"
"I will," returned Reade. "I'd have told you hours ago, Harry, only I'm
afraid you would have been demoralized with disappointment if the thing
had failed to go through. Harry, to-day I've been meddling in other
people's business. Congratulate me! I put it through without getting
myself thumped or even disliked, by anyone. Both sides to the deal are
'tickled to death,' as the saying runs."
"You said you were going to tell me," remarked Hazelton, trying hard to
restrain his curiosity for a minute or two longer.
"Sit down and listen," Tom urged his chum, handing him a chair in their
little shack of an office.
Then, indeed, Tom did pour forth the whole story. As Harry listened a
broad grin of contentment appeared on his face, for one of Hazelton's
lovable weaknesses was his desire to see other people get ahead.
Just as Tom finished, a figure darkened the doorway.
"I'm ready to go, sir," announced Tim Griggs.
"Go where?" inquired Harry.
"I've fired Griggs," observed Tom Reade.
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