Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-08

! WELL. I'm through at the Climax
W Publishing Company. In fact,
swivel said he's going to have me ar
rested II don't pay him the commits
sion l drew on those bum orders, as
wei as pay the expenses for delivery
and fetching back the books. This is
how It came about:
went my round Of the employment
agencies first thing this morning, but
somehow they didn't have anything for
me. They don't seem to take any in.
terest unless you go there with gilt
edge securities. | asked one fellow why
his agency couldn't find me job. when
they were apparently giving Jobs to
nearly everybody else.
Il don't know" was his reply. "r
guess there's nothing much that just Ats
in with your abilities" then, in an un-
dertone, he added: "I'n tell you why it
is' bo. You see your references are
punk; in fact, you amt got any. Now
II we send guy like you on job and
he amt got references, the business peo-
pie VIII think we are trying TO push
some dead ones on to them Then. YOU
see, II they give you Job and you were
n. 8. they would say our agency was
n. &. We can't afford to take a chance
on fellow unless he looks pretty good
10 begin with"
Seems to me II fellow once makes a
mistake everybody is down on him
just because I fell down on the job at
Marsh G THalNapIe
think I'm a dead beat. II only had n
chance I'd soon make good
Well, got through the round of the
employment agencies by half-past ten, 80
/ decided to drop back to the office and
get my commission for that order I
turned in yesterday. I asked Swivel n
the check I got in payment Of the set
OF books had gone through the bank yes
terday.
Yes, it's all right. and have applied
the commission against your account"
"Awfully kind Of you" I said a tr1e
sarcastically, but ! would sooner apply
the dough to my pocket than to your
account"
II have applied your commission on
this order against this one" and here
he jerked over to me one of the fake
| orders l had turned in previously.
What's that for?" asked.
That's for you that's no good to me.
and incidentally there's the cost of de-
| livering and fetching back OF the books
10 be charged against you. That orders
crooked" he snapped, as I stood there
without word, "and you knew II all
the time"
It's no good recording everything that
took place. guess made fool Of my
self and said things I wouldn't have
said under ordinary circumstances.
Swivel also passed over the other two
fake orders | had taken and said: II
know you have forged the names of the
people. You are nothing but a forger-
a cheap forger."
! couldn't help wincing at this, for
while I didn't consider it forging on
those orders, know it was forging when
I put Rogerss name on the back of that
note.
got indignant and told him nobody
could call me names like that and get
away with IT, HIS reply was to call in
Dennison, the verifier. Say, that man
has got Ananias skinned n mile for ly-
ing He deliberately told us that when
he first verified the orders that he
thought they were O. X. But" he
added, 81 heard Flint say one day that
you were an easy guy to put 1t over,
and, you know. Mr.. Swivel, you've been
pretty decent to me, and wasn't going
to let anybody say that and get away
with IT, So I got suspicious of his or
ders, so l went to reverify them and
found he had done you dirt and all his
orders were crooked"
| wanted to tell Swivel the truth, but
! couldn't do that without admitting
| that the orders were faxed. denied
everything Dennison said, but Swivel
believed him, The result OF it was I
told Swivel I was through-and he told
me I was through, and Dennison threat
ened TO knock my block off the next
| time he saw me for trying to queer his
! iob Do YOU wonder I'm through?