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wnujoinr wwufflbwiw thg acton pree press wmmto mmutnittiutumnminu ijhprprnmbrlfarrfttofr the followup department ernest l thuhttton mmmft m itt time was two minutes to flv jj oclock ooaing time would v come in the saraa number of minutes in the office of oolebrook company typewrit need the envelope eemler clicked rapidly the switchboard operator connected her cord at express speed clerks cleared their desk tops two clrls smt back watching the clock reedy to flit on the instant youne kent osgood at the manuiws desk of the pollowtaffup department cleared 4ip his unfinished business by the simple evpcrlent of sllpptnff letters and papers tnto bis top rlabthand drawer lookta up caught tip owen grtnnms at the act kent smiled back be had a pleasant manner everyone liked him oh kent called jessie wumer in the easy manner of the office- bead ill bam that new follow- up letter op our sales record cards ready in ten mtmi x was delayed in setting certain infor mation win you wait for it not 1 chuckled kent put it m this top side drawer ru be here early in the mornlnff to fiance over it so as not to bold up the njulographins but said jessie uneasily 1st oolebrook wished it tonight hes out tsn t he and most likely won t be back laughed kent let me do the worrying it will be on his desk n the morning all right jfcssle answered slnwlj she laughed as well but not ooroior ably she wna new to her work and anxious to make good on the stroke of five kent starte i for the cloakroom a tail wellsetup young man with sandy hair he stood nut among the office group for a distinct air of clean living physical and mintal ac the office rail he came face to face aith alice haxmer mr colebrooka secretary and a moat efficient and loyal one as kent smiled down at this brownhaired lender girl hla eyes were more than just friendly alices own smile in response was swift and lovely but it instantly faded is that followup letter on the sales records ready kent mr colebrook wished it tonight buti he lant here to see it replied kent its in my desk urt me have ii said alice he ma j conic in i must glance over it first said kent 1 u get in earl and have it on his desk before lie arrives to morrp morning alice appeared distressed she start ed to speak caught her breath and moved awn returning into her own office kent stared alter her in blank amaze ment whats upsetting hex these days he muttered giving me those pained looks ctrtalnl there nothing matter out of mind ill set my alarm and get down early he did not get down to the office early an exciting basketball game he attended that evening so occupied his thought that he forgot the alarm the result was that he had to run several blocks in order to make the office on the minute at the door he slowed and entered casually stealing a glance tnto the presidents office he was relieved to find colobrook had not arrived he smiled a greeting at alice who appeared white and worried and moved on to his desk he found one or the blue mem orandum slips that mr oolebrook used- he read its message at a glance mr osgood the sales record followup was to be on my desk last night rush it through at once and get miss harmcr approval of it before it is run off j c oolebrook pheen 1 whistled kent that mea- aoge told several things mr oolebrook bad returned after all which was not o good the sharp trokes of penman- trlp showed temper which was worse alice who leaned over backward to have things right must approve his own work this was most embarrassing and the worst part of the whole affair kent started to work or tried to his assistants however seemed possessed to brlng matters ror his decision his keen writing sense told him that jessies copy ould not go over he should not bavr turned the job over to a greenhorn he began a new draft but it went slowly at eleven o clock alice appeared be side him that followup motertal should be ready at once she reminded him if it is to be mulugraphed and sent out today 1 11 have it reads wn as i con sold kent short alice turned aaay altbojt a wurd kent pounded out a few lines on 10s typewriter after gtanclne over thim ic yanked the paper out in a wa to make tht roller screech he made sev eral false starts before finally he struck a lead then and only then did he lixs l msuf in his v trk but ba an ik ur of his lunch tini v ua over bt fen he finished til see you about it after lunch kent exclaimed slipping the cop into alices hands j pliiast kent to 1 can htarl the tlrb ou read it and laki points up a lth me when i come m he grinned im latt and ravenous alice smiled falntl ten