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"Expense which is proper and necessary need not be considered," she said. "Regular accounts will be kept and supervised, but you can have all that is required." Then it appeared that Kedgers almost became pale. Being a foreigner, perhaps she did not know how much she was implying when she said such a thing to a man who had never held a place like Timson's.
Timson's heart was set on it as well as his head. An' mine got to be. But I wasn't even second or third under him I was only one of a lot. He would have thought me fine an' impident if I'd told him I'd got to know a good deal of what he knew and had some bits of ideas of my own."
Miss Timson's letter wuz writ to me on the 6th day of his sickness, and Josiah and me set sail for Loontown on the follerin' day after we got it. I laid the case before the female Sisters of the meetin' house, and they all counselled me to go.
You see I charged him what I thought was right on the 'rig'nal deal, an' he squimmidged some, an' I reckon he allowed to be putty well bled if I took holt agin; but I done as I agreed on the extension bus'nis, an' I'm on his paper for twelve hunderd fer nothin', jest because that nikum-noddy of a Timson let that drummer bamboozle him into talkin'. I found out the hull thing, an' the very day I wrote to the New York fellers fer Purse, I wrote to Gen'ral Wolsey to find me somebody to take Timson's place.
"It runs like this," he said: Timson's Tonic for Distracted Deadbeats Has been known to cure We Hate to Seem to Boast, but Many Who have Tried It Are Still Alive Take a Dose or Two in Your Spare Time It's Not Bad Stuff Read what an outside stockbroker says: "Sir After three months' steady absorption of your Tonic I was no worse." We do not wish to thrust ourselves forward in any way.
Be you goin' to work fer him?" he asked, encouraged to press the question. "Goin' to take Timson's place?" "Really," said John, in a tone which advanced Mr. Robinson's opinion to a rooted conviction, "I have never heard of Mr. Timson." "He's the feller that Dave's lettin' go," explained Mr. Robinson.
'You jest give me the address of the New York parties, an' tell me what you want done, an' I reckon I c'n fix the thing so 't they won't bother ye. I don't believe, I says, 'that anybody else knows anythin' yet, an' I'll shut up Timson's yawp so 's it'll stay shut." "How did the matter come out?" asked John, "and what did Purse say?" "Oh," replied David, "Purse went off head up an' tail up.
"Allow me," said John, getting up and closing it. "May's well shut the other one while you're about it. Thank you," as John resumed his seat. "I hain't got nothin' very private, but I'm 'fraid of distractin' Timson's mind. Did he int'duce himself?" "Yes," said John, "we introduced ourselves and had a few minutes conversation." "Gin ye his hull hist'ry an' a few relations throwed in?"
For indeed the distinguished scientist, Miss Timson's chief, was the only man she could think of to whom Tims could possibly apply the possessive adjective. Tims bridled. "Of course not; I was thinking of Mr. Fitzalan." That she had for years been very kind to a lonely little man of that name who lived in the same block of chambers, Mildred knew, but Heavens!
He had taken Miss Timson's address and promised to do so; but Mildred had not seemed to look upon the fit as more than a remote contingency.
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