"they may get busy on wrecking the old building at almost any time, and I'd advise you as a friend not to let the grass grow under your feet. You've got a lot of stuff here, and it will take a good deal of time to move it. If I were you, I'd figure on being out in a week or ten days." 

 "Ten days!" groaned Tyke.  "An' I haven't even got a place to go to." 

 "It may take some hustling," admitted the agent.  "But a good deal can be done in a short time when you have to. I'll look around, and if I learn of any place that would suit you I'll let you know." 

 There was little else to be said, and after another expression of regret at the unpleasant duty he had had to perform, Blake took his leave. 

 The two men left in the office, contrasting types of age and youth, looked at each other for a moment without speaking. Allen Drew had a real affection for his employer, who for some time past had treated him more like a son than an employee, and he was genuinely shocked to see how this blow had affected him. 

 "Don't mind, Mr. Grimshaw," he said cheerily.  "It doesn't mean the end of the world. We'll find another place that is just as good. And this time we'll get a lease, so we won't have to worry about being routed out in this way." 

 Tyke shook his head dismally. 

 "That's all very well for you youngsters," he replied.  "You're at an age when you'd as soon change as not. But I've kind o' stuck my kedge deep into the old place, an' it's like plucking my heart out to have to up anchor and make sail for another port." 

 The younger man thought it would be best to leave Grimshaw alone for a while, and he rose briskly to his feet. 

 "If you say so, I'll go out and look around," he suggested.  "I've had this thing in the back of my mind for some time past, and I know of two or three likely places that may fill the bill." 

 "All right," assented Tyke apathetically.  "Jest tell Winters to look after things in the shop while you're gone. I reckon I won't be much good for the rest of the afternoon." 

 Drew went out, and after imparting the news, which shocked Winters and Sam, put on his hat and left the office. 

 That morning he had been hoping for a change. This afternoon he was getting it with a 

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