The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-16

believe that will put Morris at the tele-
phone and let Smith do our important
outside business down town. The change
was accordingly made, and Breezy De-
came a sort Of confidential clerk, doing
most of the firms business with the banks
and the downtown Offices Characters
tically, he allowed no opportunity to es-
cape to learn the FIRMS manner of doing
business and it's needs. He was not chary
with suggestions either, and was told by
the firm more than once that his advice
had not been asked, and that it was there
fore not very valuable. This logic Breezy
utterly failed to comprehend.
His old friends smiled as he dashed by
them daily on his bicycle, his hat crushed
on to his head and his face almost on the
handle bars.
The firm sent him to the newspaper
offices to take advertising copy. The adj
yertisements which he carried he crit
icised freely on the road down town.
Most of his criticisms were of a decidedly
adverse nature, and his opinion OF the
man who wrote them, the head OF the
firm, grew more and more contemptuous.
He had learned some lessons in advertis-
ing by his card making.
One morning they sent him to down.
town firm of producers with an order for
twenty tubs of butter. With the order
they gave him copy to take to all the
morning papers, making commonplace
and altogether unattractive mention
thought Breezy-of a proposed special
sale of these twenty tubs of butter
That's the weakest thing YETI he
soliloquized, as he sped down the empty
avenue. "Butter'n go up cents a pound
one Of these days"
AS he stood in the Office of the COM
pany he heard man say something con-
fdentially to the produce man and Gus
toner that made him wink hard. 1t was
that butter would go up in few days.
The customer did not seem to take 1T
very seriously, but Breezy construed 1t
into a mighty tip.
"Just what thought" he said to him
self. THAT slow firm buying only TWEEN
ty tubs!' 1t occurred to him that he
might telephone to the firm and give them
the tip; but he Immediately rejected the
idea.
They'd only laugh and tell me that I
wasn't running their business"
Then was born great idea An IN
slant later he was decided. The producer
whistled when Breezy handed him an Or
der for hundred tubs.
It'll take all we have he said.
Breezy sat down at desk and wrote
something rapidly. The foreman at the
newspaper composing rooms looked at him
in surprise as he gave directions about
border and type, technicalities which he
had learned as editor of the school pa
per-
The tubs were all delivered In the after
noon. Thompson came out in the ware
room and looked at the first batch Of
twenty. II wouldn't have ordered TWEEN
tyr he said, shaking his head. Il told
Jim they wouldn't CO." He wasn't in
when the rest came. Are they turning
the store into butter house?" said the
shipping clerk, grumbling, as he helped
the men bring them in.
Great heavens calculated Thompson
the next morning when he came into the
wareroom Where does all this butter
come from?''
The shipping clerk looked unjntelligent.
and made no answer. Thompson brought
in the head of the firm, Mr.. Leslie. He, in
turn, stared dumbly at the tiers of tubs.
What the -l" he began excitedly.
at told you to order twenty, didn't I?''
"You advised me not to buy more,
said Thompson stiffiy, land didn't
Cant you count?" excIain1f& Leslie
wrathfulIy, pointing to the tubs. There's
100 there, If there's onea
When Breezy was finally called in he
faced both men easily.