minutes a ui do for llils knit if its in your best stvh mollified kent 5 if wed but the ten minutes expanded into fort for aucc found flaws mun if slight at last i tur jpp oval signature was added and in that form letter to gel excited about rui liad a girt start setting the matur ior tjjp missing letter he had searchedl for in vain also one on another matter that should have bean attended to days be fore his embarrassment grew as he jstcrnnf conlerehccrtctget matters caught up coming back from lunch that noon kent came face to race with alice i suppose hej blurted out you knew what was coming to me she acknowledged i am so why wlnsum churchill wore n grave coun tenonce as be arrived at westminster abbey to attend memorial services far the late lord stanley dominions secre tary who died recently shortly after returning from a visit to canada material at a reduced salary tclndly turn your records over to mr andrews and give bun an un derstanding of current matters in your charge ver truly yours j a colt brook kent looked up his eyes hot you yes iony looks like uv he growled dldn t you up me off in time what i learn in the office is con fidential ahe reminded him however much i may wish to apeak 1 do hope youll stay kent stay he growled and just to be kicked out later think it over kent she urged and turned hurriedly away a distressing afternoon followed the troubled morning finally all material and records had been gone over only the difficult task of introducing an dreas to the department force remain ed as kent anally prepared to leave andrews said thank you for the day i want you here don t make your decision tonight sleep on it kent spent hours with his problem that night nevertheless he composed several stinging letters or resignation onryto tror up each one in turn he a as troubled too about another posi tion they were not easy to get in this particular fteld where his training lay leaving under such conditions uould make explanations doubly hard finally he decided he would have to stay where he aa until he could uncover a position elsewhere mr andrews smiled pleasantly though distantly when he 01dl he sold briefly uncovering a pride in his company for developing such excellent products an drews was beginning to use him in special ways too now and then li ana take this material on our condensed ledger system and frame a fourpage folder on it put a lot of pep into it l rm looking for something good kent took his new desk but for n tettutcharge in andrews h5fincean- other time he was asked to take jessie in hand and give hr the special in struction necessary to make her a valu able assistant jessie was grateful for that why he wondered had he not helped her when he was head of the department wholly unexpectedly 1 andrews made ills blunder colebrook was itlll an ay helping his sales forco in lmporttnt cases he used andrews at tlmci in the same way the latter had lift on such a trip when kent glancing aver his itinerary discovered that ire had evidently forgotten an important pre sentation at the jamison company chicago andrews had planned to be in another city on that date some one must act kent telegraph ed andrews but got no reply then he felt forced to telegraph colebrook still no reply came in distress tor a large order might be involved he called over long distance along the route of both men trying in aln to trace them to nave our com pan j i vc got to go with or w i thou t authority kent growled to alice wlvo refused to advise andrews left all the jamison samples here i phoned that company and tlicy are expecting us tomorrow and 1 11 have to go b air lo mnko connection oood luck said aucc her smile a as very lovely shortly kent wns en route by air he lrud to concentrate on his sales ro- entatlon for ho was not used to such work hours later he becanu conscious of an uneven note in the mnuir roar pre sently lu realized uh iw roptano wan was informed dccndlng and into a thick mist now will you something had gone wrong he fought found himself facing a brisk lira of keen incisive questions all his skill was needed to answer them at last the fir stopped and jamison came over to aluotcnnairttndb dune y man verj clear indeed i were re presentatives or other companies to licartso we cant announce our deci sion thank you sir announced kent with hint friendly smile for your most cordial hearing as lie left the room two men followed him out one tapped him on tlie ahoulder he swung about to face oolebrook and andrews come to lunch and tell the whole story laughed colebrook as kent stood rptechbws a tittle later kent was giv ing an account of his