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Show THINKS WHILE HE WORKS. One Man Who Saves Money for the Firm. Thero fence v. as a man who 'did not do things. Ho was running a certain sectioiuof n certain lnrgo firm's business, busi-ness, and I'coplo began to talk of him. "What's tho matter with that fellow?" fel-low?" said they. "Do you notice how he does nothing? All ho does all day Is nothing, or, not much, at all events. How does ho manage to hang on?" Tho other fellow mado reply to tho cfTect that "Ho docs not hang on. He's anchored hero. If hq wasn't, ho'd be let out. But ho'll never get any further up. Watch him." And everybody watched. One day this certain firm happened to have a certain something on Its hands that stirred everybody up. It was a big contract, and there was something wrong with tho wording, so tho firm had tt win a big law-suit or Iobo a lot of nvuey. And nil the people peo-ple In the firm, everybody who did things, bogan to run around and say: "What nro wo going to do? What aro wo going to do?" And tho man who did not do things sat at his desk and smoked. Finally everybody had turned In their suggestions nnd tho firm was going go-ing to begin to light tlio-cnso, for nono of tho suggestions suggested nn thing else. And then tho man who did not do things spoke. "Supposo 1 go over and see tho other firm and try to frame up a compromise," com-promise," said he. "We'll both lose money If It goes into tho courts. Thoy'll lose; wo'll lose. Suppose wo see If wo can't mako them see It In tho same light." Tho head of tho firm threw up his hands and collapsed. , "Good heavens," ho gasped, "why didn't somebody think of that before?" And tho man who did things made reply: "We've been to6 busy planning plan-ning tho fight to have time to think nbout It." And the head turned to tho ono man and said: "How In the name of all 'that Is profitable did you happen to have such an Inspiration?" And tho man laughed. "That's no Inspiration," he said; "that's common sense. I simply have sat hack here not doing things thinking, .And 1 know we can squaro It tip." And they dtd. Moral: Don't do things nil tho time. Think a little. |