The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-31

7 ters at depots, and they don't have a
| manager tiptoeing around and sduint-
| ing at you suspiciously from various
| angles. Why, down at that office there
| isn't an average OF twelve red cor
| puscles to the clerA, and as for the fu-
ture-why, mani Halo! Here we arel
Well. so long!"
AS I stated before, johnson is one Of
the best agents | ever know. He is a
hustler for business, and he has been
coming to him.
One of the most valuable assets a
railroad man can have is a short MEM
ory. He finds ii necessary to forget
many times. It is the most convenient
subterfuge at his command when he
is embarrassed by a knowledge that
he would gladly not have. However,
know one railroad man with a memory
that endured ten years, and reached
all the way from Ohio to Kansas.
You probably never heard Of Billy"
Noel. Billy is not the kind to break
into print. He was born in Ohio, on
farm, and naturally this put him in
line for the Presidency, if he hadn't
taken to railroading.
AS a side issue on the farm, Billy's
father ran an old hand press cider
mill, and farmers for miles around
brought their wine saps, BELLE flowers,
and vandever- -pippins to him to be
made into cider Billy with the usual
industry OF country youth, officiated
at the lever.
One afternoon, a farmer came to the .
mill with a cargo of apples. Billy's
father was not at home, but Billy took
care of the business and by evening,
after the hardest Kind of work, he
turned out barrel or two of cider.
TT comes to two dollars and fifty
cents" said Billy. when the farmer |
was ready 10 depart with the barrel of |
cider on his stone drag.
"All right, bub. I'll be back to- |
morrow with another load and III |
settle with you then"
So said Billys father, when told
Of the transaction, "thsfs Lige Skim !
ner for you. He'll never pay the two !
fifty. He never pays anything. You've
had your work for nothing, Billy"
1t turned out that way Skinner did
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ten miles to collect the account, but
was bruskly informed that the cider
was NOT properly made and returned
empty handed.
A few years later Billy became a
telegraph operator, after which he
found his way to Kansas. Under the
fostering cline OF the Sunaower state,
he blossomed into a station-agent. one |
day q native sauntered into his office,
ana wanted to know the rate on house
hold goods to Baxter Springs, Ohio.
Waited Ten Years for a Chance.
Baxter Springs. Ohio" repeated
Bmy with surprise eyeng the native
,tiNcalig That was Billys home
town. aud Billy thought he knew the
lace. iu spite OF the changes of ten
tears.
yes. sir there's where I lived be-
'ore come here and the OLD Buckeye
states good enough for me-
Bnlys impulse was to clasp hands
.cross the chasm of ten years and one
houeand mites and recall the memor-
es of events and places made sacred
~ time ana distance, hut he discreetly
.eid his tongue IN due time the house
0ld goods we're shipped ana prepaid
10 destination. and the native returned
o Baxter Springs When he went TO
he dcnot after his worldly effects, he
resented the papers he bad received
rom the agent an the shipping point
q Kansas
i reckon You hefto have these
ala he to the agent as he handed over
neatly folded sheet or railroad let
.r-paper enclosed Within the usual
.1 ot .4dlng.
The bnl of lading IS all I want
fls other doesn't seem 90 concern MS
anv way.r said the agent
Amt ID ain about them eoodse"
rhis isn't" said the as nJ holding
p the letter.
What IS IT, then
4 don't know what 30 IS. Il reads,
.c,elvcl of iisa Skinner two dollar 7
ld Hlty CENTS payment n ful fof ma-
ug tWo barrels nr cider n Oetobsr
4a and t -i-ned William Noel
q raid that liiie rat tlirty-six doll 81
r Wasn't it aU or the goods d
Fhe frriehi ou the goods only @.
mounts to taIr,y-fhrec afiyr re- %
i.f the asent d
cmmc that paper'' roarci skin
n
some t'me $500 SHY. s,fi-cyad man. 81
srius s,Gir;u-al whtslrr ans q
-aisns ulth velvet l-ueter-harm- n.
-l -1FIns-lr,a accent stood at tc
e rrDIeht house counter and wanted CO
.0oa What it would rIst hin to Of
rnri.r a e.r flr his household h'
IDS auf -tl. 5 Oh Apsis. NeN Naxic'. h.
e namei hla rate pc. 2nsE-d ! ~