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i thursday august 13 1031 the acton free press paow gjhp 3frre ijrpbh ghort tonj the booster by krkest l tiltjllston 11 hailed 1 mid stride ax if m the harpflung word had been a bullet puul eldrldtfo whlrlrd o llml to faco up the armstrong walk to cm opened door and a twjckonlnff an grinned aa he obeyed the aummoni delia armstrong awaited him imt slender brownclad figure tllt her chlh up moreover tho tiawl ye under the mop of rcddbdibrown ylr wero hot und tile cheek pink inujl looked ut her admiringly a little pepper u vtry be coming eusouliig for you he informed uxor inorliuf that she pronounced judg burnt youve gone and done it agatnl ouuty without trwdeenilng ctrcum- ptanoe lwt chuckled where and what boosted alfred dixon into onni at company did he get tt7 hnol iloll muk igood nut kimpped the girl if youd bought for it youd have won it alfred didnt auk you to help him out it wit ian open neld not exactly delia explained taul slowly will hoturtl of that vacancy while on that kurvoylng party up dalton way and was hoi arter it before the tiowu leaked ti me i just couldnt try to grub lit from an old friend you know tin 1 just helped got frluiidh of mine to boost oilm x woll delia jdduuppod that kn- jiody oflerod you n plate and you refused tliat dont you ever intend gutting into engineering iaul ibum the boy stiffened in turn but delia turned and sarcastically idellverod her hpewch to the air hu starts into the profession by taking u clorlypiilp behind n grocery counter lie expands this engineering ability on u not of books in a general storo and hu on instead of bolntf out uul seeking work in the pro fession he professes to love oh oonw now delia protested 1uul coloring to hl brown hulr you know jmliy i inuujsd up the kennedy olfer and you know 1 want to make my place in thin friendly little town i love it und stagnate completed delia friend ly of course when you boost everywn tout where doeji thu little- ohthow placo correct interpolated paul uradljy ownii the only ooulnu left the t 1 have turned to fliyvers an to boosting ittf only the rood in one i boost tjafhl doll shrugged her nllm ox- prcaalvo kuiouuloni foaf along then lifer eyca caught sight of a book in hi eoat pocket and upend fiparo time in idle reading as alwayu here what la it bho jerked the book out glancing awlftly at the title and then rich color flamed her eyen softened her llpa sweet ened a her mind grasped the signifi cance of the few words civil knglnecrs handbook iaul uuaiifht hor cxcejitlonally attrac- trve ucn tm ho hauled him into the suiufle and over to a chair exclalmlnir ptoralvo nicl itll jimt bccftufie i want you to win out you know old frlcndb that they wore they talked it out then and talkod over other atfutiu or the little town too before paul had to leave they parted ulth jokuur rive and take to hide deeper feellnir for delia might not wholly approve of hlu coumo but film wiui loyal to her frieudu to uio core intul jiobered an hu ntrode homeward 511c hud ranked an honor man well above alfred in the engineering departinrnt of the college they both attended ho could have won the ploro with green nnd he could have had othof position which went far oif from the little town of newmarket he longed to got into bin jirofetilou but deeper yet wiui the deiilre to work und irve and make bin plum in the wnall town thut jiad always been hb home ami where his father ili a doctor hiul been known and loved by all lta ureuteiit dllf iclhy- wui thut the unit wtep had heemed never to open that waii tho reohon he a col lego train ed man hiul acceptod tlio grocery clerkalitp land then moved up to kenp bookj for old andrew ilaker there neemed no little cnglnonrlng and conntructlon oppoi-tun- lty in tho neighbor liood only two or tlireo contnwtorti who worked in a hmall vivy there wiui alt nichiird iconnody who absorbed the larger jabi that in volved mononry and iron work kennedy wanted juul but the tandnrd were too low to appeal to tho boyn nature tuid training he longed to do good work not hhoddy there waa green at com pany who were juit reaching out from 1u city headquiirtern tut had no local vork ax yot laul had nearly come to tho conoluiilnn that no opening would oomo unlemi hu mudo it li an indn- ipendent way not even delli know yet that dollir by tlollar he wnn kuvhuf up a tiny capital with which to iiwlug jmmu minor eoniitrnotlon job ife wow ip early the next morning working on a cement curb kldowalk and iratewoy for the old homo that wi hujanuihomeut and rihireatloii mi in- tttneerlng couitructlon on a hinall bcale gome of tho neighbors reolng the pulnn he took with it thought it a joke but ho meant txv wephlit engineering twiiro alive by muklng a perfect job itlchard kennedy headed downtown in jiu redan did not laugh he wan a young follow with money and brahih and he won making more money nomo of the neighbor haiti putting his brains into jilh building flentopped now ifot out und with a njiort nod ntooped to examine oloiiely a iioctlon of combined run and gutter afler taking a glanc at the rareful bhieprlnu 1aul had miuje he growled youro allly i wjiafn the tenmi of udng lilghcnt grade matitrlalii and overatrong ojhlructlon on a natur