The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-09
a5 - Is ouF. Joint inyenti6n We must

sell stock or admit any one else Into
the business. We can make 1t a sim
pie partnership putting in just what
we need to begin with and assessing
ourselves us much more from time 10
time as the business actually juSuhes-
We shall not need over $4,000 to stnrt
with"
Then. fellows. here's the spordn
idea," announced Hickey. Fifty thou
sand dollars makes $4,000 for each OF
us five. Mr. Wallingford'S services
should be worth at least as much US
one-sixth OF all our money. and l vote
that we admit Mr.. Wallingford to nn
equal partnership with us and not per-
NIT him to pay any assessments. NOW:
One, two. three
AYE" voted his associates in unison.
Gentlemen" intoned WnlltnGford,
rising solemnly aud smoothing down
his broad waiStcoat, II accept your
generous offer. If this were brought
up to me as an ordinary business prop
ositiou | should be compelled to de-
cline it instantly. but have taken
quite a fancy to you boys. have,
moreover. become fascinated with the
portable house and intend to make 1t
one Of my most successful ventures
/ shall at once draw up partnership
papers, which we shall discuss anu
sign right here while we are waiting.
Then we shall select officers, bold
board of directors meeting. take all
our papers to an attorney when we ar
rive in the city and make our action
legally binding. Tomorrow l shall
have patent papers and drawings pre-
pared and as soon as they are reaoy
shall call another meeting for us 10
sign them. In the meantime ! shall
see IL we cannot rent factory aIreaoy
equipped, shall have working drawings
prepared, purchase materials. secure
work1nen and start upon some sample
houses, including the mahogany ana
the birdseye maple one which you are
to take upon your fishing trip"
Striking while the iron was hot being
one OF WalIingfords specialtics. he I'M
mediately drew up, on dclicateIy unteo
md evasively scented mauve station
cry provided him by the fair BensSy'
IN impressively worded partnership
agreement, whereby 1t was set forth
that the six undersigned gentlemen
were to be equal sharers in the profits
of the Speciled Bass Hollow walled
Portable Bungalow company and that
five of the undersigned were to snare
in all its losses and provide all the
money needed, j. Rufus Walingford
being exempt from any share IN that
end of the business by virtue or MS
perpetual managership. 1t was neat
and nifty document and the boys were
Justly proud OF it and themselves as
well as they appended their scrawlins
signatures to 1t. 1t was deuced bloom
ing fun, after all, this thing OF going
into trade. Quite sportin!
Their innocent joy over this stage OF
beinr in trade was as nothing. how
ever, compared to their diGniied graft
flcation when, with Bcnssy talls pre-
siding handsomely and as rippinGly at
ease as If he were pouring tea. they Sc
lcctcd Bcnssy rs president. Reggie
uaugh rs first vice president. Won
HumDcrdinck as second vice president.
Hickey Saunders rs secretary anu
RipCCold Cash as treasurer. In their
newly acquired and rapidly growing
feeling of fellowship with Wallingford
they were urgently anxious to elect
him to q third vice presidency, but,
with becoming modesty, he declined
that honor.
mo, gentlemen" he said, FIRST rising
and respectfully addressing the CHAIR
as he invariably did when he had any
thing to say in this meeting, such hon
ors are not for me. ! cannot deny that
1 am heartily pleased that you should
offer to make me an equal with you,
but. nevertheless, do not deserve 1t.
Tho original conception is yours, and
to you exclusively should belong the
hOnors and titles of Office. Moreover,
I am only a plain business man. II
YOU insist upon voting for me, how
ever, you may make my small man
agership a matter Of election and OIL
cal title"
THAT'S what I call sportin', eh. fell
lows!" exclaimed Hickey enthusiast
cally and shook hands with him.
So they unanimously elected ]. Rufus
Wallingford official manager, which.
while it did not, Of course, give him
the Importance of real office in the
company. made his mere trifing post
Mt least seem shade less Insignificant
lie was deeply grateful for it.
A small boy, so thick with freckles
that they looked painful, sat In Wal
lingford's runabout at the station with
both chubby hands firmly upon the big
wheel. He Strengthened up and his
face lighted as he saw Mr.. WallinGford
in the midst Of the dispensing board OF
directors, and with shrewd and twin.
king eyes he observed that prince OF
diplomats bidding adieu to his newly
found friends and business associates.
Hello. boss!' hailed the youngster
as WallinGfosd Joined him. and lie
shook hands with grownup gravity.
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