Show I CK IN MONEY MAKING AKING Fortune Won by a 11 Man an Who Stumbled on a Bud alid 1 It Four men each ot of whom had made and lost several fortunes were discus discussIng discussing sIng In II a brokers office one afternoon last week the part parl chance played In money making when one of them said How flow do you suppose Mr Blank made his fortune The Tho man whose none Mine os mentioned has made millions In the past few tew years as the half bait owner of n a company that manufactures a machine IlS as well know as the typewriter Blank had some money and this patent seemed to him a good thing and he put his money In It No chance chanco about that said one ot the party It a was nil all chance seI the first firstman man and when I tell you OU the history of this company as it told to me meby meby by the Inventor of the machine you OU will agree with me I know that the story Is III the truth The Th inventor knew that his patent was nil all rIght and that the article which It described would be sold all over the tho world as soon Boon lis as Its merits could bo be made known Ile He had In invested vested nil all that he could raise In Inthis Inthis this patent and he needed 1000 more to complete It An acquaintance ot of his hili whom I may call Drown Brown had shown some seine Interest In the patent and tn in his emergency the tho Inventor appealed to him The They met In the cafe ot of n a Broad Broadway wa way hotel to discuss the tho question The Inventor pleaded his case lie shows his plans and told exactly how he had spent In perfecting them It If you ou will give me the tho 1000 now which I need I will give you n a halt half In Interest interest terest In this patent said the inventor tor and I am sure there Is a big for tor fortune tune In It for tor each ench ot of us Ul I have hae gone over the ground carefully and I 1 know what 1 am talkIng about abouL Drown Brown listened to him thought It all allover allover over and then said What you sa say sounds all rIght but on thinking It t tover over I have havo decided not to go In with you ou I am sorry that I cant feel teel m my way clear to do It it The Inv inventor co thought that t his last hope had been killed 1 by this refusal and he said that he did not see any anything thing for tor him to do except jump off ott the bridge Drown Brown left him and as he was tying up his papers n a man who had been sitting nt at a table tablI I near him came over find and said Look here would you mind explain explainIng lag Ing that patent to me I have ard your conversation and It if you CAn show me that you have a good oll thing I have hae havea haea a little money to Bramble on It My name Is Blank and when the tho time comes I will sa satisfy you oU of my titian finan standing Are Aro you OU willing to talk It over overt The Tho Inventor unrolled hIs plans and began beban to descrIbe them In a perfunctory perfunctory tory way ay IB as ho hall had described them many times before Blank showed his Interest by askIng Intelligent questions and the Inventor took heart After Atter two hours talk Mr Blank said to hIm himI I 1 am convInced that you have a good thing here but you will need more I than 1000 to push It If you can con I vinea Inco me that you are n a trustworthy man I will advance for n a halt half interest t In this patent latent Mr Blank and the Inventor spent the tho following day investigating each others standing and as a result the tho partnership was formed fanned The patent was M and protected In every way and an expensive expense salesroom where hero the articles article might ho bo exhibited vas as opened on Broadway You know the article has hns been pushed It has salesrooms In every big city here and abroad and It has the tho filed to itself fir Ir Blank and the Inventor have each made n a fortune out ot of It and the end endis is III not nol yet ret Now then chance chanco have hae a roOd good deal to do In shaping Blanks fortune It ho he had gone to some other cafe cate or It if he had eat nt at some sonie other table he would not have hae overheard Brown and the Inventor Chance alone gave him the opportunity and Blanks little money and coed business sense did the rest Now New York Sun |