What would I have done without her! I wonder, if the big business men of the country were to tell the truth, how much of their success they would owe to some quiet little woman who gave them the right kind of encouragement and admonition? Whatever success I may have had I'll be frank enough to admit that I would not have succeeded if it hadn't been for Betty. On the third day of the Sale, we kept the store open till 11 o'clock, and it was midnight before I left. When I had passed Stigler's that morning I had found his windows piled high with kitchen goods, on which were labels with the regular retail price. I had stood at the window and looked at the different prices to be sure that they were genuine, and, surely enough, the prices were regular. But then I noticed a big sign, hung from above, which read: STIGLER'S SATURDAY SPECIAL For one day only, every article in this window will be offered at 25 per cent. off regular price. These goods are offered for sale, and will really be sold. We are not offering to give goods away that won't be there! I was doing some pretty quick thinking while I was standing there, for, while only about half the goods in my sale were kitchen utensils, I certainly had made a big push on those goods. At that moment Stigler came along from behind me, walked right up to me, and said: "Howdy?" "How are you, Stigler?" I returned. "Fine!" he said. "Enjoying the weather! How do you like my little window, eh? I'm glad to see yer take an interest in what we are doing! Of course, if you ain't satisfied with what you see there, come right along inside and I'll show yer me books!" "I was just passing your store, Stigler, and, naturally, I looked in your window." "Sure--sure," he said, nodding his head sarcastically, "you fellers have a habit of passing the store pretty often, don't yer? Quite a clever stunt you are putting up there, with that automatic give-away-nothin' idea. Kinder thought I'd start in the cutting line myself a bit. How d'ye like it?" "I don't know what I have ever done to you that you should make such a dead set on me." "N-no?" he returned with a drawl. "Well, I'll just tell yer, young feller. I've just kinder got a fancy to get some more business, and as some of the trade seems to be floatin' around kind o' easy like, I thought I'd just nail it down. And if by any chance some dear competitor"--and his lips curled in derision as he said this--"happens to get in the way, well!--I can kinder be sorry for him like, and perhaps give him a job sometime if he wants one." Then I had lost my temper. "You're a four-flushing cur, and just as sure as my name is Black, I'll give you a run for your money! If you think you can scare me, you're mistaken! And if you want a fight, by George, I'll give it to you!" Stigler leaned against the corner of his window and said: "My, somebody's been feedin' yer meat, ain't they?" and then he turned and walked into his store.