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

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