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Show WHY HE HAD IT. The manager popped out of his private pri-vate sanctum. "Got a penknife, Brown?" he asked The assIsLint manager shook his head. nave you, jorKinsv queried the - manager, turning to tho head clork s "I'm sorry, sir," replied Jorklns. l apologctlcnlly, "but I left it at home " I "Hove you, Plggott?" : No. Plgsotl hadn't. Nor had Blobbs ! Nor had Wright, nor Wrong, nor r Whacker. i "Extraordinary'" exclaimed the i manager. "Not a soul in the office 1 with such a simple thing as a pen- knife. nmPlevSC' 8lr' rve 0no!" P'Ped the offlco boy. ' ",e!1'JI'm bIessed!" said the mana- Kcr. And how comes it that v0u, out of all my staff, are the only" one to have your pocket knife on vou'" "I dessay." replied tho youth' "lt'3 because my wages are so small that V "itjfford more than one pair of oo . |