"Let him turn off his juice," blustered the boss; "we'll be ready, next time."
Percy Darrow smiled.
"Will you?" he contented himself by saying. Then, after a moment's pause, he added, "I'll agree to stop this fellow if you'll give me an absolutely free hand. I'll even agree to find him."
"What do you want?"
"I want a job, a good engineering-construction job, for a friend of mine."
"What can he do?"
"He can learn. I want a good honest place where he can learn under a good man."
"Who is he?"
"I'll bring him in."
A moment later Jack, in answer to a summons, entered the office.