ally cheap job you could double th nam in your mixture and it would ntaml l decent time i want it tii wtalld it ufhlmr i- if you ever bid on u job toe othrni youll learn a thing or two anyone tould undiabld you tm yet muk a profit lie bent ovrr for further study thlngit urejlt dono thla wuy in tbomj tuinill fwiui where there are few building rehtrlctlonn and little or no inupeetloiii with your tnilnlugyoiianould toaoh some of my men nomethlng while l rould telich you a book fill about julving rxpenne and yet getting effect ttilii nliowti youre a born engineer why not come in with me now ive thin flnrt big building down town thankj mr kennedy replied paul nudly but i cant unite itee it konnidy a 4ulaktenxitervi full- hloodid man iiunhed hotly i hiippou ho growled you think my utimdardw aro ut up to the mark the boy rliihhod he did think to and tried to face the man wjuarely a ro collortlon of the muiin enpreiuiion tui he lliul bisnt ovur tho gutter made other than ttio intended wordi come i think ui ponded paul nlowly that down iruilde ion like hlghrliult work keimely gave him a iiwirt ghuice then hi uyen limtantly turned anlde with out a word he iitepped to hu car and tartetl olf while thu young engineer wiuihed up leiiiurely and walked down to hlii lookuepltig poit ife found lit tmployur hakcr hung inn uliout nervoinly iioniethlng on hli mind that drutiint et steady chuckled paul inwardly it atiio out with much hemming und hawing at the noon hour troduji poor and im taking- in pall a bit now with thctie lookn in fine tthapo i think well you mean my rerviccfi are no longer needed youve done fine puul no complaint linker ijaitened to luumro u con- iiolldntlon you know ill give you two weekji notice und tho boy wuu bending over the column of llgiirrii unieelng the mornlngi offer flaiihod into hh mind after all wiui that not a clear lead a chance to work on the flrnt largo modern biulneji building hi newmarket he would taku a look at it that ovenlng the workmen had ame when ho woji free to neck tho great vacant rhell of the new ntructure now one atory above jitreet level ho nodded to the watch man who jtnew him and walked in the nmcll of wet mortar of tar of newcut wood annulled hli naritrtli noothlngly hli eyen glowed he felt his chance wan opening but when he teited a lump of mortar that crumbled under finger pren- mire and when hi eyci found cheapnewi hero and ikhr workmamhlp thero and bkimping everywhere the glow faded still he managed to grin at jiparrown twittering under the eaves of an old building nrxt door and to mutter to himself right you aro blrdiefi cheari cheipcheap the next day paul wiui workhunting again thankful that delia was away for a day dlt io and he would hot have to tell her imttl he was pi iced again he ran down tho place in two dayti nooner than he had expected it wan in the machine ijiop or old dochertyd service shop and garojfe it wus not an eaiiy place and it wii a very greasy one but ho told himself iiometlme a knowledge of practical mechanics und machinery ought to come handy to a civil engineer in fact nince construction in any form nppouled to him he wan not unhappy he undo docherty grin appreciatively beforo the unit week wiu out tho old follow transferred the grin to hlu new helpcrti face by enclosing in the first weekfi pay envelope five dollaru moru than uaknrjt hud carried not that thero were no hard moments eiipeclully when docherty iuked htm to tend tho yuudlne pump and ho hiul to face nelghbom and acquaintances win looked at him u bftatkanre le gathered certain floating remarket from wellmean ing flleiuls to the effect that he was h imply limit her cane of a welltrulned college nmn gone idtlf it wan at thj pump when middenly called fnim a very greuhy jobthat ho next met delia wit ting n hor little home roadster and iiuylng cuitually without a real glance 1lvo gallonii please im in a hurry need any oil delia the girl flashed almut hor face mirror ing rapidly changing cxpresiikmf that finally froze into disgust you pauw in that how could you and with kennedy offer to help out i why overy- oneh talkjur idkjut it ridiculing you im utferly diiigiihtdd rwilly i um kvon if you dont like kennedyn iitnndurxln theyro hlu rcnponfilbllty not yours why jouro the laughing ntock of the town i wherever a flush could nhow through the black on hu fiuo it iihowed let vni forced a chuckle und interrupted delia you do ueetl oil it ciihuii the htoimy nea ilght medium or heavy her eyed liwt their hotnetn hie utriig- gled agalnjt it but her lips curved up hhevy nhe jfulped like my iiplrlbi paul i could jriup you for doing thl and im proud of you for doing it ive no use for people wlio have had you utand up for the good in them and yet who wont itee the mpin renew in you fm litaudliitf up for you nhe gluitled except tor a mluuteu biukjilldlng and oh do hurry i m tiuklng tmuvoun down at the telrphono exchaiute j on oertulon i can do bit or tiubblng goodby iuul frit iwtmewhat fitter after that munovor ivuu had ealmly let out n bit or hih plans the attitude of others wni mom understanding he wan abiding to lib needed apltil and he wiui gaining knowlcdue of machinery proieiuhh the fall drew on with rawiieiui und chill and threat yet reaj winter held