The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-08-25
HIS JOB A HARD ONE
REplHEADED OFFICE roy WAlLo
AsouT HIS FATE.
ehlfted the "Lone Guy From Room
to Room in Effort e % Duty
and Then Was eeoidsd
BY the Boss.

That Job OF mine 10 aWIW tOu&ns
said the red-headed Office boy, slump
Ing down dejectedly. He reached for
. piece Of pie on. the quick lunch
counter, while his friend OF an I'D
joining once peeled m orange.
An jobs IL tough" commented the
other boy.
.sYou bet" agreed the injured one.
Il amt done q thing this mornin'
but be hollered at somethin' ierce. :
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
gloomlly. Extra kick this time" he
said, AN all about nothin'. too. You
know yourself how they're always
poundin' it into a Teller 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
q gent walkz into tn Office an asks
for tn boss. He's q long guy with
q sort o. grin in his eye, an before
knowed what l was dom I'd showed
him into the boss private ONCE. an
tells him the boss is out. but fer him
to wait. The gent says. Much OBJ
1 liged' an sits down comfortable an
pulls a book out of his pocket.
Then o. course it hits me what q
fool trick l done In shown him In
there. So l fuses around outside
fgurfn' out what l oughta do about
1t. Pretty soon goes In an finds
the Teller resdin' his book. Excuse
me. mister 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 shows hin
into Simms' Office, that joins the boss
Then l fuses around some more II
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
30 walks in again.
IT hope you'll excuse me, mister,
I says. The boss is likely to come
in any time an ! wisht you'd JUS
step into Mis- Adams room
"The Teller sets an looks at mt
| Pop r,invtn ovs h3a fonn rate oo1n~,1 -
Shall / not be-er-inconvenienc
in the lady?' says he.
Nope says l. She's out t
lunch
$50 he gets up an follers me into
tn s'nographer's room, an let's hin
set there expectin' to get callet
down fol 1t at that. An then all o.
sudden think to myself how Mis-
Adams leaves her rubbers an hel
pocket book lynn around loose hall
tn time, an how suspicious tn Dos,
is. / know this here guy amt M
thief, but I'm feelin' desprit, so in
goes an braces up to him again.
hope yoyu excuse me. mister
says. understand how 1t il, bu
we've been missin' inkstands an pa
perweights around here lately an
wisht you'd let me show you into tn,
waitin' room. where it's nice an
Ewarm,' says, to be polite.
"The gent don't say q word. bu
| he begins to cough. violent. He get,
up an follers me into the outside Of
fee. an just then in walks tn boss
an he jumps over an shakes tn gem
by tn hand an leads him into his pri
vate room. An pretty soon / hear
tn long guy In there roar out laughin
fit to bust"
The red-headed boy swallowed thu
last Of his pie. with gulp. AN then,
he ended bitterly, latter all my trou
BILE the boss comes out in half an houl
an jaws me because the long gen
was one Of our best customers. Thl
boss called me red head. too" hi
added, IAN me hair amt red. M
sister seq It's awburn."
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