She expanded his ideas. Yet Flannagan had a knack.
He was grand at speech-making, and sudden and spectacular by nature.
He shipped with me then from Rosalia to the different ports I was
billed for that voyage, picking up more additions to the Company,
till it was a large company. I was free to admit he made good profits
out of the seaport cities between South America and Charleston; so at
Charleston, when he offered me a partnership, I felt agreeable, and
took it, on this agreement; I to put in the use and management of the
_Annalee_, and he to put in "The Flannagan and Imperial;" I to
run the ship and he to run the show. The profits should be divided
half-yearly, after paying expenses of ship and show.
We ran under this agreement several years, and exhibited all the way
from Boston to Rio, according to the season, and sometimes went
inland up navigable rivers, such as to Albany and Philadelphia. We
summered northward and wintered southward, and did better than most
shows on transportation expenses, besides having an open season
through the year. Prosperity kept us together until after Bill died,
which came from his being too ambitious, and proud of his line in the
profession, and having his heart set on two hundred and fifty pounds.
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