The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-13
JIMMY ATHLETIC.
rire izimf Not Much--lssssrnsd whsu
He Liked. and Well R%eo,r m end~A.

ne Likeds ana Weu Recommended
The General Manager Of a big Ann
street establishment late Saturday af-
ternoon looked around the deserted
office, carefully inspected the inside Of
his hat before putting II on, called for
the porter to make doors and shutters
secure. and accompanied by a belated
customer, started for Park Row.
"Well, he's resigned he remarked,
with sigh Of relief.
"Whof inquired the customer. hav.
Ing In mind the junior partner
THE third assistant office boy" re-
piled the General Manager, a note of
JOY In his voice. Hes gone at last,
and don't think he'll come back"
IF you didn't want him why didn't
you fire him?" queried the customer.
IL did-three tlmes-but he wouldn't
stay fired. 1t was the limit We got
him six weeks ago, and the office has
been In turmoil ever since. He has
name. of course, but no one except
the paymaster knows It, He looks like
prizehghter in miniature. and the
first hour he was with us one of the
clerks called him Jimmy Athletic.'
That flattered the young wretch. and
the man that nlcknamed him was the
only one that ever was able to induce
him to work except ON the day after
one of the firings. Then he'd bully all
the other boys and keep them out of
the way, and when 1 called for a
youngster In hurry he'd present him
SELF
Il knew, of course, that I'd fred him.
but I'm kept too busy to wait so I
would use him, and there he'd be-re-
established.
Jimmy was never known to smile.
But he had laugh. the loudest. most
penetrating. and mirthless that mortal
ever listened to. When reminded him
one day that had discharged him the
day before he laughed, and 1 begged
him to desist.
His first break was two days after
he was hired. A messenger boy
brought an important telegram, and
Jimmy didn't like his face. He beat
that boy to a whisper. and the kid
went home to have his in. iries re-
paired.
1T wasn't until the next dar that we
heard of the telegram. and then all
the good it did us was to give us the
idea of how much money we had lost
by its non-receipt. Jimmy was fired
then for the first time.
"a week later I was at nv desk,
when long steel rod from bill file
dropped beside my hand and stuck
quiverlng in my desk. Up above there
was hole in the ceiling, and at that
1 saw Jnmmy's grinning face. He was
doing the William Tell act on me. He
was fired again for that.
Jimmy had an ambition to run an
elevator. Not regularly-just once
but the colored man that tends to ours
would not let him touch the wheel So
Jimmy went to him and told him that
| the boss was giving orders that he be
| dismissed. The man told Jimmy to
| watch the elevator while he ran to
square matters, and Jimmy had his
| chance.
Just at this moment al old woman
stepped aboard, and Jimmy had pas
senger to experiment on. He nearly
ran her through the roof.
| mo, he wasn't fired for that. The
passenger was the boss mother-in-
law from Sunbury, and the shock so
affected her that she decided at once
to go ZONE. If she'd been hurt so that
she couldn't have Travelled Jimmy
would have lost lis job then for good.
| "Te next time he got fred was for
putting up target on the boiler in the
cellar and shooting at 1t with a re-
volver.
| To-day he came to me and said he
was going to resign. I asked him If he
wanted bonus. but he said he didn't.
He's only about as big as a pint Of
peanuts. but he sat all afternoon smok-
Ing big cigars and making the other
| boys envious. He told one Of the
clerks that If I didn't give him a rec.
ommendation he'd knock two Of my
| teeth in"
| "Well." said the customer, consol-
ingly. "he's gone" Then, wishing to
| change the subject, he remarked:
II was lucky to catch you this after
noon. You must have been detained"
"Yes," said the General Manager. "I
waited to write recommendation for
Jimmy Athletic."-New York Times.