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Too Much-Efficiency
“Rules!” repeated <Ma r y.
“Rules an’ rigulations! Tis rule I
this an’ rule that. ’Tis ‘Walk this
way, Mary; is saves ships.’ 'Tis !
‘Write this in £ book, Mary! 1 mu
know the price av coffee an’ lay.'
’Tis ‘Fill out the earrd, Mary; u- ’
needful fur me to keep tlirack av yer 1
conduct!’ An’ I’m’ writin’ in books an
fillin’ out cards whin ’tis me chat
should be cookin’. An’ ye’ve got
Elvira thot crazy with litherary
wurrk that the dishes shtand without'
washin’. Them things have I donel
lor ye, Misther Hedge—thirn things, ■
but no more! I’ll walk in me own I
way as long as me ould legs carry |
me. An’ Elvira, do ye be walkin’ as ■
the Lord intinded, dacint and con- |
tint. An’ we’ll punch no donimed I
clock.”
“The clock will be punched,” raid ,
Hedge. “Please remember.”
An efficiency man, installed with’
full authority to reorganize human I
activities, always wins. That ; s one
of the fundamental laws of efficien
cy so it happened that H. Hedge won
in ti e matter of the timeclock.
He was not, however, aware of i
his victory until eight o’clock. At j
that hour he was seated in the din- |
ing-room and the three Brookes ,
were also at the table.
“You may serve, Horace,” said ;
Constance.
“Breakfast is not ready, Miss :
Brooke.” ,
“Not ready?”
"Non cooked yet, miss.”
The voice of Horace was unemo- '
tional, but there was a meaning in I
the glance he bestowed upon Hedge. |
The efficiency man, without a '
word, rosg from his place and went !
downstairs to the kitchen. It was,
empty. He ascended the back stairs ’
and entered the servants’ living- '
room. Just inside the door he paus-'
■ed and listened to the subchoked <
voice of Mary. |
“Thry it again. Elvira. Tis shame',
an’ sorrer an’ the work av the divil, |;
but thry! ’Tis an’ hour gone now
an' no kittle on the shtove. Heaven’t |
ye the thrick av it yet? Don’t be ,
answerin’ me, but thry. I’ve thriej ,
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1 nsulting the president of one
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- •ssof a certain young man who
hi ” become general manager, and
> I ■■ a few years ago was but office
h< v his answer was, Brown start
-c i. office boy, the lowest salaried
;><> tion in our office, he was »m
--r-' is and managed to purchase a
tv; • vriter on small monthly pay
:r.< ■’s and after three weeks of
practice at home he was promoted
to bill clerk, which position gave
hin; knowledge of the selling price
of all merchandise. His next ad
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ietL r-writing and enabled him to
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Mary says she’ll punch the
clock herself, sir, or it will not be
punched at all ”
until me fingers are achin' an’
! there’s no sinse in me head.
, "Thry it again, ye fool! Are ye
thot clumsy? Here; give over thei
key, an’ I’ll thry it mesilf. May the
, divil fly away with a clock like 1
thot!” j
But the devil did not fly awaj j
with it, despite the earnest prayer of ■
Mary Monahan. Instead, he backed !
out of the room and mad? his way
back to the dining-hall, .where ti e
three Brookes were in whispered I
consultaion with Horace
“Where is our breakfast?” de-!
manded Billy, rising at the entrance
of the efficiency.
“Apparently it is on the knees of i
the gods,” answered H. Hedge '
placidly.”
“Are they eating it?”
Hedge ignored him and turned'tv!
to butler.
“Miorace, do you understand any
thing about a timeclock?”
“I—er—l’ve seen them, sir.”
“Don't sat ‘er’—it’s meaningless.”
“Very good, sir.”
“Can you punch a time-clock?”
“1 think so, sir.”
“There is one in the servant’s hall.
Go out and punch it, in behalf ot'
Mary and Elvira—for this time only.
Hereafter the} will punch it them
selves.”
“Yes, sir.”
The efficiency man took his seat
at the table and smiled blandly at
the three Brookes.
They did not smile at him.
“What’s all this stuff about a j
time-clock?” demanded Billy.
“It concerns us, if we can't get j
anything to eat.”
“Be patient.”
“Patient! Say, Mr. Eiiiciency En
gineer, I'm as patient as anybody—
but I’m hungry. So is Connie. So
is Alice. We want breakfast."
H. Hedge viewed Billy • Brooke
w ith a glance of ill-disguised pity.
“A little fortitude,” he counseled,
“is a requisite part of character.
Cultivate it.”
“Oh, fine! But a little breakfast
jhas got fortitude beaten by 10
lengths. 1 want my grub.”
“Imitate your sister; she is not
complaining.”
Constance turned a scornful
glance at the efficiency man.
