OCR Text |
Show INOPPORTUNE A young man In charge of a newly-platted newly-platted realty tract, upon which the only building was the office of the company, upon seeing the first person to enter the door, hastily took down the telephone receiver and commenced: commenc-ed: "Yes, sir, I think wo can' agree on those, terms. Thirty lots in one parcel and twenty in another. Yes, sir, the price is satisfactory, $30,000 at the transfer and the remainder in sixty days. Did you say I could meet you in the morning at 9 o'clock and receive your check for $10,000 as the initial payment? Very well, sir." Hanging up the receiver, this busy person turned to the man who had entered the office. "Is there anything I can do for you, sir?" Naw not a thing," returned the visitor. have just come to connect up yer telephone, that's all." ? 1 An old fellow on his deathbed, in M making his will, murmured to his law- H yer: M "And to each of my employees who j H has been with me twenty years or I M more I beQjeath $10,000." I H "Holy smoke! What generosity!" ' M the lawyer exclaimed. J H "No, not at all," said the sick, man. f mM "You see, none of them has been with f-'lH me over a year; but it will look good H in the papers, won't it?" M |