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We wouldnt be able to pay you as much as youmake here to begin with, he warned.
I spoketo you about him last week, you remember? If you had any office training
itmight be possible to use you up here.
But you was pretty much gone on her, I
guess, eh?
Thats his ad you see in all the papers andthats his fire sign over
there on Michigan Avenue.
I never worked at anything likethis before.
See that
a boy takes that rightaway and keep the money for yourself, he had
remarked.
Ive always thought I would be, though, ever since I heardof you and
your big company. Whiggam, began young Griffiths authoritatively, this is
ClydeGriffiths, a cousin of ours.
I wouldnt be able to say, offhand,
whetherthere is or not. Well, all youd have to do then would be to discharge
me, assuredClyde. Then shesaid to Clyde: Wont you sit down? GilbertGriffiths
will see you in a moment.
GilbertGriffiths will see you in a moment. His chin
was not firm, his eyes a pale watery blue, and hishair frizzled.
You havent
taken a room anywhere yet, have you? Samuel Griffiths of theGriffiths Collar
Company of Lycurgus, arent you?
Your father and mother are living, I presume. I
spoketo you about him last week, you remember? And those who were not should be
kept right where they were.
He had seen what hadbefallen him in Kansas
City.
Quite all of themhad on short alpaca office coats or sleeve protectors
over theirshirt sleeves. Would this family do anything for himnow that he was
here?
Only, if youll come back to thetelephone girl at the main entrance about
five-thirty Ill haveMrs.
Nearly all of the young women wore clean andattractive
gingham dresses or office slips.
Well, my father was telling me of his talk
with you in Chicago.
Ill just let you bring down webs on the floor above to
begin withto-morrow.
And he had been thrilled in spite of himself.
I wont be
able to give any more time tothis now.
Samuel Griffiths of theGriffiths Collar
Company of Lycurgus, arent you? Yes, I have a little something to do with it, I
believe.
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