The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-07

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,mbnea WIEN the idea that ne knew
sverybody else work better han hey
nsmselges dil and was ierFe u
Doking his nose into atid ete,ai ~
ing In yer ksnfo va aaR his of
that ought 3 he dpne,
ne was liids. as may vel be ini-
agined orsiderbl1 Nuisance p his
FELLOW dlfa tors, peIifet ellrss sn ne
secretary and the Standing Dete noir
Of all the company's employees, from
The chief engineer OF the line to the
smallest boy in blue linen jacket VINO
had recently been engaged to dust out
the oompanyas booking offices at their
most insignificant station.
To make matters worse. Joshua
Bounceby was a gentleman at large,
81 that he was able to devote all his
ame to the exercise Of these amiable
idlosyncrases. Not day passed but
he was f1ssing about somewhere on the
railway. turning the directorial eye,
like a policeman's lantern, on the pro
oeedings OF all the engine drivers, fire
men, guards, ticket inspectors, porters
and booking clerks who had the mis-
fortune to encounter him.
How he came the Almighty Jupiter
over these poor menl How he hee'
tored-how he admonished them! The
engine driver might have been driving
for twenty years, but he was no match
al the business for Joshua Bouneeby.
The fireman might have been stocking
all his life, but he was fool at the
operation by comparison with J.. B.,
The ticket inspector might have been
ticket inspecting ever since the line
was opened, but he was mere babe
at the game when pitted against this
omniscient amateur,
Look herel That's not the way.
This Is the way-dye hear, feller?"
And the 'fellerp who probably had
| 4 Wife and children, or. at any rate,
J his own bread and butter, to consider.
would touch his cap with outward re-
spect, but with Inward derision wrath
and loathing. Did not Joshua. Bounce
boy richly merit these sentiments
from all who knew him?
But the individual who, for his sins,
came in for arger share Of. our di-
rectors unwelcon,e attentions than any
other man in the companys service
was Chief Detective Virgins, Chief
Detective Virgins was, as his title i'm
plies. head OF the railway stan, whose
duties were to keep sharp lookout
for persons travelling without tickets,
or with insufficient tickets, or with
tickets for a class. inferior to that
which they condeseehded. TO patron
lie or otherwise defrauding the Lon
don and Suburban Railway Company
smart man was this virgins as
shrewd and cute as they make EN-
with more nous in his little finger
than Joshua carried under the whole
Of his 4 ~ top hat. YET our directors
attitude toward the chief detective
was that Of a pedagogue toward an
unusually dense scholar, and he was
forever. occurring him on the lax and
mintelligent manner in which he per
formed his, duties
Its my belief that. You let hundreds
Of these swindling feilers slip through
your fingers every week said Joshua
Bouneeby 70 the chief Of the. detective
star, leotuing him, one day, on the.
PLATFORM ar lavender Hill. station.
We'll, there are some get through,
no doubt alf,9 asseDted that Official,
with humiiity "But considering how
few OF us mere are compared WITH
the number 81 passengers, I am afraid
that It ineVitablePir s.t
'''Umph. There are plenty 81 yon
TO doathe work II Il was done 1proper-t
"" asserted Mr. Bounceby, in his
knockyou-down way ~ IS not the
quantity ofthe, material that's atfault, (,
Ms The quality. my ine .feller"
For one thing, air said chief7De'
seetiye Virgins deprecla tlnglG5 The
old hands get % know. usrso wellr--
All You see these two chaps he
added Indicating a couple Of work
men With carbentefs sbaskeis over
their shoulders who happened B pass
them az tliaf moment. - lf
Now / have reason to'beiieVe, sir
that they 40 the company ont Of three
Or four shilhnss every week travelling
between this and Hoxiop Rise. lei
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