If I could get another $860.00 for the balance of the sale, I would not have done so badly. I decided that I had planned right in having the third day sale come on Saturday, for that was always a big day with us. The reduction had been a substantial one, and yet everything that was sold had been sold for more than the invoice price. Our tool sale had been unusually large; Larsen's trip to the carpenters had helped that out a lot. After the store was closed we made a list of the articles which were sold out and posted them in the window so that they would be seen the next day. Over sixty different lines were sold out, and the list was quite a formidable one. Then we drew another big sign, which we placed in the window, saying: At eight o'clock Monday this store will be opened, and the few remaining goods in our automatic sale may be bought at 4¢ in ten discount, or 40 per cent. reduction from regular price. As the sale has been a phenomenal success, we anticipate clearing out the balance of the goods on Monday. Early comers will secure the best bargains. Stigler springing that 25 per cent. reduction sale on kitchen goods had unfortunately spoilt a lot of business which I felt sure we would have had otherwise. We had overcome some of the loss, however, by the extra push we had made on carpenters' tools. When I told Betty about it after getting home, she said: "Well, Stigler didn't waste any time getting after you, did he?" "No," I said with a grin. "And do you know that he says now that your sale has proved a fizzle and that practically all your goods have been put back in stock again? . . . _Quiet_," she said, putting her hand on my shoulder, for I was about to explode with temper. "I suppose no man can be successful without having a lot of people throw mud at him." That evening I was so tired that I fell asleep in my chair. Betty woke me up by putting her arm around my neck, and saying: "You had better go along to bed now, boy dear. Here, drink this--it will make you rest better"--and I drank a glass of hot milk she had prepared for me, and went to bed. On Monday we had a wonderful clearance. Most of the goods were sold, and our total for the four days' sale was $1,090.00! The boys were all dead tired. I had sent Wilkes about 7 o'clock to get some hot coffee and sandwiches for us, for we had a continuous crowd of customers in the store and not one of the store crowd would think of leaving. We took drinks of coffee and bites of sandwiches in between serving customers, and the coffee was all cold before we got through with it!