BILLS TO BE PAID 



and various other suppliers cheques, especially the 

 builder who had done all the decorations ; everyone 

 seemed to be wanting a bit. I had arranged an over- 

 draft a little while before of five hundred pounds 

 at a local bank by Drew's wish. 



I went to his club in the City and begged him for a 

 few hundred pounds to keep the show going. He was 

 obdurate, telling me that he couldn't spare it, and why 

 didn't I try and sell it. I did try, and very hard. 

 There was an idea in the back of my mind that a 

 Stores would go well at Newmarket, and I spoke to 

 Mr W. B. Purefroy about the scheme. The idea was 

 that it might interest Mr Hippesley Cox, who was and 

 had been in the manager-directorship of Romano's 

 and the Inns of Court Hotel ; but nothing came of 

 that, although I had heard that Mr Cox had been 

 possessed all his life of the ambition to control big 

 stores. There is still a chance at Newmarket for some 

 firm to follow up this idea. Boots' have a place there, 

 also Salmon & Gluckstein, but there is a lot of money 

 in the district to be disbursed. Still, Newmarket shops 

 supply pretty well all which is required, and the food 

 especially is excellent. 



I tried to get a certain number of debentures placed, 

 and all this was told to Drew, who a month or so before 

 he died sent me a very charming letter thanking me 

 for all that I had done. I am quite sure that, had 

 another thousand pounds been forthcoming, we could 

 have gone on for the October meetings, and those down 

 for the December sales would have kept the game alive. 

 But it was hopeless without any money, and I wrote 

 and resigned my manager-directorship, while holding 

 a certain number of ordinary shares. The matter was 

 left in other hands, and I was so full up with the whole 

 show that I took a continental trip, not feeling too fit 



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