Show no recommendation I 1 ri caso sire sir jo do you ott want a boy it was a low clear voice with enst the faintest tremor of apprehension ait i it lie ile stood at tile door of the counting room ill his h ant qt in life hill hand liia his clothing neat anil and clean his antti tilde waiting anti anil deferential tile the long well filled counters in the narrow room were lost in dim perspective clerks hurried hither and thither in the rear of the store was heard the sound of lia hammers miners and lila creaking n of tile the elevator though 0 it was but nine in ili the morning in 0 and tile the suit shining brightly outside it was so gloomy in ill the 6 storeroom jeroom the gas is had to be lit do I 1 awant want a boy asked tile the 0 owner of the store turning around lit in liis his chair and looping sharply over the top of his spectacles what can call you do i make myself useful I 1 hope PC replied tile llie boy I 1 olt oh a 2 ansti man and mr lansing landing laughed q can call you 1 IV write rite 7 1 I amt am s 0 graduate of the high ghigli 0 school sir are arc you that speaks well for you what Is your name gabriel winchester Is your father livili living lie ile died in fit libby prison mr lansing eyed him more keenly when lit lid said that and also mure more kindly 1 I am the only support of my m mother 0 r the boy said his voice ky hu husky s almost tile only support site she manages manages 0 to secure work one day in tho the week tile the merchant wa pleased with the boys preciseness 1 4 the licad head bookkeeper book keeper an old gray haired n gentleman with willi 1 a benign face lid had turned from his desk esk attracted it by the hoys boys voice ind and th lie e character of his replies where were you list last employed sir musing lansing asked at the office of the ie 11 As 1 a I compositor no but I 1 ila had expected to lie ile I 1 was copyholder copy holder sir mr lansing tool took off his glasses and wiped ahn 64 have you ott any recommendations lie asked no sir why not tho rite lads lip trembled 1 I wis was discharged n came at lat int la t in a 1 faint tone toile I 1 oh that is it ell eli ali and mr lansing frowned xo NO wonder they gave gave you no recommendation it strikes tile me you I oil do not 1 lack ack assurance no I 1 io do not lot wint want a 1 I boy ile he spoke with willi heedless acrimony wheeled around in I 1 ll 11 his chair and re mell liis his ile he was a churchin ernberg and admired nothing so 0 much I 1 as integrity 0 of char character acte r capacity C a aclin reliability ability anil and 1 a I stihi reputation ti were ivere locc things n upon lie ila il insisted listed in ill the selection of his employees ploy plo ces tile the boys face fell and lie he turned to go but the bookkeeper book keeper made him hill 1 a I sign to wait for a fcc moments lie ile had been strangely drawn toward the boy there was something manly in his face something self contained I 1 in his is lea flug much that was ivas frank and fearless in ili liis his grace race sir mr Ln lapsing Using a tile the bookkeeper book keeper salt said respectfully perhaps it was candor in ii the boy and not assurance will you allow me to ask him a question I oil a dozen of thena replied mr lansing 1 crustily not lifting his hii eyes from his piper paper perhaps you should have made one e moro inquiry the bookkeeper book hook keeper said till fig my lad why were you di cc ed 19 P because I 1 would not work on oil sunday came back in ili reply steadily and bravely what is thai you say it was mr lansing 0 that spoke anti and in ili a toile lone more quick and loud than was usual with him hill ile he ila had thrown down the paper and fixed liis his keen eyes on oil the boy 11 1 1 I 1 was dischar discharged 0 ell because I 1 would not work on oil sunday the lad jail repented they started 1 1 I sunday paper in ili the onice office last week tile men and boys laughed at tile me but I 1 lid did not care I 1 coald not work on oil t hat lay day sir there was a reto resolute Inte look on I 1 his is face and lie he seemed to grow tit an inch or two taller no and you were right tic dc blared mr lansin landing in a I 1 strong 02 gratified voice just sit down a 1 I minute his aged ISO opinion 0 a 0 of alie ba boy y had entirely ch a 1 he 1 c left alie co counting it n room willi ith ili aliat it quick nervous trend tread peculiar to him in ili fifteen minutes he returned if he e had been over to the ollice office of the argus tile tho boys story was correct the proprietor of the piper paper 1 a I crusy crusty impatient old oki 0 gentleman gen deninn had nothing to say in ili the boys favor but the editor and foreman fornnie forn nin I 1 were ere pronounced in ili their praise 1 I do wont want 1 a I boy mr lansing a said as he placed his hand on oil tile pe petitioner tit Lit ioner s head 1 I believe you will suit quit me come here it at tills hour t tomorrow to o morrow morning 0 A grateful I 1 iok hak shone on oil tile boy boys s face thank sir lie said ile he bowed politely and them withdrew ai mr doyle said mr lansing landing to his head bead bookkeeper book keeper you have tati taught 0 lit me a lesson Vs we c call u in conic coni c wide of tile truth and do i great injustice to an another cither simply fly by aslany ush ny one question clo estion tot ton few hie tvr |