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

nm THEN the prosperous though I'M
WAM progressive firm of Casper w.
WW Leslie & Co., grocers, hired
him they thought they had Sc
cured an ordinary clerk, and gave
themselves no further concern. They
already had force of about dozen
clerks besides half a dozen delivery
teams They had hired clerks for
twenty years, and it was to them
troublesome and vexatious proceeding.
They frowned at first at his slight
frame, but when he put a PROSTATE
sugar barrel on end with easy uncon-
Germ, all objections were Immediately
withdrawn.
His surname was the leveling one of
Smith, and his Christian name-highly
Christian-Hezekiah His mother call
ed him "Zeke'' and his companions
Breezy
Breezy entered upon his work whis-
Ting in supreme content. He was at
the bottom of the commercial hill and
was preparing to run up to the top.
They put him behind the fruit coun-
ter. His first act was to clean it up
and fix things" generally. such a
rum way of doing business" he NUT
tered, quite like an experienced grocer,
scowling at the hidden waste and slip
shod displays of his predecessor. When
he was through with the counter there
was absolutely no, fault to find with 1t.
But he was not satisfied. He went into
the cellar and started to saw and nail
some boxes to make receptacles for va
rious things back of his counter.
What are you doing here?" said the
pompous and obese superintendent,
finding him at work.
"Oh," said Breezy careiessly, I'm
lust getting some boxes in shape to
put dirt and tools in at my counter"
I'VE have got carpenter to do thai"
said the superintendent. with displeas-
ure; "get up where you belong and
tend to your customers.
Breezy went up and finished the
boxes later while the superintendent
was absent. He cleaned the fruit on
his stand four times a day. TT gets so
a fellow clerk who looked askance at
the action.
1.-The other clerk didn't" replied his
companion suggestively.
ffDidn't hep said Breezy eoolly.
Of course the clerks laughed at him.
His tie was awry and of Objectionable
hue, and his trousers lacked the proper
cut and crease.
The fruit trade was slow, and Breezy
was highly impatient. The superin-
tendent compelled him to stay behind
his counter, and he had to gaze inpa-
tiently over the busting crowd of the
store, which seemed to stop at every
other counter but his. Twice, when the
superintendent was not about, he made
a personal canvass among the shippers
and secured a number of sales. The
third time he was discovered and per-
emptorily ordered back.
After closing time Breezy was abb
sent-minded and restless. The noise
of the overhead cash system; the aro-
ma of freshly roasted coffee, of bacon
and of cheese; the click of the weigh
ing scales; the scraping of the busy
scoops; the shrill staccato of the regis
ter bells and opening drawers; the
rustic of the wrapping paper; the
shuttle of hurrying feet; the rumble of
the drays on the cobbles outside; the
incessant hum of voices and the ever
changing panorama of shoppers-all
these had become to Breezy the breath
of life, and he sighed for them long
ingly ere the evenings were over. He
had a printing press and he set type as