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The
display
boards
held
a
good
variety
.
Cuff
bracelets
made
of
brass
,
copper
,
bronze
,
and
even
hot
-
forged
black
iron
.
Pendants
,
mostly
of
brass
,
with
a
little
silver
ornamentation
.
Earrings
of
silver
.
Pins
of
silver
or
brass
.
The
silver
had
cost
them
a
good
deal
;
even
silver
solder
had
set
them
back
.
They
had
bought
a
few
semiprecious
stones
,
too
,
for
mounting
in
the
pins
:
baroque
pearls
,
spinneis
,
jade
,
slivers
of
fire
opal
.
And
,
if
things
went
well
,
they
would
try
gold
and
possibly
five
–
or
six
-
point
diamonds
.
It
was
gold
that
would
make
them
a
real
profit
.
They
had
already
begun
searching
into
sources
of
scrap
gold
,
melted
-
down
antique
pieces
of
no
artistic
value
—
much
cheaper
to
buy
than
new
gold
.
But
even
so
,
an
enormous
expense
was
involved
.
And
yet
,
one
gold
pin
sold
would
bring
more
than
forty
brass
pins
.
They
could
get
almost
any
price
on
the
retail
market
for
a
really
well
-
designed
and
executed
gold
pin
…
assuming
,
as
Frink
had
pointed
out
,
that
their
stuff
went
over
at
all
.
At
this
point
they
had
not
yet
tried
to
sell
.
They
had
solved
what
seemed
to
be
their
basic
technical
problems
;
they
had
their
bench
with
motors
,
flex
-
cable
machine
,
arbor
of
grinding
and
polishing
wheels
.
They
had
in
fact
a
complete
range
of
finishing
tools
,
ranging
from
the
coarse
wire
brushes
through
brass
brushes
and
Cratex
wheels
,
to
finer
polishing
buffs
of
cotton
,
linen
,
leather
,
chamois
,
which
could
be
coated
with
compounds
ranging
from
emery
and
pumice
to
the
most
delicate
rouges
.
And
of
course
they
had
their
oxyacetylene
welding
outfit
,
their
tanks
,
gauges
,
hoses
,
tips
,
masks
.
And
superb
jewelers
’
tools
.
Pliers
from
Germany
and
France
,
micrometers
,
diamond
drills
,
saws
,
tongs
,
tweezers
,
third
-
hand
structures
for
soldering
,
vises
,
polishing
cloths
,
shears
,
hand
-
forged
tiny
hammers
…
rows
of
precision
equipment
.
And
their
supplies
of
brazing
rod
of
various
gauge
,
sheet
metal
,
pin
backs
,
links
,
earring
clipbacks
.
Well
over
half
the
two
thousand
dollars
had
been
spent
;
they
had
in
their
Edfrank
bank
account
only
two
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
,
now
.
But
they
were
set
up
legally
;
they
even
had
their
PSA
permits
.
Nothing
remained
but
to
sell
.
No
retailer
,
Frink
thought
as
he
studied
the
displays
,
can
give
these
a
tougher
inspection
than
we
have
.
They
certainly
looked
good
,
these
few
select
pieces
,
each
painstakingly
gone
over
for
bad
welds
,
rough
or
sharp
edges
,
spots
of
fire
color
…
their
quality
control
was
excellent
.
The
slightest
dullness
or
wire
brush
scratch
had
been
enough
reason
to
return
a
piece
to
the
shop
.
We
can
’
t
afford
to
show
any
crude
or
unfinished
work
;
one
unnoticed
black
speck
on
a
silver
necklace
—
and
we
’
re
finished
.
On
their
list
,
Robert
Childan
’
s
store
appeared
first
.
But
only
Ed
could
go
there
;
Childan
would
certainly
remember
Frank
Frink
.
"
You
got
to
do
most
of
the
actual
selling
,
"
Ed
said
,
but
he
was
resigned
to
approaching
Childan
himself
;
he
had
bought
a
good
suit
,
new
tie
,
white
shirt
,
to
make
the
right
impression
.
Nonetheless
,
he
looked
ill
-
at
-
ease
.
"
I
know
we
’
re
good
,
"
he
said
for
the
millionth
time
.
"
But
—
hell
.
"
Most
of
the
pieces
were
abstract
,
whirls
of
wire
,
loops
,
designs
which
to
some
extent
the
molten
metals
had
taken
on
their
own
.
Some
had
a
spider
-
web
delicacy
,
an
airiness
;
others
had
a
massive
,
powerful
,
almost
barbaric
heaviness
.
There
was
an
amazing
range
of
shape
,
considering
how
few
pieces
lay
on
the
velvet
trays
;
and
yet
one
store
,
Frink
realized
,
could
buy
everything
we
have
laid
out
here
.
We
’
ll
see
each
store
once
—
if
we
fail
.
But
if
we
succeed
,
if
we
get
them
to
carry
our
line
,
we
’
ll
be
going
back
to
refill
orders
the
rest
of
our
lives
.
