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Show I' HE BEHIND-THE-- . COUNTER PEST We have him. Every community has him. He is he one whose business is so impor-:ant impor-:ant that he must needs be waited on specially. Outside isn't good enough tor him; he must come within. He must be behind the counter. When I was in the bank, a big placard "PRIVATE" didn't hold him out. He would trot In behind the counter and call down on me all the wrath of a touchy board of directors, to whom It had been reported by some one. Despite signs, despite hints gentle or otherwise, despite anything still he comes around behind. be-hind. His name la Legion. At the railroad office, again he's running true to form. Behind that counter he must be. We all remember remem-ber how an auditor came down, saw I one of him, and followed by summarily sum-marily giving some one walking papers. pa-pers. ' And at the post office, as you and I and the other fellow are waiting wait-ing there (on edge) anxious for the moments to hurry along to the jiffy when we can yank out the last of our mail and speed along, there he is holding an animated conversation b- |