The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
HAD HAPPENED BEFORE
EXPERIENCE THAT WAS MOTH
ING NEW TO GALLUP.
Being Thrown Out of Places by Men
Smaller Than Himself Seemed
Somehow to Be Matter of
Pride to Him.

Some men," observed Caleb Peas
lee, critically. "c'n get a lot of com
fort out of things that l couldn't find
a mite of satisfaction in. Amt you
ever noticed it, Hyne?''
Mr. Hyne regarded Caleb narrowly,
and shuiAed his feet il scme irritation.
"Fr pity sake, Caleb" he remarked,
petulantly, eff you've got anything to
say, whyn't you begin at the beginnin'
and say it? l get all out of patience
with you sometimes"
Trouble is with you, Hyne, you
don't always agree with me about
where the beginnin' is, but in this spe-
cial case. l shouldn't be surprised il
you was in the right of it. ] guess
mebbe l did begin wrong end to. Well,
to begin right. then, / was down to
Bennoch's store last evenin' when that
big Gallup critter came in after suth-
in. You know him-that big Teller
from owe Dilmouth Centre way. Eth
er he was mad when he came in, OF
else suthin' didn't go to his likin', but
before long we heard him and the
clerk have a fuss over in the back part
Of the store. That is, Gallup was fuss.
in, and the clerk was tryin' to pacify
him. You know that clerk-the new
a that's only been there a week."
M. Hyne nodded his head assent
ingiy. HE amt much Drgger'n a bunch
of radishes," he observed. He'd stan
about as much chance in a fuss with
Gallup as a sneeze in a gale Of wind!H
Mr.. Peaslee smiled, but offered no
remark. That's the fellow" he
agreed. 81 thought you'd seen him.
Wal, as | said, there they vas disput-
in, and Gallup gittin' madden every
minute, and the clerk seemingly tryin'
to get him out Of the store peaceable
like.
oval, we all of us crowded over
there to see what twas all about. The
crowd seemed to hearten Gallup up
a mite, and give him courage.-he
amt much more'n half as big agin as
the clerk. you know,-so he up ana
makes a motion as If he was goin' to
cuff the clerk.
"'Twas all done SO quick, Hyne, that
/ can't tell you the particulars. but the
clerk went into that big gump like a
cooper going round a barrel. ! was
standin' right by the back door. and
1t was a little ajar, and when ! saw
the trouble comm my way l fetched
the door a kick, and stepped outside.
hadn't more'n got out before some
thin that looked like one of these
crosslegged sawhorses-aIl legs and
arms, you know-come out through
the door. and when it struck the gravel
and came to a stop. l saw it was Gal
lup. Yes, sir, that little clerk had
throwed that big lummox out through
the door, and had scurcely turned a
hair dom it.
oval, Gallup sat there on the
ground, kind Of goin' over himself to
fad out where he was and what had
happened, and watching the crowd
that was slappin' the clerk on the
back. tellin' him how neat he'd done
the job. Finally Gallup made up bis
mind what to say. He let go of his
nose. that he'd been trying to twist
DdCh lulO snaps, d1u SpOho " LH0
clerk kind of c-ontemptuous.
"sYou needn't feel so sot up over
THROWN me out of there he says
You amt the fust mar that's ever
throwed me out of places. I've been
throwed out by smaller men than you
be, time n agin,' says he, and he
looked at the clerk as if he'd reduced
him to powder.
"And So" concluded Mr.. Peaslee, Fl
c'ncluded that Gallup thought he'd
come out of the affair with full as
much credit as the clerk. And that
was what / was thinkin' when l re-
marked that some men could get sat
isfaction out of what seemed to me
there was mighty little satisfaction in.
Don't 1t look that way to you, Hyne,
now that you've heard the whole
on't?" And Mr.. Hyne grunted an as
sent.-Youth's Companion.