Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-01
HIS JOB A HARD ONE
REp.HEAoED OFFICE BOY WALLS
ABOUT HIS FATE.
Shifted the "Long Guy" From Room
to Room In Effort to Do Duty
and Then Was soolded
by the Boss.

"That job of mine Is awful tough"
ing down dejectedly. He reached for
a piece Of pie on the quick lunch
counter, while his friend of an ad-
joining Office peeled an orange.
"All jobs is tough" commented the
other boy.
You bet" agreed the injured one.
Il amt done thing this mornin
but be hollered at somethin' fierce"
Whats he jumpin' on you now
fer?" inquired the other boy, with
growing interest Some extra kick
or just tn regular crouch like all
bosses has?"
The red-headed boy shook his head
gloomily. Extra kick this time," he
SAID, AN all about nothin', too. You
know yourself how they're always
poundin' it into a feller that he amt
to let in them book agents an irri-
gated land sharps an guys without an
appointment, an all that?"
Sure" said the other boy.
WELL" went on the aggrieved one,
''at quarter t. 1even this mornin
gent walks into tn office an asks
for tn boss. He's a long guy with
sort o. grin in his eye, an before |
knowed what | was doin' I'd showed
him into the boss private office, an
tells him the boss is out, but fer him
to wait. The gent says, Much OBJ
liged' an sits down comfortable an
pulls book out of his pocket.
Then O. course it hits me what a
fool trick l done in showin' him in
there. So / fuses around outside,
figurin' out what l oughta do about
it. Pretty soon / goes in an finds
the feller readin' his book. Excuse
me, mister l says. I'll show you
into Mr.. Simms' office. That's the
boss secretary
"'All right says the gent real
pleasant, Just as you please Cleanin'
day in here?"
Nope, says l. But l shows him
into Simms' office, that joins the boss
Then / fuses around some more in
the waitin' room, an after awhile
thinks to myself that just as likely
as not the boss is goin' to fire me
for lettin' that guy in there at all,
so / walks in again.
az hope You'll excuse me, mister
l says. The boss is likely to come
in any time an l wisht you'd just
step into Mis- Adams room
"The feller sets an looks at me
for minute an his face gets solemn.
Shall l not be-er-inconven
in the lady?' says he.
"'Nope.' says 1. She's out to
lunch
so he gets up an follers me into
tn s'nographer's room, an / let's him
set there-me expectin' to get called
down fol 1t at that. An then all of
sudden i think to myself how Mis-
Adams leaves her rubbers an her
pocket book lyin' around loose half
tn time, an how suspicious tn boss
is. know this here guy amt no
thief, but I'm feelin' desprit, so in l
goes an braces up to him again.
" i hope you'll excuse me, mister
says. 'Y'understand how it is, but
we've been missin' inkstands an pa.
perweights around here lately an |
"iohS Joo iCI iilC SHOW you lnIO the
waitin' room, where it's nice an
warm l says, to be polite.
"The gent don't say a word, but
he begins to cough, violent. He gets
up an follers me into the outside of.
flee, an just then in walks tn boss,
an he jumps over an shakes tn gent
by tn hand an leads him into his pri.
vate room. An pretty soon l hears
tn long guy in there roar out laughin'
fit to bust"
The red-headed boy swallowed the
last of his pie with gulp. "An then"
he ended bitterly, after all my trou.
BILE the boss comes out in half an hour
an jaws me because the long gent
was one of our best customers. The
boss called me a red head, too," he
added, 'an' me hair amt red. Me
sister sez it's awburn."