The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
(CopyriEht, lel4.l
tGTHE first requisite in education"
j said Herbert Spencer, SIS that

This requirement William Andrew
Duplane fulfilled in excelsis. He COW
eted knowledge of the business worlc
and realized that he must toll with brair
and hand to get it. He never COM
planned that his hours were long or the
work hard. So each hour of every day
Billys understanding of business ad-
vanced.
Although the capital to manufacture
his cheap automobile had been secured
to David Gryce in the eleventh hour, its
acquisition merely proved a tonic to
nerves worn thin by many disappoint-
, ments and long waiting. The inventor
was singularly lacking in initiative,
while he was as singularly competent to
diferentiate between a good business
scheme and bad one when it was put
before him. Billy's brain, on the con-
trary, teemed with plans and schemes,
but David stood by, ready to criticise /;
always clearly explaining the reason for
vetoing a suggestion as impractical or
accepting it when good, which latter
state Of things came about much more
frequently as Billy's business acumen in
creased.
The autumn and winter had melted
into spring before the new factory was
complete and equipped with the plant
necessary for manufacturing the Gryce
automobile in numbers. The enthusias-
tic Billy declared that even the most
close-hsted of farmers would fail to
economic if he did not possess a Gryce
auto. David, reserved and thoughtful,
had an abiding faith in his car, yet he
knew that the fact of an invention being
useful would not insure its success.
''Of course. we shall have to adver-
tise largely" Billy said one day to David,
as he put the finishing strokes of brush
over his coat, in the dressing-room he
had improvised. at the works. Billy was
preparing for arrun out to the old house
with David; he still worked in overalls,
but had returned to his Harvard fastidi-
business OF dress in his out-of-work
hours. This care in habiting himself be-
came particularly noticeable when his
destination was David's home, where
lived the October Maid, as Billy con-
stant1y thought of Priscilla Gryce
Yes. we shall have to spend thou
sands in advertising" Billy said again,
as he tooiS his seat at the driving wheel.
David Gryce made no reply, and his
silence cont nued while the, small, steel
colored car swiftly ate up the country
roads.
At last David remarked:
We shall have large pay roll, you
know. We must reserve our running
expenses for sixImonths out of the cap
ital"
We'll be raking in the Doodle long
before six months are up" said Billy
confidently. We shall be first in the
field with a cheap 'car."
"Wellwyn is working up a. cheap car
for the Speeding company" announced
David quietly, and 'even if we prove to
be the first Wellwyniwil be a smart Sec
ond."
How did you discover that" asked
Billy, at once alive to the' danger that
threatened their enterprise
q learned it today for aIcertainty, but
I've suspected it for some 'time"
4 wonder if he has Uncle Andrews
consent to his project" said Billy, more
to himself than to David, for he was re-
calling the decision arrived at by his |
relative in Euclid avenue on the last
visit he had made to him there
Billy had planned a fifth'visit to his
uncle, when the company was in full |
manufacturing order; now, he thought |
he might make an earlier GALLON the old
man, who had shown no desire to learn
Of the success or failure of his nephew's
attempt to secure capital for the Gryce
car. Il can put several spoSes in the !,
wheel of Wellwyn's cheap auto" Billy
added. If he hasn't submitted his pro-
ject to my uncle"
q don't suppose Mr. Duplane is in the
Speeding company for phiIanthropic
reasons" replied David,
That's a point!" exclaimed Billy
Uncle Andrew said it was philanthropy
that would prevent him placing capital
for the manufacture of any cheap auto
mobile. All the world a-wheel was an
undesirable state of things, he said. l
shall have jibe at him for refusing first
Wellwyn, and then myself, and after
ward taking up something inferior.
presuppose the Speeding venture to be
inferior" Billy added, turning his eyes
a moment from the road and full on
David.
We'll, I'm looking for infringement of
my patents" said David, but there are
ways Of sailing close without actually
infringing"
I'VE shall see," said Billy, his lips
COMPRISING, and his jaw setting firmly.
The little auto was ascending the
Lombardy poplar avenue, and in the full
afternoon sunlight the old house, in its