0 Pengoes and a Kiss

In Orson Weld, as the third man, lives of Harry Lyme, the fabulous stories of the immortal character originally created in the motion picture of the third man with the Zither music by Anton Cara. There are various times in various countries I've been called many things, most of which I'd rather not repeat here, but strangely enough the one thing I've never been called

is the one thing I am, a businessman. Did somebody laugh? I'll give you a little less than an economic. All business pays in direct proportion to the amount of risk involved, the safest investment, therefore, paying the lowest return.

Now my returns are likely to be high because I'm willing to take risks outside the law. That's where high finance starts getting really high, high, wide, and handsome. The following little anecdote illustrates my point.

It's called 5,000 pengos under kiss. What you may ask is a pengo. It is not a small black and white bird. A pengo is what they use for money and Hungary. A kiss is the same thing all over the world.

A thousand pengos and a kit. A typical event after the war brought about new and very strict laws concerning getting

out of the country. But people have always wanted to get out of countries, even charming countries like Hungary used to be. And when they can, they'll pay wealth with certain risky arrangements being made for them. So inevitably I found my certain Buddha best where I soon made certain necessary contacts and then like any good businessman went looking for customers

which as in any business are often found in the nicest places. That's why one evening not long ago I happened to be at the exclusive Club Breyer and Buddha first. A lovely place, Club Breyer, but not nearly as a lovely as the young lady I soon noticed making a way to my table.