Judge — February 8, 1930 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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Nemo bayed savagely at merity. At last, goaded to des- ion, I hung far out and leaned ly on the creaking switch. Fol- lowed instantly a rending crash and a sickening plunge through branches. My heart ceased to function. Some- how, I fell across a large limb and thence to the ground. When the mists cleared, Thayer stood before me. icc fellow,” he said sarcastically. He thrust his hands, traced with red serate! before me. “Why didn't vou holler out that thing was a cat?” “You—you mean the raccoon?” I said stupidly. “You knew it,” he shouted angrily. “You couldn’t have been as close to it as you were and not know it!” ‘Oh, all right,” I s I arose un- . “Where's Nero? no,” corrected Thayer. don’t know—that cat mounted him and rode him off across that field. Why the hell didn’t you holler “Oh, shut up,” I snapped. “What kind of a smart dog is it, anyway, that can’t tell a cat from a coon? Thayer wrapped his hands in a handkerchief and stalked off. I limped after him, Eventually we reached the house. “Tomorrow morning,” said Thayer, we hesitated at the foot of the rs, “I have made tentative plans to take you skittering for pickerel. It will be a great change for you. You wade in the reeds and fe No,” I said firmly. “I am per- suaded that I have reached the point in life where change of any sort is abhorrent. I'll read in bed while you skitter in the reeds, John.” “Well, all right, if you don’t mind. See you at breakfast, fairly early.’ “At lunch,” I corrected. You can’t take any chances with men like Thayer. ANLEY JONES Qualifications for an Executive To be able to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. To be able to do things better than they were done before. To be able to climinate errors and to master circumstances. To be able to develop initiative and to be sfied with nothing short of perfection. To be able to inspire men and to get results at all times, no matter how great the obstacles to surmount. To be able to hire somcone to do all these things, for which you will get the credit, and on whom you may lay the blame if anything goes wrong. —B. J. O'Donnet “By the way, sir, didn’t I see you out with my wife last night?” Lanptorp—There must be about a month’s dust around that top cornice. 17 comicbooks.com