Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22


we went right along
"r"e II,stor r,. o,,. ,o,a, To-
eether nrenared Schedules fxed nrices
g.. 80, - tu CIeuuItS.. uHtu uHHeu ~ -
oh JOY, Joe got the Governor and his |
colleagues Of the board to consent to
giving the contract as whole to one
responsible man or firm When the
time for bidding came around I knew
l could carry everything as no bidder
on earth could. in the time, and under
the circumstances beat me, and so you
know | swept the board clean Then
came the fine work of fooline the peo-
pie,
noe sdnS out that only PennsNlNa-
work in arr so Ab5,. Bsr,srd VA Me-.
Oakley wern chosen and given the
JITiulPIure 2na paintings Now | must
eoI,,e a., "a ~, nnt's III 2ruei may YOU may
conviCton IN he Csso fnuT'H fnr i,,,, mere Ge
TOO ,,.ni .ha. 81 ns as, LOT l. Know only
tbe wrath X. an tilt !.IdIl pnyeCt or
whole b,,ncr -, IN Ir,T aiI' anu Iiiat IN"
the sCaDr-Eoat - '''"N9 i''e
"t,,.o,,.,t,t
ai..Si ."I'E went dIohg hnely until
asMst II l TouId get some money, on
%o[~u",, |o,nd ,,.,,s as had asked for no ad-
- fgo,,r,,. " my E3uId draw on my own
I had evervthinr organizcJ IVA IVA ros,, mnsm
to produce would bo civ, n eon,n ,,,o,n;,
in advance '''''o'
"t sent r,-
60 htSe tSe"I lo7 Larry, put the matter up
nounced that must carrv ''r,t oysrvtbing r IN,
until some goods were drNyc~ed ~ rnadt.
for delivery. argued that | already
had gotten to almost the point where nv
! credit was strained. but his answer was
John YOU must stand it,. and so | went
on until my credit was ended
Il nut ur, a nitifrI nj. 4 Co.., ro,r, -,.
ing | had gone nv iin5it ana Iobn,,, SaEEo SaE
trusting heart ard n,ind ~ "a ~ my
Eyre revealed hin,saIf 70 mo as tbo [1,d
est and most audaciouS gambler had
ever met and John | have been IN
against some Of the best in this Co,irtrvI
and in Europe. hut my hat is off 70
Larry even though he maN prove my
ruin, for cannot help admiring the man
who displayed more courage than the
lion of the African jungle.
"Now for the Hrst time ,,.,, ,o,.o,,,.,
to me the colossal sfze Cf ~ ra,,+l,
was made an innocent nart
word. John | vas trapred tI aIorT
was led 70 feel that n.ot .. ~. ",r''S ~,
certain portion of nv ,,Fiti1,at ~ rr6st
and knowing that vas ontitied ~ nnt
less than % per cent on a contract tbat
might run into many millions I was ner
two even parts and if pressed hard 7
would be satisfied with less than half
hut when | was given to undnrstard
that all my profit and double that profit
would not meet the plan Of Larry | pro
tested in language as vigorous and as
unchristian-like as | could find words
TO vent my surprise and indignation
But tn" more kicked and protested the
I more calm, cool and collected Larry
Great heavens. John. | never thought
would run up against such a cold
nlooued proposition as Larry. and, oh.
mIpI" YOUR words OF warning came to me
ny d HdSh OF IiEhthlhG You told me
Hdd never met MS equal and ! laughed
dL you as ! could not admit that the
,,,o s' IIs' HuItt ana dcIlht rat" FELLOW
~ T'a' 5 MH5it on perlodlTaI sFreGS could have
,,.", r.e "uuaoLouS cunning ana courage he
wa" ''""'le''l"s
Was Refused assis,,,co
"Ha ou.s,i,r,, ., .,
anu questioned me
with the ability of George Graham and
an Al Shields and Fred Rothermel
combined and when ho vas satisfied
that | was ar the fnd Of ,1,' .,rirsT 90
far as credit vas rorrorpsl bn - ii
to me in coIdest hi,,,,oti "' "a -,
John. H. nm 70 ,o,I ~ dntiIn ,,tn ~,
Won win he a ori,,,, A., , .,,',, NJ
this over ana iot No m''Ih
your leisure ,,.o ,,,,, N,,W ,i, ooiiIni [oW d
r0hn MS ti,,a Is c,'nr,thi,, Hiltof Hi az ''Wi ,,i
have - n,.n ~ ,,, ,,nra ~ .il'I.S ttnIusS W.,
take Tour n1ar. s. ~ S''P /" ana
"r Lro,.o =.
cor, 20 ,,n,, III III anu Si'I Johh sander
deted him to name tho man or firm
H,on..o nmm .W0ud nave FOUND MN very tame
Larry left me not sweating upder a
th!rd degree. hut under a ?OO-degree
pressure Talk about sweating blood
why. John. if there is any worse hel
than | lived through for about twenty.
four hours then | hope my worst cr"mv
will not have to go through it. Thai