But it's excellently devised; no one will deny that.
What do you say to a partnership, eh?
On the same terms ?" Now, I had more than once thought of the same thing myself, but the idea of associating myself in business with an out-and-out criminal attorney had to my mind serious drawbacks.

We discussed the matter at length, however, and Gottlieb pointed out very wisely that I was running a great risk in distributing broadcast cards upon which appeared the unauthorized name of Haight & Foster, as well as in conducting an office under my own name, when in fact I was but an attorney's clerk downtown.

My connection and association with such a reputable firm was an asset not to be jeopardized lightly, and he advised my withdrawing so far as I could all my cards from circulation and conducting my business _sub rosa_.

In the end we came to an understanding which we reduced to writing.
I was to become a silent partner in Gottlieb's business and my office was to become a branch of his, my own name being entirely in abeyance.

On the whole, this arrangement pleased me very well, as under it I ran practically no risk of having my activities discovered by my employers.
It is somewhat difficult to know just in what order to present these memoirs to the reader, for from this time on my life became a very varied one.