The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-30
Three Men
OF the World.

copyright. 1905, by American Press Assoc
ciation.l
Three men were standing on q street
corner waiting for a trolley. They
were all very young and wore very
cloud" clothes. Not sign Of a beard
appeared on the face Of any one Of
them.
'Its II o'clock" said one IN check.
srboard suit. Il won't get home till
IL. | wish that bloomin' car would
come along"
THAT'S early for you, Cholly," re-
marked one Of his friends. Two
o'ciccks my fayorite hour for turning
IN"
Lets go into that saloon over there
and get one more glass Of beer. Como
on. ri blow you of"
The young man In the checkerboard
suit, yclept Cholly, led the way across
the street, the two others following.
The proprietor. fat. puffy, red faced
German, was serving some one else,
and they were Obliged toswnit.
"say, boys" said Cholly, watch
while / do a trick. Bet can fool that
Dutchman into giving US three glasses
OF beer for cents"
"Ratsl You can't do itF'
"yas Is, gen1emansT' asked the Ger.
man Of the three men of the world.
"Drie beer" replied Choliy, holding
up three fingers.
The German drew three glasses OF
bee- from the splgot, set them on the
counter. removed the surplus foam
with an ivory paper cutter and placed
them before the friends, who poured
the beer down their throats.
Jimmy" calculated .Cholly, that's
fine beer. Where in the world did you
get such beer as thatT
milwaukee," answered the beer
seller, but without much evidence of
pride in his beer.
How many kegs do you use dayT
milwaukee," muttered the German,
inattentively rinsing the glasses.
The young men laughed.
where's the best beer nader asked
one Of the youngsters.
milwaukee,"
"And the worst beerT
milwaukee,"
The youngsters exploded. THAT'S
the only English word he knows" said
Cholly.
The German turned to other custom
ers who at the moment crowded up
TO the bar.
Here's your money" Cholly called
to him. Hurry up; I've got to catch
a car"
Cholly threw a ten cent piece on the
counter. The saloon keeper broke
away from the babel Of customers or
dering beer to receive the money, but,
seeing ten cent piece on the counter.
said
"Fifdeen.r
Cholly took up the ten cent piece
and put 1t in his vest pocket.
"I've just given you 10 cents, haven't
IT. he said to the German.
.sYah"
"Well, there's 10 cents more, !" throw
ing down the original coin. "You owe
me five cents"
The German looked at the ten cent
piece, then at Cholly, evidently be-
wildered. He was in hurry. Turn
ing, he took half dollar from a draw
err, threw the piece on the counter and
said:
"Take 'em Duet of das"
Cholly's eyes fair danced. Here was
an opportunity to take In 35 cents In
stead Of paying out Is cents. He fin
gered In his pockets for his loose
change and found - cents. Borrow
ing 5 cents from one Of bis friends, he
aid 45 cents on the counter and picked
up the half dollar. Then the three got
out of the saloon as soon as possible.
fearing that the German would dis
cover his stupid blunder. When on
the sidewalk they leaned up against
tree boxes and held their sides with
laughter.
@Tang, tang, tang sounded dis
tant bell.
4There comes your car, Cholly. Good
night, old boy"
s.Ta, ta."
you're sharp one"
Cholly boarded the car, kissed his
hand to his friends. went inside and
sat down ia a corner. The conductor
was at the other end collecting fares,
but the sound of the register bell told
OF bis approach. Finally he stopped
before Cholly and demanded his fare.
Cholly handed him the half dollar
given him by the saloon keeper. The
conductor felt Of 1t, held 1t up to the
light, Aturned 1t over and over, then
handed 1t back to Cholly.
BAD
The change from the self satisfied
look on Cholly's face to one of aston
ishnnent and horror was like a rain
bow giving place to thunder cloud.
1t denoted the discovery that the trick
he had perpetrated on the Teuton was
really a trick on himself Three glass
es of beer had cost him s. cents. But
this was not all. The distance to his
home was five miles. and the prospect
Of walking it was before him.
Fare" cried the conductor sharply
Cholly felt through his pockets TO
gain time, but he found neither money
nor a solution to the problem.
"Git or or pay your fare" said the
conductor In no uncertain tone.
'I'm broke" said Cholly. Il didn't
know 1t. Can't you let me ride? I've
got FIVE miles to go. It's near mid
night. and I'm dead tired"