Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-07-01
Three Men
OF the World.


copyright. 1908, by American Press Asso-
cation.
Three men were standing on a street
corner waiting for a trolley. They
were all very young and wore very
cloud" clothes. Not a sign of a beard
appeared on the face of any one Of
them.
Its II o'clock" said one in a check
erboard suit. 81 won't get home till
II. 1 wish that bloomin' car would
come along"
That's early for you, Cholly," re-
marked one of his friends. 1.-TWO
0'clock's my favorite hour for turning
In"
Let's go into that saloon over there
and get n more glass of beer. Come
on. I'll blow you off"
The young maj in the ~checkerboard
suit, yclept Cholly, led the way across
the street, the two others following.
The proprietor, Il fat, puffy. red faced
German, was serving some one else,
and they were obliged to wait.
Say, boys" said Cholly, watch
while l do a trick. Bet l can fool that
Dutchmau into giving us three glasses
of beer for 5 cents"
Rats. You can't do it,"
Vas is, genlenans?' asked the Ger
mai 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 the
counter, removed the surplus foam
with an ivory paper cutter and placed
them before the friends, who poured
the beer down their Threats.
Jimmy calculated Cholly, that's
fine beer. Where in the world did you
get such beer as that?"
"MilwaGkee." answered the beer
seller, but without much evidence of
pride iii his beer.
How many kegs do you use Il day.
~"Milwaukce," muttered the German,
i~nattentively rinsing the glasses.
The young mel laughed.
"Whefc's the best beer made:' asked
of the youngsters,
"Miiwaukee."
Aud the worst beer?"
"~,Milwaukec."
The youngsters exploded. That's
the only English word he knows" said
Choiiy.
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
q car"
counter. The saloon keeper broke
away from the babel of customers or
dering beer to receive the money, but,
seeing II ten cent piece on the counter,
said:
"FifGeeu."
Cholly took up the ten cent piece
and put it in his vest pocket.
"Iye just given you 10 cents, haven't
II" he said to the German.
yah"
"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 a hurry. Turn
ing, he took half q dollar from a draw
er, 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 40 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 a. possible,
fearing that the German would dis
cover his stupid blunder. When on
the sidewalk they leaned up against
laughter.
"Tang, tang, tang" sounded a dis.
tant bell.
"There comes your car, Cholly. Good
night. old boy"
sta, ia"
YOU'RE d sharp one"
Cholly boarded the car, kissed his
hand to his friends, Went inside and
sat down in Il 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 and 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 Cholly's face to one Of aston
ishment and horror was like q rain
bow giving place to Il 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 55 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.