Telegram-herald., 1890-11-30
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sa1es. Vow. / sAoaght. sae ca&uees are
tAs landlord kAs n~x~r se~a ons Il thess.
And ~ prohAbly have troaSae. However,.
wa-a ssle bus dTiv~x csAlled out ths trsln
west essx ~ tas eoaatsF, pal my ever
eoaa "a. whisthGg scftly ~ STe myset
a. ar q inaoce1ee, znd thea / took oat
tAe I'll and hznaed i . tae laalioEd
Hey sAys be. nothing saailer than
tAiss
4 stopped whlstiing long enough 70
say 'nofe
sHe locked az il while souSh. nay
valise
- spose It's good snooghs' he said.
Wish lad hundred u EN-. said I.
The landlord took roll OF bills from
Ms pockct IN hszitaung way, laid
down a ten and hye. tarnei partly
around and pretended - be looking for
some ones and twos. although | saw that
be hsd plsnsy o. them.
{" No use. be sid. 4 can't make the
ehaage.
Wet. what can dor said l.
''Hs didrt maze any suggestion.
1--we only six cents, | said, aside
from that bill, and there isn't time to
get Il changed anywhere else 20 night.
".Oh, wsil-pAy me when you eoms
back, said be. preferrins 10 risk losing
the thirty-dve cents that's the price OF
d supper Over there rather than take the
bill
I'm give il 70 tho bus driver az the
depot said. and went out followed
by tho silent looks OF the assembled COM
pany, who undoubtedly congratulated
tho landlord IS soon - the door was
shut on escaping with SO small loss as
thirty-Hve cents.
''I was exaspcratcd and ! was afraid
the experience would be repeated at tho
station, and what "a DO then didn't
know. wasn't acquainted with soul
in iowa, aud even If | had been
couldn't have got the matter fixed to
get away that night.
Ticket for Detroit, said, and laid
down the bill. while the bus driver
stood behind me waiting.
'SmrIlest you've sotY says the ticket
seller, looking at the bin on both sides
Only thing can give You. said !.
He laid il down and studied it care
fully. s many o these darned things
are counterfeit, he said. while | stood
there boiling mad, but keeping u placid
face.
1t seems to be al right. though he
said at last. and then he gave me the
ticket and change.
Il handed the driver his money.
laughed with him about the landlord be-
ing afraid to change the blll. and then
went out and walked up and down tho
platform, feeling bully.
Some one touched me on the shoul-
der It was the ticket seller. I'm a
leetle afraid o that bill, said he in a
half apologeic tone.
Come into the Office, said. and I'll
try and fix it up. and as ! was rummag-
ing around for a card | happened to re-
member that had a check in my pocket
for about 80. which customer In am
Other town had given me to send to the
firm. showed that to the agent He
was puzzled 10 know what TO do.
~ believe. he said az last, I'd rather
have this than the bill. There's SO many
Of taose bills counterfeited don't like
the looks of it.. Then he gave me back
the twenty and twenty more and tool;
the check.
You can imagine what | thought OF
that man There was check that be
kaew nothing about. drawn to the order
Of : firm he knew nothing about, in
dorsed by a man he knew nothing about,
and yet he took 1t rather than take a
biu for half the amount guaranteed by
the United States government Lordl
when l got through being mad | was
struck with the righteousness of the
thing and laughed all the way to De
troit. and laughed again the next day
when | handed the bill to the clerk
at he Russell house and told him
about it
Well said another drummer, they
are anything but fly over the line, and
that a fact
Perhaps so,' said the first man, "but
the Russell house wouldn't take the bill
and the bank wouldn't take it today
and darn 1t, | guess it is counterfeit
after all. Detroit Free Press