CHAPTER XX.

AN INVITATION TO DINE.

As the workman passed through the little outer office Edith Hudson
glanced up at him.

"Where," she thought after he had gone, "have I seen that fellow
before?"

Jimmy was in the shop applying "How to Get More Out of Your Factory" to
the problems of the International Machine Company when he was called to
the telephone.

"Is this Mr. Torrance?" asked a feminine voice.

"It is," replied Jimmy.

"I am Miss Compton. My father will probably not be able to get to the
office for several days, and as he wishes very much to talk with you he
has asked me to suggest that you take dinner with us this evening."
"Thank you," said Jimmy. "Tell Mr. Compton that I will come to the house
right after the shop closes to-night."

"I suppose," said Elizabeth Compton as she turned away from the phone,
"that an efficiency expert is a very superior party and that his
conversation will be far above my head."