off paul noted that kennedy wan driv ing bin big building to h it roofed in ihifore the ktomm titruek lfn got in tho habit of walking by when he could and nlowly he grow anxious the work wu bid tuid uji u truhu 1 miu lie felt jt hulwiuit oiild he do almiit it kcn- nedy luld the town authorltlel were re- hptnnlble he noted one raw gusty dull day at noon that kt nnedy in his riu e for the roof level wils running his iildn walls far too high without rrui support iaul knew thai with this iharp temperalute hop uio cement hi the walls would iul iery slitwly i rhapx imi permanently iukeued clearly the builder knew it too for he wan huutllng men about cov- rlng expuied floor jrc lions with utmw the young engineer overheard inidruc- tionii to the chief foreman something about a train and tin n naw kennedy hurry off paul ate u hurried lunch und walked bark to the jdiop lighting a rblng wind that had a raw edge that made him uhtver ho did not work with his umial nplrtt that uftemoou iuui he iitarud iihurply when i git at door cnudied to under the hnpului or an exceptional gluit winter hitting with a hlutard growled docherty anowa begun let me otf on private hiljilncnis doch- rly asked paul on impuliu- in three mlmitei he wiui forcing hls wuy into a wind that again had nhlfted lotulug from an ugly tpinrler und driving before it needlellko unow by the time he ntruggled down to the big new office litruclure ho woji dodging branched and blinds the foreman lie found had halted woik becauno of the danger of flying boards caught up from icaffoldtng trcadu why not rope off the walk to avoir injur leu to paitsenibyv puul nuugested to old james illake tile general foreman whom he luiuw good idea rnapped lllake hey fellowfi trot out umo of that rnpo wo used on the iipaie tackle lively now so at can get away how alxiut those green unsupported walls up there lllake ihot him u nwlft glance ilicy will jitand i giiesji but iiuppole thoy lont you dont expect me to go up and ntrady em with my hands growled lllake irritably whos in charge here anyhow you with kennedy away whipped back paul and youre wishing you wore not you know theren danger if that near will comes doun on that converse house next door it may bring it down with death or injury to office pcoplo and to the switchboard people in the lop iitory hotter warn cm outl and be nicked for it if the wall iitand jiald nioko undecidedly it would be a confession of weaknevi in the vork walt for iome sign this galo wont give warning iihrad lllake get your men together und brace that wall from the convenie roof and have my men blown off not then ill warn em next door de clared paul kviullng the grasp of tin foreman he stumbled awuy whirled ijy the wind and nlld and i kidded into the doorway soon he was running from office to office gasping hi i warning to nil ut work and struggling up one floor to another until he broke into the local nwltchboard room and confronted a steadyeyed yrumg woman who whitened at his warning but kept her lips firm ml her eyes steady i cant leave she responded quietly ill have you out by force flared paul if duty replied the girl you wont 1 paul nodded he turned to lly down the uteps and to a hopeless roieman who mutteied no go the men wont vol unteer dangers too gn at volunteers i yelled paul tho e telephone glrlii wont leave we must protect em men without families come on those who wont volunteer get iome who will as the tlnt timber nturted up by the hoist for which fortunately there tttll u power paul led hi band onto the convene i houmi roof above which the new wall towered threateningly they iikldded tumbled and were foiced to he flat in the worst guitn hut they worked ltk mud between once only a flying tackle wived a man from shooting over board suddenly an odd grinding noise iirunded above tho whistling wind the walls falling yelled a man swinging for the trap fit and by shrieked paul its the other wall thero wiui a wild crushing shattering note the brace i mmnk the roor under them jarred and irritating dust was willi led in then faeeii gone und cm lied the floois with it guspetl lllake moio neeemdty tfv hold thin rasped paul ilece by plecit munehow the brucing tlmbeut went up men fell bruised one nail led down with a bloken limb luiudii- grew niimh in the cold about the struggling hand the wind roared and ihnlnacoii cracked iihowlng the strain iook outl shrieked lllake llaekt itn coming down puul nwung about the rear edge of the wall us yet unbraced was crumbling he leaped for the neaiest woikman h loving him budde he kpnuig toward unothit iniui and remembered no more when he struggled up ugaln it was to find hlnimlf in the telephone ext han with o dot tor heiilde him ujuuirlug him that the mere tap or a brlrk on his h ud lotild not put him out and that the wall was iufe only the far edge had erumpled paul did not hear him ho ntired by at a haiteleyed redd i -ji- haired girl who till to smile bat it how did vou get here he demanded substituting for a f rli nd explained delia calmly i due ked out of night whin you ame to warn us now us soon an im relliived ill we you home pro vided tho little old car runn on heavy oil tzy two days utter the little town reared its heiul fnmi under deptlui of snow dropped