from them, if he fails to pay said
twenty-one hundred dollars ($2100) on May 21st, 1909. I hereby
waive notice of Kleebaum's default and Potash & Perlmutter shall
not be required to exhaust their remedy against the said Kleebaum
before recourse is had to me. If a petition in bankruptcy be
filed by or against said Kleebaum in consideration aforesaid I
promise to pay to Potash & Perlmutter on demand the said sum of
twenty-one hundred dollars.

"If he signs that, Mawruss," Abe said, "you are safe in giving him the
note."

Morris put on his hat and lit a cigar.

"I will do this thing to satisfy you, Abe," he said, "but I tell you
right now, Abe, it ain't necessary, because Kleebaum is as good as
gold, y'understand, and if you don't want to ship him the goods you
don't have to."

Abe grinned ironically.

"How could you talk like that, Mawruss, when the feller is doing you a
favor by selling you that oitermobile for twenty-one hundred dollars!"
he said. "And besides, Mawruss, if we ship him the goods and he does
bust up on us, Pfingst is got to pay the twenty-one hundred dollars, and
he couldn't make no claims for shortages or extra discounts neither."

"The idee is all right, Abe," Morris replied as he opened the show-room
door, "if the feller would sign it, which I don't think he would."

With this ultimatum he hastened uptown to Pfingst's warerooms, where he
assured the automobile dealer that unless the guarantee was signed,
there would be no sale of the car, for he flatly declined to pay cash
and Pfingst refused to accept the purchaser's note without Potash &
Perlmutter's indorsement. After a lengthy discussion Pfingst receded
from his position and signed the guarantee, whereupon Morris surrendered
the note and returned to his place of business.

On April 21st Potash & Perlmutter shipped Kleebaum's order, and one week
later Morris moved out to Johnsonhurst. Five days after his migration to
that garden spot of Greater New York he entered the firm's show-room at
a quarter past ten.

"We got blocked at Flatbush Avenue this morning," he said to Abe,
"and----"

But Abe was paying no attention to his partner's excuses. Instead he
thrust a morning paper at Morris and with a trembling forefinger
indicated the following scarehead:

RICH GIRL WEDS
OWN CHAUFFEUR
PFINGST FAMILY SHOCKED BY
JULIA'S ELOPEMENT
PAIR REPORTED IN SOUTH
HEIR