The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-18
SH AD A KICK TO MAKE.
AND He MADE IT RIGHT TO THE HEAD
or THE FIRM.

The Kicker Went About Landing BIS
Protest In q Rather unconventional
Manner, but the Chances Are He
Got What He was After.
said the tall, loose jointed
man at the telephone, that's the num-
Der want-2e9. 2
Double two nine2 2' queried the
voice at the central Office.
Well. don t know that double two
nine. is any better than the plain, or
danary two, two, niGe, but if you insist
on that style suppose we say double
.sttwo single nine and get it exactly right
Hellol Is that Spotcash & Co. 's?''
es, responded the voice at the
other end Of the wire.
Is r. Spoteash in?''
it something important? He is
mlch occupied. :
$50 am Z Yes; it matter Of some
Importance. and want TO talk to Mr.
Spofcash personally Yes; III hold the
D wire that is, I'll hold the phone
sEenoi'' snapped somebody at this
juncture
Hello, Is that Mr. spotcash2''
Eyes Who is it.
You are the head Of the firm of
Spotcash & Co, are you not?,
ssYes, was the impatient answer
What do you want? Who are you p
ssGwiIliams, 1895 Punpernickel
street. I want to enter complaint.
What about2''
I bought an icebox at your store
few days ago, and
.eCan up the household goods depart
nnent confound you'll I have no time to
spare to look after such things
You've got as much time. perhaps,
as have. haven't any complaint to
make to the household goods depart
ment The head of the firm is the man
want to talk to. I bought an acebox
at your store a few days ago for SIG. IS.
4 might have got it cheaper somewhere
else, but that isn't the point. Having
bought it and paid for it, I had right
TO expect it to be delivered within
reasonable time and in fair condition
It didn't come for four days, and when
4 IL did come -
Say. you. I employ men to hear
complaints of this kind
have no use for taem You re the
responsible man Of the house The sys-
TEN is yours. IF it doesn' t work smooth
II. It is your fault, When that icebox
came four days after purchase, one Of
She castcrs was missing, the varnlsh
was scraped off the outside surface IN
more than a dozen places, and it looked
rs If it had gone through a hard season
at cheap boarding house"
IF there's anything wrong with it, >
Toared Mr Spotcash. "send it backi !
ean't take up my time
Stand a little farther away from
the phone, Mr. Spotcash- Your voice
sounds as if you had your mouth full
6of mashed potatoes
who the devil are you s''
81 think I gave you my name and
address Civilians, 1895 Pumpernickel
street, next door to Lazarus j. Spill
horn. You don't know me from a
stufed alligator. but you may have
heard sof Spillhorn. Don't you allow
yourself to get hot, Mr.. Spotcash. over
an icebox The incongruity of srch
thing ought to be apparent even to the
head of an overgrown junkshop
.sH you were here. sir. I should kick
yor, ,o,7f Of nv ofiica''-
s.. You would probably need some help.
If that icebox had simply been defaced
little, shouldn' t have made any fuss
about it. but the stupid ass you sent to
deliver it
Haven't you sense enough. you in
fernal idiot. to know that I don't look
personally after the little details Of
business amounting to millions Of dol
lars year2' p
IF you don't grasp every detail Of
that business. you Cheap John notion
peddler in gilt binding, you are not
fit to be the boss Of it'll Don't try to
crawl out of the responsibility by
throwing the blame on some boy. If
that icebox had simply been defaced
little. repeat. / shouldn't have made
any fuss about it. but the fellow you
sent to deliver it didn't have any more
sense than to tumble it on the side
walk
Bring it back. blank you'-,
Look here. Spotcash. that won't do,
you know You are not allowed to talk
in that style over the telephone. Exer-
else little common sense, Spotcash
You know it isn't my place to bring
that icebox back. The proper thing to
do, you thirty third degree haberdasher
and toy vendor is to send me new
icebox and take the damaged one
back
..You blank fool. do you think you
can tell me-
Again let me tell you. spotcash,
not to use such language over the tele-
phone Some remote ancestor Of yours
may possibly have been gentleman,
Try TO emulate him. Spotcash. In the
meantime please accept the assurances