Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20
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"I'm going to quit EN-" said the
young man with the dropping lower
lip. "They can't make a monkey Of
me. you bet your life. II anybody got
promoted I ought to have been the
one. and everybody knows It. too. I've
been working for 'em close on to three
months an he hasn't worked two
months yet Do you call that a square
dealT
II think long and faithful service
ought to count" said the cigar.stand
proprietor. II amt In favor myself
Of turning down q tried and trusty
employs for some Johnny jump-up who
hasn't anything but novelty to recon.
mend him. While you're quitting, I'd
advise you to quit smoking them cigar.
cites, too. It's money out Of my pock.
ct to give you that advice, but never
did care anything about money"
"They amt hurting me-" said the
young man. II could smoke 'em all
day and they'd never feaze me. Well.
III show 'em I don't have to stand
Are you going to break II to EN-
today" asked the cigar-stand pro-
prietor.
mot on your postcard photo" said
the young man. "I,reak nothing! I'm
going to get another Job Arst."
'"That's right" said the cigar-store
proprietor. II wouldn't be in hur.
~. ia just take my time to pick
the one that would suit me and not
close with the first that came along.
I'd make 'em agree not to promote
anybody over my head, too. I'd have
that understood from the start. II
anybody goes up It's to be you and no
foolishness about It. Il seems funny
to me, though, that your bosses would
take chance like they did. What do
you suppose made 'emT'
"Oh. this guy put up great 'front.'"
said the young man with the dropping
lower lip. "He started in with nor.
rible blur Of breaking his neck to get
things done. He'd come in mornings
two or three minutes before time and
shed his coat and 60 to It like there
was somebody behind him jabbing him
with an icepick. There wasn't no need
Of It. He'd have got along Just as
well II he'd taken his time same rs
the rest. but he thought he ought to
make a gallery play all the time
Sure! Say. he'd get 80 busy he'd for.
get when It WINS time to 90 to lunch
and when 1t was quitting time. Don't
It make you tired to see one Of those
what.can.I.do-now boys? It does
me. Well. that's how 1t came he got
showed up. He made his blum 60.
He's smooth. all right. It was smooth
work. There's lots Of fellows who'll
put on an extra squirt II the boss ID
locking. but he'd work II the old man
was out Of town."
"pretty foxy guy" commented the
cisar-stand proprietor.
HE wasn't satisfied to do his own
work; anything he could do that
wasn't done was good enough for
him." pursued the young man in an in.
jured tone. "If there was anything he
didn't know how to do he'd poke
around and ind out, whether It was
any Of his business or not. It made
lots Of the boys sore. wasn't the
only one. I knew what he was after,
but didn't suppose he'd make 1t work
the way he did. I didn't expect to
zee him Jumped over my head"
"Well. that's because you haven't
had % much experience a. I've had,
said tho cigar-stand proprietor. III
amt an uncommon thing BY any
means. Every once in a while you run
across "a buffer like that. He'll g
into some once or store and he'll put
M Just that kind Of 'front.' starting
to work on the second. humping and
hustling along and keeping his eyes
skinned and looking % cheerful 40 II
he liked II, and the hrst thing yor
know the man who's hired him Il
chump enough to raise his wages
You try Il the next place you 20 and
80 II Il isn't o."
ave got too much sslf.respsct." sait
the young man with the drO0DinG low
q lip.-Chicago Daily News.