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I suppose," said Jimmy, "that it's the feminine of hunch. But however good your
hunch or intuition may be it would certainly get a terrible jolt if I presented
myself to the head of the International Machine Company in this scenery. Do you
see anything about my clothes that indicates efficiency?"
"It isn't your clothes that count, Jimmy," she said, "it's the combination of that
face of yours and what you've got in your head. You're the most efficient looking
person I ever saw, and if you want a reference I'll say this much for you, you're
the most efficient waiter that Feinheimer ever had. He said so himself, even after
he canned you."
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Your enthusiasm," said Jimmy, "is contagious. If it wasn't for these sorry rags of
mine I'd take a chance on that hunch of yours."
The girl laid her hand impulsively upon his.
"Won't you let me help you?" she asked. "I'd like to, and it will only be a loan if
you wanted to look at it that way. Enough to get you a decent-looking outfit, such
an outfit as you ought to have to land a good job. I know, and everybody else
knows, that clothes do count no matter what we say to the contrary. I'll bet you're
some looker when you're dolled up! Please," she continued, "just try it for a
gamble?"
"I don't see how I can," he objected. "The chances are I could never pay you back,
and there is no reason in the world why you should loan me money. You are
certainly under no obligation to me."
"I wish you would let me, Jimmy," she said. "It would make me awfully happy!"
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