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thuhsdy april 15th 1j7 the acton free press paob thuka jfj lp 3fre fursa bnrt tnrg tremendous trifles by albeitt tolm1n ibs sewkll telephone girl for the knickerbocker building company paused in tlw swing ing gate of the rental department lut ing from one to the other of the younj rrnvsi men the manager of the de railment had been employed by another si kew york building the ck provl ous and mr ludlow tlie knlckerbocic era general manager lmd foiled dc slgnte whether harold kelton or datio mcorth was to nil the vacancy seniority of ngn arid employment de cided miss sowell after momenta hc tatlon she walked up to the front deje back of which at fair young man wlji slickedback blond hair and light olue eyes she handed tho oldest rental man in the department calling card thl gentleman troppd in while you wo both out showing space mr kelton explained m13 sxjwcll believe ho wanted to rent an office ho ati uw roosevelt but he said lie was leaving for boston on the afternoon train harold kelton smiled thank you miss bewel will you try to get him on uie phone moment later the telephone operat or had made the connection hurold kelton leaned bck languidly in hit chair kelton of tllo knickerbocker building company calling he said briskly did you wish to bee me mr tfedcrlck oh you 11 be back in the city next wcck7 yes with you would drop in thousand fett of ice yci wo con give you whole iloor if you need it thank you mr rtwlerlcl 11 be expecting ou then tome utile next week goodjjy ifarold kelton hung up the receiver ml iwi around in hu chair to face the brownhaired urowneyed oung iiiun behind the second tick kelton tilled yawn another of tho fel lou wlk or just looking around uutii say how about running out to lunch and then hooting eighteen hole of ulf dane bane vtcgrath unllcd nliaking il head think iii tllck around you twver know when some one may drop in on saturday afternoon and extra tenant lt pretty important thew das dotit you tlitnk jou should go around und call on mr frederick harold shrugned wliat lie if ho 11 be in come time next ucek nn uay if he lnureud you can call on him if icu like but don think it ulll do ou any good he aid he be pretty busy thl afternoon he tossed the calling card onto dane deik stretched roce and aunnred out jiu ijot tilted jauntily on lib tans hued luttd dune looked at the drd it read witdeftlck president hubcity textile muib ilofton mass dane deliberateel if he uent to call on mr frederick uould that kentle man think thej utre preying matter too much dane decided in the neon tue if mr frederick had been kfrd enough to call he must lunc ut lea some interest in looking at space dan could inquire about the hubcltj tex tile mills ned and then locate the arious vacancies to sliow mr frederick ulicn lie returned to new york dane ualked over to the fllei remov ed several cards which related the larg est amounts of vacancies on vanoiu floors und wrote doun the locations the wit foot for space and the amount of footage available he rlipped the pane into his pocket picked up hl hat and ualked out several blocks from the otyjcc ml entered the uptoun express and step jvod from the subway at grand central terminal short walk through the connecting tunnel and he uas li tli itooiev cits lobby he tr pped over to the houxe telephone and called mr vrednrirv room this li din ic rath or the knickerbocker building company rental department daiil explained wonder if you could give me minute or so of your time yes said hearty voice an other rental man is here now but yj might drop in in fifteen or tuent minutes cant ghe you more than feu minutes because expecting it itave thank you sir sold dane ulll cull in tueiit minutes frown cleft his broad forehead dane hung up the receiver another rental man perhap he una ahead too late he tepped out to corner drug store for lass of milk mid snduich bj uay of lunelf und uiui back to tin ljhlh floor in nlnueen inliuiu larte florid mm vmi uultinj for tin thvato dan mlltd in net tuition tin man uu lilton tuylor nt il man rival concern you ut lmifhed liylir iv lrtdr icl ulmc ud on tin dotttd knltwrtwirker jw pli ur too iv liani rlnni don hi tm suri iiuri urn ut in ntin in iald and jtirud 11 tin hull hi found mr iv sit rlt in ut liant lirn hi id and iwidy but rl nuitl mil din to ini elmlr in tlu conn unit itttng room in ufiald in lull lite lit imd mr frederick pleasantly another rental man was in here moment ago and vo juso about decided to take space in his building for our branch oitlce dane laughed so taylor told roe well the brooklyn building is good one but wo have good building too id like to have you describe just what you havo in mind for on office mr rvederlck and let me figure oil space or you so that can give you the in formation on what wo can do for you mr frederick heavy white brow knitted wo liavc one of the largest textile mills in new england declared the man we ve always worked on tho theory uat if you make good enough inoitws trap the world will beat track to your door wo voaold our textiles in boston using only agents in new york but uie mouse trap idea isn working so well in these days of cut throat competition wo know we can produce us good textiles as anyone in tho held but most of the buying is in now york and it wont do us any good to mako tlm