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Show Thero was a card on tho business mnn's dosk. On It was printed In largo black type: : TIME IS MONEY. JDON'T TAKE MINE UNLESS YOU: : CAN GIVE VALUE 11KCE1VED. : I Tho business man propped this up conspicuously against n bill (Ho and thon said wearily to tho olMco boy: "Show him In." A lnrgo, llorld mnn entered. "How nro you, Simpson?" ho sold, cordially. "Aru yiu busy?" "Ilusy pretty much all tho time." "I calculated you would be, but thero was n llttlo mnttor I wanted to noo you nhout. I don't suppose I'd havo thought of It hnrdly hut Tom Dempsoy Ily tho way, did you know Tom was married? Yes; ho mnrrlod somo Bouthern girl n Miss Avery. I got n bid to tho wedding but I didn't go. Lampson wont und ho says sho's about ns pretty a girl ns ho over mot. Comos of ono of thoso lilgh-toned old fnmillcs, you know. Thoy only got bnck from their honeymoon honey-moon trip nhout threo weoks ago. But I guess you didn't know him very woll." "Whnt was this llttlo matter he reminded re-minded you of?" "niosB your heart, ho didn't remind mo of It! That's a pretty good Joke. Ha, ha! No. I was going to say that Tom Dompsoy nnd I had been to lunch together nt tho Tolfcrlno and as it was so close by I thought I'd como up aud soo you. I had it on my mind somo time." "What did you havo on your mind?" "This matter I'm talking about. I thought posslhlo I might boo you at 'the Tolfcrlno. It's pretty handy ftw you. But tho prices nro steep. What do you think our check was? W had Julienne soup nnd chops Just plain Iamb chops nothing fancy about 'cm nnd " "Whnt was this business you wnnW od to boo mo nhout, Koppler?" "Woll, I was Just going to tell you. To begin with I'll toll you, mny- bo I'd better look In somo other tlmo. if Isn't really a matter of any great Importanco and you may bo too busy to listen." "Go ahead. I'm busy, but If there's anything I can do for you " "That's Just what I told Tom. We were talking about ono thing and another an-other over our cigars. Do you smoke, Simpson?" "No. What did you want to ask ma about?" "Well, I'll tell you. Honestly, I think you'ro busy now and I'd like to talk this over at lclsuro with you somo tlmo. No, I won't bother about it now." Thu business man sighed. "Well, It you won't," he said, turning to his desk. "Tom Dompscy " began the Tlrt- tor. "Say, you'll have to excuso mo now," said tho business man, looking at his watch. I've got somo work hero to finish in a hurry. Good-by. Call again." "Oh, good-by," said tho visitor, rather stiffly. "I didn't mean to tako your valuable time." Ho walked out of tho office with an air of offended dignity nnd ns Boon as ho had gnno tho business man took down tho sign that ho had propped up ngainst tho hill illo nnd throw it into tho waste basket |