Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-19
How Game to Do It.

I wanted to marry. the finest girl on earth. but it couldn't be done on my sal ary. so decided the world and my boss owed me living and went Tn to 'er him about 1t. But he took a mean advantage of me. He said What makes you think you deserve more money?"
 We'll I told him the first thing that came into my mind-and I guess it had been on my mind pretty much ever since I'd heard It-and that was that he'd rais- ed Charley Smiths salary last month.
 Charley Smith is the other clerk in our de9artment-one of those lucky glys- ynu know, always on top because everybody likes him. Rezular Johnny-on-the-s'nt. too, always cheerful. always fresh in the morning and not too tired at night and al ways able to do little mere than his :o-' Used to make me want to punch him and yet I couldn't helD liking him. too. But if made me mad when he got a raise and didn't because was his senior in the deqar tment and knew just as much about 1t as he did.
 Well. anyway. the boss came right hack and asked me did I think I earned as much as Charley and I said I could Co everything that he did, and the boss said, ''Yess, but do your
 So I said "Sure-when he don't take i' out of my hands or beat me to it'-which
  because he'd always been decent about helping me out days when I was of my feed or had headache or something.
 That's just 1t" says the boss. He beats you to 1t. Now I'd like to see you get ahead young fellow" he says. and i think you've got ability. but the truth Is you let a lot of things get past you that Charley Smith picks up. Now you watch | Charley Smith and as soon as you show --~fs ted and generally on the job as he Is. I'll raise yonJr salary. and that's all have to say to you"
 ! We'll. 1t was enough. and left feeling pretty sore Discouraged too. for I knew | I'd never be as full of ben as Charley. ] didn't feel that way inside-hadn't since I was a kid-and you can't go around acting like joIlihcation If you don't feel like one.
 We'll. I slurnped down over Try desk and decided that life had given me a rot fen deal Charley was working away as chipper as a lark checking the sales re- port, which was job everybody else slid out of fl possible. was watching him the boss had told me to watch him hadn't he?-and pretty soon what do yosi think saw him do7 Well. he pulls a lit- tie square cake of something out of hif pocket, peels or the tinfoll and begins tc eat it. And say. looked at 1t closer and what do you think 1t was Well. I'll ten | you. It was a cake of yeast Yes sir. q cake Of yeast-just like what your mother or your best girl uses to bake bread with | And Charley sits there with it In front os him on his desk working a-.1y and whistlinS n little through his tess;i the way he does. and every now and deu h. would break of little piece and eat It. So I stood 1t as long As could and theT I strolled over and Eaid. Say. what's tho idea7 Do you think you're going to be [ bottle of hooch- or a loaf of bread7"
 And Charley loosrs up in that perky raJ l of his, Erinning. and says 'rNeither. Tn going to be general manager when grow up. How about you7"
 And said. "Oh ycV-bound to rise huh7 Well. what's yeast got to do witl n?"
 Everything says Charley. Keep the wheels going around inside nice ant smooth, 90 there's no racket to take m1 l mind on my work. Makes my ham ant ezrs kesp on amsczble terms with my di eestton, keeps me lookin ghAndsozne. ant makes me feel like million dollars- Hav some5-
 Yeast? Not much" says 'TNochin doinz.p
 "AiI right" he says. but if looked a gErm as you do. I'd eat six cakes. Honest iy. don't you feel good. old man,
 Lay of'' I Kr0wled. Say though it' funny. eating yeast What does 1t tast lfke7"
 Tastes all right Only way to find ou is to try for yourself"
 Well. it's foolish not to try anythin once. 50 finally took a piece. and the after a while ate another Mttle ptec' So finally sent out and bought a coupl of cakes-you can't help yourself to all fellow has
 Well. that was several weeks ago an I've been eating yeast ever since. An say. Charley was right. found out th world wasn't down on me at all. Trouol was II been only about half there all tn time
 The weddings next month and Charle will be my best man. He says he's goin to make me a present of a case of yeas and tell him if he does I'll have so Ennc punch. there won't be room for two me in our ddoartment But he says l ca manage the old department any time want to-he's got his eye on another on' That's Charley an over, you see-you can ever get ahead of him.
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