The Washington herald., 1912-10-27
Attract Boss
Notice and Win.
By JONAS HOWARD.

4VVuSC 0uU w "s
By JONAS HOWARD.
-oR four years Bill Bailey had observed
- all the rules on How to Rise to Sue.
cess: be was becoming humpshoul.
dered In his patient effort to Sc do the
work that's set before you" and he
could scarcely sleep At night for fear he woult
not hear the alarm clock. Had he not been
taught from boyhood that "time and tids
wait FOR no man.?
AZ for watching the clock at his duties, hs
scarcely knew the location Of the timepfece
on the ONCE wall. o. yes, he Hved up to the
rules No ons Questioned II. least Of all the
boss In fact. the boss paid no attention to
him at ail-Bill did nothing to attract atten-
tion.
But success didn't come as Bill anticipated.
He was holding the same Job he had when he
started with the company four years before
and his salary had been Increased but % q
month and that because ofhis years Of serv-
ice and not for any special merit. Bill couldn't
understand it It wasn't in accordance with
the rules which hS had 20 conscisnttously OBJ
served
81 am tired Of It ALL" Bfli muttered to him.
self as he slammed his ledger shut at the first
shrek Of the closing whistle one night. ' and
am going to kick over the traces. The rules
be bhmed-I am going to make EN- know
that ] am working for this firm II am fired
the next minute for calling attention to yours
truly"
Late at the Office.
upset 1t could scarcely work. A thing un-
precedented had occurred-BiH Bailey was
late. II was either that or he had passed into
the great beyond; nothing else could account
for his vacant chair" He was not merely
sick or he surely would have called up the
manager long before the opening hour.
A half hour passed and still no Bill Bailey
Some one had better call up the house. %
suggested the manager. =" ! am getting wor-
ried"
Just then the " big chief entered the room.
% Send johnson into my ONCE" he brusque-
ly ordered the manager.
" johnson is on his vacation. sir
Then let me have-Hello. where 10 that
young man? I don't recall his name" he
said. looking In the direction OF BINS un-
occupied desk.
ITS Bill Bailsys desk. We don't know
where he is" replied the manager. He
hasn't showed up this morning and he has
never been late before. And the day or two
he has stayed at home on account Of illness
he has always let me know by the time the
ONCE opened"
"Humph! Always been hight on the Job.
eh?"
Complimented by Manager.
Yes. sir: We have no complaint against
Bailey. He's a good man." replied the man
ager.
Send him to my ONCE after the lunch hour
II he comes in And the =" big chief !" walked
from the Office.
Fifteen minutes later Bill strobe jauntiy
into the room. There was an air OF alertness
that hadn't been there before; but whether
It was the air " or that nifty cane Bill car
risd that caused II. the once sasped in ad-
m.ration-
A little late. Bailey7~ said the manager
in salutatlon-
20, yes. a little" returned Bin easily.
And without q word Of explanation he went
TO his desk
BY the way. Bailey" said the manager.
" the old man wants TO see you after lunch.
The q" big chief" who wanted some one to
check over some special invoices. was at
tracted by Bits ability-he had It all those
four years, only no one saw Il beforehand.
once under the chiefs notice, Bill '' made
good with capital letters He's manager Of
the sales force now and Is still wondering II
the big chief would ever have noticed
him II he hadn't just for the once disooeyed
the rules on How to rise TO success"