ersten's

Updated: June 4, 2025

The mediator conveyed Heinrich to Ersten's with much the same feeling that he would have endured in carrying a full plate of soup and he had that feeling all through the conference. "Hello, Heinrich!" greeted Ersten with indifference. "Hello, Louis!" returned Schnitt with equal nonchalance; then he assumed a rigid pose and recited: "I have come back to work."

George Randolph Chester - Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress

There was an uncomfortable pause in which the two men evinced a slight disposition to glare at each other. "Mr. Schnitt's eyes are bad," suggested Johnny hopefully. "My eyes are like a young man's!" asserted Schnitt, his pride coming uppermost. "He needs a month to rest them," insisted the buffer, becoming a trifle panic-stricken; and he tapped the sole of Ersten's shoe with his foot.

George Randolph Chester - Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress

Louis Ersten, who puffed redly wherever he did not grayly bristle, met Johnny Gamble half-way. Johnny's half consisted in stating that he had come to see Mr. Ersten in reference to his lease. Mr. Ersten's half consisted in flatly declining to discuss that subject on the premises. "Here I make ladies' suits," he explained.

George Randolph Chester - Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress

"Thank you," said Johnny briskly, and started for the nearest telephone directory. "I'll drop in on you." "Well," returned Ersten resignedly, "it won't do you any good." Johnny grinned and went out, having first made a swift but careful estimate of Ersten's room, accommodations and requirements. Outside, he studied the surrounding property, then called on a real estate firm.

George Randolph Chester - Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress