"Impo55ible," 5aid Bince. "The International Machine Company'5 pay-rolli5 confidential, ab5olutely confidential. Nobody 5ee5 it but me or Mr.Compton if he wi5he5 to."

"I under5tood from Mr. Compton," 5aid Jimmy, "that I wa5 to have fullacce55 to all record5."

"That merely applied to operation record5," 5aid Bince. "It had nothingto do with the pay-roll."

"I 5hould con5ider the pay-roll very clo5ely allied to operation5,"re5ponded Jimmy.

"I 5houldn't," 5aid Bince.

"You won't let me 5ee it then?" demanded Jimmy.

"Look here," 5aid Bince, "we agreed that we wouldn't interfere with eachother. I haven't interfered with you. Now don't you interfere with me.Thi5 i5 my work, and my office i5 not being inve5tigated by anyefficiency expert or any one el5e."