Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-14
DE MOTT, THE BEAT.
III. ~ Still. AT LAI hlc.

He Receives I.is First Smack ,n the Eye
Last evening J.. NJ. DeMott, the dead
broke aud dcad-beat book agent, few Of
whose rascalitics we have heretofore had
occasion to expose, put in an appear.
ance ut Frank Rieker's saloon, aud by aid
-: an oily tongue, a shiny hat aud brassy
check, soon ingratiatcd himself into the
good graccs of party of gentlemen who
were having good social time. Numer-
Gus 'bccrS" We're drank, and when
"Scttlin. up time arrived Mr. de-
Mott took OCCASION to slip into the back
part of III. building and thence into Tie
yard, i:ia purpose being, no doubt, to make
his exit frnn the premises in that direc
tiun hut Kicker, who has suffered not d
little from thieves and inccnGiarics, keeps
= fierce bull dog to protect the rear oi lis
property. AS soon a; DeWott showed
himself in The yard, the bull dog showed
his teeth aud growled ominously. Mr.. lsic-
ker, hearing the dog bark, fastened ont TO
learn what was the matter, arriving jus:
in time TO save DcMOtt. The '' beat :"
was led back into the ba-room where he
made Il pictensc of paying his bill, but
after fu,ab.in. in his pockets for some
time could only find twenty-onc cents, :.
brass watch key, 4 few other keys and a
baggage check. Assuming L lofty air he
said he was short ofluu;lH, but would have
plenty in :. day or two that Father GrOte-
mycr, of St. .juSci'i:'S church, owed him
$50 for books that he had been cut to see
Father i.natiu:>, of ST. J:sc,h's hospital,
from whom also lac expected :. remittance
and that be would drop in in = day or two
or two and settle up. Just then the bar
tender began to smell Il MICE" and ad--
dressing De Mott, said Why you said
you were Il tG',accu dealer and that your
name was McSianny, now you say you
are IL book agent - Il was book agent
but am Il tobacco dealer and 1 have my
baggage 1T t!tc Coupcr house, where |
h,ard." After some further cIailing
among the party present, during whicl:
DcMntt forgot lis ni,ns OF McShanpy and
said his name WAS DcMDtt, he was finally
c"rncycd and acknowledged that his name
wa, DcMo,t. Then Kicker took him by
the nap of tho neck aud the scat of the
rantalnoIS and VA; bustlinG him
out o; tkc har-lunm when DcMO:t
turned suddenly around and showed
tight. Kicker met him half way and
planted Z: "s,in.cr - om his check. De-
Mott rcc!.i back wards, covered his face
with hi, hands. and exclaimed, For
hcaycn': sake savc my face for Christ
mas - Giving linn another hcalty kick,
Kicker showed him into the street, saying,
You may beat the down town hotels
and get Oft clear, bu' you mustn't try it
on up here on the hill.
or course there is hot :, word OF truth
in DcMotL's yarn concerning Fathers
Grotcmyrr and i.n;,rius, nr that he (Do
MOTIF is 4 tobacr" dealer and boards at the
(,n,,,nr hn,.s, r:,r readers have
already been informed, he was turned
away from tho Cooper house and several
ether hotels after cheating the landlords,
hut with the most surprising assurance
hc continues TO ply his r;lscal,ties in this
city.
DcMott said some time ago that he
could live here for three months by beat
ing people and he seems to be determined
io do SO. II" is now pretty well known
and al nearly every E"tcl and almost
: very p,,: else :. reception awaits him.
The other night he went into hotel and
said to the bartender "Now you take me
for this DcMott don't you:'' The bar
tender told him that he did and DeAlOtt
said "Now amt that strange: Every
where | go am taken for him because !
look like lim." The bartender ''IumblcP'
then and thought about humping MIR.
ncMott but allowed him to go.
This gentleman should leave the city, as
the thermometer is entirely too high for
him here, and the living is too rich for his
blood. lie says he is taken for DeMott,
AID it will not surprise our readers if he is
taken to jail for Mr.. DeMott, and then he
will be tho right man in the right place.