Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 3, 1924 — page 138: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

——————— ee —_ — a a ~ WI, @ AS WwW iN Na 4 q ¥ ve eed N 3 — 4 y bs a f - vas » A " Ny at 5 he 5 by aakies es sco wencee es ae —— Lid _— By JACK BECHDOLT ARNEY WILDER read in a book purporting to tell young men how to succeed: ‘ Dare! Always ask for the best. Only a second rater will accept a substitute for his heart’s desire.” ‘‘ Sure,” Barney agreed. ‘‘ Look’t Steve Brodie! He might have jumped off street cars all his life and all it would have got him was fallen arches. But he jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge and got famous. Take a chance, that’s the idea!” Barney was an ardent disciple of the late Brodie. He asked for a raise in pay that fall when the Discus Forwarding Com- pany was cutting down its payroll. ‘“] don’t say you don’t deserve more, Wilder,” said McKee, head of the freight claims department and Barney’s immediate 928 boss. ‘ You’ve worked for us six months and done good work, but—”’ ‘* Then I get the raise?”’ Barney grinned cheerfully. ‘The company’s laying off men and it’s cut down some of the top notch salaries, too,” McKee explained. “Of course, if you insist I’ll present your application to Mr. McGonigle. And I'll recommend it, too. But it might make him sore. You're taking a chance—” ‘“ Steve Brodie did,” Barney remarked. ‘Shove it along, will you?” Barney went back to his desk and worked harder than ever, feeling he owed the firm more for the additional five dollars a week they were sure to give him. Saturday afternoon McKee called Barney 8 A COMiIiclooe S C©