Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-30

Wonderful business man, call uiu.
.Remarkabls." agreed Beassy. u
never saw q line OF liquors and wines
selected with so nice discrimination
Boy, tell Ike to make US another OF
those absinthe pufYs."
Eyes, sfr," said Toad Jessop.
~ should say that we should vote to
increase our managers salary, sug-
gested Won Humperdinck. his little
pompadour bristling backward with
the happy thought
"Impossibler' declared Ringgold
Cash. rubbing his left hand with his
right as II he would rub Off the black
spots. He has no salary. II you re-
member, but it would be perfectly
proper, l think. to render him vote
Of confidence"
This the board OF directors did, and
Mr.. Wallingford, called In to receive
it. was grauned almost to death. he
was dressed that day with fauitless
precision. and his costume bore In It
the combined traces Of social favor
ite-a business magnate and an ell
Client maltre d'hotel.
You cannot imagine. gentlemen,
how proud and pleased am he told
them, smoothing down his frock coat
over his more than well developed eg-
ure 50 as to increase the Impressive
breadth OF him ut has been my am
bition to create for you model rae
tory. one Of such appointments that
gentlemen OF the timer instincts might
feel it not only profitable but pleasant
to be connected with it. and l think
that If the sordlds aspects OF business
were kept u tribe more In the back
ground more of our young men or
means might be induced to bring their
needed taste and refinement into
trade"
Hear, heart! interpolated the en-
thusiastic Hickey, and the others. fol-
lowing his lead. clapped their hands.
ALLOW me now to turn to stern bust
ness and to lay before you synopsis
Of our progress during the two months
and a half since we organized our com
pany. Our factory you have seen.
You have. l think, seen the circulars
and catalogues mailed you from time
to time as they were received from the
printers. l now have the pleasure OF
presenting to you the most promising
of the replies l have had from our ad-
vertising The first one OF these. re-
ouesting us to make price on 800 OF
the portable bungalows. Is from a
Michigan cranberry monopOlist who
expects to house his pickers right
where the picking is good. The next
one, from Ontario. wishes prices on
1876, and this one. from Arkansas. asks
for a quotation on 100 Of the portable
bungalows. You will note, gentlemen.
that all these letters speak most en-
Enthusiastically of the Speckled Bass
portable bungalow, and must confess
that II you can book the orders for
these 525 bungalows at gross return
Of over 100000 l shall feel not only
encouraged. but fiattered."
Hear, hearI shouted Hickey Saun-
ders, and the others clapped their
hands.
Wallingford laid down the letters
and took up two other packages. Il
have furthermore to report he went
on, that we have received our Joint
patent from the government at Wash
ington granting us the exclusive right
to manufacture our article In the Omit
ed States"
He held up the document In ques-
ton, exhibiting its gaudy ribbon and
seal, then produced five more copies
and passed them around the table 20
that each one Of the proud patentees
might see his own name upon the
grant and have it for keeps.
"Also l have to report" he contin
ued. this time with solemn impressive
ness, 1.-The procuring of six patents In
my own name for six more or less
trivial improvements in portable
houses or bungalows. These are. OF
course, my own invention and my own
property, but it is only my decent duty
to offer them to the Speckled Bass
Portable Bungalow company at the
nominal price Of $4,000 cash. Here
are the copies. gentlemen. and l shall
retire without recommendation of any
sort while you consider Them"
A stiffness of the weight and infiex1-
bility of Pullman blanket fell upon
the board Of directors Immediately att
err the retirement of Mr.. Wallingford.
Ringgold Cash. being the calnest as
well as the most deadly about money
matters, was the first to recover his
nerves
Seems to me this Wallingford chaps
too cood q hnsineSS 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! 1t isn't sportin'" declar-
ed Hickey, much disappointed in Wal
lingford.
That's because the fellows Of no
family Mt 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
I'VE must think" Won Humperdinck
reminded them gravely, and immedi-
ately bent his creases into waves OF
intellect at the same time reckoning
Toad Jessop.
ITO Be Continued
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