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tion. I was amazed and could not understand why, of all visitors, I should be singled out for such discourteous treatment. I explained that I was invited there by Mr. Ford, and could not see how I would cause any more disturbance than any other visitor. Just at this moment Mr. Ford appeared and escorted me through the factory. We finally reached a storeroom where early Ford models were kept. He told me, with pride, of his struggle to produce anything resembling an automobile which would be reliable. He showed me the machinery he had first worked with.

He then suggested that he and I should build my next airship in his factory. He offered to build all of the machinery, while I was to build the balloon and other equipment. I now understd what Mr. Cousins meant. I explained to Mr. Ford that I had all the money I needed and as I had an organization and factory at my home in Toledo, I did not see that advisability of such an arrangement. However, I told him that I would be glad to pay his for his time and trouble if he would undertake the job of building the clutch for me. I think now he must have been annoyed with me for he displayed no further interest beyond the natural courtesies of taking me through the other parts of the factory.

In the light of the miraculous story of Mr. Ford and his work in the last forty years, I wonder what my fate would have been if I had cast my lot with him. Perhaps, we may have constructed greater airships than a zeppelin.

I never saw him again until years later at the dedication of the Wright home and the Wright Brothers shop at Greenfield Village near Dearborn, Michigan where I was an invited guest.

My wife and I attended that function and we had lunch with