The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-17

Therefore, when he received the
hurry" note, he wrote a reply imme-
diately. 1t was couched in excruciat-
ingly polite and eager terms, and as
sured the big concern that he would
do all that was humanity possi-
bic to install the appliances ahead
He dispatched the letter by special
messenger. Hardly ten minutes after
ward the telephone bell rang, and, with
voice trembling with rage, the great
Boss of the big concern in person ad-
dressed the heating appliance man,
telling him to send his bill for the work
already done, and never to darken
their doors again.
With shaking legs the unhappy man
ran to the big concerns office and kow-
towed until the Boss condescended to
see him. He held out the letter and
said majeticallY, I'VE have cancelled
our order with you because we are not,
sir, in the habit. sir, of suffering our
selves to be made the subjects, sir, of
cheap wit and impudence. sir!"
And the furnace man read his polite,
polite letter, and down near the end he
saw the Hateful sentence. Il will have
! the appliances in by tomorrow morn
ing. Hoping that you will keep cool
| till then. l am etc.
And though the thermometer was
then away below zero, it wasn't the
| cold weather that made the heating
| appliance man shiver
| He had to do some tall talking to
explain that he had not been even re-
motely guilty of attempted sarcasm.
| This heating appliance man was not
the only one in the town who suffered
a drop in personal pride while the zero
| weather reigned here.
1t seems to be a part of the policy
! of the new administration to take spe-
cial pains for the prevention of acct
dents due to icy spots. On one of
the slipperiest days of last week. in
accordance with this policy, a burly
! policeman was stationed in the City
| Hall Park to warn foot passengers
against a particularly dangerous piece
of ice. Tall and broad, he stood like
/ a craven image for a long time, at in
tervals uttering his warnings in a fog
horn voice.
Look out there! Don't step on that
ice or yez'll fall and hurt yourself!"
SO raucous. penetrating and aggres-
sive We're his tones that more than
, once the man or woman whom he
warned was almost startled into a
mishap that would surely lead to dis
aster Finally, along came man well
past middle life cautiously picking MS
way with the aid of cane. At the
first sound of the copper's voice the
man stopped short:
Keep still, can't your" he called
out ENORMOUSLY. I'D as soon fall and
break every bone in my body as to be
scared to death by a fool policeman
like you!'
This was too much for the police
man. To be insulted that way by one
whom he had tried to save from acct
dent was not to be borne.
That's the way we take 1t, is it?''
he queried angrily. We'll, we'll sec
about it. TIL just help you across the
ice and then yez can't fall
Suiting the action to the announce
ment, the policeman STROBE quickly
toward his victim, who was still trem-
bling from the start he had suffered
Naturally, the policeman took no heed
of the ice for himself, and hence his
undoing. Planting his number elevens
firmly upon a bit of particularly
treacherous ice, his feet suddenly shot
out from under him, and an instant
later two hundred and ten pounds OF
live policeman lay stretched on the
snow.
It is hard to say which was the
more surprised, the policeman or thu
trembling old man with the cane. The
latter took immediate advantage Of
his innocent tormentor's downfall Il
hohbIe away, while Qbout the police
man there gathered a wide ring o
highly amused by-passers. When h
picked himself up he made bee lin'
for the station, where he could lie III
for repairs, for the fall had "shucl
him up considerable" little latel
he was replaced by a lighter police
man whose voice was not so aggres-
sive, but who possessed the quality Of
sure-footedness.
John II. O'Brien, Mayor McClellan's
secretary, has a grievance.
IT'S just my luck" he said, Ito gel
into this office at the beginning of Q
leap year. Mayor Low didn't have 9
leap year throughout all his term, and
he never came to the office on Satur-
days. Now, l don't mind working
hard, and 1 enjoy tin a measure
but think it is pretty tough to put 9
man into this office and spring an ex-
ira day year on him-for the first
time in eight years. Then this little
matter of having to work on Satur'
day is dreadful. / shall try my best
to get the Colonel out of his per-
nicious habits If he works Saturday
have to be here. 1t is really very
pathetic situation" Duane.