The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-15
Wallingford
 In His Prime
By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
(Condnued).
Copyright, 1918, by the Bobbs-
 Merrill Go.
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You cannot imagine, gentlemen. how proud and pleased ann,' he told them, smoothing down his frock coat over his more than well developed fig ura so as to increase the impressive breadfh of him ssIt has been my ann hilton to create for you q modea fac tory, one of such appointments that Rentlsnen of the finer instincts might feel it not only profitable but pleasant to be connected with it, and I think that if the sOrlid aspects of business were kept a trine more in the back ground more of our young men of needed taste and refinement into trade
 ~Hear, hearl'' interpolated the ,en- thusinstic Hickey, and the others, fol lowing his lead. clapped their hands.
 Allow me dnow to turn to stern busf- ness and to lay before you synopsis of our progress during the two months and al half since we organized our com pany-f Our factory you have seen! You have, I think. seen the circulars and catalogues mailed you from time to time as they were received frora the printers I now have the pleasure of presenting to you the most promising q the replies have had from our ad- vert1aIng. The first one of these, re questtng us to make price on 300 of the portable bungalows. is from a' Michigan cranberry monopolist, who expects to house hls piSkers right where the picking is good The next one, from Ontario, fwishes prices on 125. and this one, from Arkansas. asks for quotation on 100 of the po1-ts ble bunrn1nvVs. You will note, gentlemen, h. thusfasticaIly of the Speckled Bass portable bungalow, and must confess that 1T you can book the orders for these 525 bungalows at a gross return of oTer &2oO.O00 I shall feel not only encou1aged, but Battered
 Hear, hears- shoubed Hickey Ssun- ders. and the others clapped their hands
 Walungford laid down the letters and took up two other packages. HI havef furthermore to report he went on, that we have received our joint patent from the government at Wash 1ngton granting Us the exclusive right to mahufacture our article in the Unit ed States
 He held up the document in ques- ton. exhibiting its gaudy ribbon and seal, then prpduced five more copies and passed them around the table 50. that each one of the proud patentees might see his own name upon the grant and have 1t for keeps.
 ~A1so I have to report, he cont1n- ued. this time with solemn impressive ness the procuring of six patents in my own nauGe for six more or less trivial improvements in pcrta ble houses or bungalows These are, of course. my own invention and my own prope1ty, but 1t is only my decent duty to o1eR them to the 5peckled Bass Portable Bungalow c0mpany at the nominal price of $125.01Q cash Here are the copies, gentlemen. and, shall. retire without recommendation ef any sort while you consider them''
 A stiffness of the weight and in6exd- bflity of Pullman blanket fell upon the board of directors iu111ediately aft CT the retirement of MT. Wailing gford- Ringgold Cash. being the 'calnaest as well as the most deadly about money matters, was the first to recover his nerves
 Seems to me this Wallingford chaps too good a business man for us You see, it's like this: To begin with, the fellow has no right to invent portable house improvements after we had per fected the article.
 That's 1t It isn't spordnst'' declar- ed Hickey, much disappointed in Wal nngford-
 That's Because tile fellows Of no family at all, agreed Reggie Haugh, with sorrow so deep that his big lips glistened like glass. Ring said the first day we met him that we owed it to our families to be quite careful
 We must think Won HumperdincK reminded them graveIy,, and inrnedi- ate1y bent hts creases into waves of intellect, at the same time beckoning to Toad Jessop.