The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-19

or four hundred per cent. on money
which he should have loaned freely, as
a matter of friendship or gratitude, at
the least. But here he was offering TO
take half of the profits for putting in
the capital which, by the conditions Of
his offer, was to be returned TO him be-
fore I got anything. And l was TO do
oil the work"
$50 you declined his offer?" said l.
Not by a joyful" said Johnny. 81
Jumped at It If be had shown the
least sign of getting away, would have
followed him one thousand feet straight
up into the air, rather than lose him
closed with him. Then he said: You
won't have 20 show any money. Just
tell the people who take your order for
these things that I'm back Of you, and
It will be ell right It was all right.
went to my manufacturer. He agreed
TO make the things at tho price which
looked reasonable to me. He guarau-
teed everything. He promised that
should have the first thousand any time
day before yesterday, If insisted up
Ol4 L. hiCh NOhb w A41fAS
ments to have the stuff put on the mar
ket went TO several of the large re-
tailers of goods in that line. They all
said that they didn't handle anything
unless it came from the regular whole
sale houses. They intimated that their
souls were not their own, but were OBJ
tanned from their regular wholesale
houses on very hard terms. They ad-
vised me to go to the regular wholesale
houses and PROSTATE myself on their
thesholds.
81 went and Frustrated myself. You
should sell this thing for FIVE dollars
said the first wholesaler. TT will cost
one dollar and twenty-five cents to
make. We will act as your distributing
agent Il you win pay the cost Of manu-
facture and distribution, and guarantee
rs seventy per cent. of the difference
between cost and selling price took
that proposition home and had the
nightmare with It. Then I went to
another Wholesaler, and got substan-
italy the same reply, after which l
went home and had substantially the
same nightmare. There were only three
men on the list, 50 the retailers said,
and visited the third next day. Then
l went to the first and accepted his
terms.
The business was now fairly under
way. was devoting my whole time TO
1t without salary, and was supporting
myself in some mysterious way which
I have never since been able to remera-
Der. But know that it left me three
hundred dollars IN debt. When the
FIRST thousand were reaAy-about
month after the time agreed upon-t
went TO see the first wholesaler. He
said: Jones (the second wholesaler) is
putting the same thing on the market
You must stop him. look TO You to
protect your patent did some fine de-
tective work, and found out that r. c.
Billings, one of the men had applied
to for money TO start the business, had
started it himself I also found that c.
]. Mills, another who had refused me,
had started the manufacture. and pro-
posed to make his sale through the
third wholesaler
odd Payne said that I must have a
lawyer. got one. He secured an in
junction restraining Billings from turn
ing out the goods, and then Mills got
one restraining Us. These legal strug-
giles occupied a year, at the end Of
which time Payne sued me for two
thousand dollars. had never seen his
two thousand dollars, but he produced
u copy of our agreement, which was. In
effect, a receipt for me. Then all the
people who had trusted me on Payue's
account sued me for the money. At
this iuncture Billings and Mills com
bined and won their suit against me.
Then they put their goods on the
market and they sold like gold bars.
Ny dreams were more than realized
by Others, They are rich men to-day.
while l an wearing a winter overcoat
which would look shabby If the statue
of Horace Greeley wore 1t over his
bronze, ready-made pantaloons,"
Howard FIELDING.