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The president of the Great B -- -- railway system laid down the letter he had just re-read three times, and turned about in his chair with an expression of annoyance.
"I wish it were possible," he said slowly, "to find one boy or man in a thousand who would receive instructions and carry them out to the letter without a single variation from the course laid down. Cornelius" -- he looked up sharply at his son, who sat at a desk close by -- "I hope you are carrying out my ideas with regard to your sons. I've not seen much of them lately. The lad Cyrus seems to me a promising fellow, but I'm not so sure of Cornelius. He appears to be acquiring a sense of his own importance as Cornelius Woodbridge, 3d, which is not desirable, sir -- not desirable. By the way, Cornelius, have you yet applied the Hezekiah Woodbridge test to your boys?"