Too IVIuch fcfficiency
By E.J.^")R(7/i6
BEGIN HERE TODAY
JOHN W, BROOKE, hardware
magnate, widower and f it her of
three grown children, has been
away from home several weeks
since arranging with a firm of
efficiency experts to pill his
Fifth Avenue mansion on an
economic basis. He failed to ce \
sider the consequences of leav
ing Constance, Killy and Alice
at ihe mercy of
H. HEDGE, efficiency expert,
assigned to carry out the con
tract. The “children' light a
losing battle until Hedge falls
in love with Constance. Coin
cident with their eng; u;en
Hedge destroys all efficiency re
cords accumulated in the Brooke
library and concrls all regula
tions made in the name of reieo
tifie management.
Hilly and Alice find it passi
ble to approve the regenerated
Hedge. All join to prepare for
an enormous parly planned for
tonight. Constance is phoning
friends while Hedge is calling
the caterer, decorator, and other
necessary individuals to provide
entertainment for, the celebra
tion. Billy has just reported for
dutv.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
“Now, Bill." said H. Hedge, “you
never worked for me be fore, end this
is your last chance. Dump n barrel
or so of gas into that foolish jitney
of yours and stand by for order' .
You may have to go a hundred miles
a mint tty, «o here's money to pay
your fine's.
He jammed a roll of yellow bill:
into the bands of Billy, whirled loin
about, a: d propelled him from th1’
room.
Theft he el god the desk ’plie.ne.
For the next fifteen ininut - 11.
Hedge was a conversational jolcano.
lie spouted vehement words until the
transmitter fairly quivered.
mow ninny : >:n. or' many ior
two or thm1 hundred anyhow. Wait
ers, everything! How much do l
want to spend? Don’t ho silly. I
want the whole works, and it's up to
you to see 1 get ’em. Make believe
it’s for royalty: there’ll he a queen
here anyhow. Wine? Of course, any
thing:, everything:! What do you
think I’m fanning—a> hash house?
You want a deposit? Right. I’ll
have it there in half an hour. N?o\v
hop off the wire. I’ve got to talk to
somebody else.
He never paused to take breath.
“You say you’ve decoaated this
house before? You’re wrong, old
man; you only think you did. Yml
mean you trimmed it. ! went it
decorated. You got rix hir. Led dol
lars for the last job? W 11, you’re
going to got fifteen hundred for this
and if everything isn’t all ret by
nine o'clock I'll Come down there and
throw bombs through your green
houses. Yes; you'll get a deposit, too.
Now, hustle out the begonias and the
potted paints and the floral bowers.
Do I want roses? I said 1 wanted this
place decorated; didn’t 1. 1 want every
thing from roses to rubber plants.
Get it into your head that this is a
desert and that you’re Luther Bur
bank. Ring off, Luther.”
H. Hedge was assuredly tireless.
‘‘Send somebody to the phone who
can talk United State. I want to
boss; I don’t want the guy that saws
the big fiddle. Hello—ah. good. 1
want a couple of orchestras. Ye- -
two! Can you get the Mel • opobtnn
Opera bunch? No? Why, l could
do that myself if I had time.
“Have ’em on the job at nine
o’clock. Whut’ll they play ? All the
latest dance dirges, friend. For how
long? How do l know? 1 may have
’em here playing for breakfast.
They’re here until 1 blow the whittle
“Would 1 like a lady harpist ? Sure
I would. Tell her to trot right along.
1 leave it all to you. If you say
hand-organs, it’s hand-organs. But
the Lord help you if you throw me
down. Stlh! Ye.;—that means t.y-by."
From telephonii g H. Hedge turned
to the writing of checks. He was
s’-ill at it when Billy Brooke returned
to announce that his ,ar had been
viUyizcd again.
“Take these checks to there ad
dresser., Bill,” commanded the ex-effi
ciency man. ‘'They’re deposits. Let’s
frf.4; it’s two o'clock. Tala ’em to the
hark first ar.il go' ’em certified. Don’t
mind, do you old man?”
. Hilly grinned.
