The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-16

not know this. He had found upon his desk,
one Saturday morning, sealed note from the
manager, which read:
For some time past l have not been altogether
satisfied With the conduct Of your department. II
have endeayored to warn you against assuming, a
too dictatoriai attitude toward the agencies and
publications whjrbcwe patronizc. My endeavors
have. apparently, been without effect. Lately. YOU
have been taking altogether too MUCH authority
upon yourself am. therefore obligedEto ask FOR
your resignation after the expiraonof the custom
ary two weeks. ,43.
After reading this note, Jimmy made his
final mistake; a mistake which was quite in
line with his previous errors. Instead Of seek
ing personal interview with Mr.. Bowman
for the purpose Of investigating the details Of
his condemnation, he addressed two-line
note to "Thc Manager, . rcsigning forthwith.
Then, after drawing his weekly salary he
departed in high dudgeon, feeling that he had
yindicated himself ard was, all things con-
sidered, a very self-reliant and yirtuous young
man.
His mothers gentle comments on the affair
had started reaction. She was a wise
mother, not 50 blindly fond Of her son that
she could not see bis faults, and the obligation
she felt under Of making up to him for his
dead father, inspired her to deeper interest
in his Office Ike than is taken by most mothers
Gently, very gently, she led him to see his
own swollen self-esteem; and, the recentiloss
Of MS position assisting, Jimmy soon dis
covered the bloated appurtenance referred to.
Shocked and disgusted, he puncturcd it.
But this puncturing left a part OF him in
very Aa5by condition; and his Later attempts
10 renter the business world had not been
conducive TO reducing this aabbmess, nor his
thorough se,f-disgust He soon learned what
small figure he really was even,in the busi-
ness where, to his own eyes, he loomed SO
large. Worst of all, he was beginning to see
that his ideas could work without his assist
ance. @
His gloomy meditation Of thescsmatters was
interrupted by the appearance of Mr.. J.
Broughton Boggs They had known each
other during Jimmy's apprentice days in the
Hallowell Agency. Upon Leonards sudden
elevation TO the advertising managership Of
Simpkins and Bowman, however, Mr.. Boggs
had dropped below his horizon.
We'll, WE'LL If it amt Jimmyl" said the
"liye wire" extending moist, pudgy hand
81 thought it was you'll Been havin' small
trine Of hard luck lately, understand. Too
bad Well, WE'LL"
Yes" said Jimmy shortly. II was part OF
his humiliation that Mr.. Boggs adopted the
patronizing air Of Hallowell Agency days.
Jimmy had bceHasery small minnow in that
,puddlc;S Mr., Roggs easily the latest and most
imposing hull-pout Of them all. sa
aWeh, aelIb'reslined the stout gentleman,
sitting down and stretching his legs. HI,ifc,
as I've often remarked. is an elevator. Biffl'
You hit the automatic reverse al the top; and
,thcp, first thing you know, sBopmpp you
smack into. the reverse at the bottom, and
start itsl over again. Same thing over and
over Such il lifelp He sighed.aife
,"You don't seem to take any account Of the
elevator man" returned Jimmy, diverted in
spite Of himself "Most well-conducted elc-
yators have somebody inside to keep 'em from
biting and boomping up and down to no
purpose" !,
"Therc amt in life,v declared Mr. Boggs,
with another sigh Or if there is, he's drunk
most Of the time. Or else crazy. Yes, sir,
even with mc, business amt what ii used TO
be- No, sir"
well, I'm glad to have met you, Mr..
Boggs,' interrupted Jimmy, rising. "Pll
take your example to heart
Here! Don't 80 yeti" said the other,
showing signs OF animation. "I'vc otsomc-
thing 20 tell yo,I--importantl"
"Well---" returned Jimmy uncertainty;
adding, mendaciously, I've got an engage
mcnip
X "you just come here and set down.
ordered Mr. Boggs. @I'ye got something
that'll interest you, engagement or no engage
ment. About ED Wilsen,nahe added nysteri-
ouslNia ~ s'ilo9 ool,.iHleQ ,slui n
II he hadn't been much changed Jimmy,
he would have departed without another
word. AS it was, he sat down again.
"I'll have 10 ask you to be as brief as pos
sible, he said, looking at his watch.
@AlI right, all right, assented Mr.. Boggs
ungracously only intended to do you a
favor The facl..i Is. wilson worked i littlc
trick that got you out Of your job. But, Of
course, il you don't care to hear the de.
tails"
Jimmy resisted another temptation to bid
Mr. Boges an abrupt good BIC.