The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-11
Three Men
OF the World.


esFner waiting for n trolley. They
were all very young and wore very
loud" clothes. Not sign Of a beard
appeared ON the face of any one Of
them
aIt's II O'Clock" said one IN check
erboard suit Il won't get home TIL
~. l wish that bloomin car would
come along"
'Thnt's early for you. ChoIly," re-
marked one Of his friends. 1.-TWO
o'clock's my favorlte hour for turning
In
lets go into that saloon over there
and get one more glass of beer. Come
on. I'll 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 to wait.
"Say, boys" said Cholly, watch
while do trick Bet can fool that
Dutchman into giving us three glasses
of beer for cents"
IAulcl lVu Sdn w Az
''Yas is, genlemansT' asked the Ger
man Of the three men Of the world.
"Drie beer" replied Cholly, holding
up three fingers.
The German drew three glasses OF
beer from the spigot, set them on tie
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
fne beer. Where in the world did you
get such beer as thatf'
milwaukee," answered the beer
seller, but without much Evidence of
pride In his beer.
How many kegs do you use a day?"
milwaukee" muttered the German,
inattentively rinsing the glasses.
The young men laughed.
Where's the best beeE nader asked
one Of the youngsters.
Milwaukee"
"And the worst beerT"
milwaukee"
The youngsters exploded. "That's
the only English word he knows" said
CholIy.
Ihe German turned to otheF custom
ers who as the moment crowded up
50 the bar.
Here's your money" Cholly called
to him. Hurry up; I've got to catch
a car"
Cholly threw q sen ceat piece on che
counter. The saloon keeper broke
away from the babel Of customers or
dering beer to receive the money, but,
seeing a ten cent piece on the counter.
said;
"Irifdeen."
CholIy took up the ten cent piece
and put It in his vest pocket.
"Fve just given you 10 cents, haven
III he said to the German.
aYah."
''Well, there's 10 cents more" throw
ing down the original coin. "You owe
me five cents"
The German looked at the len cent
piece. then at Cholly, evidently be-
wildePed. He was In hurry Turn
ing. he took half dollar from a draw
er. threw the piece on the counter and
said:
Take 'em ouet Of das."
Cholly's eyes fair danced. Here was
an opportunity to take in 35 cents In
stead OF paying out 10 cents he fin
gered in his pockets for his loose
change ana found AZ cents. Borrow
ing 3 cents from one Of his friends, he
laid As 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 bunder. When on
the sidewalk they leaned up against
tree boxes and held their sides with
laughter
''Tang, tang, tang" sounded a dts
tant bell.
There comes your car. Cholly. Good
night. old boy"
''Ta, ia"
You're q sharp one"
Cholly boarded the car, Kissed his
hand to his friends. went inside and
sat down in a corner. The conductor
was at the other end collecting fares,
but the sound Of the register bell told
Of his approach. Finally he stopped
before Cholly aud demanded his fare.
Cholly handed him the half dollar
given him by the saloon keeper. The
conductor felt OF It. held It up to the
light turned It over and over, then
handed It back to Cholly.
"Bad."
The change from the self satisfied
look on Chollys face TO one Of aston
ishnent and horror was like a rain.
bow giving place to a thunder cloud.
1t denoted the discovery that the trick
he had pernetrated on the Teuton was
really trick on himself. Three glass
Is Of beer had cost him 55 cents. But
this-THs not All. The distance to his
home was Ave miles, and the prospect
Of walking It was before him.
''Fnre," cried the conductor sharply.
Cholly felt through his pockets to
gain time, but he found neither money
nor a solution to the problem.
'Git on or pay your fare" said the
conductor IN no uncertain tone
I'm broke" said Cholly. Il didn't