Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
/ LEARNING A LESSON. /
A Waiting Chicago Clerk Who Will Know
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A waiting Chicago Clerk Who VIII Know
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In Franklin street wholesale house
clerk was busily at work over big
book when big man who had come in
vs:y softly approached him and said,
''Do you want any half soling done?"
The clerk looked up in surprise and
said, "Why do you ask?'
"Well, sir, if your shoes need it, we
can half sole 'em and have 'em back
here in an hour, and it'll cost you only
80 cents. a=s.&4t. r.
''Take my shoes away! I guess notr
"Oh, that's all right Ihave pair
here that you can wear" s%&
"Let's see Them" tr.-
The man unrolled from q sheet Of
newspaper two very large shoes and
said, "There they are. " . +
"Great Scott, they'r bigp
eyes, sir, they'll fit any kind Of q
man. Now, you give me your shoes,
and I'll have 'em half soled and back
hero in less than no time" 'e--'
As his shoes really needed the repairs,
the clerk took them off and put on
pair taken from the newspaper. They
were at least No. 10, but that made
very little difference so long as he
didn't have to show himself to any one.
Within two minutes after his shoes
had been taken away the clerk slapped
his les and said: "By George, never
thought of It'll That fellows swindler.
He did that merely to get possession of
my Shoes
Just then the door opened, and two
young women stepped inside. One was a
relative of the senior partner. The clerk
jumped down from his stool to go for
ward and meet them, and just as his
feet struck the floor he remembered the
shoes and hesitated.
The young woman whom he knew
smiled and beckoned to him. He moved
q wastebasket in front of his feet and
bowed in return.
"Come here" said she. "Where's
uncle?'' 70
HE hasn't returned from lunch, " he
replied without moving.
II want to leave a message for him.
Come here moment" There was no
help for it. He came out from behind
the wastebasket, and the two girls
shrieked in concert
He tried to laugh, but couldn't
"Sent the shoes out, you know, to have
some slight repairs made wearing these
in meantime" he explained. and they
went into another spasm of laughter,
after which, with many giggles, he was
introduced to the new girl, who had
taken the unwarrantable liberty of
laughing at him before she made his &C.
quaintance.
The young women went away, still
laughing between themselves, and he
slumped back to his desk thoroughly
miserable. knowing that he had made
himself ridiculous. Then another clerk
looked into his compartment and saw
the shoes.
Ibid you let the fellow take your
shoes away" he was asked. "Why,
your sucker" He believed it. When
the assistant manager came around q
few minutes later, the clerk kept his feet
hidden under the desk. Was there ever
a man in such predicament? He won
dered if he would get home without hav-
ing a crowd follow him. But he was
mistaken. The shoes came back nicely
half soled, and the man received the
pair warranted to fit any customer"
and said he would be around occasional
~ to solicit work.
'You needn't Gomez said the clerk.
you've ruined my prospects. Chi
cago Record.