actions and ex plaining why he felt obliged to come on we got our telegrams laughed colebrook son you made a fine pre sentation parker and i enjoyed it though wt had to keep under cover parkir gasped kent john andrews parker chuckled oolebrook my flan francisco offle manager i brought him on to ton op the followup department think you can run it now watch melrltwpedksaitr ileal ly while this test was hard tor you went on the president i suspect it was liarder for miss harmer aha wanted so to help you and i wouldnt let her but kent parker and i haw to get elsewhere tlutt jamison order is in the bag i know by the way ha spoke to you x want you back on your job take the night transport plan hock tlte aeroplane should land kent horn in eight hour but lie could not wall for that he hurried out and oallsd alice by long distance thats different your wife says she only asks for pin money yes but the first pin she wanted liad twelve diamonds in it sallys sallies to control an almost ovirmasterlnn fmr of a ensh tlie crash did not come nnlj a mcltenlntc swaying jolt some how the pilot had managed a succesnil forced landing in th fog ilelu f imw umi kepi on eye on andrew thnt waft followed bj anxitty hi had jnung man was handling all incoming punned to arrive in time for a nights material without asking his advice a rut now lie was stranded homlwhtre krenhani ts llkelj to stub his toes on m the e mnto without waiting for the know the substance of this litter he vimi thing important if he acta without p to make arrangements he loaced demanded mr colebrook requested mc to read it said youw andrews kent felt shaken to the cr founda tion of his being this wa his first business setback furious anger sus- iwu ice chuckled kent laur that da andrews made kent un omfortable he called his force to m uher and laid h wn the rule that a curn nt material mukt be acted on the da received unless he himself gae per tained him his voice crackled sold ni spend tlu day going over things with you hun of course i sup out whj of course questioned an drews xjlod to have you slay alter this outrageous treatment why that cantankerous old man never t es a fellow a show i if t s not discuss thai smiled an drt w s you see hr s my boss ver j will snapped kent c jr e over to m desk seating the newcomer at his desk kent took a choir beside him conscious of curious glances and wtuspeied com n ents among his force flushing ome as ho mission to hold it over to the next day a near b farm secured transportation to a ruilwnj and cauhgt a slow night i cal arriving at his dcsllnauon two lumrs in ton tin hi urlng wearj aiornst hiuoturd ki nt pn milled hlmsi if at the jamison compun oftlct hoplivg iigatnm hojr to w an desks must be cleared no matter how drtw no andrews apptured so ktnt went in to fan jomlion and his akrt eorjis of afiktunts fyr a time he henl talcd and wondtred mmewhat uun tic fofed turns if to concentrate on his subject pri- ntlv he dlscovired tluit it had gripped him words and argu mviits came to him as ht needed them on finishing his prestntullon he late one had to stay kent had to stay that first day i i odd days followed andrews haixlled hb work w ilh seldom a request for d v lor or information the man was jubt keen in criticism and quick lo approve j r award praise- as kent got bock to work ht received man good words for j hii product and those pleased him sur p lslngly tht nw bead was winning ill the force he so tuned up the de partment that it hod a nflex for good 11 lh entire oil let kent found him styf acknou edging to himself how lax 1m had been confession is good for the soul but sometimes its bad for the reputation what lie pulled open tha- tip k e suu andrews failed to make that orawer and shoveled out its contents uluitder kent was expecting some one by one he took the papen explained dav it will come he told himself lo them and helped andrews classify them his mirprlt he fell no happiness in the in the order of their relative impor- tlumght he was nndtng more and tancc in uic process he uiot vvred a more pleasure in his work also he was i n huw to worm the trouble out of iter he hesitated half inclined to follow her luui uicuned to return u his an and go ovi r tiie letu r shrugging his shouldeni ike said tu let it go it u1 all in the same a year from now suu tlr matter recurred to his mind several limes that evening he would have to check himself up a bit oole brook had been getting aiurrv of lau over slight delajs sail ike de ided ht was nut going to wurk overtime as alloc orook was continually doing coh brook drove ler too llard and shr willing lo work kent got quite