A HUSTLER. A merchant in the East has become very fond of his new office boy. The boy entered very early in the morning, when the merchant was reading the paper. The latter glanced np, and went on reading without speaking. | After three minutes the boy said: * t “Excuse me; but Fm in a,.hurry!” “What do you want,” he was asked, i “A job.” “You do AVell,” snorted the man of business, “Why are you in such a hurry?” “Got to hurry,” replied the boy. “Left school yesterday to'go to work, and haven’t struck anything yet. I can’t waste time. If you’ve got nothing for me say so, and I’ll look elsewhere. The only place I can stop long enough is where they pay me for it.” ' " V. ■ ■■ - •, “When can you come?” asked the surprised merchant. \ i “Don’t have to come,”* he was told. “I’m here now, and would have been tp wpi’ii before this-if .you’d said so. ’ * .7
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2360, 28 November 1908, Page 11 (Supplement)
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159Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2360, 28 November 1908, Page 11 (Supplement)
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