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Chapter 29

           

           ButGabelhadwithhimacopyoftheLycurgusStar,andatbreakfast,whichbecauseofthevisitorsthismorningwasunusuallylate,wasreadingthenewsofthatcity,forinLycurguswaslocatedthewholesalehousefromwhichhesecuredaportionofhisstock.

           "Well,Iseethingsaregoingfullblastinyourtown,Bob,"heobserved."TheStarheresaystheGriffithsCompanyhavegotanorderfor120,000collarsfromtheBuffalotradealone.Theymustbejustcoiningmoneyoverthere."

           "There’salwaysplentytodoinmydepartment,Iknowthat,"repliedRoberta,briskly."Weneverseemtohaveanythelesstodowhetherbusinessisgoodorbad.Iguessitmustbegoodallthetime."

           "Prettysoftforthosepeople.Theydon’thavetoworryaboutanything.Someonewastellingmethey’regoingtobuildanewfactoryinIliontomanufactureshirtsalone.Heardanythingaboutthatdownthere?"

           "Why,no,Ihaven’t.Maybeit’ssomeothercompany."

           "Bytheway,what’sthenameofthatyoungmanyousaidwastheheadofyourdepartment?Wasn’theaGriffiths,too?"heaskedbriskly,turningtotheeditorialpage,whichalsocarriednewsoflocalLycurgussociety.

           "Yes,hisnameisGriffithsClydeGriffiths.Why?"

           "IthinkIsawhisnameinhereaminuteago.Ijustwantedtoseeifitain’tthesamefellow.Sure,hereyouare.

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