Identifier: busymansjuldec1906toro (find matches)
Title: Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1906
Year: 1906 (1900s)
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Publisher: Toronto
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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The manager mingl-ed reverent awe with his accusingvoice. He telephoned me askingwhat the dickens we are up to, andsaying hell get around to-morrowwhen there isnt such a crowd. Hecouldne get—into—his—own—store—to-day ! The manager went away again,and left Ogden mopping his brow.Well, he thought, Mr. Blackwellneednt get so all-fired chesty if hecouldnt get into his own store be- THOMAS OGDEJSrS SMOKE SALE 17 cause it held so many customers.This was an event sufficiently excep-tional to be its own excuse. He foundhis way back toward the bookkeep-ers desk, and approached Miss Ren-low with an air of fine unconcern.Have a nice trip yesterday ?Oh, Tommy Og-den ! Whateverhave you done ? she demanded. that from Ferguson ! I did what Ithought was right. It wasnt myfault if the blamed old store caughtfire and gave me a chance to helpFerguson move out some of the stui!that has been spiffed till it lookslike red ink had been spilled all overthe price-tags,Well, goodness me ! You neednt
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Produced a childs sailor hat in response to a request for a black Stetson. What have I done ? 0—0—oh ! Mr. Ferguson is rav-ing, ripping, boiling mad clearthrough. The idea of your takingthings in your own hands and put-ting that terrible big advertisementand cutting prices this way, and —and—0—o—oh ! Tommy Ogden ! Oh, rats! Ive had enough of get so huffy about it. Everybodybut Mr. Ferguson thinks you did justright. I think it is simply splend-did! Which soothed and sustained thefaltering soul of Ogden to a mostconsiderable extent. There was alull in the rush at noon and he wentout and had his breakfast.. He hur- 18 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE ried back to the store, though, and,finding- Ferguson unoccupied, askedhim what they should have in the adfor next day. ■Youre doing it, Ferguson an-swered, savagely. Understand me.I wash my hands of this. I knowwhat Mr. Blackwell will think of it.You started it, now go on with it.You can do it all—until to-morrow. With which darksome

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