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Show There waa a card on the hiilnea tnan a d"k. t)n II waa primed In Intra black type: TIM K IH MONKV. :DON'T TAKK MINK I NI.KSH YOI': : CAN fllVK VAI.I K ItKCKIVKIV : r , Tho hunlnen mnn propp-"! thU up eonwplrunuwly agnliiHt a bill file and then xnld wenrlly to the ofllca boy: "Hhow hlrn In." A hirx. florid man entered. "I low are you, Hlnipwm?" ho aald, cordially. "Are you hinyT" "luny pretty murh all the time." "I calculated yon would he, hut there waa a little milter I wanted to nee you nlmut. don't aupixiMe I'd have thought of It hnr.lly hut Tom Dempaey Hy the way, did you know Tom waa married? Yea; he married mime aouthern girl a Mlaa Avery, I got a bid to the wedding hut I didn't go. tmpaon went and he aaya ahe'a about aa pretty a girl aa he aver met. Cornea of one of thoae high toned old famlllea, you know. They only got back from their honeymoon honey-moon trip abont three weeka ago. Hut I gueaa you didn't know hlrn very well." "What waa thla little matter ho reminded re-minded you of?" "Illeaa your heart, he didn't remind ma of It! That'a a pretty good Joke. Ha, ha! No. I waa going to aay thnt Tom Detnpaey and I had been to lunch together at tho Tolferlno nn.l aa It waa ao clone by I thought I'd come up and aee you. I bad It on my mind aoma time." "What did yon have on your mind?" "Thla mutter I'm tnlklng abouL I thoui:ht poialhln I mlht aoe you at the Tolf. rlno .t a pretty handy tn you. Hut lb" prlc.-a nre ateep. What do you Ihlnk our check wua? Wo had Julienne oup and chopa Juat plain lamb rhopa nothing fancy uliout 'cm and - " "What waa thla bualneaa you Wanted Want-ed to ce in., al,., ut, Kepplur?" "Well, I waa Junt going to tell you. To b.-Kln with I'll tell you, maybe may-be I d better look In aomo other time. It Isn't really a matter of any great Importance and you may be too buy to IIMcn." "Co ahead. I'm limy, but If there'e anything I can do for you ' "Thnl'a Juat what I told Tom. Wo were lull ln alK.ut onn thing and another an-other over our clcara. Do you amoko, Hllnpaon?" "No. What did you want to aak ma about?" "Well, I'll tell you. floneatly, I think you're huay now and I'd like to talk thla over at lelauro with yon aome time. No, 1 won't bother abont It now." " The bualneaa man alghed. "Well, It you won t," ho aald, turning to hla deak. "Tom Dcmpaey " began tho Tlol- tor. Hay. you'll have to eicuaa mo now," aald the bunlncaa man, looking at hi watch. I've got aome work here to flnlah In a hurry. Good-by. Call again." "t)h, good hy," aald tho Tlaltor, rathor atlDly. "I didn't mean lo take your valuable tlmo." Ho walked out of tho office with aa air of offended dignity and aa aoon aa ho had gone tho bualneaa man took down the alKn thai he had-propped np ngaliiHt the hill lllo and throw It Into Hip waste ligakot. |