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Show PAID OFF. A master builder, having heard that his men did not commence work at the proper time, thought he would drop down about G.30 one morning and see.; Going up the yard, he caught sight of a fellow standing smoking and his kit not yet opened. Simply asking his name, which he found-to be Malcolm Campbell, he called him into the office, and, handing him four days' pay, ordered him to leave at once. After seeing the man clear off the premises, he went to the foreman and explained that he had made an example exam-ple of Malcolm Campbell by paying him off for not starting at the proper hour. "Great Scott, sir!" ejaculated the foreman, "that chap was only looking for a job " Dunkirk Gazette. - 00- |