The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-25


flor him. Besides, there's \ commits.
sion Offered tor new regular Gus.
toners. This ID . young concern ana
there's room Asres Tor brains THAT'S
just . friendly tip. Now fet out and
see how It eoes.
Here's your route" He handed
the city,"
"Fairly WE'LL"
well. I've taken the trouble 70
Iay oHt your route for you 80 you
can cover 1t in the least time. Good
"1hanks." Jimmy offered ri.
hand, and the shirt-sleeved man
shook it.
"Looks like ai.pretty brisAt INV"
remarked the clerk to fellow vork.
er ~ Jimmy climbed into the trrk
1 mo foolish questions, like some az
the dumbbetls that come in herr.
4 lot Of these morons that claim Ia
be truck drivers can't be trusted to
wheel 'bshy carriage. much less run
an automobi1e."
"What worldi'' remarked 1;mmv
and laughed. He had driven out of
the delivery. barn and Was actually
launched upon his newsstand rsr.
est-job.
He wondered what his mother and
Janet would think II they could see
him. wondered what Barry Colvin
would tAink-end Mary. Somehow
no matter what course his thoushts
took they Invariably ended up with
talk to her like that. If I mad oniv
unbent a little and explained what MAI
this whole thing was about. shs'd
have understood. one little word !
from me and it would have been
different" He cursed himself for
owning : temper that made him saw
things he didn't mean. ~
The. events Of the night before
flashed through his mind. There was
still . slight bump and discoloration
! on his temple where he had been
struck down.. The recollection Of
Olga standing in her doorway and
asking him If he was coming back
came to him and aggravated his
mind.
He was threading his way Through
the morning rush hour traffic now
and It was necessary to give his un-
divided attention to his driving. "No
y time for wool gathering" he NUT
tered .as . traffic policeman halted
him. with = turn of his semaphore.
Following the directions laid down
in tho route handed him by the shirt-
! sieeved clerk, he turned off the main
thoroughfare at the street he had
been looking for and soon found
himself in neat and well.kept resi-
Dental neighborhood.
! "Well, do your stuff, Rand" he
laughed as he brought the delivery
/. truck to q stop. Let's see." He
/. Glanced again at. his little sheaf Of
: papers. "Smith-that's right:
/ He searched through his bundles.
found the right one and started up
the driveway to the hack door. It
/ suddenly occurred to him that this
new JOB Of his. lauehable as4it had
seemed ct first. might not be q bad
81. I'm looking for Mr. Jensen"
he said, A'.I'Il surely have more
chance Of running, into him IL I'm
driving around town ell the time
:, than Il we're working inside some
office"
The problem Of finding Jensen. he
Thought, might be . Msttec, Of pure
luck. This Job Of his would take
him into odd places and q fellow
could always keep his eyes open.
go. He mounted the back porch
and knocked at the door.
It was opened by little woman
with black hair. Acurly-headcd boy
Of. perhaps twU and hslf years
tugecd at her dress; another and
younger bahy sat in a high chair.
eaAinG cereal.
"lnundry, maNm,". he said. Yoffer-
ling the bundle, Three dollars and .
quarter"
get the money. Won't You come in 4"
"What's your name, little man =
he asked the boy as the woman went
into another room.
! "Harry! That's . nice name.
Harry what?"
"Harry Sniff"
"Well, that's just fine. You're .
regular little man. aren't your" :.
"No, Harry big man like Daddy"
Harry's mother laughed ~ she
handed over the money to Jimmy:
Mama pay the man." observed
IL
%TSst's right. Harry. Yep ask
Mama IL she has any Laundry sne
She laughed. III you can wait
While / esthsr It together. II don't
iike to keen you waiting
"Clad to wait. No trouble"
While she gathered up the clothes
Harry delighted his new visitor by
reciting sIttle Boy Boo. tum bow
you horn" Jimmy was vastly enter
| tained and received grave hand
shake and m invitation to come
again when he told Harry goodby.
+ The job. he thought, hati; started
fout auspieiously. II many aef, his calls
were as pleasant as this, it was GO
ing to be interesting.
Time sped swiftly. He covered his
| route and went back to the laundry,
where he received compliment
from the shirt-sleeved clerk and was
started out on another trip.
Five o'clock in the afternoon found
him driving back again to the plant.
his days work done. Traffic again
was heavy. the homewArd flow of
the workers of Mansfield. He stop
ped ct an Intersection. A large
lroadster, headed in the direction OPP
posite to his, attracted his attention
BY Its handsome, racy Zines.
| He gave = SudAap start. # was
Samuel Church at the wheel. and
| Church was looking at him. his lips
curied in = sneeripg smile. Traffic
started again, and Church turned TO-
His companion. It was then that
! Jimmy saw II was Mary with him.
/, and she was facing him. directly. but
looking through him-not ut him.
| Ito Be Cpntiaued)
I Morning hours, ere the best TOR
work, psychologists believe.
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