| Show 4 will wal love and M mathea antics 4 by M schumacher im afraid its ita till all of no use jack dear said edna vane papa simply will not appreciate you why indig bantly he actually called you a jack of all trades the other dayl day jack carrows burst into a hearty laugh what a poor fellow gets geta for not being lucky enough to possess a millionaire uncle or a friend to put him wise on the stock exchange he said merrily then more seriously he added 1 I would make good though it only I 1 could get tho chance could I 1 help it that smyers rickets went to smash or that jedson keith moved to another city yet both times when A hen I 1 was waa thrown out of a job your father seemed to blame me for it dut but never mind ill win him over yet wait and see if I 1 doltl theres only one way you can do that jack dear said edna thoughtfully papa always takes a liking to the person who can get the best ot of him um ill put on my thinking cap and set to work id better go now I 1 suppose before he starts to wind the alarm clock good night dear dont don t be discouraged well find a way out of this somehow A few evenings later edna sat opposite her father in the library vainly endeavoring to fix her thoughts upon the book she held in her hands she expected farrows that evening but she had also expected her father to leave town on business that very afternoon and at the last moment he be had decided to postpone the trip she started nervously as tho the sound of the bell pealed through the house A few moments later roberts an old gray haired servant who served in the capacity of butler entered the room and handed her farrows barrows card who la Is it asked her father testily ily frowning at the card over the edge of hla his paper who that farrows chan again its about time you gave ll 11 w endeavored to control himself him his bis walking papers edna iles hes got no push or backbone dont stick to anything and will nener neer be rich in his life send the fellow about his business but I 1 will have to seo see him this evening papa began edna pleadingly ile he knows that I 1 m at home and will N ill feel hurt if I 1 refuse to see him show him in roberts good evering evening ml vane I 1 am fortunate indeed in liuding you for the evening good evening mr air vane I 1 hope you have recovered j from that cold humph air vane with out lifting his eyes from his paper farrows looked embarrassed for an instant and edna flushed with indig nation at her fathers rudeness she wondered how jack could talk so calm ty ly and interestingly after having received such an insult indeed so well did he touch upon the leading topics of the day that adna little as she un der stood politics sat eat listening as it if V fascinated and mr vane in spite of himself was drawn into the conver bation youre right youre you re right he ex claimed grudgingly to one of farrows remarks but at the same time a man cant hire decent help at respectable wages nowadays novada js take tahe tho the grounds about my house for instance years ago I 1 could get a man fo 0 o cut the grass and trim the shrubbery for awo 60 cents a day and now they want awo dollars for the same job think of it two dollars a day for work of y that kind robbery actual robbery farrows was suddenly enIy struck with an idea mr vane he exclaimed leaning forward eagerly ive a proposition to make you ill keep the grounds about your house bouse in order for well say 20 days ill guarantee the basi best of work and start with the minimum min linum salary of one cent a day upon the 3 condition that the salary for each day Is a double that of the previous da day for instance the first day you wili will pay me one cent the second day two cents the third four cents and so on Is it a go mr vane stared as it if he be considered the young mau bereft of his senses humph of all the hair brained idiots young man you are certainly the worst I 1 have ever met with he be exclaimed then a sudden light dawning in his bis cies he added coldly but just to teach ou a good lesson ill take you up on that perhaps a little hard bard work nork will put some common sence into your head edna get the pen and ink and some borne paper from my desk edna threw farrows a took look of amazement as she passed behind her fathers chair rive five minutes later the agi cement was dhawn up and properly signed and each party was in posses slon of a copy after jack left edna went to her room and busied herself with pencil and paper as he suggested after a short of figuring she ehe lifted a beaming face to the glass opposite and regarded herself with ekes ees filled with happy surprise edna vane she exclaimed joy fully youre just the luckiest hap blest girl that ever liv lived d and youre not half worthy of him either cither then girl like she ehe snatched jacks photo graph from the table nearby and cov ered it with kisses had not mr air vane taken it for granted thit that jacks sole object in ma king so unusual an offer was simply to be ba near hla his daughter while working about her home he be would have given the matter more serious thought As it was he took secret delight in destroying ying his plans by sending edna on a visit to a distant relative the money part of the agreement he did not even take tho the trouble of consider leg frig it was agreed that jack was as to collect the entire amount of salary due him when the 20 days were over it was on the evening of ednas ar rival home that farrows took the lib erty of calling a moment of triumph which he had patiently waited and longed for humph you have evidently for gotten your place sir the rear door is the proper entrance for my hired belp 1 elp and besides roberts has entire charge of all servants complaints and quarrels why papa how can you youa ex claimed edna indignantly indig nanti farrow s hoN however Never remained perfectly at his ease begging your pardon mr vane he began in mock humility but I 1 am no longer in your employ my afy time aas as up yesterday it if sou please sir and ive come to present you with this little bill for my services take it to roberts I 1 say hell set tle tie it up tor for you replied mr air vane impatiently saving it aside but will roberts have enough cash to settle it sir this abis little bill calls for exactly 5 58 sir what snorted mr air vane contemptuously no fooling no fooling young man I 1 have no time to wate waste on jokes just let me take your dour pen cill cil for a moment while I 1 get this thing straightened out farrows threw edna a look of trl tri as her father jotted down donn sev eral rows of figures then he gasped and hastily went over them again edna frightened at the explosion ot of wrath which she felt sure was inas to fol low grasped jacks arm and waited there was a pause during which mr air vane seemed vainly endeavoring to control himself then he be suddenly rose and offered jack his hand young man I 1 apologize I 1 took you ou for an idiot when I 1 was one myself instead you have certainly had the best of me in this deal and I 1 admire you for it I 1 declare I 1 do rive five thou sand and some odd dollars is a pretty stiff price to pay for a few days das work nork about the house but an agreement is an agreement and ill stick to my part or of it never feir edna warres my check book papa cried edna running over and throwing her arms about his neck jack doesn doean t want your money really lie he doesn doean t all he wants is 1 I and oh daddy we vo care so BO very much for each other it if you will only let us get married here she suddenly broke down and burled buried her face in his shout der mr air vane was clearly bewildered well well he said patting her gently upon the back so you took sides against your adrid in this deal did youa there there don t cry any more there seems to be ba something to the boy after all for it every one who could get the best of me as easily as that if jack will take a third partnership in the banking bust ness well ell just settle matters up that way and as for that check ill write that out for a wedding present |
