The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-14
GOT WHAT HE WANTED.
The Growling Guest Whom Uncle Bill,
IounI IL So Dimru't to Please.

The Growling Guest Whom Uncle Billy
houn1 IL So DiG cu' to Please.
From the Chicago Times Herald. ~
For 40 years has Uncle Billy" Fox
kept tavern in the little town of La
Porte pretentiously styled La Porte
City, Iowa, and in all that time he had
but one occasion to turn a guest from
his doors. ,ysr
The single bus in the town drew up
at the little hotel one cold winter even
ing, and half a d z passengers aligIht-
ed. One of them, a commercial trav-
eler of a sort seldom met nowadays.
pushed through the door first, marched
up to the desk, and remarked:
II want the best room in the house.
the best room, do you understand" g.
Uncle Billy, from behind the regis-'
ter. said he understood.
And" the traveller added, 'I want
a fire in my room at 10 o'clock, too" n
81 thought to myself" said the white
haired boniface. telling the story re-
Gently. that would please the fellow
I've learned that 1t doesn't do man
any good to get angry at him when he
is harsh or out of temper. Just make
him comfortable and cozy, and the
chances are he will thaw out and prove
to be a good man at heart after all. So
l picked out the best room in the house
and had a nice wood fire built in Il.
AT ~ " ItOCh uOOh my BuCSl up SldiIS
and when he opened the door of his
room he was delighted. ~
All said he, this is just what I
wanted. This pleases me- #kl
'Pleases you, does it?' says. Well.
I'm glad of that 80
Then, as turned to go, he looked
up at the ceiling, and says ne: - 40
How high Is that ceiling?
It's about eight feet, / says; the
height that ceilings usually are around
here
well sage he, 1T amt high
enough. I'm used to sleeping at the
Palmer house and other places where
they have high ceilings, and I can't
sleep under these stuffy low ceilings.
Haven't you got room with higher
ceilings?' >
Yes I says. I have a room with
higher ceilings, but this is the only
one I have warmed for you
But this one won't do he says.
Won't do. eh?' says l.
mo. he says. I've got to have
higher ceilings
"'All right I says; come on and
he picked up his grip and came down
stairs after me- We stopped in the
office until l could send the old lady
who came in on that train up to the
warm room. Then, says 1, come on
and the fellow followed me up TO the
street door.
What do you mean?' he asked
"'Ch. that's all right. says I; Just
you come on and we went into the
street. where 1 stopped. There the fell
low says to me again. he says:
What do you mean by this?'
Well say I. pointing to the sky,
'there'ska ceiling THAT God made, and I.
I hope thatll be high enough for YOU
What ne says. YOU wouldn't turn
q man out of your house. would YOU?
YES I says. I would
well he says. trying to bluff IL OF
bravely. how much are you going TO
charge me for the trouble I've put you
to already?
IF you'll promise me not to tell
anybody says. and never come back
here again. l won't charge you any
thing
but where can I get a bed to-
night?' he finally inquired.
oh says I. 'there'll be a train
along pretty soon. and you can go on
where they've got high ceilings"
\ Man of R~pose.