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"You'd better put that thing in your pocket," cautioned Bince.
They were in the small office on which Compton's and Bince's offices opened, and
Jimmy had stopped beside the desk that had been placed there for him.
"I think I'll leave it here," he said. "The thing would be a nuisance in my pocket,"
and he dropped it into one of the desk drawers, while Bince continued his way
toward the shop.
Compton was looking through the papers and letters on his desk, evidently
searching for something which he could not find, while the girl sat waiting for him
to continue his dictation.
"
"
That's funny," commented Compton.
I was certain that that letter was here. Have you seen anything of a letter from
Mosher?"
"No, sir," replied Edith.
"
Well, I wish you would step into Mr. Bince's office, and see if it is on his desk."
Upon the assistant general manager's desk lay a small pile of papers, face down,
which Edith proceeded to examine in search of the Mosher letter. She had turned
them all over at once, commencing at what had previously been the bottom of the
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