Arizona republican., 1911-09-07
HIS JOB A HARD ONE
RE0-HEAoeo OFFICE eoN WALLS
 ABOUT HIS FATE. ..,
Shifted the Long Guy" From Room to Room in Effort to Do Duty
 and Then Was Seoided .,
 by the Boss. ss :

That job of mine is awful tough" said the red-headed office boy, slump 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. q ain't done thing this mornin' but be hollered at somethin' fierce"
 Whats he jumpin' on you now ter?" inquired the other boy. with growing interest Some extra kick. pr just tn regular grouch like all bosses hss7"
 The red-headed boy shook his head gloomily. Extra kick this time." he sad, "an' all about nothin'. too. You know yourself how they're always poundin' it into feller that he ain't so 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 q quarter t leven this moynin' a gent walks into tn office an asks for th' boss. He's a long guy with a sort O grin in his eye. an before l knowed what l 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 ob- liged' an sits down comfortable an pulls a book out of his pocket.
 Then O. course 1t hits me. what a fool trick l done in showin' him In there. So I fusses around outside, fgurin' out what I oughta do about it. Pretty soon l goes In an finds the feIler resdin' his book. Excuse me, mister I says. I'll show you into Mir. Simms' office. That's the boss secretary
 All right says the gent real pleasant. just as you please Cleanin' day in here""
 Nope says I. But I shows him into Simms' office, that joins the boss. Then l fusses around some more in the waitin' room, an after awhile I 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 I walks in again.
 "T hope vou1l excuse me. mister. 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 a minute an his face gets solemn.
 Shall not be-er-inconvenienc- In the lady?' says he.
 Nope says I. She's out to lunch
 50 he gets up an follers me into h. s'nogrspher's room. an let's him set there-me expectin' to get called town foi 1t at that. An then all of a sudden I think to myself how Mis- Adams leaves her rubbers an her pocket book lyin' around loose half th' time, an how suspicious tn boss $. l know this here guy ain't no :hief. but I'm feelin' desprit. so in l goes an braces up to him again.
 |" I hope you'll excuse me. mister I says. 'Y'understand how it is. but we've been missin' inIstands an pa perweights around here lately an l wisht you'd let me show you into the waitin' room. where it's nice an warm I s"gs, 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 I hears tn long guy in there roar out laughin' fit to bust"
 The red-headed boy swallowed the last of his pie with a gulp. An then" 1" he ended bitterly. after all my trou- ble 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 red bead, too," he added, "an' me hair ain't red. Me sis.pr soy it'a aWhurn