The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-03
THEY'RE UP TO DATE
TWO SHARP COLLECTORS AND
THEIR WAY OF GETTING THERE

Each Got a ChatteI Mortgage From NIeE-
chant and rhey had Race for the
Register of Deeds-Each Tried to Play
Cute With the Other and Never Sus-
pected Each Others IntentfOns-one
Found the Register and the Other
Found the Deputy and They, Too, had a
Race for Their ONCE.
Mr. House IS the collector for the
Lehman-HIg ginson- Grocery company
and Mr. Taylor IS the collector for the
Larimer-Johnsten Dry Goods company.
Both young gentlemen are strictly up
to-da1e in their profession.
Day before yesterday both houses
had q customer al Greenwich that was
quite snsky and both had good stin
accounts against him
MI. House went out 10 get settle
nent for his house and 50 did Mr. Fay
lor. SIr. Herr The merchant, was short
On money but he was long On pens and
ink ana he gave both Of them chatIei
mortgages
The boys seemed to be in good humor
for the other creditors Of the firm IN
eastern cities could not arrive for TWEEN
ty-four hours and hence could net pos
elbly get mortga ges that would go on
record before theirs.
That was ali very well but each OF
the two collectors named was cute 10
get his mortgage on record first
Mr.. Taylor nursed a scheme He did
not seem 20 be a bit alarmed ABOUT
anything He did not want 10 oe
alarmed for fear Il would arouse the
suspicion Of House He knew Wnat
he would Go. The train wasn't coming
In until morning but he would steal
away in the middle OF the night, come
over % Wichita. hunt UP the register OF
deeds and have his mortgage recorded
first Great Scott" thought Taylor
Wont House be hot when he finds out
that came IN before the train ana fled
my mortgage first. III wait around
taa corner and see him kick himself.
Ny. but isn't he a pUddfn' for me. III
show those grocery jays thai the dry
goods boy Is onto his job"
Thus soIiloquizad Mr.. o. P. Taylor
and ne congratulated himself for MS
cIeverness-
It so happened that Mr.. House had
formed the same plans as Mr.. Taylor.
he. 100. would show the dry goods
Jaws that they didn't know the first
principles OF hustiing compared with
the grocery men
Taylor was quite sure that House
was not onto his scheme and House was
equally confident that Taylor had no
suspicion Of his intentions
Eaca wanted 70 make the other be-
nsve INST he was staying IN Greenwich
all night
7, -, 1870 +oh.-5 a. fba H.
--e hotel House soon began 70 snore
s5rong enough for Taylor to hear him
end Taylor snored back with double We
locity.
That chump House" said Taylor to
himself is snoring away his valuable
time"
.-snore on. old boy" said<t9ous4-
Sleep on your rights till usorrslg and
wake up 10 ind yourself IN ths SOUP"
L was near midnight when Taylor
c~aWIe1 down stairs with his shoes in
his hands and got a team at the livery
stable. Pull out for Wichita he
said 70 the driver and don't let any
grass grow under your feet
Poor old HOuse. thought Taylor as
the horses logged along 4 wonder
wat he'll think in the morning when
he wakes and finds me gone
down the stairs with his shoes under
his arm and made Tor a livery stable
"Rltca I'd the best team you've got
end drive me- 10 Wichita he said 10 the
night clerk.
Ny" he thought as he drove along.
but won't Taylor be not in the morn
;7g- on. wei. a. man can't snore and
do business at the same time That's
-ha way with these dry goods fellows,
anyway
The night clerk Of the livery stable
shr7lg-geE his shoulders and said q ell,
7 reckon those political fellows were
sight when they said business would
SCI good after Mckinley was nominated
Two trips a night isn't bad for q one
horse livery stable
Il was about 80 when Mr.. House
came into the Eagle Office painting ana
r.=rspirirg TO ind out where the register
a. deeds or mis- deputy lived After
getting his wind pretty well ne sInlied
Al over himself and set up the cigars
asz5 r.,rs ma reporters how he left Tay-
kor snoring on his mortgage he went
q n. deputy register, gave him the
rn,r.rss-a and wanted it filed the hTSt
thing. He then went home 70 sleep on
his victory and enjoy pleasant dreams
NJ House had not left the Office our
q few minutes when Taylor came IN
panting and perSpiring and Wanted 20
know where the register OF oaels AFed-
BY George said ne, when he got as
breath. II have a good joke on House
But. here. take q cigar Poor House
Is CUT al Green wich snoring and
There must be two Houses" quietly
sus=gsued one Of the reporters FOR one
o. them vas here awhile ago hunting
Tor the register Of deeds.
Tayior's chin dropped down on his
shirt bosom. He looked the picture OF
despair. There was only one hope for
him and that was 10 find out which one
House saw. the register or his deputy,
and then % do business with the other
fellow He did business with the reg
lister himself
The thing dida't end here The dep 1
ucy promised Mr.. House that he would 4
be up bright and early IN the morning.
u the court house and register the /
mortgage. The register promised Tay- +
Tor the self SANE thing. Both kept (
their words for when the morning came 4
the register and his deputy walked n /
the door together. They then found cut ]
the secret OF their promptness. The .
deputy found oU- that the register had /
one mortgage and the register found 1
out that the deputy had another.
Ihey took down al the alnAnacs ard 4
law books in the place 20 ind out where 4
they were 81 and were reading them +
when County Attorney Davis arrived 4
and said that under the cincumsts nces 4
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