The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-11-08
A KICKER.
The Success Which Attended M.
Quad's Efforts.

was down near the lower railroad
bridge at Niagara Falls, having couple
of boys with me, when a hackman
drove up and offered to take us dowr
and show us the whirlpool, a mile be
low, and return us to the bridge fol
half a dollar each. When this offe1
was declined he said he would take thu
three of us for dollar, and we got
into his carriage. lie drove down tt
the Whirlpool House, and as we go
out saw sign reading: Fifty cents
to go down to the whirlpool"
"You agreed to bring us down and
show us the Whirlpool" l said to tht
hackman.
well, it's down those stairs"
"But | don't propose to pay fifty
cents to go down there. "
"Then you won't see it."
"And you won't get your dollar!"
won't 1! Come, l am ready to take
you back"
But We are not ready to go. You
lied to us, and l refuse to pay you 9
cent
"You either pay or I'll make a jelly
of you!"
"Come and try itn'
He did not accept the invitation, but
drove off up town, and stranger said
to met
HE has gone for crowd, and you
will be lucky to get off alive. It's a
shame-faced swindle, of course, and
here are dozen of us who have been
played the same way, but what can we
do about itp''
"You can kick against the gang"
''Yos, but we'd get the worst OF it.
They are bad lot. You'd better send
the fellow his money"
"Tll be hanged if l dol"
As we started up the river on foot a
dozen men followed to see the fun.
When we reached the end OF the street.
car track a mob of fourteen hackmen
received us. The one who had lied to
us demanded his dollar. refused to
pay it. He called to his mob to come
on, and ! backed up to the building,
leveled revolver at the crowd and
waited. They didn't come on worth a
cent. They didn't care for dollars just
then. One by one they skunk away,
while / took the car back to the falls.
The leader tried to get me arrested for
carrying deadly weapon, but no one
would issue a warrant. One justice
told him In my hearing:
Every man coming to visit the falls
ought to come with two revolvers, and
the oftener he fires into your crowd the
better it will be for the few honest peo.
pie here. wish more kickers would
come here"
In going down the Jersey coast by
way of New York, or, rather, by Jer-
sey City, / reached that point to dis
cover that ] was trunkless. went
over the river and consulted the Erie
baggage agent, and after telegraphing
to various points, it was found that
they had been left in the station at
Buffalo. The baggageman there had
three hours in which to get them
but he had singled out me as
a victim. Every body else's trunk had
come along, but mine had been held
over Tor rest. couldn't kick on a
nan three hundred miles away, but
aid for him. All the while | was fish
ing and sailing ! nursed my wrath to
Keep 1t warm, and six weeks later
walked into the baggage Office at
Buffalo. ! had the documents to back
ne up, as said:
"On the 22d day Of July / passed
through here. l was ticketed to Jersey
City straighter than string. and
,efore l left Detroit I saw that my
,hecks were all right"
"Wellp'
"Well, you left my trunks right here
or twenty -four hours. +"
"Quite likely"
"And now you must pay for your
arelessness.
"What!"
Here Is a bill Of expense made by |
our neglect Of duty: There is $6 for
hree OF us at q hotel over night Ipaid
N expressman seventy-fve cents.
'aid another the same. had to hire
hack to carry me about In Jersey |
,ity, and that's twelve shillings more.
he total expense is %, to say moth
ng OF my time and worry and day |
Dst."
"And you expect me TO pay!'
you'll either pay or I'll bring suit
nd send for the general baggage agent
9 q witness"
.'Well, you are crankl"
mo. I am not. l simply kick
rTys :