Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-06-10

cleur lie vigorously kicked him into the
middle of the street
VERY good cried the cafe propl 10.
tor. Very good itdecd. never heard
thht story before
'On, that's not all the story. Six
months after the felln" appeared at the
same hotel
Don't you remember kicking me
out p he said to tie Ian nllord. well,
that's all right. don't bear any
grudge Made $4,000 since then.
Come, You shall dine with me this time.
dlned ~ yo,T expense last time
so they had Il grand dinner and the
best champagne in the house The
landlord apologiZed several times for
his former rudeness, but the trayeler
insisted he did just would have
done the same himself under the cir
cumstances. Finally, as the last bottle
was drained, he said to the landlord
Hope you enjoyed your dinner
'Oh. immensely
'All right. then. Kick again.
That's the end. Beat him twice,
you see. Now, that's where he had the
advantage of me. | have merely got
ahead of you to the extent of one din
ner.'
'How's that, SIR
What do you do with a fellow who
can't pay p
Give him in charge of the police,
said'the proprietor, eying me severely.
The chestnut was beginning to work
on him.
Then he has TO do any kicking that's
done himself. Well, l haven't the
money TO pay for this meal. Will you
trust me until this time tomorrow p
expt cted there would be fuss, but
there wasn't. l presume the native
honesty stamped indellbly on my face
told him he would lose nothing. | felt
yeiy grateful to him and we had a glass
of champagne on it on Monday.
/ went back to the Office and worked
till nightfall. had dined so well that
| thought l would never be hungry a
gain, but when got out into the cool
night air | found that needed lunch.
l wanted to keep penny so that if the
railway clerk refused me credit for
Hammersmith ticket l could buy a
third-class ticket-and at least get on
the train. SO my available resources
were three half-pence. 1t surprised me
TO learn that could make good meal
on that sum. There was shop in the
window of which siZzled great num-
Der of sausages over a gas stove. |
went in aud made inquiries. | found
that for three half pence could have
sausage and mashed potatoes or fried
fish and mashed potatoes. l was not
hungry enough to risk my precious life
on cheap sausages, so took the fish in
stead. Both fish and potatoes were ex-
cellent.
The next thing was to beat my way
back to Hammersmith. | asked for
credit at the ticket window, and was
politely aad with reasonable firmness
refused. l somehow received the i'm
preston that it was not by giving
credit the District Railway paid its div
idends. stepped back, and waited a
few moments, joined the procession at
the window, and when once more in
front of the clerk l slammed down my
penny, saying
Westminster. Third. Single
With equal promptness the ticket
was thrust me and with it 1 passed the
barrier, and so got on the Hammer
smith train.
entered first-class carriage with a
third-class penny ticket IN my pocket.
l had three fellow passengers. AS it
was Sunday night the chances were
that no ticket inspector would trouble
US. If he did, I felt that | was lost.
There was a white card in my pocket.
First class tickets on the underground
are white. resolved to take another
step in crime. so I tore bit of the
white card to about the siZe Of a return
half of a ticket. This put in my vest
pocket-for emergencies.
Sure enough, at Victoria Station a
polite inspector swung himself into our
compartment.
Tickets, gentlemen, il you please
Four thumbs and four fingers went
indolently down into four Yest-pockets
! and brought up four bits of white pa
per.
Thank you, gentlemen
The door banged shut. The country
was saved. | would here like to call
the attention Of any young man desir-
Gus of getting on and prospecting in a
career of villiany and eceLtion, to the
advisability of acting as near as posi-
BILE like the honest act under similar
circumstances. pulled out the bit OF
bogus pasteboard In just the same man
ner 1 had hundreds of times showed