The Efficiency Expert

Jimmy Torrance was a hero in college. A champion boxer star of the baseball team and one of the most popular guys on campus. On graduating Jimmy refuses the help of his wealthy father determined to be his own man. Unable to find a respectable job he barely scratches out a living as a waiter rubbing shoulders with Chicagos underworld. When the right job does come along the shady characters from his past return to haunt him ... and Jimmy finds himself being framed for a murder charge. It was 10:30 when Jimmy reached the plant. He entered with his own latch key pressed the button which lighted the stairway and the landing above and asending went straight to Mr. Comptons office turned the knob and opened the door to find that the interior was dark. Strange he thought that after sending for me the fellow didnt wait As these thoughts passed through his mind hefumbled on the wallfor the switch and finding it flooded the office with light. As he turned again towards the room he voiced a sudden exclamation oftorror for on thefloor beside his desk lay the body of Mason Compton! Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan Lost worlds and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter.