Show A S y y kyj t f there was a card on the business man a desk on it was printed in larg large e black type TIME IS MONEY DON T TAKE MINE MIND UNLESS YOU CAN GIVE VALUE RECEIVED the business man propped this up conspicuously against a bill file and then said wearily to the office boy show him in A large florid man entered how are you simpson 9 he said cordially are you busy BUS pretty much all the time I 1 calculated you would be but there was a little matter I 1 wanted to see you about I 1 don t suppose I 1 id d have thought of it hardly but tom D dempsey ampsey by the tile way did you know tom was married 9 yes he married some southern girl a miss avery I 1 got a bid to the wedding but I 1 dian didn t go lampson went and he says she s about as pretty a girl as he ever met cornea comes of one of those high toned old families you know they only got back from their h honey oney moon trip about three weel s ago but I 1 guess you dida t know him very well what was this little matter he reminded you of ofa 9 bless your heart he dlan didn t remind me of it that s a pretty good g joke ha III ha hat no I 1 was going to say that tom dempsey and I 1 had been to lunch together at the dolferino Tol ferino and as it was so close by I 1 thought I 1 d come up lud see you I 1 had it on my mind some time what did you have on your mind this matter I 1 m talking about I 1 thought possible I 1 might see you at the dolferino Tol ferino t s pretty handy to tbt 3 sou ou bit the pr ces are steep what do you think our cheel wasa we had julienne jullenne soup and chops just plain lamb chops nothing fancy about em and what was vias this business you wanted to see me about keppler 9 well I 1 aas just going to tell you to begin with tell you may be I 1 d better look in some other time it isn t really a matter of any great importance and iou may be too busy to listen go ahead I 1 in busy but if there a anything I 1 can do for you that s just N what hat I 1 told tom we were talking about one thing and an other over our cigars do you smoke Simpson 9 no what did you want to ask me about well tell you honestly I 1 think you re busy now and I 1 d like to talk this over at leisure with you some time bid IN 0 I 1 wont bother about it now the business man sighed well it you wont he said turning to his desk tom dempsey began the bisp tor ter say you 11 have to excuse me now said the business man looking at his watch I 1 ve got some work here to finish in a hurry good by call again oh good by said the visitor rather stiffly I 1 didn dian t mean to take your valuable time he walked out of the office with an air of offended dignity and as soon as he had gone the business man tooh took down the sign that he had propped up against the bill file and threw it into the waste basket |