[The Von Toodleburgs by F. Colburn Adams]@TWC D-Link bookThe Von Toodleburgs CHAPTER X 15/16
And if we could put the church on its feet again with something of that kind. It's the propensity people have to go galloping after new things in religion that we must study and turn to our advantage if we would be prosperous." The little man fretted his fingers nervously through his unkept hair, and his face assumed an air of great seriousness. "How, my dear," enquired Mrs.Chapman, "could you put the church on its feet with such a load of scandal on its back? Could'nt you invent something else that would be novel and profitable ?" "There's where my new conception was coming in.
That's the point I was considering when you interrupted me with Mattie's love affair," Chapman replied, looking more serious than ever. "It struck me that we might do something profitable by getting up a company for the discovery of Kidd's treasure.
'The Great Kidd Discovery Company' would be a good name, my dear.
You must always give a company a good name.
Then you must manage it with tact and prudence.
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