New Britain herald., 1925-04-09
MAKING GOOD ON
 HIS WEDDING BET New Jersey Man Determined to
 Win Restaurant Business .... -------- / t.. PLANS TO MARRY TODAY
Metuchen Taxi Man Wagered His Business Against That of Friend
 That He Could Get Married With
 in ,36 Hours.

Metuchen, N. J., April 9.-Patrlcl kreps, owner of a taxicab bushes which he yesterday wagered agains the restaurant business owned b, i William A. Eichbaum on q bet tha he could get married In 36 hours al though he had no women clos, friends, left here this morning fol Elkton, Md, accompanied by hi. prospective bride, Miss Agatha Esther Hollis. An unnamed young man and young woman accompanied the prospective bride and groom. Plans to Take Restaurant Kreps said when he left that ht expected to be married some time this afternoon in Elkton. Md, ant told IAchbaum that when he re. turnN he would take over the lat. ter's restaurant. Both men signed an agreement to their wager before a notary yesterday, 1t having been the result of Eichbaum's joking AiSpo ubOdL llo StilDdCy.
 Miss Hollis, who appeared to be between 40 and 45 years of age. is employed in the office of a New Brunswick hosiery shop. Kreps Is about 40 years of age.
 Introducing the Wag
 MT. Eichbaum Is. proprietor of the restaurant, which may be Mir. Kreps' today. MT. Eichbaum, one of the wags of Metuchen and a man about town, calls 1t the Metuchen Restaurant and is attached to 1t by ties of sentiment and mortgage or so.
 Mir. Eichbaum and Mir. Krens are among the leaders of the station set at Metuchen. Secretly they admire each other prodigiously. Publicly each decries the virtues of the other but only. you understand, when face to face and in a perfectly refined way. None know better than they that the epithet with smile wins.
 Mrs. Eichbaum Critical
 Not for a minute would Mr. Eich- baum stand in the way of Mir. Kreps, you understand. He hasn't the slightest objection to seeing Mr. Kreps a made man. But, all kid ding aside, MT. Eichhaum would just as soon have something else than the Metuchen Restaurant make MT. Kreps. So would Mrs. Eich- baum and all the little Eichbaums.
 They kept telling Mr. Eichbaum so last night, particularly Mrs. Eich- baum. This was little unfair, Mir. Eichbaum thought, as the whole thing had come about through his defense of the married state, but he suffered in silence, as married men must.
 It vas when Mir. Kreps, his three taxis having taken care of the morn- ing rush to the station, sauntercd into Metuchen Restaurant Tuesday for a cup of coffee and an egg sandwich that the thing started. MT. Eichbaum. in his witty way, re- that If MT. Kreps was hap oily married he would have eggs galore and likewise cups of coffee.
 Then the Wit Flew
 Mir. Kreps, at the very apex of his humor for the day, retorted, quick as a flash, that he had escaped be- ing henpecked for many years and aimed to continue in that happy state. It got a great laugh and somewhat embarrassed Mir, Eich- baum, who rallied quickly, how ever, and wanted to know was that so, and who would have MT. Kreps. anyhow.
 "Is that so?" demanded Mir. Kreps. T betcha l could get mar ried tomorrow"
 "Is that so?" retorted Mir, Eich- baum with great presence of mind,
 Mir. Kreps felt he had moral victory and renewed the attack yes terday morning.
 My bet stands" said he. as he ordered an egg sandwich and a cup of coffee.
 "I'n go you" said Mir. Eichbaum hardly. recalling that a payment soon would be due on the Metuchen T bet you my business against your"
 You're on." replied the sporting Mir. Kreps. who has not yet com pleted the payments on his three taxicabs.
 So They, Sign Agreement
 They repaired to the office of El- fred D. Hyde. notary public. in the bank building and signed an agree ntknt by which Mir. Kreps forfeits his three taxicabs to Mir. Eichbaum If he, the aforesaid party of the first part, Is not married within SC hours and, contrariwise. Mir. Eichbaum forfeits the Metuchen Restaurant if Mir. Kreps is married within s6 hours.
 It was 6 formidable document, and Mir. Eichbaum congratulated himself on his knowledge that the law of New Jersey required 4St hours notice of the event before a could be performed within the borders of the state. Mir. Kreps eould not he expected 10 know that.
 Mir. Kreps know thing or two,
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