The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-05
now TO ORDER.
When to De Polite and When 10 B,
Rude.

When 20 De Petite and When 20 II
Rude
''lt's ail very vel 10 talk about che
power oi polllrncss aud the efficacy Of
an engaging address said the mild
hammered man. Al that sort q thing
$40 Impressed upon me ia my earliest
youth. | Was taught 10 say, Yea,
thank you. naa'am. and N YOU please.
and / really think il Was a pretty good
graft In those days, thUngh L procured
TOT me a large amount 81 hatred from
boys WHO were lesa carefully bred. Il
brought The candy aad gingerbread c5os'
tee every time. Were you well brought
upie
rJnst tolerably." said the man With
the prosperous air About the average,
suppose
Il should have thought that they ne.
elected yUn a little ID that respect. said
the mild hammered maA. Bat perhaps
The average boy i . little neglected. |
knox you can he polite when you please.
bot ! Imagine from what heard you say
70 your clerk before WE left the Office
that you pick your subjects for polite
ness
40 your asked the man With the
prosperous air, good hufnorcdly u don't
notice anything particularly Chester.
heldian In what sou are saying And
that fellow deseFvrd all he got
might hate politely fired him, but
hope 10 knock little sense into him
after a WHILE"
1T was chilly IN our Cat this morn.
ing" said the mild hammered man. "and
my wife asked me II Wouldn't " down
% the basement and speak 10 the JAM.
tor Now, I'm not above speaking 10 the
janitpr. always speak 70 him when I
see BIN around Ia the vcstibule wiping
OF the steps or busting the banisters. I
say Coed morning, % remark that Il
Is pleasant day Or somewhat VI that
sort But he Il not responsive person
and the contersation usually stops there.
When you speak to him he has a way Of
stopping what he Is doing and turning on
You as il be thought you had grossly
insulted him.
"But ] went down into the basement.
The ianitor Was busy fling a key 50 his
bench. lie looked NJ a. ! opened the
base mcnt door and ehtered. but immedi.
ately resumed his work lie seemed 80
absorbed In Il that 1 felt considerable
dehcaey IN distraeiiug his attention.
However. said. Good morning. aud he
turned on me 10 his accustomed manner
and said, What's that
Good morning, ! repeated. 1 see
you're basy.'
"IIe grunted. eoughed
am sorry TO disturb you ! said,
after watching him a few moments, but
the fact is that for some reason the
steam doesn't seem 20 be ascending to
the third floor sufficiently TO cause any
perceptible rise Of temperature You
see. my wife and don't exercise a great
deal, and no doubt our blood circulation
isn't what it should be. but the fact is
that whc are not as warm as we might
be Ii the heart were what II should BE-.
We'd both esteem il as particulars
favor if you eould-when You have time,
Of course fire up a trife. | wouldn't
trouble You IL We we're not both Of us
susceptible to rheumatism and influenza.
/ am quite aware that shovelling coal Is
work and
See here he said, sticking out his
black muzzlc and growing. ii you're
cold and want more heat, why can't you
come and ask fer it like a gentleman
What do you want TO come down here
and get gay fort What's
at this juncture. as | was backing
away from him. Che door above was \
kicked violently open and Mr.. Spotsson,
my neighbor Oh the third floor, squeezed |
his bulk through the opening and his
bass voice doomed down the stairway |
and filed the basement, johnson, he
what in thunder are you trying
TO do? Freeze MS Wake upl Get
-four shovel into that coal bin and GET [
busy. You must think you're running a
.efrigerating plant. Say, let me tell
Foul If there isn't some heat up In my /
lat inside al five minutes, Iii have you
ookinr at the male help wants ads. to-
morrow morning.
"Tll FIRE up right away. sir says my
anitor friend, as neekly AZ You please,
without a look at me, he strikes a
sait for the shovel What do YOU think
Il thatg"
well" said the man with the pros
,erous air, II guess you do have to
lick your subjects once in a while. ~
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