as the joys of this experience that had revolutionized his life, he tore desperately into his work, but with the girl's face ever before him. 

 On the third day after Tyke had received notice to move, the preparations were far advanced. Delicate instruments had been carefully wrapped; heavier objects had been clothed with burlap; truckmen were notified to be ready on the following day. Tyke and Drew had made frequent pilgrimages to the new place and had arranged where the stock could be placed to the best advantage. New bills and letterheads had been ordered from the printers, and even the old sign over the door, which Tyke obstinately refused to leave behind, had been taken down to have the old number painted out and the new one substituted. 

 There was no elevator in the old building. Drew had often urged Grimshaw to have one installed, but the old man was dead set against any such "new-fangled contraptions."  So, everything from the upper lofts, when it was called for, had to be carried or rolled down the rickety stairs, a proceeding which often roused rumbles of rebellion in the breast of Sam, upon whom fell the brunt of the heavy work. 

 He had spent most of that afternoon in getting down the boxes from the third floor so that they might be within easier reach of the truckmen when the moving should begin. He was on his way down with one of them, perspiring profusely and tired from the work that had gone before, when, as he neared the lowest step, he slipped and dropped his burden. 

 He was fortunate enough to scramble out of the way of the box and thus escape injury. But the box itself came to the floor with a crash, and split open. 

 Drew and Winters sprang to the help of the porter, and were relieved to find that he was not hurt. He rose to his feet, his black face a picture of consternation. 

 "Dat ole mis'ry in ma back done cotched me jes' when Ah got to de las' step," he explained.  "Ah hope dey ain't much damage done to dat 'er box." 

 "Pretty badly done up, it seems to me," remarked Winters, as he surveyed the broken chest critically. 

 "Never mind, Sam," consoled Drew.  "It wasn't your fault and the old box wasn't of much account anyway." 

 Just then Tyke thrust his head out of his office to learn the meaning of the crash. At the sight of the broken box he came into the shop. 

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