The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-24
COLLECTING A DEBT.

oPiSS9, d litt Hill, oi tIuiililef
Street, owed Mr.. Shrimp, the grocer
ana provision dealer, a bill which the
latter gentleman was anxious to collect,
Dnt which, for some trivial reason, the
lat man had declared he would settle
when he got ready, and not a minute
before. This saucy independence on
fhe part of Spiggs irritated the grccer's
nafnre to aucli an extent that, finally,
he made the bold statement to his book
Keeper that if he didn't mortify Spiggs
INTO paying that bill within thirty days
ne would sell ont his business to him
for fifty cents on the dollar.
iie next afternoon Spggs was pass
ing the store on the opposite side Of the
street, when Shrimp ran to thc door and
Iyeiled
''Come in here and pay that bill of
yours, and don't go speaking down the
3s.ieGv " tuH SUut nc'tit Iruus5 town I1r>o g
sheep !"
Spiggs took no notice of this demand,
Which seemed only to heighten the cred
ilor's Indignation
The following day he saw Spiggs down
town IN company with friend, when he
approached him and said
''You'Te Il pretty man TO be wearing
beaver hat, and here you arc owing me
stuffed yourselves with last Thanksgiv-
ing p
Returning home he encountered one
OF Spiggs' daughters on her way with
an associate to take music lesson, when
he said
~ shonld think, young lady, that you
would rather go without knowing how to
play and slug till yonr father gets SO
that he can pay for what you eat .
4 day or two later, he saw through the
window, one OF Siiggs' sons getting
measured at the tailors for suit of
clothes, when he opened the door and
said
Don't you trust him a day Cor those
clothes. His father has owed ne $86. 10
for sirloin steak and such things for Owe,
six months, and I can't get one dollar
of it."
Soon after this he saw Mrs Spiggs
and her daughter chatting with some
ladies' In the hOrse-car station, when he
entered and said
'"This woman's husband owes me for
the soap that was used in washing that
collar she's got on her neck, and | want
my pay for it.
About week later he saw Spiggs
riding out with clergyman, when, after
beckonin2 him to stop, lie said
EEYou ought to be ashamed of your
self Here you are passing yourself off
to this Minister of the Gospel for an
honest man, when you arc owing me for
the starch used in doing up your shirt
bosom"
The next evening Shrimp called at the
house Of Spiggs to see if he was ready
to settle his bill, but Spiggs was away.
Mrs. Spiggs was at home, however, en-
tertaining some of her lady friends at
the tea table. Shrimp pushed his way
into the dining room, and said
Ladies, the family whose hospitality
you are now enjoying owes me for the
flour that those hot biscuits there, on
the center of the table, are made from,
and I should like to get my money for
it most confoundediy we'll -
Passing out Of the gate be met Mr..
Spiggs' Oldest daughter in company with
a young man whom he suspected was
her affianced, when he said
''.That girls cheek wouldn't look SO
plump and fat if it hadn't been for nc.
L have been letting her have all the fresh
doughnuts and bologna sausage she
wanted for the past six months, and the
bill hasn't been paid yet.
The young man looked as though he
felt ashamed to be found in such com
pany, and was commencing to move
down the street, when the young lady
gave wild shrek and fell senseless to
the sidewalk. He came back and as
sisted her into the house, and that night
Spiggs came lii and paid his bill in full,
with aiiberal interest thereto. .-D0nbHY
Meas.