Show 0 POPS POP'S S 'S INCORPORATION INCORPORATIONS 2 By Maurice Vincent S 14 0 OrD LD man Mason had been the proprietor of ot Pops POpl Popcorn Stand for nearly nearl fifty years And andI nd I had loved every minute of it t. t But Dut f now he was sad lad He was sad lad bet beJ because be be- J t cause he was going to sell leU out the business i Angelia Angella his lovely lovel daughter recently re re- Gently a s graduate from a fancy finishing school in the East hardly hard hard- f ly 11 considered a popcorn stand digi dignified dig dig- I or important And Angella had said in front of ot Mom Pop foP you simply pU s' s seU iee that tumid id idi i old p popcorn stana you simply must Mom bad agreed Sh Shucks mattered Pop Fop He Hewa Hewat 1 wa was wat n uLI about bout Just JILt rooting through his hil stand like the d dered red and earnest old man be he was He tie really lly didn't blame his hll daugh ter He bad wanted Angella Angela to be better than himself or Mom That's That why be he had haU sent ent her to school at j such a sacrifice and after atter years of ot scrimping Dut Cut he e just Jut couldn't consider the tho stand tand as just another J er or pc popcorn stand I r 1 Shoot he be grumbled crumbled Pops POPI Popcorn Stand is 11 an Institution t r But finally Cnally the old man had bad completely capitulated and the tho place iwas wal up for tor sale lIb Ills heart wasn't In in it He lIe had bad just tacked up up a a very small email actually tiny tinT sign And the sign agn read in lowercase lower lowercase case for sale Pop figured he had bad done his hi duty The sign was back ack of at t the door where it t was al al aI mot most Impossible to be seen Hello old ld sport port how howa tricks Pop looked up tl to see his bis old friend Judge y Ii Hello Judge said Pop wear fly Uy flyThe The old Judges Judge's eyes eyel twinkled s He lie had hal known Pop and the whole Mason family for many I 1 Bows Hows asked the Judge Judie casually The Judge stroked his bb trim white mustache carefully I laid uld Angella Angelias tine fine Pop S Schools hool out eh eM 4 The Judge made mado himself com corn t f Learn a lot In to those fancy schools the Judge said laid Yeah answered Pop bitterly Learn to be ashamed of your fa ta fathers father's fathers father's tather's fa- fa ther's business I The instant he said It he was ashamed After Atter all aU he did cUd want Angella to be a somebody I The world moved fast fas and Angelia's Angelias world looked down on anyone who made a living In 10 Ina Ina a Ii a a p popcorn stand tand Wants you to sell out OU asked the Judge keenly lie He sighed I might t have mown known it III Yes she does N. N admitted L Ow Pop POl L Ow unhappily He lie told the Judge Judee th the ator story and his hia old crony listened attentively He Ue ended the story torY b by y pointing dramatically to the tin tiny for tor sale ule sign And then both roth old men laughed until the tears teara ears ran down their leathery leather cheeks Whit you lack Is real class cla said uld the Judge Judie carefully Huh said laid Pop dumfounded Yep answered answered the Judge Your daughter is absolutely right old ld friend and you really should be bo ashamed ot of yourself i Us JUs look was waa kind continued the Judge There I Is just one solution to your problem you you must move with the he times The Judge consulted h his finger nger tips Ups as al well as as I 1 do bow how these young people are today you IOU must have bave a atron tron U There Ther was just a moment of stunned silence on Pops Pope part Then hen with wide grins the two cron rony's crony's shook hands Because from now ow on the popcorn stand would still till Ull belong to Pop but under abrand a abrand brand irand new pew name a brand new front Yes sir said ald Pop Fop grand grand- ly From now on this place willbe will wW wille be e called POPS TOPS POPCORN EM EM- And Pop figured that with a name like liko that Us Ids women folks were just bound to keep the tha bus bus bull I flees nus ess in the tam family 1 |