He handed over the missive, which read as follows:
| Messrs. Potash &Perlmutter. | |
| Gents: We are requested by Mrs. Kreitmann of your cityto ask about a young fellow what works for you by the name of EmanuelGubin. Has he any future, and what is his prospects? By doing so youwill greatly oblige | |
| Truly yours, | |
| The Flower City Credit OutfittingCo. | |
| Dic. PH/K | |
| P. S. I don't like such monkey business. I thought youknew it. I don't want no salesman. What is the matter with you anyway? | |
| Philip Hahn | |
Abe folded up the letter, and his mouth became a straight line of determination under his stubby mustache.
"I guess I fix that young feller," he cried, seizing a pen. He wrote:
| Flower City Credit Outfitting Company. | |
| Gents: Your favorof the 14th inst. received and contents noted and in reply would say theyoung fellow what you inquire about ain't got no future with us and theprospects is he gets fired on Saturday. We trust this is satisfactory. | |
| Truly yours, | |
| Potash & Perlmutter. | |
On Saturday afternoon Morris Perlmutter was putting on his hat and coat preparatory to going home. He had just fired Mannie Gubin with a relish and satisfaction second only to what would have been his sensations if the operation had been directed toward Miss Kreitmann. As he was about to leave the show-room Abe entered.
"Oh, Mawruss," Abe cried, "you ought to see Miss Kreitmann. She's all broke up about Mannie Gubin, and she's crying something terrible."
"Is she?" Morris said, peering over his partner's shoulder at the grief-stricken model, who was giving vent to her emotions in the far corner of the salesroom. "Well, Abe, you tell her to come away from them light goods and cry over the blue satinets. They don't spot so bad."
Miss Gussie Kreitmann evidently knew how to conceal a secret sorrow, for outwardly she remained unchanged. She continued to scowl at those of her employers' customers who were men of family, and
beamed upon the unmarried trade with all the partiality she had displayed during Mannie Gubin's tenure of employment. Indeed, her amiability toward the bachelors was if anything intensified, especially in the case of Mendel Immerglick.