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Woman's home companion
Vol. LXIV, No. 6 (1937)
[Continued articles and works], pp. 40-[57]
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That's Love [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 34 PROTECT PRECIOUS EYES WITH EDISON MAZDA LAMPS YOUNG EYES especially need the protection of good light to help them see safely and without straining. For eyestrain . .. so often "SEEING IS BELIEVII caused by poor lighting . .. is largely respon- /or I, ,i/ sible for the fact that 2 out of 5 children tter ighl Iinps give reach college age with defective vision. Yet light t/in ordinary h priceless eyes can be protected. These sim- I dv/i'i hos IIIiierf ple riles will help: e 1'nsiltifito prove I 1. [lave your chilt's eves examined regularly by a Light Il',er. o, insir competent eyesight speicialist. 1/i inei sures lig/if(is si 2. Have your hoie tighting easured by an expi'rt i i enonielI' ni froim Your electric service comitpany. t t e , . 3. Uise only laips that Stay Brighter Longer. The General Electric trade-nark on a bulb is our a- siirance of good light at low cost. 4. Give your chili the benefit of' an I. E. S. Better Sight Laimp for reading andl studying. Start protecting eyesight in your home to- night. Get rid of every burned-out or black- ened bulb. Replace them with bright, new Edison M AZIA lamps . .. the kind that Stay 1 5 don' bur outpre~60 WATTS AND Brighter Loager. They don't burn out Pre- maturely, get dinner and dinner in use ... or rob eyes of light they need. General Electric Co mpany, Dept. 166, Nela Park, EDISON MAZDA LAMPS GENERAL" SEEIC ,_ E E e frIvre/ta . 1<. S. more Iilps. 'sling his. It G.E tent imply and the one I drew tonight-the one she cashed-then neither of them is any good!" He could see them both pre- sented to his bank for payment and both being stamped, "No Funds.'' "She'll think I'm a crook-a thief!'' he groaned. And then a ray of hope appear- ing: 'Mr. Farnum must have for- gotten lie had to sign the check too. I will call him up and it will all be straightened out." As late as it was, he couldn't wait till morning. Perhaps Mr. Far- num had been out late too and had just come in. At least it would do no harm to give him a ring. Presently a sleepy voice said, ''Hello,'' on the other end of the xvi re. ''Hello! Hello! This is David Dolbeare. I would like to speak to Mr. Farnum for a minute, please . . . something very important. 'Sorry,'' said the sleepy voice, ''Mr. Farnum left last night on a fishing trip withJudge Brown.'' ''When will they be back?" ''Why, sir, they've gone to Canada and won't be back for a couple of weeks at least!'' * DAVID'S bank had hardly r_ opened the next morning when he was inside conferring with Mr. J. Hamilton Winterbottom, the vice president through whom he had originally opened his account. Mr. Winterbottom was a banker of the old school-that is to say, he wore a high stiff collar, a frock coat and a manner of imperious dignity. 'You wish to arrange for a loan?" he asked when David's story had faltered to a close. 'If I can.'' ''Upon what collateral?' ''Well-I'm afraid I have no collateral. But I've been banking here-" "You sa vou are employed at Perley and Palimalee's. Can't 'ou arrange for an advance of salary or-ah-commissi oins?" 'No, sir,'' said David sadly. ''I-well, you see, I tried that be- fore I came here.'' 'Then I'm afraid that we can- not help you, Nlr.-ah- Dolbeare, at this particular' time and under these particular circumstances." "But those checks that I drew xesterdav-before I knew that my deposit was no good: You'll let those go through . ' David earnestly pleaded. Mr. WVinterbottom's expression suddenly grew bright and he per- mitted himself to smile for a io- ment. "Oh, those checks,'' he said. "Why-ah-Mr. Dolbeare, surely I need not tell you that the' can- not possibly be paid unless suf- ficient funds are first deposited.' 'Thank 'ou,' said David, sadly rising. "Not at all, Mr. Dolbeare. Drop in and see us any time that we can be of service to you. David left the bank sadly and slowly. ''Well, there's no help for it," he sighed. "I've got to tell Sylvia. I'll be able to pay her back by the first of next month-but oh, what a poor cheap skate she'll think I am!" >HE TELEPHONED first to the airport and a voice in the bookkeeping department gave him her address, ''Ravensdale, just be- yond Cedarhurst. Anyone around there will tell you where John Merry's place is." "John Merry's place!" thought David, hanging up the receiver with a dispirited gesture. ''Sounds like a roadhouse or a hotel. Yes, and now I think of it, I've read of old actors doing things like that-" But he was too dejected to fol- low the thought further. With drooping shoulders he made his way to the garage where lie kept the coup&; and just as the clock in his dashboard pointed to high noon, he stopped his car in Ravens- dale iand asked a passing letter- carrier how to get toJohn Merry's. "'First place over the stone bridge,' '' he repeated to himself. "Well, that ought to be easy to find.' But after lie had crossed the stone bridge the first place he saw was a great estate-with acres of lawn and thousands of trees, and a Georgian palace in the far dis- tance, half concealed in a grove of pines. In front of the house he caught a glimpse of a pond-al- most large enough to be called a lake-a pond embellished with slowly floating swans. tATHE next house was another S/'ornate dwell ing-Elizabethan, this one, with a garage that looked like a stable and a peacock on the front lawn. ''That's funny,'' muttered David; anid seeing a butcher's de- livery truck coiming out of the private entrance, lie stopped and held out his arm. 'Can you tell me where John Merry's place is?'' lie asked. "Yes, sir,'" said the butcher's boy pointing back. ' Vou just came right past it.' 'You mean on the other side of the bridge?'' asked David begin- mg to stare. '"No, sir. This side. The place with the pond." ''Wait . . . wait ...' said David feebly as the butcher's bov prepared to depart. ''Is there-is there any other Merry who lives around here a brisk little old gentleman with white side- whiskers and-and a flat-topped derby?" [CoNTINUED ON PAGF 431 40
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