Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-11-13
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'HlRE = CLEsx. ~ tall. rough shod.
sharp visased, good natured looking in. |
, dividusl arrived in our city about a
week sgo. fresh from the smountainsi
and put up at what might be called one
of Oh, third rate houses. The tu,es were
like those a. most other establishments
OF The kind, bosrders Being tsken by the
, day, week or meal. Jim Poltes, 1--WE
take the name from the regis,er,). had
'gons in BY the week, with the UNDER
standing with the landlord that be was
to bs credited for what he called lost
time ct the usual rate. There was
nothing very unusual in this arrange
msnt, though il did not turn out al
together TO tas landlords satisfac
tion.i t.+f y tsF
At the end Of The second day. il &C.
CURED to Jim that he had not seen Sac
ramea alto for upwards of year, aud as q
shouehr with him was almost q deed, he,
without sayiue a word TO theS landlord,
disappeared. he spent the renninder Of
the week at Sacremento. and reached his
boa rdipg house just ia time to find the
proprietor calculating that Ma. Jim Pol.
ser was indebted for one weeks board
r, cidn't take Jim long to prove that he
had been out Of town four days, and The
bill against him was cut down accord
ingly.
See here. old feller. broke Gu, jim.
las the bill was being altered, 'ee it's
1.-The same to ysou, I'll take q squint at
thsm ar books =
There's your account. sir. said the
,. lahdlosd. pretending MOTTO notice Jim's
last remark Two days bosrd-s2
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- jim took his bill and cycling the puz-
sled landlord ~ though be suspected
some .shensuigSn.' he broke out
Il wan, TO see them 81 books
The landlord told him that he was
asking toe nuch-that no outside
ws permitted 10. examine his books.
- Jim WAS satisfied now that ell was no,
exactly right. and resolved to see the
end Of it.
Give mo pen, ink and paper said
he. i want 20 show you how to keep
books.'
He took the pen. and. after having ad-
dsa Up yerious small sums, made out and
hsaded TO. the amazed landlord the fol-
lowing secsun,:
- EmPol,srto Lsndlord-Deller
two dais bord 81 GA
LandlOsd to Jim Poller-Dstter
- A dsis lost time se5 20
Thar she is: said Jim. as he passed
the clip Of paper across the counter
'Cordin' TO Jour way Of keepiu' books.
= fellow sint flowed nothin' for losi
time, cE ~
The landlord said nothing. bat gszsd
with asionishnient. 81
-, You sss.' contiased Jim anxious to
establish the correctness Of his bill
Il tuck board by the week you know.
Yes. muitered the half choked
And the barein was that you was &c
credit me for lost time at the usual rate
you know. CE1AefH =
xyss 'Y-e-s.' aaaefs <ft
well, boarded with yeu two days
ysu know
Yes
Il didn', board with you four days, you
SEQ.
yes.
And you owe for that
The landlord took Q long breath,
brushed the perspiraiion from his face.
and casting his eyes vscsnily about
the ceiling, slowly ejaculsIsd-'Oh
yes
Nov ] amt going 10 be hard on you,
said Jim. you feed very well-snd as l m
going up country TO- morrow, we'll
spend that little balance for chsmpage
so.nigh {. But I'll tell you one thing
landlord he added. after apause, you
would make money # you would hire q
clerk
We are inclined to think il would
have taken . number Of clerks to make
Jim believe that the landlord did no!
eve him for four days boasd'.-M arys-
spilis CAD Herald. ~