"With us, a thousand dollars don't figure so much as like with some people, Finkman," Birsky retorted; "and our idee is that if we should keep the money on deposit it's like a security that our operators wouldn't strike on us so easy. Furthermore, Finkman, if you are doubting our good faith, understand me, let me say that Mr. Eschenbach is welcome he should come round to my place to-morrow morning yet and I would show him everything is open and aboveboard, like a lodge already."
"Why, I should be delighted to see how this thing works with you, Mr. Birsky," Eschenbach said. "I suppose you know what an interest I am taking in welfare work of this description."
"I think he had a sort of an idee of it," Finkman interrupted, "when he butts in here."
Again Eschenbach smiled beneficently on the rival manufacturers in an effort to preserve the peace.
"I should like to have some other details from your plan, Mr. Birsky," he said. "How do you propose to spend this money?"
Birsky drew back his chair from the table.
"It's a long story, Mr. Eschenbach," he replied; "and if it's all the same to you I would tell you the whole thing round at my place to-morrow morning."
He rose to his feet and, searching in his waistcoat pocket, produced a card that he laid on the table in front of Eschenbach.
"Here is our card, Mr. Eschenbach," he said, "and I hope we could look for you at eleven o'clock, say."
"Make it half-past ten, Mr. Birsky," Eschenbach replied as he extended his hand in farewell. "Will you join me there, Mr. Finkman?"