ten o'clock
WANTED -- By College Graduate -- Position as General Manager of Large Business where ability , energy and experience will be appreciated . Address 263-S , Tribune Office . He had decided to wait until after lunch before calling at the newspaper office for replies to his advertisement , but during breakfast it occurred to him there probably would be several alert prospective employers who would despatch their replies by special messengers , and realizing that promptness was one of the cardinal virtues in the business world , Jimmy reasoned that it would make a favorable impression were he to present himself as soon as possible after the receipt of replies . By a simple system of reasoning he deduced that ten o'clock would be none too early to expect some returns from his ad , and therefore at ten promptly he presented himself at the Want Ad Department in the Tribune office . Comparing the number of the receipt which Jimmy handed him with the numbers upon a file of little pigeonholes , the clerk presently turned back toward the counter with a handful of letters . `` Whew ! '' thought Jimmy .