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difficult to write them at all. Toward the middle of the fourth week Jimmy had
reached a point where he applied for a position as office-boy.
"I'll be damned if I'm going to quit," he said to himself, "if I have to turn street-
sweeper. There must be some job here in the city that I am capable of filling, and
I'm pretty sure that I can at least get a job as office-boy."
And so he presented himself to the office manager of a life-insurance company
that had advertised such a vacancy. A very kindly gentleman interviewed him.
"What experience have you had?" he asked.
Jimmy looked at him aghast.
"Do I have to have experience to be an office-boy?" he asked.
"
Well, of course," replied the gentleman, "it is not essential, but it is preferable. I
already have applications from a dozen or more fellows, half of whom have had
experience, and one in particular, whom I have about decided to employ, held a
similar position with another life-insurance company."
Jimmy rose. "Good day," he said, and walked out.
That day he ate no lunch, but he had discovered a place where an abundance
might be had for twenty-five cents if one knew how to order and ordered
judiciously. And so to this place he repaired for his dinner. Perched upon a high
stool, he filled at least a corner of the aching void within.
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