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misgivings.

'That's so,' he replied again. 'Then jest you
take and be a middlewoman.'

'But, as a consistent socialist----'

'It is your duty to fleece the capitalist and the
consumer. A mutual benefit triangular this time.
I get the order, the public gets the machine, and
you get the commission. I am richer, you are
richer, and the public is mounted on much the best
wheel ever yet invented.'

'That sounds plausible,' I admitted. 'I shall
try it on in Switzerland. I shall run up steep
hills whenever I see any likely customers looking
on; then I shall stop and ask them the time, as if
quite accidentally.'

He rubbed his hands. 'You take to business like
a young duck to the water,' he exclaimed,
admiringly. 'That's the way to rake 'em in! You
go up and say to them, "Why not investigate? We
defy competition. Leave the drudgery of walking
up-hill beside your cycle! Progress is the order
of the day. Use modern methods! This is the age
of the telegraph, the telephone, and the
typewriter. You kin no longer afford to go on with
an antiquated, antediluvian, armour-plated wheel.
Invest in a Hill-Climber, the last and lightest
product of evvolootion. Is it commonsense to buy
an old-style, unautomatic, single-geared,
inconvertible ten-ton machine, when for the same
money or less you can purchase the self-acting
Manitou, a priceless gem, as light as a feather,
with all the most recent additions and
improvements? Be reasonable! Get the best!"
That's the style to fetch 'em!'

I laughed, in spite of myself. 'Oh, Mr.
Hitchcock, I burst out, 'that's not my style at
all. I shall say, simply "This is a lovely new
bicycle. You can see for yourself how it climbs
hills. Try it, if you wish. It skims like a
swallow. And I get what they call five pounds
commission on every one I can sell of them!" I
think that way of dealing is much more likely to
bring you in orders.'