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transpiring that in later years would be a matter of great moment, and he was
really very sorry for the publishers of the newspaper that they did not know who
it was who was inserting an ad in their Situations Wanted column.
He could not help but watch the face of the young man who received his ad and
counted the words, as he was sure that the clerk's facial expression would betray
his excitement. It was a great moment for Jimmy Torrance. He realized that it was
probably the greatest moment of his life--that here Jimmy Torrance ceased to be,
and James Torrance, Jr., Esq., began his career. But though he carefully watched
the face of the clerk, he was finally forced to admit that the young man possessed
wonderful control over his facial expression.
"
That bird has a regular poker-face," mused Jimmy; "never batted an eye," and
paying for his ad he pocketed the change and walked out.
"Let's see," he figured; "it will be in tomorrow morning's edition. The tired
business man will read it either at breakfast or after he reaches his office. I
understand that there are three million people here in Chicago. Out of that three
million it is safe to assume that one million will read my advertisement, and of
that one-million there must be at least one thousand who have responsible
positions which are, at present, inadequately filled.
"
Of course, the truth of the matter is that there are probably tens of thousands of
such positions, but to be conservative I will assume that there are only one
thousand, and reducing it still further to almost an absurdity, I will figure that
only ten per cent of those reply to my advertisement. In other words, at the lowest
possible estimate I should have one hundred replies on the first day. I knew it
was foolish to run it for three days, but the fellow insisted that that was the
proper way to do, as I got a lower rate.
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