Arizona republican., 1893-01-14
nom HAT METER WORKED.

m. Vyns Out ok Town, but for The n-as inc Gas Biil Was Correct.
 r s.a was fire in his eye that morning
 ny boarded an uptown elevated rail. as .. ..a;n ou his way to the gas office. roaI ''I,.e a cot them this time" he nut. " "soyaqelv. "and they will have sard ,e'. time in explaining the freaks of iSat na, meter, l am thinking"
 'uTJ The clerk in the gas office came for
 I in attend to the wants of Mir. E. S~.T s,' minutes later. B. was mad through iey throuph now. He had worked him. Si,s ,s into almost a rage by thinking of r1 m outrageous charge which the gas company had made. 'Vs ..see hcre," he blurted out, ''if this nnonv doesn't correct that bill, I'll Ssve the whole business indicted for highway robbery
 rbe clerk picked up the bill which ,od beeu so spitefully thrown down. and examined it as calmly as If such ~ authursts were ordinary affairs. Then Ss went back and compared the bill .";.b the books. He came back evident w in the same contented frame of mind. aWellr from Mir. B., and the word ,ounded like the report of a gun. ~The bill appears to be all right" re- died the clerk as calmly as before.
 "Au rightl Great Jehosaphat! See hsre young man. that bill is for about tbe same amount that l pay in the win ter, isn't itf
 The clerk examined the books again and replied that the last assertion was true.
 Exactly" continued B., "and in spite of fine fact that my house has been closed m for three months and not soul has beeu in it, my gas bill is just as big as # is when my family is all ut home. What kind of way of doing business do you call thats"
 This was rather tough one for the ,leyR, and there was a gleam of triumph in the eye of tho customer as the clerk hesitated. Would Mir. B. have time tc 20 up to the house with an inspector to discover the leak?
 Certainly" he said. with the air of man who has won an important battle, and then he made some sarcastic re- marks about the ''leak."
 Mr. B. and the inspector examined the meter, and sure enough since the last record had been taken it had gone on industriously at the same rate as 1t had evidently been moving for the last three months. Then they went on up into the house. No smell of escaping gas met them. The inspector examined the burn CTS in the hall, parlor, dining room, kitchen and bedrooms. Everything seemed to be all right. He began to look mystifed, while Mir. B. became more exultant every moment. Matches were lighted and placed near all the joints, but without effect. The leak still remained a mystery.
 1t must be in the walls or ceiing." said the inspector at last, "and it must be found, or the whole blamed house might be blown up some day"
 Mir. B. began to look uneasy. He opened the bathroom door, and the first thing he saw was sickly looking flame of gas. The slats in the window blinds were partly open and the sunlight made the gas flame look pale. But there it was, turned on almost full force. The inspector saw it at the same time.
 That's 6-foot burner, and it's burn ing about five feet an hour," he said quietly.
 Mir. B. looked foolish. He made a mental calculation. Five feet an hour, twenty-four hours day, thirty days 8 month, and three months. gas bill of about fifteen dollars He only uttered one word, and that began with big D. Then he paid the bill and gave the in- spector two dollars to say that the leak was due to the carelessness of the serv- ants in the kitchen. New York Tribune.