Sudden Jim

en translated. He was studying the clothespin business. It is true he did not come to his work wholly unprepared; being Clothe

ived, he had worked in the mills and acquired for the business that distaste whi

ven him out of his father's wisdom to show him the how and the why of all steps in the manufacture. Nor was he ignorant of other branches of the business, for clothespins were not the sole product, though they were its backbone. He was not unacquainted w

igeonholed and ready for instant use. Jim spent his time-not occupied by immediately pressing concerns and events-in preparing the knowledge he had, in adding to it; in short, in pre

emed to have been born with something more than the normal quantity of organs, for there grew from his forehead a green eye-shade, without which he was never seen, and there sprouted in his right hand a pen. There was also an assistant bookkeeper, whose business in life was to act and look as much

met immediately. A flood of orders came in from brokers, traveling-men, wholesalers-all rushing to take advantage of the low market to stock up. These Jim culled over carefully, acceptin

anic, and the foremen of his departments, but it was not a conference

e down. I believe we can still show a profit. Any man who has an idea that will save a tenth of a cent on a box o

s a machine," said

has got to run constantly, and it has got to produce the greatest quantity that is physically possible. I'm depending on you men. We have a new crew in large part. I want them to feel I'm depending on them. Tell every girl, every man of the crew, that the Ashe Clothespin Company

Their feeling, if one was to judge from their faces, was one of satisfaction and confidenc

amed, as Jim found out, after the greatest of legal books, Tiffany's

id he. "Name's

he justice of being no friend of

git to be postmasters. Couldn't sort the mail withou

r you, Judge?" Ji

egarded him a mo

. Need sweet'nin' up. Still livin' to the hotel,

aid Jim, unbending a trifle,

Mis' Stickney? Course not. Widder woman twice repeated. Mac

ed things

eap of difference in Diversity. Kind of irritatin' to Lafe Meggs up to the store. Says somebody's always comin' in and disturb

s this tow

d five hundred folks. Ta

Grand Rapi

e Diversity

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gth of her cookin'. Calc'late she could git a third with it, but she allows husbands is so fleetin' and funeral expenses

to keep fro

ion jest now. Interestin' piece in the paper this week. Several interestin' piece

e root of the matter. There, for instance, was that young woman whom he had encountered on top of the knoll. She walked of mornings, too-and she was an interesting if not attractive individual. She puzzled him. He even went so far as to be vaguely anxious about her, for her state of mind had not appealed to him as one conducive to

goin' to read the Diversity Eagle I figger this week's issue'd be the one I'd look for. Um! Calc'late Tiffany's tired of standin'. Have t

he could; found that in spite of himself he was attracted by Zaanan's personality. But why had the old fellow come? What had he talked about? Why, about the Widow Stickney and her room, and about the Diversity E

eech, and maple from which the clothespins were manufactured. It was with that company that Clothespin Jimmy had negotiated a twenty-year timber contract calling for the delivery in his mill-yard of not less than five millions nor more than ten millions of feet of timber a year. Pursuant to this contract the new mills had been erected. Here was news indeed. What did it signify? What would be its results that touched Jim Ashe

nd-floor front and arranged to be fed at her table. As he was leaving she hesita

Jest one. Hain't no obje

eds to the gate some one turned in and approached him. He looked up, felt himself draw a little sudden breath of surprise, for the individual was Marie Ducharme. Jim knew

te on the hotel piazza

w of Michael Moran's new business venture? But, even more difficult of

into his puzzlings. It was absurd, he knew,