The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-30

| do you want to make complalnt|f
asked the policeman of Tommy
mot at all" said Tommy with great
geniality.
Then they called a cab for the big
man and his party. and Tommy went to
| his hotel and to bed
The next morning when Tommy con-
| suited a mirror his eye resembled a Tur-
| ner sunset. He was strongly tempted
to so back to Boston on the morning
train. Within three hours he was to
apply to a stranger for q responsible
place, without sign of q recommended
ton and an eye that looked as though
he had spent the previous night on the
BoWery. Then for the first time Tom
my swore at the big man. But eleven
o'clock found him at the office of the
National Cold Storage company. The
man in charge smiled scepticaly when
Tommy told him his business. Then he
informed Tommy that the president had
been called out of town that day. and
applica tons would have to be made on
the day following.
Tommy breathed a sigh of relief and
went back to his hotel, The rest Of that
day and night he wore a besfsteak
poultice over his eye This was bene-
fetal from 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 Christian homes Tom
my sat in one corner and glared at any
one he caught looking at his eye. He
sat there two hours before his turn
came Then the clerk said the presi-
dent would see him, and smiled again
pessimstically But by this time Tom
my felt too much like a social outcast to
resent it.
The president sat at a handsome cher
ry desk. He was large man, but he
was pale and looked i'll. His upper lip
was generously decorated with court
plaster, and there was a sort of paste
broad bridge over his nose, held on by
courtplaster. His right eye was COW
cred by patch, and his left eye was
partly closed and Of a color scheme that
rivaled Tommy's own. Tommys heart
slid down into his boots and tried to get
found himself sitting in chair at the
right of the Presidents desk. He sat
there and regarded the presidents in
tirmities dumbly.
you are applying for this postion?"
asked the great man harshy.
Tommy admitted that he was, Re
concentrations? Tommy explained
holloway about honors in electrical engi-
neering and the fact of Professor Chal-
mer and Superintendent Kendall of the
General Electric being out of town The
president snorted. Then he turned dis
custody to Tommy's eye.
DO you drink" he asked,
mo, sir" said Tommy
"Fight?"
'Oh. no, sir" answered Tommy
'Where did you get that eyer" asked
the president
Tommy regarded the president out of
the other one.
Il was riding bicycle" said Tommy,
'and ran into an electric car"
The president sat in silence for seve- |
raj moments. Tommy began to feel
ugly.
What we want for this place." said
the president finally, lis pushing, self |
reliant, resourceful man-one who can
lay out his own work and meet emer-
gencies as they arise"
The president paused again thought |
fully.
Il think you ought to fill the bill" he
said
Tommy sat motionless for the space |
Of minute. Then he handed the pres- /
dent the coat collar of the Van Dyke |
bearded man. and olinched the bargain. |
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