best textiles unless wo can acquaint buyers with that fact wo figure wo could do lot better to havo branch factory and showroom down hero ought to stimulate business that sounds logical admitted dane now what do you need lu the way of office space workroom space lighting and so on mr frederick started to speak when the door of tho suite opened slim blueeyed girl with shorn flaxen locks burst into the room ok she exclaim ed kxcukc me daddy dldn knou you had vlltorl and invited the currin up that all right dear uy id like you to meet mr mr dane mcgrath dane looked into the clear blue eyes of the girl ind flu lied as he took her extended hand im awfully orr ve interrupted said riy the cur rens are old friends and they re jolnr wet tonight we wont have another chance to see them for come time thats all right said dane al though he realised uith sinking feel ing in idc lliat he uould have lltue chance to talk buslne vus eiciled herself slipping into he oun room danokncw tliat ho had 7verhmln ute to talk to mr frederick he might talk fa and hard to ull the textile man on ren in from the knickerbocker building dine houever had no pa tience uith highpre sure salesman hip hither he hnd to sell man on the idea that iil uns olfirlng somctlilns which his buyer really needed or dane uould not rent rpace his customers mu be atlfied another course dane might follou uould be to remain hoping that the currens uould leave soon but lie dls liked to be an intruder he roc deciding an another plan run along now mr ivedcrlck knou you 11 uamt to talk to thee od frkndr but uonder if could talk to you later mr frederick frowned taking the train in an hour would you mind if took the some train and talked to you on the uay to boston the textile man hesitated id be glad to have you talk to me ho said but as told you before pretty uell sold on the brooklyn building for our purposes you can do or you wish of coure dane smiled infectiously take the train then sir like taylor feel uc have exactly the requirements you need you ec mr frederick our build ing is close to tho headquarters of number of textile compa that so well iii be glad to talk to you anyhow wlien dane reached tho lobby ho stopped to coxint tho money in his bill fold ills countenance fcll say have just enough money to get ticket on an extrafaro train to boston and enough for dinner won have money for hotel or tor return fare or for meals while im in boston this was new problem he had failed to go to ills bank because lie liad enough to carry him through the week end if lie remained in the city as lie had planned to do now the banks were closed for lt was saturday after noon dane colled tho oilier but tut lie had anticipated tlie switchboard was closed for tho day ho thrn called harold kelton golf club but the other rental man hud already gone onto the course ho called tho tricrol manager but mr ludlow was not home und the haald informed dune thut he liad gone to th country with soma friends dane groaned ho called up three morn friends who might be able toxruike him small loans until monday not one of tlicm was home houd bo give up the opportunity of talking to mr frcd rick und tho chance to rent the space to the hubcity textile mills or slioultj lie go along to boston and trust tliat lio could grt some money by wire dane glanced at his watch flftcsil minutes to catch his train he decided to go to boston he reached uie station bought his ticket and raced through the gates just as they were closing his dumay lie saw tliat there were two weekend soctloru dane ran along the platform asking each conductor if lie had seen sliort heavily built man and slim beautiful girl lu green one conductor remem bered such man but the girl with hlni wore blue dress blue coat and blue hut was it fay or some one else which section did tliey take asked done breathlessly ltd conductor pointed to the action ut the opposite ride of uie plutfomi the porter uas jurt clorlnj the door dane dajhed across the platform and pushed through the door jurt then th train started to move ut uar on tho train but uas lt the rlj lit one dane hurried doun the aisle to the front of the da ton train hi heart dropped when lie readied th dining car he did not see the frede icks he tarted back along the al le looking more carefully and his heart leapt uhen he had reached the lart car he sau btond girl in blue dress lii frederick she mlltd at him and asked him to be seated after ilklng for several moments he ro lnow you and daddy uant to talk bulne mr mcorath she ctnlkd tlttflkea vacant elit andread dane immediately dreu out the notes he had made at tho olfl and de xribed ome of uil floor npace they hud to offt he uas familiar with the llfjhb lng the vleu every feature of even office in hl building mr frederick offered objection an dane explained hou the trouble could be met with subdlvtlan of the pace by partitions he uas able to compute the exact cost of each floor and each foot of pace finally dane aid you jf course know far better than do exact ly wliat you need mr frederick but it eems to me that we can make you ver comfortable in the knickerbocker build ing id appreciate it if you let me ihou you ome of our offices before yoi clo uith the brooklyn bulldinr mr frederick smiled broadly for uil first time not entirely blind in to uhat you have to olfer mcgrnth let me make