Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-14
NO RECON- MENDATION.

He'd give me figures 80 per cent. above
the rate he expected to get, and would
swear by the beard of his father and
the bones of his mother that it would
of lies for a couple of hours and then
close the deal at about what l had eX-
pected to pay. That was not the end,
however AS soon as l had left he'd
start out to see if he couldn't get a
higher figure from some one else. If
offered a sixteenth of a cent more he'd
throw me down. If not, he'd delay
about the delivery and try TO steal two
bales out the hundred. When we found
the shortage I'd call on him and de-
mand the missing bales.
.Senor' he would reply, as he threw
up his hands and tried to look amazed,
it cannot be- Your clerk is wrong. 1t
is ruin to my reputation to say that
have kept back two bales
'.The missing bales might be in front
pointed out the fact and demanded pos
session the tears would spring to his
eyes and he'd hump his shoulders clear
over his head as he bewailed my want
of faith in his veracity. Then he'd
promise to send the bales right along,
and half a day later we'd get one. An
other visit might bring the second, but
three times out Of five he'd manage to
retain it. 1t was quite a while before
I caught on to the fact that the Phillip
no was born liar and expected every
body was up against the same AS long
as / seemed to believe them and stuck
to the truth myself | was an object of
contempt and an hourly victim When
/ began lying in return they were more
careful as to what jokes they put up
on me- | had a native laundry woman
who agreed with me for a certain price
per dozen. She began by counting ten
pieces for a dozen. l got on to the
trick and insisted that fourteen pieces
made only twelve. Then she would
steal one article per week, but l made
her pay double price. AT first, if she
promised my laundry on Saturday it
would be four. five or six days later.
Instead of paying cash down 1 took TO
asking her to call tomorrow and by
and by she gave up beat. At the end
Of three months she threw up the work,
and when | asked what was wrong she
replied:
'Senor of what use for me when
you do not appreciate my honesty?'
I'VE had number of natives about
the warehouse and store, of course.
Not one of them felt the slightest re-
sponsibility. When sent on an errand
to occupy fifteen minutes they'd take
two or three hours and look dumb with
establishment if any complaint was
made. One day our warehouse was
robbed of lot of goods. The porter
was called up, and of course he tried
to lie out of it by denying that he had
seen any one about When it was
brought home to him that he had even
been seen talking with the thieves he'd
shed tears and wall out:
Yes, 1 now remember that I did,
but they did not tell me they had come
TO steal, and how should l know it?
Besides one of them was my own
father
''Is axing the wages of employees
made every one sign his name to
paper with a witness. This worked I'll
right for few weeks, but one pay day
half dozen of them claimed that they
We're not receiving the wages signed
for. | brought out the papers, but
each denied his signature. There was
native policeman who stood in with
US on many little things and got his
three per month for it, and I called him
in. He picked out the leader and toss
ed him around the warehouse for five
minutes and then asked him if he was
willing to acknowledge his signature.
The fellow replied that he was and that
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