Chapter 31

A friend loans me twenty-five dollars--My arrival in Chicago--Forty dollars' worth of goods on credit--I leave for Michigan--Effecting a sale by stratagem--Great success during the summer--Enforcing a credit--Continued success--Opening an office in the city--Paying my old debts, with interest--My trip to New York--Buying goods from the manufacturers--My return to Chicago--Now I do hus'le--Immense success.