The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-08
ABooraerang
 By ANDREW C. EWING

its all up with me. Sudte|
 What in the world is the matterT
 I'm fired
 Prom your position?'
 "Yes"
 What tOr?"
 Well you know that when l was
 graduated from the electrical school
 was offered d. situation in the office
 of the Mctcalf company, of which Mr.
 Mercalf is president and principal
 stockholdcr. l supposed the position
 would be permanent It turns out that
 the Metca}t company had put in d bid
 on the erection of an electrical plant
 and had been awarded the contract Mir. AIetcalr wanted some one to assist
 in making figures on the specifications
 and hired me for that purpose. The formula being now completed, he has no further Use for me" How Lishouorable in him not to
 have told you in the beginning that you were simply employed for the job"
 .Ir he had would have declined his offer. for had a permanent one offered me at a lower salary. I've been work ine nights for six months besides my day work and have a whole closet full of estimates figured out that l wouldn't do over again for a thousand dollars. I received only sGoO for the whole period of my service. I'm sorry, Sadie. that we can't fix the date We expected t1 fix for our wedding. ) shall have to hunt for another place, and when ! got one cant tell whether | shah be treated in the same shabby fa~h.on."
 "yeM Bob. l expect you'll find the world CuIl of 5fSappointmcuts." "Ies. and when I get knocked down propose 'y get up and push on.' "GooI, f you feel that way you're sure to win in the end But Bob found getting another place difficult Engineers were being gradu- atcd every June, and those just enter ing the field were ready to work cheap. Besides. duh times came on. and 1t was difficult for those having positions Go hold them. lis nIucee was always hopeful and cuecrcd him so far as she ! couIN
 s One day the young engineer was call
 eL up ou 9 telephone On answering the call lac learned that the person
 on rne other end of the wire was tue
 president of tue MetcaIt company.
 "Would it be possible" Le asked,
 "for you To recall from memory the
 formula you made for the electrical
 plant We bid on while you were with
 us:"
 NO. sir"
 There w"s no further word for 8
 momrut but Bob knew that the receiy-
 CT h1d not been hung up.
 "Why do you ask? Uas anything
 happened tu tue formula ] made for
 you:"
 Yes. Last night our sale was bro
 ken into. and it was taken with other
 moneys and securities, and there is % no certainty of our ever recovering it ' We must begin work immediately in
 order to get the job finished according
 toronlrast'
 Fob opened his eyes, but not his ] mouth. He knew that the company l would forfeit $Iu0UJJ if the work was . not finished un time. Indeed, it could
 not begin without making new formu- 1 la. At length he said: ] "I could help you out, Mr. MetcaIf, . bur l don't think you treated me right . in not telling me when you employed . me that it Was for this job only. 1 ] did great deal of work home at nights and simply took results to the ] office At that home work have and ! could easily reconstruct the formula 1 from it."
 ] Bob could hear a suppressed eN- . clumation of joy. | You can come back to work If you } | like said the president, and I'll raise E E. your salary"
 Thank you. 1 don't care to enter E your employ again." j "Iu make it permanent" That doesn't tempt me either" What do you ask for the figures you have"
 "Thcy are not for sale. Had been retained permanently in your employ 3 I would give them to you, or if had { | been told that 1 was hired simply for ! the job would do the same. As it is 5| am under no obligations to you" There was silence for a few moments when the question came, twill you } be at home this evening:' to which < l Bob replied that he would. When AIr. Metcalf called in the even s ing he looked very much broken. He offered Bob $1OOOO if he would re- construct the formula. Bob declined E the oucr, but made a counter prOposi- ton. He proposed that they should submit the case to the heads of other E ! concerns to decide between them what ' the cost should be, both to be bound A l-- .r,,f- E,-f-fg-, Tho oFFar. yy-os 0p-