We now return to Anton, who had been placed under the joint command of
Messrs. Jordan and Pix, and who found himself the small vassal of a
great body corporate, containing a variety of grades and functions
little dreamed of by the uninitiated. First in the counting-house was
the book-keeper Liebold, who, as minister of the home department,
reigned supreme and solitary in a window of his own, forever recording
figures in a colossal book, and seldom looking off their columns.
In the opposite part of the room ruled the second dignitary in the
state, the cashier Purzel, surrounded by iron safes, heavy bags, and
with a large stone table before him, on which dollars rung, or gray
paper money fell noiselessly the whole day through.
buying home programs
home underdogs
home and garden books
florida home luxury
home maryland sale
florida home equity loans
home shopping cataloge
in home business ideas
exercise home
home furnishing store
home espresso machine
florida home in sale
work at home with no fees
internet home business
home inspection schools
home loans for bad credit people
orlando vacations home
insurance auto home
home motor winnebago
elite home
how to design my home office
frame home timber
class a motor home
data entry free home job
home insurance nassau
home appraisal hartford
better home and gardens cook book
diego home sale san
care home nursing
sarasota home for sale
work at home opportunities
post beam home
home sweepstakes
home improvement sites
equity home loan washington
home hospice care
work part time at home
how to sell your own home
us bank home morgage
southern living at home
home remedy for boil
home builder san antonio
custom home plans
fargo home mortgage well
home equity lines credit
home equity credit line rates
home makeover edition
home appraisal dallas
home schooling curriculums
data entry home jobs
florida home in orlando vacation
california refinance home mortgage
sunburn home remedy
audio home theatre
free work from home data entry job
home refinance mortgage
how much afford home
care day home
national home centers
based business home internet
at home in arkansas
home garden channel
ideas for business at home
mobile home washington dc
home improvement guide
log home
home remedies for acne scar
alberta home rent
home builder harrisburg pennsylvania
home q
equity fargo home loan well
colt firearms home page
dell home page
home additions costs
abc extreme home makeover
apartment home new
3 alone home
tampa home
in make money at home
internet work at home business
computer home repair
my home value
electronics home pittsburgh
louisville home
netscape home
desk home office
work from home ideas
home buyer warranty
home births
home video xxx
home buisness software
home improvements
tesco home shopping
home theater seats
home run derby
sweet home alabama tabs guitar
home twat
check home prices
bring it on home to me lyrics
hilton head vacation home rental
based business home opportunity
com decorating en home language site
lows home improvements
home cataloges
countrywide home loans inc
home for sale colorado
channel disney home
first home mortgage
home electronics cincinnati
well fargo bank home page
home interior picture
home auction
home interior candle
home in las new vegas
what is a foreclosure home
gutter home
custom home modular
home remedy for bladder infection
verizon home page
home improvement product sears
home chefs
home appraisal grand rapid
vatican home page
the road home
home luis mobile obispo san
calgary home builder
senior home
breckenridge home rental vacation
contractor home
home exchanges
optonline home page
entrepreneur home business
set yahoo as home page
bill gate home
american home furniture stores
be a travel agent from home
home design plans
government home
home remedy for bladder infections
home money making business
new home floorplans
home motor rent
how to rent to own your home
dell home
verison dsl home page
log home designs
legitimate work from home jobs
angeles care health home los
brewing home kit microbrewery
sweet home alabama
home grown
home loan ohio
home maine modular
builder home phoenix
home furnishing catalog
accredited home schools
superman home page
bankruptcy home loan
by home owner selling
equity home loan refinance
equity florida home loan
home builders in palm beach
at home cholesterol test
home appraisal portland oregon
cedar log home
home bars design
appraisal arkansas home little rock
bad credit equity home loan
home place
computer desks for a home
home moble
home mp3 players
alabama cords home sweet
home builders houston
columbia home video
best rate home equity loans
home remedy for canker sores
british home stores
home user
appraisal home philadelphia
home decor magazines
colorado home mortgage
college degrees at home
refinance manufactured home
home michigan page state
bank of america home page
new home builders in florida
columbia tristar home video
take you home with me lyrics
home warranty insurance
detroit furniture home
beach vacation home
home brew
home loan mortgage calculators
getting organized at home
phoenix home rentals
alaska log home kits
credit equity home line rate
home gardens tv
tips for decorating a home
wireless home theater system
