The Moving Picture Writes

 Coercing Mr. Trinkmann

Rudolph Where Have You Been

 Caveat Emptor

 

 ILLUSTRATIONS 

 

 THE COMPETITIVE NEPHEW 

 

 

 CHAPTER ONE 

 "That's the way it goes," Sam Zaretsky cried bitterly. "You raise a couple of young fellers up in your business, Max, and so soon they know all you could teach 'em they turn around and go to work and do you every time." 

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 Max Fatkin nodded. 

 "I told it you when we started in as new beginners, Sam, you should got a lady bookkeeper," he said. "The worst they could do is to get married on you, and all you are out is a couple dollars cut-glass for an engagement present and half a dozen dessert spoons for the wedding. But so soon as you hire a man for a bookkeeper, Sam, he gets a line on your customers, and the first thing you know he goes as partners together with your designer, and what could you do? Ain't it?" 

 "Louis Sen was a good bookkeeper, Max," Sam rejoined. 

 "Sure, I know," Max agreed, "and Hillel Greenberg was a good designer. That sucker is such a good designer, Sam, he will take away all our trade." 

 "Not all our trade, Max," Sam declared. "Gott sei dank, we got a few good customers what them suckers couldn't 

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