“Let’s shake again,’’ he aid.
They fh.rok.
“And say, E. E.—you’re pn'ng to
fee awful good to Connie, aren’t you?
• 11. Hedge gripped Billy's finger,
trots! their owner winced.
‘‘Bill,’’ ha said, I'm going to be
awful good—but not good enough.
Nobody could be good enough to ('< -
pie. I’m only a poor human boob
sifter all.”
“You’ll do,” said .Billy. “And E.
K. some time. I want you to tench
use that straight left—the one you
handed Tommy Treadwell.”
4,1’11 demonstrate it right now if
you don’t rustle with those checks,
soh! Burn the road, Bill. It’s ( on
r.ic’u party.”
The retired efficiency engineer was
sitting back in a swivel chair, with
his feet on the desk, smoking placid
ly, when Constance appeared.
“What gown do you want me to
wear, E. F ? I’ve been looking them
over and I can’t decide."
“Gown! Holy smoke! I forgot
your jrown! W hy you ran-1 wear any
<i>' those gov. . (' •nr.ii*. JCot mi y.fur
lift! Wait.”
ii in/’) .1 to l!:a tci- nhoue nr.il
(.‘'It"! a ui* f'<-'■■.
"i ui the t until fro" ",-builder 1:1
!>.•>•,coi'.nnr.nded. ”Ah now* do
y< i ir.ad.ine ? 1 :; is t: •• resi
de in • <. Jehu W. IhM.)!{-■•. Miss
ii...■ •— Ve<; i,1' < t.i:r you know
IK ’, Will. .d'. ■■ Brci-mi -.yes. yes!
1 about to my, Miss Itrooke—
y s yi ; I >hrV. ivii:S I’rool.e -on"
i tula', id p! a r. Th . ns' eiinvcv
> n'iop, maria me, net yours. It's the
■ » .important roe. e>\ :r. ion i:i Net/
at.'thiji particular iniie.te,
.1 t will not lie interrupted.
‘•i’i., Brooke 11 ire.- a gown to
s. s t hi s evening. The refore, V' n
\ ill ! . • i i vary gown in your rhnp
yt .1 vi;i I: re inside of .in hour, mi
. ■(lei* t -;tit : '•!•. may make a selec
tion. A:.d :.'Mid ;i (Oi | le of tailors a
lortg ‘ > in;'1 • ■ any mve ; m;y chnnyv.
“’Alint? M; .. lie ihcv't'o not tail n' y
hut .nay how you s; i.d Vim. Have Y>ni.
brine: their own sens is., and pins
and : 11 tin; '< lisioinnry tools. This is
nr h job, but it lias to lie done
right
•'Mow's that? Oh, 1>; You eel
us nveny ani••'Mobiles ns you sitvil and
put .'on on the bill. C* t these gowes
here; that’s all. What? Oh! Coti
. ■■'tier all aoobsgir". made • in 1': neb
bine. •! vei, .math:me. You ore
rkansin;-- -mrgi'ifiuue! All to the
good! !tov,dial? Ail light? Sur
er: ehveil 1 ov.'t v.e l’“ "real.
h:'i"-;d.) in .» time. '<hriy jcb't those
js.iv.";-!'. !r re, ilortenre!"'
tin;. • i ,sl is.fh.pstd into a
“11. r..." sie gasped “you r, v the
‘V H, 11 at' th( o riy wry < o talk
t •> tf> . fv i’’ 1 ■ . .i ; dear.- I
7
"I want everything from roses to
rubber plants'.” ,
bet. you those gown;', will bo hero in
half uii hour. Why. that kid i-i hus
tling ’em into the boxes how!”
“Kid! She's fifty if she’s a day,
and she's fat.”
"Never mind. She’s human. She’s
so curious to see what talked to her
that she's bringing the gowns up
herself.”
* » <<..
Thv.-re was mere than a mere sound
of r.velry in the Brooke mansion;
'hove was a pandemonium. II. Hedge
had at least p' on a pwty that . ex
ceeded: anything within the me hi or y
o'' ( onr.tPJiee or K.iiy. What it cost,
the young Brookes had not the least
idea, although the probable magni
tude of the expense •, united and a
little startled Constance.
