Arizona republican., 1910-11-14
COUNT DIDN'T GET
WHAT He EXPECTED
FAIR FARE HANDS HIM SOME
THING FOR HIS COLD.
But II Was Not in Liquid Form,
Whereat Hack Driver is
Much Aggrieved.

uIlNe Il HdCh IOT the dCCOmmOud-
ton of the public" remarked Count
Melnik, a stroiling into the city edi-
tors room at 2 "a. m, lifting the Of
flee cat out of convenient chair
and disposing himself in the attitude
of one who is about to recite 'Life's
a Funny Proposition After AL"
There was no reply except the
spiteful click of a typewriter being
hammered on viciously by a. reporter
Wild had forgotten to write a notice
of church social in time for the
first edition.
Il say" repeated the count. that
drive hack for the accommodation
of the public. Naturally expect
something in return for that accom-
mediation. Sometimes l don't get
what l expect"
What did you get tonight, COUNT"
asked the editor in charge of the de-
partment of serpents and economics.
Pills" said the count. disgustedly
He reached in his pocket, pulled out
two little white pellets and looked at
them long and earnestly. Then he
put them back reverently
I'm going to keep them and have
them buried with me-" declared the
accommodation of the public. They
are more unexpected than anything
that ever happened to me in my life"
Tell us about it," urged the ser
penis economics editor
We'll | was driving along Wash
ington street yesterday afternoon, do
inc NV 20 q.
remaining square inch on the outside
of the hack with mud. A woman
called me from the sidewalk at Cen
ter and Washington and wanted me
to take her home. I'd do anything to
oblige a lady so l opened the door
and told her to step in.
We'll. she lived way out in the
northwest part of town. about two
dollars out on day like yesterday
When | let her out she just sailed
past me without looking and went
into the house
Nothing doing. Panchita,' says |
to the Indian girl that tried to close
the door in my face. | wasn't going
to make the lady come back out into
the rain and mud to give me the
fare. So / stood in the parlor adj
miring the Rembrandts. Correggios
Gibsons and Oppers on the walls for
about fifteen minutes Then the lady
came down starts. dressed in one of
those combination wall paper and
garden fence effects that's called
kimono.
Why, driver. are you here yet?
she asks surprised. 'Yes'm, I'm here
yet | says. I'm waiting for my
fare
"'Oh yes, | forgot to pay your.
she answers. How much will it be-
Fifty cents. ma'am.' tells her.
It's an outrage she says, but
III pay it
Then she went back upstairs ana
it was about fifteen minutes more
before she came again. She had four
dimes and a nickel
Here's forty-five cents she says |
It's all have in the house. You can |
call at my husbands office for the |
other nickel
'Yes'm, / agreed. edging for the |
door | wanted to get back to town |
and pick up another fare.
Driver, she says. just as | was i
stepping outside. do you ever take |
anything for a coldY
Sometimes / told her. stepping
back inside. She told me to wait and |
then she went upstairs again. OF |
course / didn't like to wait but then 1
really needed something for that 1
cold l caught Two years ago last No
The count stopped to cough vio-
ently but not dangerously. pulled the
white pills out of his pocket and !!
again contemplated them with an air
Of deepest gloom.
She gave me these" he went on.
: Take one now. she says. and take j
the other in half an hour They are
really wonderful in their effects. My II
own doctor made them for me-
Il didn't ask her but I'll bet her
ioctor is DIR. Hughes. But | couldn't
-hink of taking these pills. | might
need them worse some other time II
lust now / don't need anything for
ny. cold except medicine in liquid
'"rm. Say. do any of you fellows n
happen To have any liquid cod med
cine with your"