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Show HUSTLE ILLUSTRATED. New Tork 8un. Some of the elderly men wh,o are trudging along at the same gait as ever In the houses where they are employed at the same salary they received twenty-five years ago. may benefit by the following incident which occurred only last week in a downtown store. A young man who came Into the place less than two years ago was advanced over a man who had been there thirty years. The latter went to the proprietor proprie-tor and complained that such treatment as he had received after all his years of service was unjust. The proprietor, without pretending to notice the complaint, com-plaint, asked: "What is that noise ln the street?" The old employee replied that he did not know and waited. "Better see what It Is." said the proprietor. pro-prietor. The old employee went out and re-turned re-turned with the information that the noise was made by wagons. "How many wagons?" asked the proprietor. The old employee said he hadn't counted them. "Better find out." said the proprietor. The old emplyee went out again and returned with the information that there were eight. "What was the cause of the noise?" asked the proprietor. The old employee said he didn't know and the proprietor suggested that he had better ascertain. The old employee went out the third time and returned with the Information that the teamsters were hurrying to load their wagons with good. The proprietor then touched the bell on his desk, which summoned the young man who h:id ben advanced. The proprietor pro-prietor asked him:' -What is that noise in the street?" "I will see," replied the young man. ho went out and returned a few moments mo-ments later with the following report: "There are eight wagons out there nd the teamsters are hurrying to load them with goods." The prorrMor turned to the old employee em-ployee and said: "P- you understaS now why this young man was advanced over you?" The old employee understood, but his knowledge came too late. |