Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-09
GElnGE ER41EDLW WMESZzR
COPYRIGHT 1913 BY THE BOeSS-NE HER RtCl co.

of confidence"
 This the board of directors did. and Mir. Wallingford, called ill to receive it, was gratilied almost to death. He was dressed that day with q faultleSS precision. and his costume bore In 1t the combined traces of social favor ite-a business lnagnate and an eff cient maitre d'hotel.
 "You cannot imagine. gentlemen. how proud and pleased ain. he told them. smoothing down his frock coat over his more than well developed fig ure so as to increase the impressive breadth of him. Ut has been my am bition to create for you model fac tory. one of such appointments that gentlemen of the finer instincts might feel it not only profitable but pleasant to be connected with it, and l think that if the sordid aspects of business ground more of our young men of means might be induced to bring their needed taste and refinement into trade"
 Hear. hear!" interpolated the en- thusiastic Hickey, and the others. fol lowing his lead, clapped their hands.
 "Allow me now to turn to stern buSi- ness and to lay before you synopsis of our progress during the two months and half since we organized our com- pany. Our factory you have seen. You have. 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 promisin. of the replies l have had from our ad- vertising The first one of these. re- questing us to make a price on 300 of the portable bungalows. is from q Michigan cranberry mOnOpolist. who expects to house his pickers right where the picking is good. The next one. from Ontario. wishes prices on E25. and this one. from Arkansas. asks for quotation on 100 of the portable bungalows. You will note. gentlemen. that all these letters speak most ell Enthusiastically of the Speckled Bass portable bungalow, and must confess tuut II NOu CtA OOOh VhC OtuCAo iOA these 5o5 bungalows at a gross return of over $20O.OOO shall feel not only encouraged. but fiattered." Hear. hear!' shouted Hickey Saun- ! ders. and the others clapped their | hands.
 Wallingford laid down the letters l and took up two other packages. "l have furthermore to report" he went on. that we have received our joint i patent from the government at Wash | ington granting us the exclusive right to manufacture our article in the Unit | ed States"
 He held up the document in ques tion, exhibiting its gaudy ribbon and seal. then produced five more copies and passed them around the table so that each one of the proud patentees might see his own name upon the grant and have it for keeps.
 Also have to report" he contin- ned. this time with solemn impressive ness. 'tlle 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 $l25.00O cash. Here are the copies. gentlemen. and shall retire without recommendation of any sort while y01 consider them"
 A stiffness of the weight and inhexi' bility of Pullman blanket fell upon the board of directors immediately aft CT the retirement of NIT. Wallingford
 Ringgold Cash. being the calmest as
 well as the most deadly about money , matters. was the first to recover his
 nerves.
 Seems to me this Wallingford chap'i , too good q business man for us. Yol
 see. it's like this: To begin with, thu fellow has no right to invent portabl, house Improvements after we had per . fected the article"
 That's it. It isn't sportin'.' declar
 ed Hickey. mach disappointed in Wal ' lsnSford.