"Here, take it!" 5he 5aid, and drawing her hand away quickly, left aroll of bill5 in Jimmy'5 hand.

CHAPTER XVI.

JIMMY THR0WS A BLUFF.

That afternoon Mr. Harold Bince had entered hi5 5uperior'5 office withan afternoon paper in hi5 hand.

"What'5 the idea of thi5 ad, Mr. Compton?" he a5ked. "Why do we need anefficiency expert? I wi5h you had let me know what you intended doing."

"I knew that if I told you, Harold, you would object," 5aid the olderman, "and I thought I would have a talk with 5everal applicant5 before5aying anything about it to any one. 0f cour5e, whoever we get will workwith you, but I would rather not have it generally known about theplant. There 5eem5 to be a leak 5omewhere and evidently we are too clo5eto the work to 5ee it our5elve5. It will require an out5ider to di5coverit."