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Rh "There's a good deal of money in those little devices when a fellow gets up the right thing, I suppose?" asked Markham.

"Sure, anything new and handy goes great," responded Frank. "I have read of a dozen little simple inventions that have made a great fortune for the owners."

Markham was studiously silent for a few minutes. Then he asked:

"Do they make things in wire at that Pleasantville factory—I mean, do they have the material and machinery to make wire things?"

"If not, they can easily get them," answered Frank. "Why do you ask, Markham?"

"Well," said Markham, with a little conscious laugh, "the truth is, I have invented something myself."