Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-03
GOING TO THE DOGS.

shop of a master mechanic.
We are sending out our accounts at
this season. replied the mechanic bow
ing,
. want to pay YOU
Very well, Mr.. Baker, we are always
glad 10 get money
But you must throw off something
Let me see, and the customer drew out
the bill twenty seven dollars and forty
six gents Twenty-Five will do There,
receipt the bill and III pay YOU
Mr., Leonard shook his head Il can't
deduct IL cent from that bill. Mr.. Baker.
Every article is charged at our regular
prices.
ooh yes, you can. just make ittwcn
ty-fvc dollars, even money. Here it is
and Mr.. Baker counted out the cash
L am sorry, Mr.. Baker, but. / cannot
afford to deduct anything. you only
owed me twenty-five dollars, your bill
would have been Just that amount. ]
would not have added cent beyond
what was due, nor can l take anything
less than my OWL
Then you won't deduct the odd mon
cy?'
I cannot indeed
Very WE'LL The manner of the Gus
TONER changed, He was evidently often
ded. The bill is too high by Just the
sum asked to have stricken off. But no
matter eau pay it.
Then you mean to insinuatC,' said the
mechanic, who was an Independent sort
of Il man, that | am actually cheating
YOU out of two dollars and forty six ccntsY
Il didn't say So
But it is plain that you think SO, or
YOU wouldn't have asked an abatement.
If you considered my charges just, you
wouldn't dispute them
'Oh, never mind, never mind we will
not waste words about it. Here's your
money, said Mr. Baker, and he adj
dcd another five dollar bill to the sum he
had laid down. The mechahic recciptcd
the account and gave the change, both of
which his customer thrust into his, Socket
with Il pctulant air, and then turned and
lcft,thc shop without another word.
It's the last bill he ever has against
me, muttcrcd Baker to himself us he
walked away If that's his manner of
rreessfdss.s 'tomars. he'll soor ro. to the
dogs He was downright insulting, and
no gentleman will stand that from vul-
gar mechanic Mean to insinuatc -
And Mr. Bakcr involuntnrilv onictcnrd
his pacc. Hen soon ro to the doms-
I've paid him qrcat d9ol Of money bul
!, is In" Inc, doIlI, or mine Lc cy"t han.
dlrs.'
Mr. Baker was as rood rs his word
lie Withdrew his custom Non, tho offnnd-
inc mechanic and rave il to another
Eve GOT one of vour old customers
Leonardo said friend in tho same hnsi'
ness to tn mechanic. some six or ci~ht
months afterwards.
All who is if .,
Baker
Lconarl shrugged his shoulders.
How amo YOU to lose him?
'I'll tel you how You can keep him
Well, now o
lfyour bill amounts to thirty dollars,
bv incrcasnC[ son,o oF;fs W ;tnr,s IL ~ Iii III
want the snT3In. lroolcJ Of ,yb;rb wnm
can afford to do. tbcr Lo vii ,,a,. i a,,J
think YOU lust the man for HIM. " ~
You lost him, then, because Won
wouldn't abatc anything from true bill?'
. Il did
Thank YOU, But suppose my bill
should be twenty.six, or seven, or cipht .
what then | could not knock off the odd
dollars for the purpose ofmaking it even
No. IN that case Won must add mill
YOU get alout thirty
And FL back to that q
Yes, 1t will be knocking off the odd
dollars, which he will think clear gain
That would hardly be honest
his custoI some day Or other