New-York tribune., 1913-05-18

and hearty hand and proiiered them ciiTs BESIDE MS
desk
Glad to see YOU, Frank Sit here yoa and NJ
Mclean. | shall not want you, Miss West until
ring This last 70 the stenographer at aer machine
across the room Frank, the road certainly agrees
with you. think, somehow, that you h.ie = bit TOO
easy time Of It up in that valley OF yours he Twin
kle or whatever It was came into the steady eyes.
Travelled that territory forty years ago Used 70 60
through there once month on horseoacH. mere were
none of the luxurious dollar-a-day-rooo'- nd-board
hotels there in those times. The lucky fellows were
those who carried samples they could eat.
Mr. Pomcroy might have chucklei q moment longer
# Mclean had not coughed and moved bis chair There
wasn't a bit Of system about what the olt man was say
Ing: it was much too much Ike paf-or 'a"'' Air'
Pomcroy got the cue and shot covert glance at MS
sales manager.
Frank. the reason asked you to step in here, he
sal leaning back and joining the tips Of hes myers IS
a report made 10 me by Mr.. Mclean. TIE tells me you
found one of our old customers at Hils4lc Ira Walker,
remember the name-in unfortunate difficulties
over his accounts and that YOU took 1t upon youIsel
10 help him ont.
Poncrov waited until Barton replied. nj then
went on you arranged that's the word. believe
a glance again at Mclean who nodded "arranged
with Walker for mortgage IN order u g.. his money
for him: the money 10 be paid over 10 HIM E our iii'
You did not if remember Alright, consult "ta us De-
forchand; You just went ahead and did lt-sG;
Barton inclined his head said, ~ Is, Sir il true,
and waited for the rest of II.
Before the transaction was completed ulWeyer,
Mr. Pomcroy began to rock ever 50 slightly I'D iis SWIVEL
chair "you received word from Mr.. McLean taat We
could not undertake any such matter WITH "@Ao''
Nevertheless YOU persisted, had the paper ttl"n up
and forwarded it 10 us. You had been inform oy "iIe
and by letter that the transaction was out 90 the ques'
ton rs a final act, quite regardless OF our -iuSil 10
become a party to the affair you declared y"ar Wiling
ness to 60 security for Walker and sent yoG -ctA W
the full amount OF the mortgage.
Another nod and a nluruur from Barton Mclean
by way OF comment. ruSted the mortgage an the1N'
with which he had been toying since he en'ec ne room
Frank do YOU know any other word Tor ti eAIep'
insubordinaton? It's complete disobedene % III
StructiOnS isn't II?
MCLEAN answered first. 81 told Mr.. Barton at
lNI least twice that we couldn't do this hc said,
and told him why
Il guess that's right, Mr.. Pomeroy,' Barton inter-
posed
Then YOU must have had what YOU though, very
good reason for doing it. The old man regarded im
with penetrating inquiry.
I'm sure had, Sir.
us there ever a good reason for ignoring specific m
structions, Mr.. Barton3' This was Mclean again.
"What was the reason, Frank Mr.. Pomeroy asked
quietly.
"Walker was the reason, Barton answered, meeting
his chiefs eye Before ne could say more the sales man
ager stepped in:
Walker has been a customer OF ours for ten years
His orders TO about hundred and fifty wees.
He's not one OF the big merchants in HiSdalc but ne
always paid promptly until awhile ago Yet ihat 10
more than he ought to do Our system eXacts that We
pay our bills when due and we've got to hold our Gus
toners to the same system And because a man p4ld
up for time and then gets into trouble tai 10 see why
he should expect his creditors to come forward ana give
up. They're the ones he's got into trouble as u were
bv his failure to meet his accounts. say II ISL DUST
ness isn't system. and system isn't worth anything
unless you keep TO II.
Barton listened patiently for succeeding sentence
and when none came he spoke Ira Walker Is a ma" ~
I've known well for ten years. Ever since he went iO
business for himself I've sold him, and he's bought tnoG
sands of dollars worth of goods from this house ne
honest: there isn't in the kenSawha Valley WIZ
won't say that for him. He's young man, ltie owe
forty. think with a wife and three children; one o.
thems a cripple That's who he IS But there are one
or two other little things I'd like to say, Mr. PomeTo'
if YOU and Mr. Mclean want to hear them. lie looN
ed from one to the other.