The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-06
awho,s thatr, she continued. .Mr

comb burst oui OF HE directors room.
well" he demanded, why don't you
get Mr. Carr on the wire;" Miss Doty
rushed to obey her employer, who held
out 80 cents to jake
"Go downstairs and get me three
cigars" he said Tel the man they're
for me- He'll know
jake took the money aud descended
TO the lower hall.
Gimme tree secgars 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 glngcrly in his
left hand, but made no movement TO
ward leaving
What are you waiting forl' the
man asked.
jake laughed raueously. Say" he
said "wot yer tryin' ter do kid me!
Don't get no changes"
''You certainly do not the salesman
replied emphatically.
"G'wan. | give yer half dollar,
didn't II" jake reioined. "Seegars
don't cost tree for 30 cents"
"These do" said the salesman.
"Cmarn. now jake coaxed,
Cough up dat tirty-fve cents. 1.
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 III fan your
brceches."
jake ran up the hail. Jaw right fer
youSe, yer fat slob'' he cried. III
tell Mr. BrWscomb on yer
Here, what's all this about?' said
Il voice at his elbow 1t was Mr.. Brans-
comb himself who spoke.
jake turned quickly. Here's yer
seeGais. Mr.. Branscomb,' he said an
dat biz stun dere is tryin' ter hold out
tirty-iive 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 ut his new employer In
grieyed establishment. Why" he gasp
ed, I'm woikin' for youse, Mr. Bmns-
comb, amt ~
Are your 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 eff
fort to stem the gathering tears.
Mr.. Branscomb placed his arm
around the lads shoulders. Lets 20
upstairs" he said. and talk it over
They entered the elevator and repair
cd once more TO the executive Offices
Of the National Chocolate and Cocoa
company. Miss Doty and the legit
mate incumbent both disclamed
knowledge as to the time or manner
of Jakie's advent, and after II rigid ex
animation into his antcccdeuts no
found himself employed as assistant
office boy at the generous stipend o.
81 week.
When Jakic returned to his deicateS-
sen home that evening his face was
wrcathed in 50 wide a smile that the
elder Feinberg stopped midway in the
sliciny of a smoked tongue Might
you got "A ioby' his father and mother
inquired with one voice jake nodded
ocstaticaly.
"Mommer," cried the elder Feinberg.
seizing link 10y link chain of frank
furtcrs, you should fry sahm wurst
for dc boys suppaire." And he cut off
the last two sausagcs with Il blow of
his knife that blended pride and gen
crosby in one eloquent sweep
Undoubtedly Miss Doiy constituted
her own ideal of well dressed WON.
an Everything about her person be
tokencd superIative taste, from the
broad bows on her shoes to the last
unduation Of her pompadour which
was wonder of size and construction
Moreover, she demanded and received
from every adjacent masculine eye the
hiitutlbli tihi Il JhhiN NUS ASN VI tllt
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 Kerry-to give him 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
his job.
But jake represented Il long lire OF
ancestry whose interest in womankDd
was purely academic and in form
disposition to discuss in the abstract
the Talmudica and Mosaic laws Of
marriage and divorce If he specu-
lated at all on her raiment it was as
to its cost not IFS beauty. and her
pompadour passed him by unnoticed.
As for milk chocolate, his weekly al
lowance of II cents forbade such OK
travagance even had the thought Of
them occurred to him.
This Mt least was the situation dur
ing the first few weeks of Jakles EN-
ployment. His duties were neither ar
duous nor cXacting and he performed
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