by that nnt of the winter storm and looked upon its more or less damaged self whlht over the wmckugu of the structure which wan to have been tlie great building of thu town a kem- uyod capable englnihr clnisi by uutne worked hu careful way for he hiul been commlsuloned to report to ui town coun cil above him mi he worked ukwerod tho lone wall tho council meeting win a public one for interest was yreat and the attitude of the citliu us on several liolnui was desired laul went ov-r- with delia but he sat wrll back in the liall tui green of green hl company reported in scath ing terms on the weakneus of construction of the great imlldlng and kt mn ly sat looking lown the expert did not stop with the great building he spoko of othor damage of the need of careful iu- sectlohl ilie town should have he in formed the councllmeii a capable en gineer on thu job tho town was going to ijrow it should grow soundly wo may need your advice as to u man legan the chalrmun vjot him right in town cried old juiuei lllake rlnlng in the uudlonoe any man whod light to save that wall und make suoh u job or it iu good enough foi thin town hell give full service supplemented docherty i know it ho thinks u heap of this town came hakers crackid voice ivo looked up thin man kldrlilge and i believe hell do said green the men wore off one word followed another while paul out duxed but delia poked him und nald happily though with a volcn that shook the boost r boosted by his own boastce wake up paul woke up heres mr green itemember a chap named alfred dlkon asked mr green lwell he thinks enough of you to havo kept at every man he could reach in our force to try to glt an opining for you now weve looked you up theres no vacancy but theron always u new plsco for a right man if youll consider thanks sir gasped paul but itn my town and i understand laughed tho engineer but i happen to know certain great factories are to come along out in the hills this way within u few yearn the engineering possibilities will bo many later when youve iorved your turn in public office you can do bigger things in your field and yet stand by your town lly the way he chucklod fiome or us went up and shovelled snow around jour place when you were out today w wlihed to examine that bit of cement anrk or yours paul was ntlll dazed but delias laugh rlpplrd tho champion booster bonst- dt wake up old maul oct your head out of tde clouds and come down to earth no come down to a solid cernentr foundation mr orccn ls talking to you millers worm powders are a pleasant medicine for worminfested children and they will take it without objection when dhectlonn are followed it will not injure the most delicate child us there s nothing of an injurlou i natunf hi ttu composition they will speedily rid x hlld of worms and re lore the health at the little milfeiers whotiu vitality bus become impaired by the atticks of uieiie internal pests unless worms be expolle from tho yitem no child can be healthy mother giavei worm kxtermlnator in an ex cellent medicine to destroy worms better for work humes tho pppy vy to mtnrt the day a heaping bowlful of kcllog vkp bran flak en youll vote them the belt bran lakes you ever uutcd full of nouruhment too with extra bran to preserve your health and regularity hat them for lunch for late huprtcra in the red-and- green package made by kellotftf in loudon ontario pep bran flakes you wouldnt board up a show window its just one of several splendid means of adver- tising good goods there isnt any business man who would for a moment consider the idea of boarding up his show window and stopping this splendid means of letting all who pass by his shop know the values and the goods he has to offer them there is scarcely any type of retail business that does not put a great deal of time in dressing the windows and having them properly lighted and ycl not a fifth of your customers pass that show window on an average of once a week you may have a fine window and great values and the best of goods and yet if you depend entirely on that one means pf reaching all your possible customers you will fall far short of the objective there arc hun dreds of busy housewives who do not have lime to go down town every day these housewives arrange the family buying if they cant window show they do their buying through the advertisements even the window shoppers know that they will miss many excellent- values if they fail lo carefully scan the advertise ments when the merchant fails to use the advertising columns he is boarding up the means of displaying and selling liisgoods to a circle much larger than the display window class of shoppers progressive mer chants like to invite all classes lo their store mosl people like to shop where the merchants display their goods and values the day of buying an un known article has gone every week there arc between four and five thousand readers of the free press w1k arc wailing for an invitation to shop at your store arc you boarding up the advertising show window and telling them you have nothing lor sale they will never know of your values if you do not vemovothe boards invite new customers to your store tell the old friends you are still in business the newspaper columns lead the way