The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-10-28
who's tnatq" she continued. Mr..

when did all this happen?' Mis-
Doty insisted.
Just nowr' Jake cried, and in tn
midst Of further colloquy Mr. Brans
comb burst out OF the directors room
well" he demanded. why don't yoi
get Mr.. Carr on the wire?" Miss Dot.
rushed to obey her employer. who hell
out so cents to Jake.
go downstairs and get me three
cigars" he said. TEL the man they're
for me. He'll know"
2 jake took the money and descended
! to the lower hall.
Gimme tree seegars for Mr.. Brans
comb" he said 10 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 for2" the
man asked.
Jake laughed raucously. Say" he
said, "wot yer tryin' ter do. kid met
Don't get no changer
"You certainly do not" the salesman
replied emphatically.
"G'wan. | give yer half a dollar,
didn't IT. Jake reJoined. "Seegars
don't cost tree for 30 cents"
"These do" said the salesman.
"Cmarn, now" jake coaxed.
Cough up dat t'irty-fve 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
breechesw
jake ran up the hall. Jaw right fer
youse, yer fat slobr' he cried. I'm
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 stun dere is tryin' ter hold out
t'lrty-fiye 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 Mt his new employer in
grieved astonlshment. why" he gasp
ed. I'm woikin' for youse, Mr. Brans-
comb, amt ~
|
mented dryly. And pray who hired
your
This was too much for Jake, who
saw his new job melting into thin air,
and he gulped once or twice In an eff
fort to stem the gathering tears
Mr.. Branscomb placed his arm
around the lads shoulders. Lets go
upstairs" he said, land talk it 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 {
as TO the time or manner
)f Jakie's advent, and after rigid ex- '
animation into his antecedents he I
'ound himself employed as assistant Il
'ttice boy Mt the generous stipend OF t
a n week.
When jake returned to his delicates- C
zen home that evening his face was q
yreathed In so wide a smile that the
'lder Feinberg stopped midway in the ]
licing OF a smoked tongue. Might b
'ou got job?' his father and mother
nnnfraI with whoa ToIy | a
"Mommer," cried the elder Feinberg e.
eizing link by link a chain of frank a
urters, you should fry sahm wurst
or de boys suppaire." And he cut Off r
he last two sausages with blow of Il
is knife that blended pride and gen
roslty In one eloquent sweep. p
Undoubtedly Miss Doty constituted
er own ideal OF well dressed wom- m
Il, Everything about her person be- II
)kened superlative taste. from the oil
road bows on her shoes to the last m
ndulation OF her pompadour, which OF
AS wonder OF size and construction.
borrower, she demanded and received al
ON every adjacent masculine eye the
Itention' that judlcious use of the W
'uge pot and powder pun will attract le
Now. there was just enough Irish In ''N
lmes Walsh. the legitimate incum. ar
mother was Wicklow and his
ther Red kerry-to give him Ger oh
In way with the ladies', and he made ed
cents worth OF milk chocolate 30 lei
e length of n pound of candy with
ISIS Doty. Besides, Jimmie was old to
r his age. and his age was old for dil
$ job, re.
But jake represented a long line of TIL
lcestry whose interest in womankind
as purely academic, and in form a tx
sposltlon TO discuss In the abstract
e Talmudieal and Mosaic laws of ha
arriage and divorce. IL he specu-
ted at all on her raiment it was as ca
its cost not its beauty. and her 30
mpadour passed him by unnoticed. ag
: for milk chocolate, his weekly al
vance Of Is cents forbade such ex-
lvagance even had the thought OF
EN- occurred to him.
This at least was tha cituo tiop d,,r- ga