Show sipping like the tasters 8 by hy EDGAR T MONTFORT copyright STEIl one who testa tests the tb quill city tasceil TA ajr of teal acte by tasting for trude trade purpose purposes Ilert ions ho C e in work can only pursue it fur for a time ne as the constant conat nut of new flavors confuses conf unea the taste son konsur jim Lun iRton tossed hie his cigarette tub stub in ili tile direction of the tile bat bet ket and twined forward hi in hie ills chair hie ills face fuce aclise tt ansy ne ns ho lie stared rod nt ut alie rug at t ills III feel feet for uve tive jeun years he lie lind lint been a business a hobo in ili tile horld of affrin lie ile had drifted from one olle thine thing to 1 another after from front college lit lie lind cone into thu tile ottle of a resil A fl feu mont lii and he lie una fired next callie lind no fait lilt for nuu niec ting and aliria to hundo 0 Mr er their etione lit he was no valCA and after of struggle he lie found that he lie lind earned exactly 48 50 in commissions one thins thing after another bo he tried more wore reut estate insurance ho tie liked ianuale then back to bond bonds again and out again en in 1 allm I al bitterly disappointed eon son hill teother had said 1 I was eure sure hint that it aue wun just the work fur for ou there Is I 1 something om nom ething so dignified and gentlemanly about the tile bond business dignified and gentlemanly thum thunder I 1 you know what I 1 always wanted to do airs mrs langston merely shrugged shrug se we wor wont talk about that nuy any more ive buffered suffered enough already after many wire and using fill sill the influence ehe she had mrs lancston succeeded in getting a position for jim in a bank the president of which was a friend of here hers be clad glad to che him film a trial mra biro mr miller had find said but ball hae to good if he hopes to t stay here pull nay may help a young inan to get a position but it wont help liln to hold it in the business world today there are too many hustling bustling youn young felloe aching for tho chance chanco to inake ao oh im not uneasy about jim 1 airs mrs Laug sto had said with a Ivi in her voice but mr miller did ud not respond very heartily to ber her remark well well see how he get gets alone along send him doun don monday morning he ile rose and bowed her to the door the work at the bank was chiefly clerical and jim was not clerically inclined miss margaret wallace secretary to the preel president dent and pretty watched him with sympathetic interest the third week she was an lae spectator pec of the abrupt dismissal of ar air jim langston As he lie passed out of the tho presidents alfice margaret marguret ruan aged to slip out with him please ask me to with ith you this afternoon I 1 want to talk clie she said so they lunched together im glad old miller fired you was mas her opening remark and now jini jim I 1 want you to und find out what you want to lo do and do it IL find out I 1 kno ant what I 1 want to do all right he lie burst out bit bittera terl but gotherd mot herd go up in smoke if I 1 tried it what Is it jim she site leaned for ward eagerly ber her face alight with in terest 1 I want to be a wholesale commas slon arid add sell bell farmers prod acts nit honest one one ho wont cheat people who ilont dont know inow enough about the market to protect them thein zel 1 es he stopped suddenly confused by his own enthusiasm and walled for her ber to speak wha jim I 1 think just won ozi derf darful ul cliate ubal hat you du do lets think blink now suppose wi wt get mr miller not to tell your epure fired until vou jou get a at good star start at your new work thai that bould be splendid I 1 could coull begin tomorrow 1 1 I heres an old building ie been Mil Ali ching telling for weeks week down ut at broad street and seventh I 1 could use us as in im warehouse I 1 would start out on a it dimill scale and work vork up and you could be ad adviser iser if I 1 could come collie over about twice a week and talk things oer id love to have on partners then shake ue held his hand across the table and almost crushed hers liers in ills its the first few months were hard liard sled ding but after a lille things weal went better his reputation and exper experience leme crew grew and business increased and HI ht the end e d of four months he eliud earned more than he had in any tiny one whole year of his ills pr previous elous careers tm im so glad we bud had lunch together that day duy sighed margaret marguret one evening as they sat talking 0 over er so am atu it LI my account would a deti clit of one perfectly rood good bugl bust net one title centt connoted soul and one itaw cutely little litlie partner anil and sweetheart se sweet etheart 1 earl who sald anything about heart site bile countered mischievous 1 I 1 did he lie replied and nd I 1 am m the boss buss of tills ct tn intern rn bani it funny paid margaret Mar girel buflo r a it while how flow one ninn prospers in vue calling cull lii and alu other in ili another and theres beer 0 telling tellin YUI it may lv lie funny but its true he answered sered an soberly oberly unless we find w what ue e auni ant to do and do it we drift around in the busina es gs world el lyring here liere and nd there like the he tu tasters aad losing our for all things |