Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02
HAD A KICK TO MAKE.
AND HE MADE 1T RIGHT TO THE HEAD
OF THE FIRM.

PrOtcat In n Rather Unconventional
Manner. but the Chances Are He
Got What He Was After.
"Yes." said the tall. loose jointed
man at the telephone. "that's the num-
ber l want-229."
Double two nine3" queried the
voice at the central Office
"Well. don't know that double two
nine is any better than the plain, or
dinary two, two. nine, but If you insist
on that style suppose we say double
two single nine and get it exactly right.
Hellol Is that Spotcash & Co. So"
Eyes" responded the voice at the
other end of the wire.
''Is Mr.. Spotcash inf''
"Is 1t something importanti He Is
much occupied"
$50 am I. Yes; lisa matter of some
Importance, and I want to talk to Mr..
spotcash personally. Yes; I'll hold the
wire-that is. I'll hold the phone
"Hellol" snapped somebody at this
3uncture.
"Hellol Is that Mr.. spotcashs"
"Yes. Who Is itf''
"You are the head Of the firm Of
spotcaah 8 Co., are you nots''
"Yes" was the impatient answer.
"What do you wantf Who are youH"
"Gwilliams, 1195 Pumpernickel
street. want to enter complaint
"What aboutf"
II bought an icebox at your store q
few days ago. and"-
"Call up the household goods depart
ment. confound yout have no time to
spare to look after such things"
You've got as much time, perhaps,
ss have. Haven't any complaint to
make to the household goods depart
ment. The head Of the firm is the man
want to talk 10. I bought an icebox
at your store few days ago for $18. Is.
might have got 1t cheaper somewhere
else. but that isn't the point. Having
bought it and paid for It, I had right
TO expect 1t to be delivered within q
reasonable time and In fair condition.
It didn't come for four days. and when
II did come"-
Say. You. I employ men TO hear
complaints of this kind
Il have no use for them. You're the
responsible man Of the house. The sys-
tenn is yours. If 1t doesn' work smooth
ly, it is your fault When that icebox
came four days after purchase, one Of
the castors was missing, the varnish
was scraped off the outside surface in
more than dozen places, and It looked
as II 1t had gone through hard season
at cheap boarding house.
If there's anything wrong with IL, Z"
roared Mr.. Spotcash, send 1t backl I
can't take up my time
STAND little farther away from
the phone, Mr.. Spotcash. Your voice
sounds as If you had your mouth full
Of mashed potatoes'-
"Who the devil are your
II think gave you my name and
ddress-Gwilliams, 1906 Pumpernickel
street. next door to Lazarus ]. Spill
horn. You don't know me from a
stuffed alligator. but you may hexs
heard Of Spillhorn. Don't you allow
yourself to get hot, Mr.. spotcash. over
an icebox. The incongruity Of such a
thing ought to be apparent even to the
head Of an overgrown junkshop"-
"1f you were here SIR. should ktot
you out of my Office
You would probably need some help.
II that icebox had simply been defaced
libtle, shouldn't have made any fuss
about 1t, but the stupid ass you sent to
deliver IT,
Haven't you sense enough. You in
fernal idiot, to know that | don't look
personally after the little details of a
business amounting to millions of dol
lars year1"
"1f you don't grasp every detail OF
that business, you Cheap John notion
peddler In a gilt binding. you are not
ft to be the boss Of It'll Don't try to
crawl out Of the responsibility by
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