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Home antd Studio Portraits-Gardon and Architectural MATHEW'FRANCI STUDIO 2N0 FLOOR WILMETTE THEATRF D, iiaa .:CENTRAL AVENUIC PHONE, WILMaETTE 353S 'READ THE WANT ADS ilv plantatton;, he also found out ai lot about raising -and seiling cotton, wheat and corn. Dur ing vacations and ,pare time Dan actually put over sinall business deals and, Made cotton load deliveries to the Dalton gin. He wan ted iiio ney, IS too, because to'him, even at his g, it meat-opp .or tunity. He ýsaw 'in>:it the mheans, to education, -books, travel, >. clothes, gamn1es in fact, the satisfac-, e tion of bis material wants. His week- ly ýallowance was, flot quite enough1 for the free play of. bis ever increas.- ing desires, so0 one day he made a business proposition ,to .bis* goo.1 friend, Carl Bartlett, who was also bis'sister Nan's friend. He proposed a partnership for theý manufacture of' §mall ladders and props for growing plants -anà gartteivproducts, with the aini of selling them to, neighb)ors. The summer vacation was ap- proaching and the fiowur season would soon be at its height-just when people would inost need their products.ý *The plan was readilv approved lw Carl, and the two b9ys,, conseqluently launched into a series of "business conferénces," they calied thei, wlîich conusumed imanv .evenins. and con- ance of eighty dollars ai the last meeting. There won't . le aniotJher meeting for a month and no hike tLO Cinnamon. island on' a Treasure Hunt' ùntil vacation. Let's- use that .m.oney to get started. ,Bv vour itext report we'll- make uî> the amiount tbrough sales of our Iadd.ers. Wir've got to pay, Sharp .bvý Saturday. Mou. know !" For a tew mioments D>an looked dumb. as if someon e had struck him.: He hadn't thouglit about the inoniev ini the clul)s -treasury.. Tlioughititlly. lie- walked: over to. his study, de:sk. opened a drawer and took, out the bank boo0k of the ExPlorer's lub. "Sue eniogh!1,theire's a -,balanice of $84.50!'711t seme.d as if a thousan<t questions popped into bis head ail ai once and demanded answers. \Vould they be abler 10 eafli enough- to repay the treasury ? Might flot the clulb call a special meeting to arrange an extra outing whicb would require the spending of rnoney? Could anvthjng possibly happen to expose the tact that the 'D and C Products compat' had used the money of'the Explorer'sý club for its own private purposus?, Such a thing would surely end in ds grace and force them out of the chlb. Other excellent letters were also received in thiis week's "Deeds of Dan" contest. E ach week Mr.. Hurst publishes one or more letters. written by readers of the *Deeds' of Dan" in response to the -question:- "Children, what would you do.if you were Dan?>" *This "Deeds of Dan" serial is_ pub- lished every week. I4very child is in-ý %rited toý write. in each week and answer the, question. A one dollar, award is given 'fôr every letter pub-ý lished. Just a word about the rules:-ý In ad- dition to. the 'address, each letter should give the name and age of the cliuld .tryilg for the prize. Letters must reach WILNMe-TSLiP8 hy the first Tuesday following the *Deeds of Dan" story. Letters about the story in thisissue shouilt reh W!uçmT'rt LiPE on or before Tuesday, janu~ary 24. Betty Dodds' prize-winning letter. ýreads as follows: en, .20 Prairie vne Wilmette, Iii1, Jariuary 16, 19:33 Dear Mr. H1urst if 1 were Dani I wouic.lnot let tii.s opportunity to tell the truth slip hy. 1 would let the superin tendent and the children know what liad happened tïn the eilder even though 1 would bh ruI one APACHE to thnm. scf a cliance?" queried Dan! to hlm- Sneey The 1) and C Garden Producis self. Betty Dds comipany -w~as finally. latinchied and "Wýhat?" exclairned Carl. Wa advrtse troghth dstibti;îare yu umlig botDa ? h RREHEARSE SPELLING advrtiedthrugl te dstrbuiouar, yu nmbingabotDài. uth Grundstromn and Marian o- hiand-written poster s preparedI l), ersisted. "Why no one will find ont! Karas, Ayoca school, ptpils, are busy the two young business men. Thiat's XXTe have plenty timie to get goi > tdigterspligi rprto wbat they were doing in the quiet of The mnoney is idle in the bank. No for the Cook county spelling contest the attic ; they had reduced overhiead one w'ill be hurt. You're the treas-t be hId in the spring. One of the exenes fraswa sow b aurer, and as long as it's paid back, two girls will represent the Avoca statement of assets, they* needed- what difference does it make wvhafl school in this contest. every available penny to start in busi- vou do with it while the club doesn't ~ *So far, so good, for the D and C Garden Products company. Every- thing was fine except there were sfillt no work benches in the sbop. and r lierbrige lubfurther in this issu,!1 last .wee k. i, en- irsday I