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CHRISTMAS EVE. It was Christmas Eve. Elizabeth Compton and Harriet Holden were completing the rounds of their friends’ homes with Christmas remembrances—a custom that they had continued since childho…
UP OR DOWN? After Jimmy had received his check and was about to leave, a couple of men approached him. “We seen that little mix-up in there,” said one of them. “You handle your mitts like you been th…
HARRIET PHILOSOPHIZES. When Jimmy got home that night he saw a light in the Lizard’s room and entered. “Well,” said the cracksman, “how’s every little thing?” Jimmy smiled ruefully. “Canned again,” h…
IN AGAIN—OUT AGAIN. Jimmy Torrance was out of a job a week this time, and once more he was indebted to the Lizard for a position, the latter knowing a politician who was heavily interested in a dairy…
LITTLE EVA. Early in March Jimmy was again forced to part with his watch. As he was coming out of the pawn-shop late in the afternoon he almost collided with Little Eva. “For the love of Mike!” cried…
JIMMY THROWS A BLUFF. That afternoon Mr. Harold Bince had entered his superior’s office with an afternoon paper in his hand. “What’s the idea of this ad, Mr. Compton?” he asked. “Why do we need an ef…
JIMMY ON THE JOB. As Jimmy left the office he discovered that those last words of Bince’s had made a considerable and a rather unfavorable impression on him. He was sure that there was an underlying …
THE EFFICIENCY EXPERT. Unlike most other plants the International Machine Company paid on Monday, and it was on the Monday following his assumption of his new duties that Jimmy had his first clash wi…
PLOTTING. The following Monday Miss Edith Hudson went to work for the International Machine Company as Mr. Compton’s stenographer. Nor could the most fastidious have discovered aught to criticize in …
AN INVITATION TO DINE. As the workman passed through the little outer office Edith Hudson glanced up at him. “Where,” she thought after he had gone, “have I seen that fellow before?” Jimmy was in the…
