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And now, as I have an appointment, I shall have to ask you to excuse me. I will see you Thursday. If there are any questions you want to ask, Mr. Bince will be glad to give you any information you wish or care for."
It was a little after nine o'clock when Harold Bince arose to leave. "I'll drive you home," volunteered the girl. "Just wait, and I'll have Barry bring the roadster around." "I thought we should always do the things that gentle-folk should do," said Bince, grinning, after being seated safely in the car. They had turned out of the driveway into Lincoln Parkway. "What do you mean?" asked Elizabeth.
"It seems to me," said Bince, "that Torrance is balling things up sufficiently as it is without getting in other theorizers who have no practical knowledge of our business. The result of all this will be to greatly increase our overhead by saddling us with a lot of red-tape in the accounting department similar to that which Torrance is loading the producing end with."
At the same time I shall be looking for leaks and investigating time-keeping methods" he was looking straight at Bince and he could not help but note the slight narrowing of the other's lids "wage-paying systems and planning on efficiency producers."
Just in this one thing he has not only more than earned his salary, but is really paying dividends on our investment." Bince was silent for a moment. He had walked to the window and was looking out on the street below, then he turned suddenly toward Compton. "Mr.
"Oh, I guess he will," said Jimmy, and a moment later he knocked at Bince's office door. When Bince saw who it was he turned back to his work with a grunt. "I am sorry, Torrance," he said, "but I can't talk with you just now. I'm very busy." "Working on the pay-roll?" said Jimmy. "Yes," snarled Bince. "That's what I came in to see," said the efficiency expert. "Impossible," said Bince.
A boy entered the room. "Ask Mr. Bince if he will be good enough to step in here a moment, please," said Compton; and a moment later, when Harold Bince entered, the older man leaned back in his chair and motioned the other to be seated. "I can't understand these statements, Harold," said Compton. "Here is one for August of last year and this is this August's statement of costs.
"Oh, I mean Harold, of course," said Harriet. "He's gone around all winter with a grouch and a face a mile long. What's the matter with him anyway?" "I don't know," sighed Elizabeth. "I'm afraid he's working too hard." Harriet giggled. "Oh, fiddlesticks!" she exclaimed. "You know perfectly well that Harold Bince will never work himself to death." "Well, he is working hard, Harriet. Father says so.
Torrance is going to help us systematize the plant. He will report directly to me and I know you will do everything in your power to help him. You can go to Mr. Bince for anything in the way of information you require, and Harold, when Mr. Torrance comes Thursday I wish you would introduce him to Everett and the various department heads and explain that they are to give him full cooperation.
Harold Bince had entered his superior's office with an afternoon paper in his hand. "What's the idea of this ad, Mr. Compton?" he asked. "Why do we need an efficiency expert? I wish you had let me know what you intended doing."
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