confession uent from floor to floor of your bulldinr to loox from the hull ulndou before uent your office had ju about decided to takl space but when that other fellou called me up his cocksurenc rather irritated me then taylor came in and he rather sold me on his build lnjr though felt its location might prove little aukuard but uas ktill ruther annoyed by kelton and told taylor thought might close uith him when returned at the end of next week but made no promises think you vo proved pretty conclusively to me uut should take space in uie knicker bocker building so if youll send me lease when you get back to new york 111 sign it und write taylor that vc done so dane tall nohcr breathless it was tho largest amount of space tlie knic kerbocker liad rented in six montlis by uie way mcoraui are you re turning to new york tonight no sir think 11 probably havo to stay in boston until monday mr frederick nodded want to sec uie city supoptse well if you care to stay wlui us at our place in cam bridge vro lovo to luive you wo all go to church in tiio morning and fay might drive you around bit lu the afternoon thank you ir id be delighted sunday morning dane went to littk vluccovcrvd church in cambridge with mr and mrt frederick and fay aftr dlnmr at tho grcut frederick mansion fuy and dane drove around the his torical portloiu of botoil mid cam bridge before long uiey were cliattlng like old friends hope you won for get me when you turn to nvw york laughed fay dane looked at her siting so straight und trim ut tlie wheel of uie bluo road ster her face was flushed and eager not likely iii ever forget you ho nld rlowly if luid tt better posluon youd not be safe for hiin dane lushed biting lets lip now being forwardl forgive mel lioae crept into her chicle was lioplng you might say unkllng laugh escaped her now being for uardl ilicy both laughed anyway youll be in better positioij soon she prophesied solemnly how do you know fay daddy ray so he likes you too he preat judge of men he liked uie uay you came up here to clae ulut deal he looked straight ahead well hop you re right because if you are and jour father is then 11 be quite ne around the frederick houchold im not uorried dane lauphed he felt uddenly very lighthe irted very happy when they returned from the ride dine found tliat lib ulrc to mr ludlou had brought re ults yellow envelope aualtcd him he tore it open there uil reque that he call at the tele graph otllce to identify himself before receivinr money uhlch had born wired him dane lipped out beforcphe uent to bed and received fifty dollar from the clerk dane mcgrath reported at mr lud lou office on monday morning and laid thirty dollars on hit employers desk ii get he othcrt wen tydollars from moeu canadian bacon to great britain fcjtporta of canadian bacon to great britain liavc increased considerably in post years in 1d33 they totalled 71 52 700 pounds in 1034 they roso to 110 707 goo pounds and in 1035 to 124 327 000 pounds in 1030 shipments to the british market amounted to 147688 boo pounds valued at 25 138590 groat care is being taken by canada to maintain uie high quality of her bacon exports tho british market and to assure continuity of supplies all packing plants must be licensed to ex port wiltshire bacon the bacon graded und stamped canad together wiu the grades or on arrival in luirland each shipment undergoes an additional inspection by canadian gov rnme nt inspector koch canadian packing house is required to estimate the amount of bacon it plans to ship each iiwmui of tlu year this system is do ignrd ta keep the shipments within live licr cent urlutlon in the quonuty frim week to week in order to prevent wide fluctuations ill tlie supplier going oru ard making onf opportunity if you want to succeed in tho world you must moke your own opportunities as you go on tlus man who waits for ome eventh wave to toss him on dry land ulll iltul that uie seventh wave li long time coming you can commit no greater folly than to sit by uie rood ldi until some one comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealui or influence contrast in official coronation coiffures sti iking contrart hair styles arc uiec coronation colrfurcs 5oui officially designated at suitable to wear ut the ropul cercnlonle tlmt at the lrt was the style in vogue when quectl victoria was crowned hi 1837 tlmt at uie uiohi is uie latest mode approved by the guild of hair drers wigmakcrs and perfumers for the crowing of king ocorgo and queen feulxabuul in muy smaller ajuslriaii castle new kesidencefor duke of windsor mjl cie eh jn7nt eljh by niovlnr in to our ca tie at st wolfgang aus enna ua incurrinr with th divorce of mrs wulll trim uu duke of windor has cut ridable dice from to become final it poulble that her forecorted marriaj uith uie ex kliif might take place tin expense his residence at encsfield castle near there continued on page seven allbran keeps me in shape every day wjen had iti lie ivy hrcakfart would fel 1olv ftr couple of tl of tin would have to tal itie one niormni had di of air huin iltlieve iul it it iny lax itive ui it mc in hape every city vi 111 ijjlhnj id tire on request hy put up with half nc dayt when dehciou cert 11 will mile you feel ro jjoocp hiciu hius lias hulk which iihnib nioi ture within the body 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