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they got something on you you got to be nice, but when they haven't, tell them
where they get off. I knew he wouldn't pinch me; he's got nothing to pinch me for,
and he'd have been out of luck if he had, for there hasn't one of them got
anything on me."
"But won't he have it in for you?" asked Jimmy.
"Sure, he will," said the girl. "He's got it in for everybody. That's what being a
policeman does to a man. Say, most of these guys hate themselves. I tell you,
though," she said presently and more seriously, "I'm sorry on your account. These
dicks never forget a face. He's got you catalogued and filed away in what he calls
his brain alongside of a dip and--a"--she hesitated--"a girl like me, and no matter
how high up you ever get if your foot slips up will bob O'Donnell with these two
facts."
"
I'm not worrying," said Jimmy. "I don't intend to let my foot slip in his direction."
I hope not," said the girl.
"
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Thursday morning Jimmy took up his duties as efficiency expert at the plant of
the International Machine Company. Since his interview with Compton his
constant companion had been "How to Get More Out of Your Factory," with the
result that he felt that unless he happened to be pitted against another efficiency
expert he could at least make a noise like efficiency, and also he had grasped
what he considered the fundamental principle of efficiency, namely, simplicity.
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