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    Rattle OK
    Rattle OK
    Rattle OK
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    Rattle OK

    By Jr. and Harry Warner

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    What better way to use a time machine than to handle department store complaints? But pleasing a customer should have its limits!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJovian Press
    Release dateJan 16, 2017
    ISBN9781537816722
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      Book preview

      Rattle OK - Jr.

      RATTLE OK

      ..................

      Harry Warner, Jr.

      JOVIAN PRESS

      Thank you for reading. If you enjoy this book, please leave a review or connect with the author.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2017 by Harry Warner, Jr.

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      RATTLE OK

      RATTLE OK

      ..................

      THE CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE Boston branch of Hartshorne-Logan was threatening to become more legendary than usual this Christmas.

      The farm machinery manager had already collapsed. When he slid under the table containing the drinks, Miss Pringle, who sold millinery, had screamed: He’ll drown!

      One out of every three dirty stories started by party attendees had remained unfinished, because each had reminded someone else of another story.

      The recently developed liquors which affected the bloodstream three times faster had driven away twinges of conscience about untrimmed trees and midnight church services.

      The star salesman for mankies and the gentleman who was in charge of the janitors were putting on a display of Burmese foot-wrestling in one corner of the general office. The janitor foreman weighed fifty pounds less than the Burma gentleman, who was the salesman’s customary opponent. So the climax of one tactic did not simply overturn the foreman. He glided through the air, crashing with a very loud thump against the wall.

      He wasn’t hurt. But the impact knocked the hallowed portrait of H. H. Hartshorne, co-founder, from its nail. It tinkled imposingly as its glass splintered against the floor.

      The noise caused a temporary lull in the gaiety. Several employes even felt a passing suspicion that things might be getting out of hand.

      It’s all in the spirit of good, clean fun! cried Mr. Hawkins, the

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