The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-20
HE WOULDN'T SHARE.
WHY A DRUMMER REFUSED TO pou-
BILE WITH ANOTHER GUEST.
There Was Time When He Did That Sort
of Thing Without Murmur. but He
swore or After His Thrilling Experience
With the Editor In Culpeper.

With the Editor In Cuipeper,
1t was drummer, and he had lust ar.
rived at the best hotel In New Jersey
town.
This is the first time I've ever been In
the town, !" he said In the fresh and breezy
manner of the CHEEKY traveller that makes
you feel as II somebody had left the door
open, and want to have good impress
sion made on me, so I'll come back again.
Nothing like first impressions, you know,
my boy, to make town stay up in the
mont end of the procession, and the hotel
is tho place whore the impression business
starts. Good hotel, good impression; good
impression, good for another visit"
The clerk looked really hurt.
"Im awfully sorry" he said, "but I
can't do as well for you tonight as would
| like to. You see we are crowded with a
convention in town of a district teachers
association, and you'll have to 70 in a
/ room with man who is tho only one in
the house who hasn't been doubled yet"
well, won't have it, said the drum.
mer peremptorily.
"What would you say to a mattress on
the 1oors"
"Oh, no. Better than that. In the room
with that party"
That's as bad as doubling"
What do you say to taking my bed and
letting me have tho mattress on the fioorp"
81 don't know you.'
This made the clerk hot.
Nor don't know you, SIR" he said,
with indignant protest.
Here's my card, laughed the drum
mer good humoredly. "Thats all right"
he went on. at isn't you or it isn't any
one else except myself. I've got proju-
dice about getting into anybody 5 power.
used to didn't have, and I'd Just as soon
sleep in u stall with horse as not if it
was going to accommodate the landlord
and give him chance to pick up dollar
or two on the side. But did it onco too
often, and now don't want anything be-
tween me and the four walls of my room.
You see, it was this way"
The clerk submitted helplessly.
About six years ago." continued the
drummer, 81 was down here in Virginia
where tho editors eat coons and cordwood
for Thanksgiving dinner, and one night
stopped at q hotel in Culpcper l believe
the name Of the town was. Something
was on in town, and the place was full,
"o o"t' nou 'ii''' H"u rooLn enough IN III
~, NV ICING o'oupitu Wy an eultor. l
no,oi W, hou "oru, ChouRl' puG went OH
W nou iiHo soou onliu' anu III ABOUT 10
H''"NOe" was sumner asleep than dea-
con on warm Sunday.
nn"O lnppeheu IN the interim DO not
hno"' noiis tho KIM Oh sleeper that at
tehuS SGflctly TO business. But along in
NV nishO soi'e V'ino was awakened by u
ign. III tho room ana before Knowing
JnSU "ilo IL was was entirely awakened
~ Noice WHlCh kept repeating; i owe
'l'' ue'ii o. lowe the devil W, That
Sounucn llkoa crazy man III the room, and
was "iuo ""dhe pretty Soon ana was
corFrSpohainBiy wary Tor did not know
Th"1 vas gong TO happen next AS far as
l oonlo learn by eyeslght my editorial
,ooini,'a'e was sittihg by table with
lamp burning on It, and he was bent low
over " piece OF paper on which he was
WIRING AT the same time he kept sway
ing nhck ara iorth ana grooming to him
Seii owe tho deVli W. lowe the devil 81.
PRESENTLY when had stood 1t as long
lib Couiu, congnco signify and essayed
Spe'cn WIN my friend
ueNii mora thah thht, you ought to think
you arc III great luck I'm not nearly as
DAu rs l might De, Dut II be hanged If
u"h consider my Indebtedness to the old
serpent Soou deal more than S2. Then
Ihou8ht IA laugh the man out of his
looilaHhcss' put hadh t more than given
ouo ,''ii si HLhIio Vii ne grabbed loose
t'roiHof 'ileF7 was On the taoio ana turned
ana! ne shouted until L could feel
V"e soo'eil'Sh raising al over me SO l
Gn''u Scta1ch ihateh on myself; Aha,
~ YOU ~ lCf IL Is ueilhqnent subscribers
"Ro you 'h"' never pay their bills that |
"I"ho Ii ho n"ru On US poor long suffering |
oul'orS I1s you mat never see the |
''"rN On inc wrapper ana give no heed to |
our "ppoaiS ~ you mat take the paper
QUO OF inc po'toilice all the time and when |
we ASK lor pay lor IL tho postmaster sends |
1t back to us marked "Rofused" or |
Moved away. It's you that ncyor secs
our slogan at the Top OF the editorial col |
uihh' '" per year 10 advance. It's you |
ohat pinhBe us into the vortex of ruin and |
prevent us from ming long felt want.
ANA, now ls the time to diGH
ihhtS the way he carried on" con-
.''"N w" "'"H'i'''I, allh"sV l"SIHS MS |
breath IN his excited recollection, and |
then began slipping over to mo rs If he |
was Sl"atinS over the fun he would have |
Wheh ne hau lll"d INC full OF holes and |
besuh blowing tunes through mo- If l |
wasn't scared to death, it was because l |
was born Immortal, and | didn't do |
thing but lie still there in an utter paralysis |
ana hiin coming nearer every minute.
But, no, no hiSsed when he got up |
TIL could have stuck my head in the !
mouth Of that pistol and had room for |
ionr inch washer but no, you shall dis |
gorge your i'll gotten gains before you de-
p"rt this life mourncd by u large circle Of !
loving friends. Give Inc 81 for your last
years subscription Two dollars. do Won |
hcarP owe 81 to the devil, l can stand
tho printers oil another six months, for
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