Her morning gow’n was particu
larly charming; she flush in her face
even surpassed it.
H. Hedge carefully noted both.
“If I omitted to complain,” she
said coldly, “I do so now. This is
abominable!”
“And you'.'” inquired Hedge, turn
ing to Alice.
“It’s fierce!”
File auiooi vi the clock was in
nowise dismayed at the discouraging
attitude of the three Brookes.
“A slight temporary inconveni
ence,” he said, “will result in a par
manent bentfit to us all. 1 am put
ting this house on a business basis.
As soon as the servants are ac
customed to the new system there
will not only be an absolutely
prompt service of meals, but ail
other functions will be performed
with fidelity and accuracy.”
The entrance of Horace diverted
the attention of the efficiency man.
“Did you punch the clock for
Mary?” he asked.
“No. sir.”
“Why not?”
“Er— I beg pardon, sir. Mary will
not allow me to punch the clock,
sir.”
H. Hedge frowned.
“Had my orders, didn’t you?”
“Yes, sir; but—”
| Horace coughed and shuffled his
feet.
“But what?”
“Well, sir, you see, Mary is—er—
beg pardon, Air. Hedge—but Mary—’
Horace paused again.
1 would like to ask, sir, if you
are well acquainted with Mary?”
“1 do not yet enjoy that honor.’'
“Then, sir, perhaps you will not
understand. But Mary—will, Mary
says she will punch the clock her
sxli, sir, or it will not he punched
at all.”
“Send Mary here!”
Horace disappeared quickly.
The three Brookes exchanged
glances and became expectant.
When Mary entered the dining
room her round face was moist with
perspiration and her arms were fold
,'ed resolutely across he ample
i bosom.
I “Is the clock punched yet?” asked
■ the efficiency man.
| “’Tis not.”
J “Do you know how?”
“I do not.”
“I sent Horace to punch it for
I'you, for this morning only. He says
' you refused to allow him to do so.”
1 “I did.”
I “Why?”
I Mary took a step forward and
came to a second halt. Her cold,
, blue eyes met the glance of the effi
ciency man without a quiver.
“Me little man,” she said, “’tis
iye thot towld me I’d be punchin,
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i the clock mesilf. An’ ag’inst the
I hour I punch that clock, there’ll be
i no breakfast. The rules an’ regula-
■ lions are none of my making’. ’Tis
iye yersilf invinted t.lm. An’ I’ll
j have no Englishman buller fellin'
ime how I’ll be puttin’ a key in a
time-clock. No, nor no Eyetalian !
, furnace-man, ayther.”
H. Hedge Hewed her without emo-
I tion, but the three Brookes were dis-
I playing lively interest.
1 “I did not ask Giovanni to help
i you,” remarked the efficiency man. i
I “An’ 'tis mercy for him. I’ve done '
I me own wurrk in this house for 18 |
: years, Misther Hedge, an’ no odds |
■ rom anybory since 1 had the lum- j
i bago, there winters gone. 'Tj* not '
! me put the clock in the house. But j
;if it has to be punched, I’ll do me, |
'own punchin’. Mind ye thot. I’m an I
.independent woman, sor. Divil al
j punch goes into thot clock for Mary
i but I do it mesilf.”
i “But I heard you trying to get
! Elvira to do it.”
“Ay, the poor fool. ’Twas useless,
i’ll ask her no more. From now .
| till the day av judgmint, Misther
■ Hedge, I’m—l’m —be the saints,
■l’m scientific!”
Mary placed her hands on her hips
i and awaited a reply.
I “But we're hungry, Mary,” said
i Alice plaintively.
“Ye poor darlin’, av coorse y’ are!
( But 'tis not me can do annything
1 for ye. The days av me cookin’ is
lover, deary; I’m a clock-puncher.
■ An’ whin I’m not punchin’ clocks, 1
I’m writin’ in books. An’ whin I’m
■ tot writin’ in books, I’m shteppin’
i forward an’ back, like a dancin-
I master.
| “Tis science.. We’re undher rigu
j rations now, deary. Do ye mind the
eggs I cooked yistherday? They'
| wint on the scales firrst. There’s
i on more poachin’ two eggs for Miss
' l’”m poij>.-h|n’ four ounces,
i Tnat’s science, darlin’ dear.
“An’ there’s no more coffee made
|in the ould pot. No, indade! ’Tis
i Iribled out of a new-fangled Roosh
. ian machine, so many minutes to so
; many ounces, with Elvira holdin’ the
; watch. An’ thot’s science. An’ be
' tween whiles, whin we know how
i we’re to run an’ punch the clock
'Science!”
(To Be Continued)
We had just about forgotten Ar
mistice Day until we saw a man '
wearing a wrist watch.
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