The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-10-07
"Who's that?" she continued MI
Branscomb?"

midst or turtner cOlIOpuy MI. DIduS
comb burst out Of the directors room.
Well" he demanded. why don't you
get Mr.. Carr on the wireT Miss Doty
rushed to obey her employer. who held
out 80 cents to jake.
Go downstairs and get me three
CIGARS he said Tell the man they're
for me. He'll know"
Jake took the money and descended
10 the lower hall
Gimme tree seeGars for Mr. Brans
comb" he said To the man behind the
counter The tObaccOnist handed him
three cigars with elaborate gold bands
and pocketed the fifty cent piece which
jake placed on top of the showcase.
Jake held the cigars gingerly In his
left hand, but made no movement to-
ward leaving.
What are you waiting fOr?" the
man asked.
jake laughed raucOusly. Say, he
said. "wot yer tryin' ter do. kid meF
Don't get no changer
You certainly do not" the salesman
replied emphatically.
"G'wan. give yer half a dollar,
didn't IL" jake rejOined. "Seegars
don't cost tree for 30 cents"
These do" said the salesman.
"Cmarn, now" jake cOaxed.
Cough up dat t'irty-five cents. 1t
amt mine. honest. 1t belongs ter de
bawss."
The cigar man came suddenly from
behind the counter. You get right out
of this" he cried. "Or I'll fan your
breechesr'
jake ran up the hall. Jaw right fer
youse, yer fat slob!' he cried III
tell Mr.. BranscOmb on YER
Here. what's all this about?" said
a voice at his elbow. 1t was Mr.. Brans'
comb himself who spoke.
Jake turned quickly. Here's yer
seegars. Mr. Branscomb," he said, ian
dat big stuff dere Is tryin' ter hold out
t'irty-fve cents on yer"
They're the usual kind" the sales
man protested. land there isn't any
change"
"Why, of course not" Mr.. Brans-
comb replied. And say, young man,
what are you doing around my office
anyway"
jake stared at his new employer In
grieved establishment. why" he gasp
ed, I'm woikin' for youse. Mr.. Brans-
comb, amt T.
Are you?" Mr.. BranscOmb com
mented dryly. And pray who hired
you?"
This was too much for jake, who
saw his new job melting into thin air,
and he gulped once or twice in an ef
fort to stem the gathering tears.
Mr.. BranScOmb placed his arm
around the lads shoulders. Lets go
upstairs" he said, land talk 1t over"
They entered the elevator and repair
ed once more TO the executive offices
Of the National Chocolate and Cocoa
company. Miss Doty and the legiti-
mate incumbent both disclaimed
knowledge as to the time or manner
Of Jakie's advent, and after rigid ex-
animation into his antecedents he
found himself employed as assistant
office boy at the generous stipend of
81 a week
When Jake returned to his delicates-
sen home that evening his face was
wreathed in so wide smile that the
elder Feinberg stopped midway in the
slicing of a smoked tongue Might
you got jOb?" his father and mother
inquired with one voice. jake nodded
ecstatically.
"Mommer," cried the elder Feinberg,
Selling link by link a chain Of frank
furters, you should fry sahm wurst
for de boys suppaire." And he cut off
the last two sausages with a blow of
his knife that blended pride and gen.
crosby in one eloquent sweep.
Undoubtedly Miss Doty constituted
her own ideal Of a well dressed wom-
an. Everything about her person be-
tokened a superlative taste, from the
broad bows on her shoes to the last
undulation Of her pompadour, which
was a wonder Of size and construction.
Moreover, she demanded and received
from every adjacent masculine eye the
attention that judicious use Of the
rouge pot and powder pun will attract.
Now, there was Just enough Irish In
James Walsh, the legitimate incum-
bent-his mother was Wicklow and his
father Red KeTy-to give him a GER
tain way with the ladies, and he made
cents worth Of milk chocolate 20
the length OF pound of candy with
Miss Doty. Besides, Jimmie was old
for his age. and his age was old for
6is Job.
But Jake represented a long line Of
ancestry whose interest In womankind
was purely academic, and In form q
disposition to discuss In the abstract
the Talmudical and Mosaic laws Of
marriage and divorce. If he specu-
lated at all on her raiment It was as
to its cost, not its beauty, and her
pompadour passed him by unnoticed.
AS for milk chocolate, his weekly al
lowance Of Is cents forbade such ex-
travagance even had the thought Of
them occurred to him.
This at least was the situation dur
ing the FIRST few weeks Of Jakie's EN-.
ployment His duties were neither ar
duous nor exacting, and he performed