The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-02
IT HAPPENED AFTER
THE BIG "lAY.0FF"
Jim. the Engineer Without a Job,
Finds 1.-The" Girl in Time Of
Adversely.
BY FRANK n. JONES.


nans on 10 his natural self. but IT
seemed to slip away from him as 1t
always does when the lay-Off comes.
The chief clerk went from table to
table. nausi,.s only long enough to
toss down neat little envelope in
front Of soa!c individual who was too
busy 10 pay Immediate attention to
H.
Onn hy enc thoy picked them up.
tore of the ends and glanced at the
contents. Some uttered mild cNclama-
lions OF surprise. Others gave free
vent to their feelings. still others said
| never a word. hut their looks spoke
volumes.
Jim was one Of the latter His
| square inv dropped rs he picked up
the leltor and rose from his chair.
There was no INSTALLING the curt and
bUsinesslike phrase:
Your services are no lougcr re-
CURED after the 18th insiau,
II spoke little. but meant lots lie
read it again and again. then turned
to Join The uproar
lin tried to work. il seemed q
battle whe.' il had always seemed
a pleasure, the very figures he wrote
seemed 10 hmm M b,,forc him and
CRY ~,no'-, Gr.
He loohel ny. everybody vas look
inc =, ,x,r,i.,dy ,i.o ,pl No one
could oui,a cnllnr, hjueolf
He tbraw lawn nj. n,n il ,is.ust.
,csc from MI eha;r ,nl strripr his
hand in Ill .rorln1. u. .hut,.l aim.
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| "c,no horo" ho ,psuor,J -. no
| ,uru,l and storteJ hack into tho draft
| inc rno,,
Shc looked after him 40 no ais,p
poorca oropnJ tbo cnrner somowh,,
SURPRISED
The noy, two weeks were wears tr
| Jim II seemed as if the DAVIS wore
never 50 Ion. and the work go tire
some
AZ last the fatal o5th came and
| lin with some dozen other su,lcn in
| diyiluals left tho Office that night 10
face the lob hunters lot
As he left the Office and started
down the corridor the girl camo on,
| and Joined him
She had chcerv good evening for
him. but il hidnt have its usual effect
| on him.
| They entered the elevator and were
soon outside the building. Neither
seemed to know Just which way tc
turn
II was Jim who broke the silence
with that question which had been
ringing in his ears for two weeks
Got ANYTHING to do"
Not vet" she ropljcd lookinp mn n,
him Have vouo"
"\o Tn, in tho s,po hnv nc M
/ reet of thc bunch"
81 suppose the only thing No car
In &c IN wait for son,otbinp IN ,nr,
IN continued tho Girl
DO Won keen house," asked lin
rather SURPRISED
Not very large one. ius, 70,
mother and myself Don't Won live II
ho,aoo"
an a home that costs ,broe r,I
ard Won can't use the gas after
o.clool. he rotorted drylv
"<ow there's no uso of vou Iookir,
eo uplv abon, it" said tho girl noin.