New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

glance out OF the corners Of his spectacles. with
which he weighs and analyzes his callers
How did you get into the gum business /
asked him
Il knew Beeman when Ee WAS ii physician in
u village one OF our stone quaTrie@. After he
settled IN Cleveland and got to making gum met
him on e railway train. He told nse he was losing
money Tom /. Tohnsons brother and another
man a local broker. were MS partners. They had
each given him S10.000 and the money was about
gone Beernan realized that he without bust
ness ability. Later I looked over his books and
his primitive little factory. His gum was good
his management bad, and I wanted 10 help
him
Tell your partners I said him the follow
ing day, that Viii give them $500 apiece for their
interests
4 can't do that Beenan replied. Those men
let me have their mcpey because they are my
friends understanding very well that ! didn't
know beans about business They trusted me II
you won't pay them in fun I think III let the
busnes go to wreck and have the moral salts
faction blowing up with my partners
so wrote check for 10000 and banded it to
Beeman. When ne got to the door I called him
back You admit I said. that you are utterly
unqualified to carry on any kind Of business
-" I DO, he replied, I am a perfect IDIOT when it
comes TO a matter of trade
' Well I continued gum with pepsin IN Il
may be profitable and success may turn your
head 1 want you to raise your hand, right here
in my presence and selemnly swear that you Will
interfere
after, and that you VIII always agree with me IN
every particular. Beeman took the oath. Sub
sequentIy l had 10 remind him Of it pretty regu-
larly
Going to the bank said: Give the sum com
many credit 70 the extent Of 5000 and then ring
tbesben' When Doc heard Of what I had done
he gut his face almost into mine and with pop
ping eyes and a gasp, exclaimed George, you
have ruined US.
Why plurallze the pronoun? l asked You ara
already ruined
and out with II all my enterprises. When /
SPOKE TO him Incidentally of my TRANSACTION in
gum pulled out his cheekbook and said All right
George What's my shaTe?- So I had TO sell hin
a third OF my business. Old Man Ncho and I
he wasn't old. but that is what We called him
compelled my brother Jim to take a small interest
Jim said nrst that he wouldn't demean him
self by going into a penny venture He had been
shipping stone. you know. all over the world
You fellows he said. have been lucky 50 far,
but If you make any more fool moves you may
be walking the streets in search of jobs.
But we dragged Jim in. taking his note for
$500 and actually giving him guarantee that
II the profits Of the business didn't pay the note
that & should be null and void. far he was
concerned inns executors sold some Of the Amer
tcan Chicle stock, but s9o00 remains in the owner
ship of his estate.
After I had financed the gum company, and 1
never gave 1t than hour day" Mr.
Worrhington went say. Il down with
Beenan and talked wrapper in which TO
put our product. Doc using label that had
a picture OF pig on 1t. Doc was a genial TEL
low but he had hideous taste You are not
making sausage / said. bst a delectabe con-
lection
PUT DOC" ON WRAPPER.
Doesn't pepsin come from pigsr Beeman an
swered.s
II knew what ought 10 go on the wrapper but l
held my views back and let Dec talk He
banepoisnt locking person. in middle life and l
had determined sto use his photograph I wouldn't
have pasted uay own picture on a piece Of gum for
the world. Presently L gently limited at what was
In my mind Doc tckled TO death. So his