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_ Gott soll hüten ! _ I leave that to suckers like Max Linkheimer . But when I know a decent , respectable feller is being put into jail for something which he did n't do at all , Abe , then that 's something else again . '' At this juncture the elevator arrived , and as he plunged in he shouted that he would be back before noon . Abe returned to the rear of the loft where a number of rush orders had been arranged for shipment . Under his instruction and supervision the stock boy nailed down the top boards of the packing cases , but in nearly every instance , after the case was strapped and stencilled , they discovered they had left one garment out , and the whole process had to be repeated . Thus it was nearly one o'clock before Abe 's task was concluded , and although he had breakfasted late that morning , when he looked at his watch he became suddenly famished .