wrought up lhuii llif of ur mjusucc lo her alice aivd kent hod loot been nelh burs aivd comradt iliej twd utleiided high school togellu r lter uie liad come together again in the making if office record forms alice tud atoeud as switch board operator but colebrook had noted her abllll and had krooinrc he tur the position siu iuiw tvekl kent bad entered as a hie cierk in the eiitluislaam of nvaklim god m s first position he liad mdt orruuti luur cul suggvstloiw rvlut m to ute ami panv a n ifli nv nl uiu tiad caught tiu kuprrl r ulu nth knu too luwl been gtvi 1 imvc v pportmutj afler an othi r until lu t ijlul i hum it ui tliarge of um fvtlkiw up lxpartineiit at nrs kent had ihh ii iiu 11 uu evervtluiik m tin deparlment ht liad a freaiuwa oiki igvi t tv u tluit tat rel quuiltv t m m t ria t l u port ment turtnxl ut a- lln busintjki vtid the dlar mi t t h iti iud wttlutruwu otnrl4 frtan a lu eopv wum and liad d v ttxl liinwell morr ulmirl j geiwrul ver4h hi had ued ui a bit a ice liad beet the n st u ou 1 tllt attention to tvat kent uimitrd he tave the full tune the bunws hours demand ed and certain a fair return in effort tor tle reduced wumv drptraakai veus hadforced upon them so its solar itm it unu and n l kiyalty and servk- to a txaiuiov ahce liad oaked m a hurt tone 1 five gvud measure never tear kent bad laughed gradually a little tension ivad de- wktped salaries had started up again but kent had continued the ewn tetur of his wa lrsenay mr colebrook began to take him to task ww sugttt delaya- ob tdi ksau fmally abovsd lb up kent departed poathasu dcluwd roeal late tluit ofurnouu he discovered he w as less popular than usual indeed he was tilt re iplenl of harsh glances from pevirol of the orlce force when it de vt loped tluit ue would have to rtnmin alter hours to get out the delayed ktttn alice was staying with them he noticed when he left at five he felt a uttu uucomfortablt about chat fr several days thereafter mr cole in and out ht wait touler ulan usual knit thought finding sliarp fault un several ot asions alice had l hanged als and that hurt he could 11i utidt uuid her she wa a tinl and dutuul m little llki heraelf mr colebrook departed lor nevtrol uab knt breuthed sigtu i rt lief he uit ided he would dig uito some muterb and tov terthuig tleored up bef it tilt rt turn tliat unpulte ht 14 lum for a duv tlu n lie let up a da late alice met hun un lu urrivul falu cved him oddj and lirr m w u mislead aa nlvr sold riiere t nit ne lo tt u u ir colebrttok ilkt kent u lul u tiu muur a a ruulm 1 ki i min i n v u 1 1 old up l vou hk uus dui i w iiuaiv ki nt ju begged 1 1 h pi vtx j u riht uiui btu- turned a ii r s rh iai ii irxjunm hi- k it iomc lui u ja u l 11 u t at k halrd ii k dial ml lurt evt m m d u tppruim ii 111 ii a tvlui e a deur mm d iiu1 ltr knit summed him 114 t lie introduced runut ii 1 tu j hi aiulrwi nid he strong r mr t k oroo neque ed liu to give v u uiu tt t t r lit ruu ud ihtlv k nt irluiud m hj fleiidl w iv wmu tht titer m seat i wipvai mi c iajm a int nx give uu a t nit- wtll weu k aktig he p iut t 1 letter os he spoke it wos j u i but ulifhow h tiod to read it vt r and v 1 r to tt f u nivuui tm bt vkr druuwd m and tt ernco edfcrd his lip ht rad mr oagtwd in spite uf frequent g4eations and crl tclains vou haw foiled to bruitf the hvuw ui oepoiunenl back tbr standard i require 1 hove nnou dtxldtd v place mr 1 andrews in charge you will te conunusd as a writer of followup w o olden yellow bananas o zlc carrots 5c ork cllcluu q- fts for c turnips quality q ttis tabl ucd for swxe1 5nm sin m tfz 14c onio ns it- or 9c oranges medium larc load d th juk dozen 23c apples th maeliitos dtlrtious hav 14c grapefruit 25c medium marh s la rt t d kmiekok grapes 3 4 1- 25c cabbatcv squwh thoanuts cranbetrias biscuits 2 27c strcatnlinsd craami c candy tuakfc diim lb 15c corn ayli wklk 2 ui um 15c peas frankford 2 1 tb has 15c i coffee 35c dim nd snbonit dd 1lfc pufl i aylmsr tomatoes 3 no ix 25e aylmar pumpk no tv4u in 13 marmalade 27c stllrrldl svltl oranf itoi salmon 2 1lb tint 9c kln olct sardines hotwafun britllof 9 tint 89c crrolll sllcad bacon 1- ii 29e fk rolld oats 5 ibi 19c p id nuts wltortpafi 3 pk 25c mincemeat 2 25c ctrolli bai mpl lul fix rotai f l q u r itio b 77c mcllia jelly pomdmt 2 pltsi 9c old dutch cleanser mo sokjmwa com iooj m lo l s pork beans 2 11es tint 5c al super suds soap powdai 19c ll lifebuoy ci 7 carbolic soap wood b ui y fol soap 2 cake 15c p g wan npkik soap 2 bn 7c special sale i ivory soap 2 large cakes 3 i- 27c camay 15 carrolls store closed wednesday atrbnoomb limited mill i street rn freedelivery phonb 1m