. The Saturday evening post. He glanced at hisdesk. And Im rather busy this morning,so if youll kindly excuse me The visitor laughed softly. I wish Icould afford to get to work at elevenoclock. Let me show you Im not mis-taken. Werent you born in Chicago? Yes. Lived there quite some time?Yes. Stephen picked up his memorandumbook and studied it, but Mr. Hawksfordrefused the hint. Went abroad a few years ago? I was in the Army, yes. Mr. Hawksford made an odd —all right; well let that pass. Cameback about a year ago? Stephen brought his hand down on thedesk. His restiveness had nearly
. The Saturday evening post. He glanced at hisdesk. And Im rather busy this morning,so if youll kindly excuse me The visitor laughed softly. I wish Icould afford to get to work at elevenoclock. Let me show you Im not mis-taken. Werent you born in Chicago? Yes. Lived there quite some time?Yes. Stephen picked up his memorandumbook and studied it, but Mr. Hawksfordrefused the hint. Went abroad a few years ago? I was in the Army, yes. Mr. Hawksford made an odd —all right; well let that pass. Cameback about a year ago? Stephen brought his hand down on thedesk. His restiveness had nearly reachedits limit. Yes, but, really, Mr. Hawksford, Ivetold you Just let me finish if you dont you were overseas your father was—taken away? Stephen put down the memorandumbook. Why—yes. And you took some of your inheritanceand moved over here and bought a busi-ness, and now youre living very quietlyand all that sort of thing. Pretty accurateso far, arent I? (Continued on Page 48) THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. What happened inyour home this mornin between 7 and JIM. ^ill in this pictureyourself the steam heating systemdead? Did you shiver in anicy bathroom?\At breakfast?in spite of high steam pressure-did the radiators stay cold orspout water or thump and bang? Experts say you can have good steamheat if you have good air valves onyour radiators and steam pipes. When the air valves do their job right,every section in every radiator mustget hot quickly and stay hot steadily. Its up to the air valve if radiatorsthunder and pound. Its up to the air valve if radiators hisssteam or spout water over expensiverugs and hardwood floors. Its up to the air valve if you burn 14tons of coal in a winter instead of ten. THAT is why Hoffman Valvesare so vital to efficientheating. Because— As soon as the heat is turned on,Hoffman Valves are open wideand stay so until the entire sys-tem is cleared »f air. This givesthe steam an open road to heatup the radiators from end to e
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