The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-13

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Have she disilufsinf ofifef tats o.
nurh N bee SALARY raeh ttIf month aHd
lase ihe amount distributed Among ns.
'.a rata, replied ihe spokesmau
~ have no legal nghi 40 dn that.
1id the Secretary, bot he Touched bic
insk hutiUn tor messenger aud sent
.nf the young examiner. who promptly
uade bic appearance.
MY young friend. said the secre
iary, Whom The examiner appeared.
these are some II your creditors 80
81 see that. sir - respectfully rc
llied the examiner. 81 couldn 4 posi-.
oily mistake one OF them
Now, - pursued the Secretary. who
occasionally lapsed into colloquinl Eng.
lish. cit seems to have about come "a
hiss lou We got 60 pay, or git How
about youi Which are you going TO
dof'
"Git, - promptly replied the exam.
ner, and forthwith sat down AT the
secretary desk and scrawlcd his res.
gnation.
Instantly there ensued great
elamor among the creditors They
lidn I want the young man to "git. -
rs long as he retained his government
Job they felt that they had at least IA
remote chance of finally getting some
thing on their bills. But off the gov.
ernment payroll and probably out of
Washington he was flown bird.
So the bunch of creditors. who had
been, fguratively speaking, bowling
for the young examiner heart s blood
but few moments before begged the
Secretary TO retain him in the service.
-" How am ! going to keep the man
If he wants TO goi' asked the Secre-
tary. Are you sure you want this
resignation to sticki" he inquired of
the examiner.
I'm already off the payroll, sir, ~
| replied the employe. determinedly, and
with bow he was out of the room.
He left Washington that same night
with only few dollars in his pocket.
Just two years later his salary as
patent man for n Cleveland manufac-
He returned to Washington In due
time, and in person paid up every
silver he owed.
A rather cowed looking and shabby
man was hailed before another Secre-
tary for his failure to pay doctors
bill OF long standing.
Whats the reason you don't pay
this medical mans bill?" demanded
q
occasion, rs there any good reason?
How many besides yourself have you
got to support"
Eight, sir" replied the man, hum
bly,. The two oldest, and three sets
OF twins"
What" demaEded the Secretary.
rising from his seat. How far apart
we're those sets?"
About a yea. and a quarter be-
tween each batch, sir" replied the
carpeted clerk.
And did the doctor who sends this
collector here officiate on all of these
interesting occasions?"
yes. sir-that's mostly what his
bill is for, sir" replied the shabby
clerk.
Get out OF here, you" stormed the
Secre tary. bearing down upon the bill
collector. And you go and tell that
Internal doctor man for me that he
ought to be blamed proud of having
oiiiciated at the making of a record,
much less hound the man who shares
In the glory. Here! Wait "A minute.
Dash me, I'll pay the bill myself! How
much is III" and the Secretary grab
bed the bill out of the scared collect
or's hand and looked It over. Then he
diyed into his pocket and paid the
amount out Of hand
Nov, you go back to your desk
old man." said the Secretary to the
shabby. cowed looking clerk, "and In
the future every time there's a dou-
Bile visitation in your family send the
bill to me-"
Hereupon the Secretary grinned af-
fably. The job you ought to have
my man." he added, lis Superintend-
ent Of the Census"
one of the Secretaries still in Of
flee received a boarding by telephone
year or so ago from n young man
he had had up for chronic Indebted
ness.
A lot of complaints having reached
wasn't paying or trying to pay his
bills. he sent for the delinquent.
Il understand that you gamble your
money away" said the Secretary who
had not long before issued a special
order to the effect that gambling
among the employees OF his department
was not going to be tolerated, and in
timating that employees who attended
the Bennings races, particularly, would
be liable to find themselves in con-
siderable disfavor. What form OF
gambling do you mostly indulge in?"
play a little poker, sir, OCCASION
ally" replied the young man.
do you bet on horse races asked
the Secretary
When | think / know something"
replied the young man.
"Um-when you think you know
something" repeated the Secretary
And how do you generally come out
on these occasions when you think
you know something"
II generally find that / don't know |
frankly replied the young !