Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-06
TOpAN'S INST ALMENT.

NV name said he, ~ MIR. ID IN
can Ross, aud | am myself n OF the
PENSIONERS upon the fund left by our
mobile henrfactor. Are YOU a married
man, Mr.. Wilson, Have YOU . family?
4 answered that | had not.
Ills face Tell Immediately.
" DEAR me- he said, gravslv, that
Ia very serious indeed am sorry to
h,nr Nou say that The fund was, Of
cours, Tor the propagation and spread
eft the rcd,heads as well rs for their
maintenance. II ~ exceedingly UNI
fortunate that YOU should he n bachelor
NV facc heightened NJ this, Mr..
holmes, lnr | thought that ! was not
lo have the vacancy after all; but. after
thinking Il over for a few minutes, he
snid that Il would I've ell right.
In the case of another said he
thr objection might Ne fatal but
w. must stretch a point In favor of n
man with such n head of hair NJ yours.
When shall YOU bc able TO enter upon
,olr new dutics?'
" Nrl, II IL u little awkward, for
have a business already said |.
oh. never mind about that, Mr..
Wilson, said Vincent S~paulding. i
SHALL he able 90 look after that for YOU.
What would he the hours |
e.lcd
Ten 60 two.
Now n pawnhroker's business is
m,.llN done OF an evening. MIR. Holmes,
4, p~,cinlly Thursday and Friday even
lur.. which l. Just before payday: so
% would suit me very we'll 20 earn n little
m che mornings. besides, | knew that
...aa.A $50 a. .,.,-l -xA, nal
that he would ve 20 anything that
turned up.
That wvuld suit me very wei,
Hid | And the DAY.
l. four pounds n week
Md the work.
Is purely nominal
" hat do YOU call purely NOM
inel"'
" Wei, ycu havc 70 he in the office
cor ~ least IN tho building, the whole
time. II Won leave. YOU forfeit you'
whole position forever. The viii II
very clear upon that point, You don't
comply with the conditions Il YOU budg,
from the office during that time
rs only four hours a day, snd
should not think OF leaving, said /.
No eNcuse VIII avail. said Mr.
nuncan Ross, neither sickness not
lusincss nor anything else. There Vol
must STAY, or YOU lose your billet.
Md the work.
l. 20 copy out the "Encyclopaedia
britannica There - the first volum,
ul q IN that press. You must find YOU
own iuk. pens. and hlo,ting-paper, buI
we provide this table and chair. VII
Sou be- ready tomorrow"
Certainly, ] answered
q" Then yood-hvr. Mr.. Jnheg vii
.nn. and let me congratulate you ono
more on the important position vhlcl
you have been fortunate enough q
ynin. lie bowed me out OF the room
and | went home with nv assistant
hardly knowing what 90 say or do,
was ~ pleased AZ my own good fortune
We'll. | thought OVER the matte
oil dav. and by evening | was IA Joy
spirits again, for ] had quite persuade
myself that the whole affair must b
some great hoax or fraud, though wha
e.. object might he | could not imagine
Il SEEMED altogether past belief tina
any one could make such u will or tina
they would pay such q sum for dom
anything 80 SIMPLE ~ copying u th
'fncyclopaedia Britannica. Nincen
~paulding did what he could 20 chez
mo up. hut 10y bedtime ] had reasone
myself out OF the whole thing. Howeve
IN the morning ! determined TO hay
look at IL ANYHOW, 80 ] bought s penn
bottle Of ink, and with n gull pen an