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The Red-Headed League (redh)

55740    'Why, indeed?
55741    You seem most fortunate in having an employé who comes under the full market price.
55742    It is not a common experience among employers in this age.
55743    I don't know that your assistant is not as remarkable as your advertisement.'
55744    'Oh, he has his faults, too,' said Mr. Wilson.
55745    'Never was such a fellow for photography.
55746    Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
55747    That is his main fault; but on the whole, he's a good worker.
55748    There's no vice in him.'
55749    'He is still with you, I presume?'
55750    'Yes, sir.
55751    He and a girl of fourteen, who does a bit of simple cooking, and keeps the place clean - that's all I have in the house, for I am a widower, and never had any family.
55752    We live very quietly, sir, the three of us; and we keep a roof over our heads, and pay our debts, if we do nothing more.
55753    'The first thing that put us out was that advertisement.
55754    Spaulding, he came down into the office just this day eight weeks with this very paper in his hand, and he says:

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