The Errand Boy or How Phil Brent Won Success

It is rather amusing to see how soon the cheapest clerk talks of us, quietly identifying himself with the firm that employs him. Not that I object to it. Often it implies a personal interest in the success and prosperity of the firm, which makes a clerk more valuable. This was not, however, the case with G. Washington Wilbur, the young man who was now conversing with Phil, as will presently appear.