Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26
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i" so'"s to quit en-" said tho
young man WITH the aroo,.,vr "
lip. They cant make a monkay
me- you Oet your life. If anybody got
promoted ought to have boon tho
one, ana everybody knows # too ,,vo
been working for 'pm cIusa ~, +. .
months an he hasn't worked twn
months yet Do you call that Il souuro
deal?'
81 think long and faithful yarr,.o
ought 10 count" said the cigar stand
proprietor Il amt In favor MYSELF
OF turning down IA tried and ,ruStv
employe Tor Some johnny Ilmp-ln who
hasn't anything but novelty to recon-
mend MN While you're quitting, ia
advise you to quit smoking them cigar
cites, TOO. Its money out Of nv poch-
ct to give you that advice, but n.yur
did care anything about money"
"Ihey amt hurting me-" said the
young man, Il could smoke 'cni all
day and they'd never feaze me. Well
III show EN- | don't have to stand
for any such work as that"
Are you going to break it to 'em
to-day" asked the cigar-stand pro-
"Notyh Your postcard photo," said
the young man. "Rrcak nothing, I'm
going to get another job first"
THAT'S right" said the cisar-store
proprietor. Il wouldn't be in a hur-
the ot16,at would sHit HE and a"t
close with the first that came along.
ia make 'cm agree not to promote
anybody over my head, too. I'd have
that understood from the stert. If
anybody goes up it's to be you and no
f0OiishfeSs about Il. It seems funny
to me, though, that your bosses would
take a chance like they did. What do
you suppose made 'em?"
"Oh, this guy put up n great 'front.'"
said the young man with the dropping
lower lip. "lIc started in with a hur-
rlble bluff Of breaking his neck to get
things done. He'd come in mornings
two or three minutes before time and
shed his coat and 90 to 1t Ike there
was somebody behind him jabbins him
with an icepick. There wasn't no need
Of 1t. He'd have got along just as
we'll If he'd taken his time same" as
The rest, but he thought he ought TO
make a gallery play ali the time.
Sure. Say. he'd get 80 busy he'd for
get when It was time to 20 to lunch
and when It was quitting time. Don't
It make YOU tired to sec one Of those
Nhat-can-I-do-now boys? It, does
me. We'll. that's how 1t came h" got
showed up. He made mis- bluff e
Hes smooth. all right. It was smooth
work. There's l7ts of fellows who'll
lhlt on an extra squirt if the boss IS
locking. but he'd work if the old man
was out |f to"|n.'
Pretty foSf guy" commented the
cigar-stand proprietor.
HE wasn't satisfied to do his OWL
work. ANYTHING he could do that
wasn't dorc was good enough for
him." pursued the young man in an in
tured t,re IF there was anything he
didn't &pw how to do he'd poke
and find Out. whether it was
any of his business or not. 1t mace
lot4 of the boys sore. I wasn't the
ralv one | knew what he was after
but didn't suppose he'd make it work
the way he did. | didn't expect |"
see him jumped over my head.
'Well, that's because You maven
had rs much cyrcri"nr" as I've hAd.
said the cisar-stand proprietor. III
amt an uncommon thing by any
means. Every once in 4 while you run
across q buffer like that. He'll 60
into somo office or store and he1l put
up lust that kind of a front, starting
to work on the second. humping ana
h~nstling along and keeping his eyes
and looking as cheerful as II
he liked It. and the first thing you
know the man who's hired him IS
hmm enough to raise his wages.
trv IT the next place you go and
see If it isn't So
'I've got too much self-respect'" sald
he vounr man with the dropping low
r lin-Chlcago Daily News.