The $500 Check — page 224: what you’re looking at

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THE OFFICE OF THE MAGNET MINE. 205 *‘Ts ita good man you work for ?”’ Uncle Jacob smiled. ‘**T have no fault to find with him,” he an. swered. “IT thought perhaps that man with black hair and whiskers might be the boss.”’ ‘* No, he is a clerk.’’ ** Like you ?”’ ‘** Yes,’’ answered Jacob, with another smile. ‘* Does the boss often come in ?”’ ‘‘He doesn’t interfere much. You see he has a good deal of confidence in Mr. Bascom and myself.’’ **So I thought.”’ ‘What made you think so ?”’ ‘*You seem to talk and act as if you were independent.”’ ‘It’s a way I have, Bert. As I understand the business thoroughly, more than anybody else, there is no reason why I shouldn’t, is there ?”’ ‘Oh, no!’’ ‘‘ That is why I enjoy my position so well.’’ ‘‘Do you get paid your wages every Satur- day night?” PS SEY OF CS (E(@) m GOomichoo