Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-09

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on the jaw and brought him to his
knees. Then two policemen came up.
"Thith fellow inthulted young
woman in my party" said the big man,
sternly, through his damaged lip.
ooh, Henryi" gasped the young wom-
an who had been insulted, che Is not
the one at all. 1t was tall man with
q beard"
"The man wot spoke to the young
lady cut down that there alley" said
a cabman whose cab stood across the
street. ''This young Teller was jis'
comm roun' the corner wen 1t hap
pened."
The big man regarded the two young
women ironically. Tommy smiled out
of his one eye, and the policeman and
the crowd smiled, too.
evil you be so kind as to call cab,
officer2" asked the big man.
Just moment" said the police
man. You assaulted this young man,
didn't your"
81 did" said the big man, tenderly
testing the bony structure of his nose
with his pocket handkerchief.
"Do you want to make a complaints"
asked the policeman of Tommy.
"Not at ALL" said Tommy, with great
geniality.
Then they called cab for the big
man and his party, and Tommy went to
his hotel and to bed.
The next morning when Tommy con-
suited mirror his eye resembled a
Turner sunset. He was strongly tempt
ed to go back to Boston on the morn
ing train. Within three hours he was
to apply to a stranger for responsible
place. without a sign Of recommend
alton and an eye that looked as though
he had spent the previous night on the
Bowery Then for the first time Tommy
swore at the big man. But II o'clock.
found him at the Office Of the National
Cold Storage company. The man in
charge smiled skeptically when Tommy
told him his business. Then he In
formed Tommy that the president had
been called out of town that day, and
applications would have to be made
on the day following.
Tommy breathed sigh of relief, and
went back to his hotel. The rest OF
that day and night he wore a beef
steak poultice over his eye. This was
beneficial from a medical point of view,
but as far as appearances went, the
eye was more glaringly impressionistic
the next morning than before. Tommy
felt depressed as he started for the
Cold Storage Office. There were four
or five applicants in the outer office,
who looked as though they had been
brought up in self-respecting Chris
tan homes. Tommy sat In one corner
and glared at anyone he caught look
ing at his eye. He sat there two hours
before his turn came. Then the clerk
said the president would see him, and
smiled again pessimistically. But by
this time Tommy felt too much like a
social outcast to resent 1T.
The president sat at a handsome
cherry desk. He was a large man, but
he was pale, and looked Ill. His upper
lip was gloriously decorated with
court-plaster. His right eye was COW
cred by a patch, and his left eye was
partly closed and of color scheme
that rivalled Tommys own. Tommy's
heart slid down into his boots and
tried to get through the floor. The
next moment he found himself sitting
in chair at the right Of the presidents
desk. He sat there and regarded the
presidents infrmities dumbly.
you are applying for thisposition| p
asked the great man harshly.
Tommy admitted that he was. Rec
concentrations? Tommy explained hol-
lowly about honors in electrical en-
cheering, and the fact of Prof. Chal-
mers and Superintendent Kendall, of
the General Electric, being out of town
The president snorted. Then he turned
disgustedly to Tommy's eye.
DO you drink?" he asked.
"No, sir" said Tommy.
"Fght?"
ooh, no, sir" answered Tommy.
"Where did you get that eye?" asked
the president.
Tommy regarded the president out
of the other one.
81 was riding a bicycle" said Tom
my, land ran into an electric car"
The president sat in silence for sew
eral moments. Tommy began to fee
ugly.
what we want for this place" said
the president finally, 'is pushing
self-reliaDt, resourcefuv man-one who
can lay out his own work and meet
emergencies as they arise"
The president paused again thought
fully.
81 think you ought to fill the BILL"
he said.
Tommy sat motionless for the space
Of minute. Then he handed the presi-
dent the coat collar Of the Van Dyke
bearded man, and clinched the bargain