The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
BIXBY'S VENGEFUL SCHEME
TORRENTS THE HAUGHTY OWNER
OF A BIG OFEICE BUILDING.
Also Causes the Dismissal OF an Acent-An
Came Through II story That the owner
Made His Tenants Work u Pump When
They Pushed Around IA Turnstiie Door.

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nav. aaid the irate stranger. NO use on earth
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o1c0psto mokeo mhhoo-A'h WIN
Then he marvelled greatly for that a yonth
..ra,ro c,o.s at hand ec,ostad him with a beam
sV0no'ne cioSe ~ nam =" -,
and have a drink In English. and oil the time
49, ~.,s d1nkinO the stranger aired rainbow
49,. .,on, A.. ohs,ruct,ve door and the youth.
who was Bixby, chuckled Mephistopheloan chuck
L.. In . dss, Inn. after the manner Of the younger
n..-r" - htmsaI, ,ho .bu.n non the thiyh
% HaSzks' phtuhs himsei' 'no WINS upon
IN q highly approving manner. By the following
.on,n, ma b,d fuly natured his plan. Al noon
he stood Just outside The door ana conecWn nan
Q dozen OF his acquaintances who had Offices In
ths building by repetition OF the simple formula:
Come and have one with me
And thep were present at that drink Perkins
An. At the mos, notorious sossips on Wall street,
erob.l OF the trib. OF k!ckers. both partners of the
arm OF S~chimmelsnif & Muttheimer; Virgins the
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VINO ooesh' D"onS III inv ouNue ""'
been invited previously To play a part in tbs game
.rd h.d chsarfnllv accented Biyby had chosen
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drinks were mixing Col. waugh, at an eloquent
wink from Bixby, r.marked in off hand tones;
aTh.,. r,.,,v .Iick sgsnt tina owner Of your
That's a prety SICK agen' 'he 0"he' VI 'ou'
building has"
How that" asked Bi1by unconcernedly
.uL. -, no,u,u T., =, vo,l, ont ~ all Won
why ne ge'unR '' VI "o'N !" q" W"
fellows"
",Tbe demo, he isl I'd like 70 know how"
...a,n. a,r.m. rro ,t. s,icLss, an
That turnsu'e door game. Tvs we Succession
plication Of an old principle I've seen this many a
war Wonder Is TINT somebody hasn't thought
go 49,"
OF IL before
What's that" asked Scobel, the kicker
"Jus, n little scheme of the agents 10 make YOU
'uS' a .''e ".eane W n' utv" " arrl ia
fellows work out your own SaiNa'oh' eAt'aiheu
the Colonel. Hes run that turpstile shaft down
into the cellar and attached il to a sort Of pump
H.. 49, a. a.
Ing arrangement 50 1hat every ume ue uof "
turned it pumps water. Mighty ingenious game,
] call IT," .
"ila-ha-ha!" cried BiNby That Ia a good one
sure enough. No labor wasted there
Il don't see whore the joke comes IN asserted
Soobel sourly, Seems to me We. re- being worked,
all of us
"Oh, well, I use the rear door mostly and as that's
an ordinary swinging door II doesn't get much
labor out of me- remarked llNhy.
"Yes; but | use tue front door, cried the iirm OF
Schimmclsnitf * Muttheimcr IN duet Where
do | come inF'
Come in the same place you go out and do
some good work pumping every time you turn
the little wheel. said BiNby. "Oh, Lord, isn't II
lovely b. think Of the iyest iirm on the Street he
ing done in thai way"
n call il an outrage" said Virgins, the lawyer.
7 believe We could sue on that