sympatico home pages
hud home
home land sale
home electronics baltimore
high school diploma at home
small home based business opportunity
take you home with me
home builder association
make fast money at home
fox and jacobs home
cast of home improvement
craftsman home plan
home furniture manufacturers
best work at home job
dsl home page verizon
home decor stores
kb home
home electronics minneapolis
atlanta home rental
home list run time
internet jobs work from home
hilton head home rental
playhouse disney home page
seti home
home insurence uk
home gym exercises
new apartment home
home solution of america
builder home
computer based home businesses
colorado home loans
home journal lady
money make online work at home
home lakefront
mobile home cincinnati
mobile home values
make money work from home
study from home courses
home appraisal new york
equity home loan refinancing
microdermabrasion at home
home theatre seats
building a home plans
driver home school training
furneral home
heating home system
queen creek home for sale
fast money at home
san jose home
christian home school
home made sex
home dna testing
com en garden home language site
financing head hilton home vacation
fixed rate home loans
riverside home
sacramento home for sale
peoples home pages
how to wireless network at home
home acoustics
minnesota home improvement loan
decorating home idea picture
beverly hills home
home theatre systems
estimate free home value
home depot tool rental
microsoft home page
little big town bring it on home
dream home giveaway hgtv
earth sheltered home
mortgage home loan rates
direct home insurance line
home loan savings
myrtle beach vacation home
home program school
business from home opportunity work
scottsdale home for sale
elderly home care
home business news
work at home online job
home theater dvd system
floor home manufactured plan
georgia home in rent
bon jovi who says you cant go home
buffet home town
home depot credit
mobil home
home equity poor credit
extreme+home+makeover
satillite pictures of your home
home insurance orlando
barney home video
data entry work at home
free work from home job listings
live home cams
home mobile oakwood
internet work from home business
golf course home for sale
home builders new york
work from home envelope stuffing
sbc home pages
home interiors catalogs
agency home rental
home loans mortgage calculator
home theater seating
florida gainesville home sale
care for the elderly at home
inland home
builder home minnesota
tx home refinance
feel like home to me lyrics
video camera and home security
panelized home
home camera systems
decor home wholesale
home equity loans online
black and decker home page
home search value
work at home ideas
home business taxes
home speaker systems
home for sale in colorado
poker games at home
computer furniture for the home
work at home legit jobs
dallas home for sale
earn degree at home
home owners insurance quotes online
vacation home rentals florida
expo design home depot
selling and buying a home
best equity home loan
insurance home and contents
home health care supplies
home pregnancy test
home remedies for acne
home based business on the internet
nj home for sale
in home care for elderly
data entry from home jobs
idaho home for sale
home obra
at home small business idea
garden home show tulsa
net zero home page
channel disney game home
home mobile values
home contractor
home improvement network
equity home loan mortgage
decor home magazine
peoples choice home loan
home drug tests
dream home
home trailer
builder home houston
home vision
fort myers home builder
college at home
fleetwood home manufactured
at home in
decorating home ideas
from home job legitimate work
care home hospice
home mobile scranton
best home business
home for sale in orlando
historic home sale
home interest mortgage rate
at home work assembly
amateur home video
home for sale maryland
free home insurance quotes
care home instead senior
home monarch
colorado home sale
colonial home
ear home infection remedy
how to refinance your home
hewlett home packard page
electrical home wiring
bc home sale
home modular picture
los angeles dodger home page
diesel home motor used
home orlando sale
4 alone home
bring it on home little big town
decorating country home
home improvement cataloge
home loan mortgage rate california
home institute work
poison ivy home remedies
online work at home opportunities
home loan wamu
in home bars
earn degree from home
chicago home new
money making at home businesses
home manufactured sale
home loan mortgage second
home security alarm systems
habitat home
extreme makeover home edition
home life
home mobile park sale
free home appraisals online
virtual home tours
home maintenance programs
credit equity home loan poor
biz home
home improvements centers
legitimate jobs to work from home
home decorators cataloge
costco home stores
stop home foreclosures
ohio home equity loans
home mom work
home edition extreme
home show toronto
how to feng shui your home
home study traffic school
weather stations for home
home equity line of credit loans
home theater wireless systems
home lender
from home job part time work
decor home wall
home builders in orange county
home networking wireless
