The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-02-08
HAD A KICK TO MAKE.
AND HE MADE 1T RIGHT TO THE HEAD
OF THE FIRM.
The Kicker Went About Landing Hts
Protest In "a Rather unconventional
Manner. hut the Chances Are He
Got What He Was After.

Got What He Was After.
Eyes, said the tall, loose jointed
man at the telephone. that's the num-
Der want-229. u
Double two miner" queried the
voice at the central office
"Well, don't know that double two
nine is any better than the plain. or
binary two. two. nine. out IL you insist
on that style suppose we say double
two single nine and get 1t exactly right.
Hello Is that Spotcash q Co. 81"
Eyes. responded the voice at the
other end Of the wire.
''Is Mr.. Spotcash inf'
as it something Important He is
much occupied "
80 am |. Yes; lisa matter Of some
Importance. and | 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
juncture
"Hellol Is that Mr. Spotcashf
"Yes Who is itI"
"You are the head Of the firm of
Spotcash 81 Co.. are you notr"
eyes, was tho impatient answer.
"What do you want3 Who are Your
"Gwilliams, 1875 Pumpernickel
street. want 10 enter complaint. "
"What aboutP"
81 bought an icebox at your store a
few days ago. and
"Call up the household goods depart
ment. confound you 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 tho household goods depart
ment The head of the firm is the man
l want TO talk to- ! bought an icebox
at your store a few days ago for $40. 70.
| might have got it cheaper somewhere
else. but that isn't the point Having
bought it and paid for it, had right
to expect it to be delivered within q
reasonable time and in fair condition.
1t didn't come for four days, and when
1t did come
"Say. you. | employ men to hear
complaints of this kind
~ have no use for them. You're the
ftSpOHSinlt fildH vi tiit houSt 4 no sys
tenn is yours. If it doesn't work smooth
". ii Is your fault When that icebox
came four days after purchase, one Of
the casters was missing, the varnish
was scraped off the outside surface in
more than dozen places. and ii looked
as IL it had gone through hard season
ut chesS boarding house
a, ~ fh ~ ~
roared Mr.. Spotcash. send it Dackl j
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"
al think gave you my name and
address-Gwilliams % Pumpernickel
street. next door TO Lazarus j. Spill
horn You don't know me from a
stuffed alligator. but you may have
heard of Spillhorn Don't You allow
yourself to get hot. Mr.. Spotcash, over
an icebox. The incong-uity Of such a
thing ought to be apparent even to the
head Of an overgrown junkshop'---
II ypu Wtlt iti'f siis nhNHi0 HANh
you out of my Office
you would probably need some help.
IL that icebox had simply been defaced
a little. / 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 tho little details OF a
business amounting 10 millions of dol
lars year,"
''If you don't grasp every detail Of
that business, you Cheap John notion
peddler in gilt binding. you are not
fit 10 be the boss of it Don't try to
crawl ont of the responsibility by
throwing the blame on some boy. If
that icehox had simply been defaced a