Y YES, they did laugh at me, for I heard them way in the next room. I was mortified, humiliated. I felt that I could never face any of them again. But let me tell you how it all happened. You see, we had always been friends, Tom and I-ever since that day, long ago, when he had fought Ralph Curran for the privilege of carrying my books home from school. Of course, we scrapped every now and then, as youngsters do, but we were really inseparable companions throughout our school days. And when the time came for him to leave for college, I hid in my room and cried for two whole hours. Tom wrote to me only once while he was at college, one stiff little note in the very beginning that told me he had arrived safely and that it was not very pleasant to be a freshman. And then silence-four long years of silence when only the enthusiastic reports of his mother revealed how popular he had become. He did come home one summer, but it just happened that I was away on a visit and missed him. Soon I began to wonder whether I had really ever known this Tom at all-this popular, football hero Tom whom the village folks spoke of with such pride. And I began to look forward to the day when he would come back-a graduate! Tom Comes Back From One day I met Rose in Daly's store. "Did you see Tom?" she asked. "He just got back from college." I could not restrain the warm flush that quickly spread over my face. "Yes?" I said, trying to appear indifferent-but I hurried away so that she could not see how eager I really was. So Tom was back again-Tom who had called me his "pal" way back in school-time days. Would he remember me? Would we be friends again as we used to be? I began to wonder-and dream Then I saw Tom! I knew him right away; although he had grown tall and broad and remarkably handsome. He knew me, too, in spite of my tucked-up curls and lengthened skirts. "Well, if it isn't little Freckles!" he grinned (he had always called me Freckles). "Haven't changed a bit, except that you're quite a young lady now, aren't you?" We Begin a New Well, if I hadn't changed, Tom certainly had. His walk, his speech, his very manner had a new buoyancy, a new animation that found in me an immediate response. I felt suddenly that the schoolboy I used to know had dropped out of my life forever, and in his place was this glowing young man who seemed to be the incarnation of all that is cultured, polished and well-bred. "Having a little party at my house Sunday," he was saying, "some friends I made at college. I'd like to have you come, too. You'll come, won't you?" he added eagerly. "I-I think so," I answered. And so we walked home together, and as we passed the old school-house Tom said, "Remember the time I had a tussle with Ralph, and you let me carry your books home because I won? You said your motto was to the victor belong the spoils'-remember?" And we both laughed. I Prepare for Tom's Party I was elated when I found that no one in the town had been invited to Tom's party except me. Only his college chums were going to be there, and I just knew that I'd have a wonderful time. The first thought that came to me, of course, was "what shall I wear?" A FTER supper last night I went As I was reading the letter Dr. "Well, Mac," he said, "are you still "Yes, Doctor, I am still getting my 7%. By the way, what is your mining stock paying?" "Not a blame cent," he said, making a wry face. "Hereafter my motto is going to be 'safety first.' You seem to be mighty well pleased with your Miller Bonds. Are you sure they are safe?" "They are secured by a first mortgage on good, modern apartment houses or other buildings, well located in prosperous Southern cities. These buildings earn a steady income, and you can't get a much better guarantee of safety than a first mortgage, can you?" SYMBOL Yes, I'm Still Getting My 7% "But suppose." he objected, "the value of the building on which the bonds are issued declines for one cause or another. Isn't your security in danger?" "Not at all," I told him. "In the first place, G. L. Miller & Company never lend more than half of the value of the property, and that value isn't based on boom prices, either, but on a fair, ordinary market. In the second place, the borrower has to make monthly payments to meet the interest and gradually pay off the principal. In this way money is always on hand to pay the interest even before it is due, and to pay off the bonds which come due from year to year. The bond issue is growing less every year, and the interest which has to be paid is growing less, but the mortgage on the building remains as full security until the last bond is paid. Don't you see. these bonds are growing safer all the time?" Dr. Thompson asked other searching questions about the Miller Bonds. The whole story is contained in a circular which we will gladly send you if you will mail the attached coupon. G. L.MILLER & O INCORPORATED You, who read this advertisement, may have a neighbor who is an investor in Miller Bonds. We know that there are Miller investors in your State, for they live in every State of the Union. Not one of them ever had to wait a day for money due on interest or principal of Miller First Mortgage Bonds. We have prepared a booklet called "Demonstrations of Satisfaction," which contains many letters from these satisfied investors. Perhaps you know some of these people. G. L. Miller & Company, 705 Hurt Bldg.. Atlanta, Ga. Please send me booklet, "Demonstrations of Satisfaction" and the story of Dr. Thompson. I have .......for which I am seeking a safe investment. services up to the standards demanded by their customers. This situation was one of the factors in the depreciating value of their securities. But they have begun to "come back." Recent statements seem to indicate that earnings are definitely on the up-grade. Even gross business is well maintained in volume in the cases of the majority of these companies, especially those whose operations are not largely confined to furnishing industrial power, and declining costs are having the effect of establishing a wider margin above interest and other fixed charges, thereby strengthening the underlying position of the stocks as well as the bonds. Some reflection of this more favorable turn of affairs has already been seen in the market for the securities of the class of companies in question, but not all that would appear to be warranted. In other words, conditions are still distinctly favorable for investment in a large class of public utility securities. 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