Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-12

up thither from the Hutches, and the
tame artists with flying hair-and were
now being marshaled in lines by No. /.
who had gone on before. When Eustace
and his wife and John Short got to the
top Of the hall, where some chairs had
been set, the whole multitude bowed,
wherein he begged them to be seated--a
! permission which the tame authors, who
sat all day in their little wooden hutchcs.
aud sometimes good part of the night
also, did not seem to care to avail them
selves Of. But the tame artists, who had,
for the most part, to work standing, sat
down readily.
Gentlemen" said Eustace, "first let
mo introduce you to my wife, Mrs. Nee.
son, who, in another capacity, has already
been-not greatly to her own proft-corl.
nectcd with this establishment, having
written the best work of fiction that has
ever gone through our printing presses"
here some of the wilder spirits cheered,
and Augusta bushed and bowed; 4 and
WHO will, | hope and trust write many
even better books which we shall have
the honor of giving to the world" APP
/ ElUuse. also, gentlemen, let me intro
duce you to Mr.. John Short, my solicitor,
who, together with his twin brother, Mr..
james Short, brought the great lawsuit
ISSUE And now | have to tell you why |
have summoned yon all to meet me here.
First Of all, to say that | am now the sole
owner Of this business having bought
out Mcssrs. Addison & Roscoe" And
good job, too" SAID a voice; "and that |
I nope that we shall work well together;
and, secondly, to inform You that | am
going to totally rcvolutionizc the course
Of business as hitherto practiced in this
establishment Sensation !, "having, with
The assistance of Mr.. Short, drawn up
I scheme for that purpose. am informed.
IN the statement of profits on which the
puch1s, price Of the shlcs Of Messrs.
Addison q Roscoe was calculated, that
tie average net profits of tiis
hoU-e GurMp tie past ten years have
amounted TO ffty-scycn and fraction
per cent ON the capital invested. Now !
have determined that in future the net
profits OF any given undertaking shall be
divided as follows Ten per cent. to the
author Of the book in hand. and ten per
cent to the house, Then, should there be
any further profit, it will be apportioncd
, thus; One third--Of which a mpietv will 70
/ toward a pension fund-to the employees
% the house, tho division to bo arranged
I On q fixed scale Enormous sensation.
especially among the tame aUt horsJ "and
the remainder to the author OF the work.
Thus, supposing that a book paid cent.
per cent, shall take ten per cent, and
the employees would take twcntv-siX and
q fraction per cent, and the author would
take siXtv-four per cent
And here an interruption occurred. 1t
came from No. !, who could no longer
restrain his disgust.
II Il resign, he said; II re-ign' Nee
son s content with ten per cent. when an
author-a mere author-gets sixty! It's
sAametul-ShamefulI
If you choose to resign, yon can, said
Eustace. sharply, "but | advise you to
take time 70 think IT over. Gentlemen, "
went Oh Eustace, Il dare say that this
seems great change to you, but may as
well say at once that am no wild philan.
throplst. expect to make 1t pay and
pay well. To begin with, shall never
undertake any work that | do not think
| will paV-that is without an adequate