The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

your wages. I'll make it cost you at
least $40 to get out Of it. even il you
don't have to pay for the trunk
He clustered and defied. but before 10
o'clock he came to the hotel and offered
me 81 to settle. l took a written promise
on his part to handle all trunks with
reasonable consideration thereafter. and
closed the case. He admitted to me that
he had damaged 5000 trunks in his life,
but that no one had ever kicked before.
He didn't suppose trunk-owner had
the slightest legal right on earth. and he
didn't get over looking pale for a week:
The landlord of a New Jersey hotel
welcomed me with a smile, and put me
in a room where l had no sooner gone to
bed than 1 was violently assaulted by a
flock of fierce and ungovernable bugs: l
suppose it was their way and they
couldn't help it, but l sent for the land
lord and said:
changed to another room"
Sorry. sir. but We are all full. he re-
piled.
when you assigned me a room 1t was
wholesome food and be able to enjoy a
nightly rest On my part was to pay
at the rate Of $50 per day. in good and
lawful money"
"Well?"
We'll. a hotel guest has legal rights.
He has right to protect his life. Here's
revolver and here's a box OF cartridges
Either change me to another room or III
lets into this bed"'
He changed me. He growled about
| kickers and acted put out. but next day
all the rooms on that floor were properly
inspected, and all the travellers for the
next three months owed me debt OF
gratitude.
Thirty Of us men and women were
dumped out on platform wait at
minutes for the other train. A quarter
OF an hour later / appeared at the tick
ct window The depot agent. who was
also a telegraph operator, was in his stall
! inside and after long delay he opened
B.. the sash.
as the train late?" I said.
''If it isn't on time then it's late, isn't
| it," he replied in a surly manner.
How late is the train?"
It dunno"
well find out
He slammed the sash down on me, but
I knocked until he raised it again and
demanded in an ugly voice what in Davy
Jones 1 wanted.
II want to know about that train. It's
your business to ascertain and post us.
1t makes a difference whether We have
to wait here one hour or three
Il don't take orders from passengers!
he curtly replied as he lowered the sash
again.
Three minutes later the six of us who
had revolvers stood in line and fired a
volley into his house just above his head.
Up went the sash: and he called:
'Wh-what is it,"
Its about that train"
ITS an hour and a half Late
"Oh. is it? What about the fire in the
sittinE-room?'
81 dunno"
"All ready. gentlemen, Take aim: f.
Good heavens; what do YOU mean?
he shouted.
We want you to build fire. Either
come out or We continue shooting"
He came out and started a fire. He
also cleaned and lighted two lamps. He
also got us a pitcher and showed us a
barrel of new cider. and his interests in
our welfare were kind of touching. He
kept US posted on the train every fifteen
minutes until it arrived and II was plain
ly evident to all that he had resolved to
turn over a new leaf
One night at hotel in an Indiana
town the mosquitoes came into the win
dow in such clouds that l had to get up
and dress. Next morning l said to the
landlord:
II will pay you for two meals but not
for lodging. 1t was your duty to have
that might make me uncomfortable but
you did not do it,
But you'll have to pay" he replied.
"or I'll hold your baggage"
Then I'll get out a writ OF replevin.'
! He attached and I replevined. Then we
had a lawsuit. 1t cost me four days
time and $40. but beat him on the point
I had raised. He called me kicker and
q mean man, and told me never to come
to his hotel again. but he also went and
got mosquito bars for every bedroom
window and all future guests got the
benefit of my kick.