Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-16

"Are your Mr.. Branscomb com
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 ef.
fort to stem the gathering tears.
Mr.. Branscomb placed his arm
around the lads shoulders. Let's go
upstairs" he said, "and 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 legti-
mate incumbent both disclaimed
knowledge as to the time or manner
Of Jakies advent and after q rigid ex-
animation into his antecedents he
found himself employed as assistant
Office boy at the generous stipend of
81 week.
When jake returned to his delicates-
sen home that evening his face was
wreathed In so wide a smile that the
elder Feinberg stopped midway in the
slicing Of smoked tongue. Might
you got job" his father and mother
inquired with one voice. jake nodded
ecstatically.
"Mommer." cried the elder Feinberg,
seiztng link by link chain Of frank
furters, you should fry sahm wurst
for de boys suppaire." And he cut OF
the last two sausages with blow of
his knife that blended pride and gen.
erosity in one eloquent sweep.
Undoubtedly Miss Doty constituted
her own ideal Of we'll dressed wom-
an. Everything about her person be-
tokened superlative taste, from the
broad bows on her shoes to the last
undulation Of her pompadour, which
was wonder Of size and construction.
Moreover, she demanded and received
from every adjacent masculine eye the
attention that a judicious use Of the
rouge pot and powder puff will attract
Now, there was just enough Irish In
James Walsh, the legitimate incum-
bent-his mother was Wicklow and his
father Red Kerry-tO give him a GER
tain way with the ladies, and he made
cents worth Of milk chocolate go
the length Of pound Of candy with
Miss Doty. Besides, Jimmie was old
for his age, and his age was old for
his Job.
But jake represented long line Of
ancestry whose interest In womankind
was purely academic, and In form a
disposition to discuss In the abstract
the Talmudical and Mosaic laws Of
marriage and divorce. II he specu-
lated ut all on her raiment 1t was as
to its cost, not It's 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 ut 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
them all and most of James Walsh's
cheerfully and promptly. In fact aft
er Jakie's advent there was little for
the office boy in chief to do but firt
with Miss Doty and sleep, for which
he had an Unsuitable appetite.
One afternoon jake returned from
his lunch to find Miss Doty in the
arms Of the sixteen-year-old James
Walsh. There was but one construc-
ton to be placed on the matter, and
jake saw his duty clear. He walked
boldly up to the abashed couple.
II congratulate youse bote," he said
gravely and proffered his hand to Miss
Doty. Marrying and giving In mar
riage Is so common an occurrence on
the east side that the proper phrase
rose blithely to Jakie's lips. Besides
he knew the symptoms, for on sum-
mer nights the tenement stoops OF
Mangin street are crowded with just
such scenes, ever greeted with, Il con.
graduate youse bote," and concluding
with large wedding In public hall.
The conventional reply Of the engag'
ed couple is blushing thanks, pro-
nounced "t'enks," but in this case
while Miss Doty supplied tho blush,
James Walsh emitted the reply, and
It was far from conventional.
eyer dirty, sneakin' kike," he growl'
ed, "come outside and I'll knock yer
block awfYP'
he was good twenty pounds
heavier than jake and head and shoul-
ders taller, but as he grabbed jake
BY the shoulders and violently pro.
PEELED him into the hall nothing no
mained to the latter but to defend HIM
self. Then 1t was that his training at
the Neighborhood club on Willett street
stood him In good stead.
No doubt 1t was james Walsh's In
tention to end the matter In one ter
rife onslaught, for the blows he aimed
at jake In force and number were
sufficient to have reduced him to the