at'll furnish us primary capital. Then,
remember, I was something of a chemist. I took it up, originally, to get
background material for one of my detective stories; it fascinated me,
and I made it a hobby, and then a source of income. I'm thirty years
ahead of any chemist in the world, now. You remember _I. G.
Farbenindustrie_? Ten years from now, we'll make them look like pikers."

His father looked at the yellow sheet. "Assault, at eight to one," he
said. "I can scrape up about five thousand for that--Yes; in ten
years--Any other little operations you have in mind?" he asked.

"About 1950, we start building a political organization, here in
Pennsylvania. In 1960, I think we can elect you President. The world
situation will be crucial, by that time, and we had a good-natured
nonentity in the White House then, who let things go till war became
inevitable. I think President Hartley can be trusted to take a strong
line of policy. In the meantime, you can read Machiavelli."

"That's my little boy, talking!"

Blake Hartley said softly. "All right, son; I'll do just what you tell
me, and when you grow up, I'll be president.... Let's go get supper,
now."

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