Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
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I'VE done it agalni

We done it sgaIni
It's wrong know, but l don't care
= m desperate. I've got to have money.
money, MONEY.
Hs all right to talk OF doing right and
paying square and such like. but when
you Vo got to have money and there's no
one to help you-well. necessity knows
no iaw-thats all. At any rate. I won't
De mere when the months up. so old
swivel and Dennison, the veriAer. can
nsht 1t out for themselves.
turned in two crooked orders todav
one for $40 set of books and one
for the $50 set
VI course, l hadn't any money TO turn
In as a first payment, but I thought Of
pretty slick scheme. At one house
where had faxed the order I told them
Ia send the set of books out for them
TO look at, and then put my hand in
my pocket and said in a surprised tone.
Nel' I'm blessed-tve left my money
| III my other clothes." Tho upshot was
| borrowed 81. which I promised 20 nav
back the next day.
the
set and told Swivel that the first nav
ment on the other order would be made
on delivery 1 hit him up for the COM
mission on one set--S12.25-and he
gave it to me like a lamb.
turned two bucks over to Dennlson
and told him that I'd give him two for
the other set after he had said il was
o. X. tomorrow.
Two nothing!" he growled. you've
got to give me five for that order"
"why?"
"Why7 Because you get more out of
H. II I'm going to be crooked, I'm going
TO get some money for IT,"
Well, went back to the woman bor-
rowed the $2 from and paid her out of
tne commission / had just received
When 1 had done that I had less than
hve altogether, four of which I must
turn In as a first payment on the $50
set of books before can draw my COM
mission on that order.
The very minute turned in those two
orders to Swivel wished ! hadn't, for
IT'S going to take me several hours of
time juggling things to keep my wires
| from getting crossed. I wouldn't be n
professional crook for anythIng-but
perhaps 1 am. Never mind I'll never do
1t again-once I get out of this mess
Frankly, didn't do any real work to-
day. ! was so worried for money that
l just faxed those two orders and let 1t
go at that
1 went around TO the Metropole En-
ployment Agency today and told the
young fellow there held better put my
name back on his books again.
II thought you were the guy who was
never coming near here again." he said
with a smile
We'll, you see how generous I am"
/ replied jocularly. I'm going to give
you another chance to make good"
lawfully sweet of you, but can you
IL do?"
Can what?"
make good. Where have you been
1 working-or have you been?"
with the Climax Publishing Com
pany."
Have you been in with that gsng?"
Yes, but they're too crooked for me-"
II see, You're the little innocent
willy trying to get away from the
wolves. Is that It? Well. did you have
any success in selling tho books?"
Sure, did fine"
what do you mean? Do you mean
that you did old Swivel fine? You
know" and here he put his head on one
side, you never struck me as being a
young fellow who could sell books with
out a lot Of training and you don't get II
at Swivel's. The book game is like banks
and everything else. There's good and
bad in them and you've happened to
strike a bad one"
Funny thing-in my mail today there
was a circular from the Benevolent Loan
Association. 1t said they make a spe-
ciality in taking up loans from profes-
sional money sharks. Which reminds
me that I've got 10 pay Jim Barry. the
money lender, 81 on my loan when
Saturday comes, or else 1 suppose I'll
have more trouble.