TURNING THE WORM.
Ting-a-ling ! went the bell, i>nl Ebenezer, the industrious one, sptf.n; from his stool, and in a montnt stood in the room of Mayim Multijraft, the millionaire financier. , "Ebenezer," said the chief, "I have .jbserved your industry. Tour zest or work astonishes ' me. No" detail seems too small to es"a?3 you, no task too great for you to accomplish. You are the first to arrive in the Horning, and the ' last to leave at *!' Oh, thank you, sir—thank you !" iried Ebenezer, and waited, wonderjig whether it would be a fiv© or ten shilling rise, or whether it would be i managership for him. "Hence, Ebenezer," growled Multipart, "I want you to clear out thla week. It's men of your stamp who worm out all the business secrets, md then go and start a rival sho'W in the next street. Clear !"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 535, 22 January 1913, Page 2
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142TURNING THE WORM. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 535, 22 January 1913, Page 2
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