54 THE CONDOR ' Vol. XXI and I had never worked for anybody or had business experience of my own. Nevertheless my success was such as to prove a surprise to other San Diego confectioners who had said I would "go broke" before many months. The venture was highly satisfactory in every way. Prospering from the beginning, and getting in the lead, I was able to retire at the end of eighteen years. On Fig. 16. ALBERT MILLS I.?*(}ERSOLL. selling out, a larger price was obtained for the goodwill, and right to continue business under my name, than for the entire stock of goods and fixtures com- bined. Recalling some of my boyhood experiences to mind, I distinctly remember that the first eggs I took were robin's. hnagining eggs of such a beautiful blue would be more palatable than plain colored hen's eggs, and wishing some