A-> for tlodge, hr had ?v> more no
tion of the eost than they, and did
not rare. I’r'hap he had wiped ou.
till the savin;, - .effected by scientific
management; he rather hoped ho
had. He Was on tain he would never
exactly know, h. re. <• ihe records of
!ds adnivnistrstdai wore in asher.
There had never been so much and
rtlch beautiful musk, it reevaed to
the guests of the Brookes. There
had never been such a supper. An
for "‘'lowers, t he house si 'em -d lift ral
ly t > be built, .out of them. .V I, to
add the last touch of magnificence,
particularly in the eyes <T H. Hedge.
Constance wore the kind of gown
that only comes once in a jlTlmve,
It was nearly niiUnij.hy when a
commotion in the front hall sent
Hedge scurrying out to investigf,t-.>
He returned in five minutes, "rm
niug. Constance questioned him-with
her eyes.
“Just an old gentleman w!to is
slightly out of his. head,” 10 ex
plained. “Ho .managed to r;air,' his
was past, the msjj at the door, and he
won’t go. lie sik.;rty to have an' idea
he belong here, rhd he became ra
ther onlay when, they tried ic eject
him.”
“The poor thing’.” said Constance
sympathetically, “What did you do?”
“Telephoned for the police, It’s
tin only ri.. it th: 1/ to do. They’ll
take cnyp.of him; probably .--end him
<lt.v .> t , n • i. viif* for observation."
“V.’h. re is he now?”
“A e of. tv n are holding hi.it
out i. 1 t vestMn;h>. He's fnakir^ a
her r rthrara ■ ■ i; e; Ticket. Th"
funny ».n'rt is, he keep.? on saying he j
owns . the house.”
Cos: t:ti" o latticed at. II. Iled/e, and j
hr" eye. she .ly widened.
•Wh«t do." ‘he look like, E. E ,?”
Hi" a. h d in :i whisper.
"Oh. h abou* medium heiplit,
with,. rhprt gray boaWl. He':; t hunk- j
fly I mi It end Jui : .1 <!•<■£> voice, with r :
funny wry of nmkinftj jjesturi" !
\ ith hie hand..." I
t on e.int o In;:- d white ant! Tose .
11 le .ii'v to her feet.
“Oh K. K.,” rite rasped, “do y at |
know \v!to too n:n:t is?”
"Voo mean the old tad who’s try-]
true to break in?” ' j
“It’, father!”
'on l.an.ee >■,. hod from the room,
i \ht;v '1. iiedr.e paralyzed in his j
•-••kt.. J ’v far ahead /if the day j
. l y Ji.h 1 W. I!rook > for his home j
coming, He propped his shoulders
against the waif for a few seconds in
order to steady himself while realisa
tion became complete.
NEXT CHAPTER: John W. de
mand:. ait accounting.
Among the meek who inherit the
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five-ton trucks.
I’often in that blessed era when you
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without trying to sing it.
There's one good thing about cub
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Si range that government doesn’t
( liiplpy feminine agents to catch vio
lators of the Mann act.
li is estimated that i)f» per cen* of
the true conservative: would feel
rud ■ without suspenders.
Inheritance.
“Wot yo’ doin’, chile?”
“Nothin’, mammy.'’
“My, but yo’ is get tin.’ like yo’
father.”
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Planters now* figuring their
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holders of tho Union Trust Company
i of Shelby, for tho election of directors.
! lor tho ensuing year and any other
i Imsino: ;; coining before tin meot.n»-,
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Oi v. n, weak and
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dull ice ling, no
t n c r g y. i was
greatly in need of a
tonic to build me
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Lady Says Her Back "Hurt Night
and Day"—Least Noise Up
set Her. Better After
Taking Cardin.
Winfield, Texas.—“My bark uurt
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Eason, of R. F. D. 1, this place. “£
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My husband got me a bottle and I
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‘1 ,C“B certainly recommend
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