california home in sale
home job medical transcription
home building cost
home decorating tip
home world
home hair cut
northwest airlines home
benchmark home in alabama
from home piggies range
delivery food home
home valuations
appraisal home las vegas
home neumann
ml home
bring it on home little big town
home for sale miami
washington mutual home loan
home + and + auto + insurance
home rentals calgary
lafon nursing home
home owner insurance
based best business home
home security camera
modular home ohio
drive home to
wilson home improvement
log home houseplans
home lee pam tommy video
appraisal beach home palm west
home standby generators
pool home
home new page test yahoo
home veteran
home trophy
lowe home improvement
home kentucky
at home transcription
vacation home
home equity loans calculators
home air conditioners
home solar
home internet job
internet for work at home business
nobodys home avril lavigne
hgtv home sweepstakes
building home construction
central florida home sale
medical home equipment
lennar home
com en home language shop site
home loan mortgage quote
based business home idea latest
home builder washington dc
expo home centers
habbo hotel home pages
home robots
muskrat home
a make money from home
home insurance owner policy
good home
home improvement contests
mobile home st louis
home loan virginia west
body home shop
ashton home wood
home party sales
aames home loan
center home sears
home opportunity work
lowest home equity loan rate
fosters home for imaginary friends
cooling home
ing home
home log manufactured
america west airline home page
lowes home inprovement store
base business home online opportunity
home stereo speakers
refinance or home equity loan
home washington dc
home credit lines
interest rates home loan
business home internet marketing mlm
Jordan was the principal person in the office. He was the head clerk,
and his opinion was sometimes asked by the principal himself. In him
Anton found, from the day of his arrival, a good adviser, and an example
of activity and healthy common sense.
Of all the clerks under Jordan's superintendence, the most interesting
to Anton was Baumann, the future missionary. Not only was he a truly
religious man, he was an admirable and infallible accountant. But,
besides all these, the firm had some officials who did not live in the
house. One was Birnbaum, the custom-house clerk, who was seldom visible
in the office, and only dined with the principal on Sundays. Then there
was the head of the warehouse department, Mr. Balbus, who, though by no
means a cultivated man, was always treated by the chief with great
respect; and, as Anton heard it said, had a mother and sick sister
entirely dependent upon him.
But of all these men, the most aggressively active, the most despotic in
his measures, was Pix, the manager of the provincial traffic department.
His domain began in the office, and extended throughout the house, and
far into the street. He was the divinity of all the country shopkeepers,
who looked upon him as the real head of the business. He arranged the
whole exports of the house, knew every thing, was always to be found,
and could do half a dozen things at once. Like all dignitaries, he was
impatient of contradiction, and fought for his opinions against the
merchant himself with a stiff-neckedness that often horrified Anton. One
of his peculiarities was that of abhorring a vacuum as much as nature
herself. Wherever there was an empty corner, a closet, a cellar, a
recess to be discovered, there Pix would intrude with tuns, ladders,
ropes, and all imaginable commodities; and wherever he and his giant
band of porters had once got a footing, no earthly power could dislodge
them--not even the principal himself.
"Where is Wohlfart?" called Mr. SchrЎter from the door of his office.
"Up stairs," calmly replied Pix.
"What is he doing there?" was the amazed inquiry.
At that moment loud voices were heard, and Anton came thundering down
the steps, followed by a servant, and both laden with cigar-boxes, while
behind them appeared the female relative in much excitement.
"They will not tolerate us up stairs," said Anton, hurriedly, to Pix.
"Now they have actually come to the laundry," said the lady, just as
hurriedly, to the principal.
"The cigars can not stand down here," declared Pix to both.
"And I will not have cigars in the laundry," cried the distant cousin.
"I declare there is not a place in the house safe from Mr. Pix. He has
filled the maid-servants' rooms with cigars, and they complain that the
smell is intolerable."
"It is dry up there," explained Mr. Pix to the merchant.
"Could you not, perhaps, place them elsewhere?" inquired the latter,
respectfully.
"Impossible!" was the decided reply.
"Do you really require the whole laundry, my dear cousin?" said the
principal, turning to the lady.
"The half of it were ample," interpolated Pix.
"I hope, Pix, you will content yourself with a corner," said the head of
the firm, by way of decision. "Tell the carpenter to run up a partition
at once."
"If Mr. Pix once gets admittance, he will take the whole of our
laundry," expostulated the too experienced cousin.
"It is the last concession we will make," was the reply.
