uld have made me pay three times as much by this time.
But then, that's the reason. It's just because he is that sort that he
hasn't bothered about an increase of salary. By George! I'll give it to
him without the asking! I never did such a thing before in all my life.
It will startle the office people out of their wits, but they need
startling, and as for their wits--well----"

He didn't complete the sentence; for just then he met Dutch John.

"Go down to the hotel at once," he commanded. "Go on the run. Go to Mr.
Duncan's room and rub all the skin off his body. He'll give you a dollar
for a good rub. I'll give you five dollars more if he is satisfied."

"I must milk your cows first," answered the stolid German boy, whose
occupations were varied and sometimes conflicting.

"Oh, let the cows go hang! Or let the half-dozen accomplished young
ladies whom my wife employs to keep her establishment in order, milk
them! You go to the hotel and rub that man into condition. Damn the
cows!"

Obviously, young Duncan's performance of that stormy night had awakened
Captain Hallam to enthusiasm. He was not much given to enthusiasms, but
this one was thoroughly genuine.

"Yes, by George!" he said between his clenched teeth, "I'll multiply
that fellow's salary by three and let the office people wonder! Perhaps
it will give them a hint. No, it won't. Or at least they won't take the
hint. But anyhow, I'll do it, if only for what the newspapers call
'dramatic effect.'"

Entering the office, where, at this hour, the clerks were assembling,
Captain Hallam said, in his figurative fashion:

"That fellow Duncan has got more cogs in his gearing wheels than all the
rest of you put together. You call him a freak; you call him eccentric,
because he isn't like you. Now let me tell you that that's a sort of
eccentricity that you'll do well to cultivate. The less you are like
yourselves and the more you're like him, the better it will be for you.
He thinks. You don't. He does all he can. You do as little as you can.
He shall have his reward. He shall have a salary three times that of the
best man in the office. And more than that, he shall have the right to
command here. Whatever orders he gives shall be obeyed, just as if they
were my own. He is your model to imitate, so far as you can. But most of
you can't. Most of you care only to get through a day's work for a day's
wages. You have no loyalty, no concern for the business. Not a man jack