes What did he sell to them for Im I'm going over to see that rash young colt No I 1 dont don't want you to go with me rne Im I'm going to say things a perfect lady should not hear hearl hearlIn In spite of the months of reviling he le had bestowed upon his old friends friend's son for wasting his time among imong herbs and roots and chem chem- cals bottles and vials and retorts Gerry Serry Winthrop was already ape ap earing in a new light to Lucien Bancroft If It Sears Lane were interested In n anything of Gerry's the boy must be ae doing something worth while Sears sears Lane were two of the shrewdest men In the country this I hear about your selling elling out to Sears Scars Lane Ban Ban- croft exploded bursting unceremoniously unceremoniously into Gerry's laboratory plumping himself into the nearest chair hair and resting his whittling block upon the marble slab which topped the he radiator Dont you know they'll give a boy like you the worst of jf It Jt Why didn't you come corne to me meIr Bret Ir t Why- Why Mr Bancroft Dancroft the boy Inter Inter- humbly I had no reason to think hink you would hear bear what I had to toay say ay if I did come to you and I wanted a start starL Selling to Sears Lane ane will give It t to me Others will feel eel as youre you're feeling now that now that if Sears ears Lane are Interested In the Winthrop formulas they must be worth something I sold them two for or 25 each That's not much mono mon mon mon- I c ey but bul Ill I'll make malte up for it in lh the I advertising Ill I'll ge gel Well ell of all nil the fouls fools youre you're the tho worst Twenty live dollars dols fur anything any anything I thing they thc would look at twice I Why Wh they'll make thousands out of each ellch one ouel I What WIlt in In- In I Bancroft arose and in his excite excitement ment meat reached for the whittling hll block on Oil the radiator I IlIe lIe He could not move It I He lIe tried again again sonic same result Then Theft ho saw V a queer look and a 1 crooked smile upon Gerry's face face- I hats t till the matter mailer here he de des demanded I harshly i I You must have l laid that wood on some of my new adhesive e Mr 1 Bancroft the young oung man an nn answered ans s coolly COO 11 stilling a II chuckle Ive I Just perfected it I expect CX It to hold all nil the domes en on till the largest cathedrals in the world fo for centuries Im I'm going to 10 sell leU that to 10 Sears Se St Lane too too another another twenty live five Youre going to do nothing of the thi sort you ou young fool Bancroft yelled Im going to 10 back bark that dis discovery discovery covery and well we'll put pul It on In the mar market market ket ourselves Im I'm not going to 10 have gougers like lik Sears l Lane Iane walking away with anything more Why It sticks slicks like all get out Dancroft Bancroft brought his hand down downin In emphasis upon the slab It met the same fate ns as the tile block of ot wood He Ile turned all 1111 colors o othe of the tile rainbow while his young friend endeavored vainly to 10 choke his laughter Laugh you young null nut Dancroft nan Dan I croft howled If youre you're so go darn smart tell me how Im I'm going to gc get loose If you ou can con answered easy sy Gerry laughing outright You dont don't sup suppose suppose pose Id I'd invent a perfect adhesive without discovering a solvent for It It do you Its It's only a mixture of vine vinegar vinegar gar salt alt and ammonia but it dues does the business all right Say young fellow Dancroft Bancroft be bee gnu gan sheepishly as ns he rubbed his freed hand maybe it would be bo a n good idea to apply some of this new good cm stick good cm-good to your future fa lows low's ther in laws law's mouth occasionally when he gets too rambunctious but bu bubo be bo sure to have the tile solvent handy when It comes time to root for the product and I er I suppose you yoi and Millie might as well begin to lo tomake tomake make malte your plans When It comes to to lt slick Ive I've certainly got gol to hand it to you boy boyl |