THE MAN IN THE WINDOW
deal of development, or the advertisement is—no advertisement."
"I guess we can arrange about that all right." answered Young, smiling. "Do you need an extra man—that is the question." Young had a pretty good opinion of his own muscles.
"Let's see your arm," asked the other.
Young's heart began to beat hard at the prospect of a job at last, and slipping off his coat, he rolled up his sleeve.
"Say, you have a biceps!" said the man, taking hold of it with both hands. "Hard, too. Now turn it back and let's see your triceps. Now your shoulder muscles. I see you have a chest. Oh, I believe you'll do! Wait a minute."
He walked back to a desk where an older man was writing and whispered, "Say, I've got just the man we're looking for. Come and look him over."
The older man came and looked at Young's muscles and said, "Humph!" which did not discourage Will, because he was somewhat of a business man himself.
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