Then we goes and has a talk with Doctor Jackson
himself. Doctor Kirby has the idea mebby he
will put some money into it. Doctor Jackson was
setting on his front veranda with his chair tilted
back, and his feet, with red carpet slippers on 'em,
was on the railing, and he was smoking one of these
long black cigars that comes each one in a little
glass tube all by itself. He looks Sam over very
thoughtful, and he says:
"Yes, it will do the work well enough. I can see
that. But will it sell?"
Doctor Kirby makes him quite a speech. I never
hearn him make a better one. Doctor Jackson he
listens very calm, with his thumbs in the armholes
of his vest, and moving his eyebrows up and down
like he enjoyed it. But he don't get excited none.
Finally Doctor Kirby says he will undertake to
show that it will sell--me and him will take a trip
down into the black country ourselves and show
what can be done with it, and take Sam along fur
an object lesson.
Well, they was a lot of rag-chewing. Doctor
Jackson don't warm up none, and he asts a million
questions. Like how much it costs a bottle to
make it, and what was our idea how much it orter
sell fur. He says finally if we can sell a certain
number of bottles in so long a time he will put some
money into it.
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