The Saturday evening post . OFM WMEBKY DECORATIONS BY GUERNSEY MOORE. But I flatter myself that I am not a fool. I knew thenand I know now that the whisky business will neverreturn. I had no dire need of the one hundred and fifty dol-lars a week. I told the head of the house that it was foolishto pay it to me. He explained, though, that he was payingit as an investment—to make sure of holding me in readi-ness. He insisted upon it. In the meantime, following my own hunch, I set aboutlooking for another business—quite an undertaking. It isnot easy for a man who has devoted his entire energies fo
The Saturday evening post . OFM WMEBKY DECORATIONS BY GUERNSEY MOORE. But I flatter myself that I am not a fool. I knew thenand I know now that the whisky business will neverreturn. I had no dire need of the one hundred and fifty dol-lars a week. I told the head of the house that it was foolishto pay it to me. He explained, though, that he was payingit as an investment—to make sure of holding me in readi-ness. He insisted upon it. In the meantime, following my own hunch, I set aboutlooking for another business—quite an undertaking. It isnot easy for a man who has devoted his entire energies fortwenty years or more toward building up a business toshift suddenly into some other form of endeavor. I was not a whisky salesman as the public ordinarilyunderstands it. In my latter years I did not visit saloonsto dispose of my wares to the bartender or the little bosswho personally served drinks. I dealt exclusively withjobbers, taking over entire districts. For instance, I builtup the trade for my firm in Philadelphia and was thenasked to take over the Balt
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