The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-28

carried me to Miller. From there !
wet TO Highmore on foot, a distance
Of - miles arriving late in the after
nom. You may believe that l gazed
with profound respect upon the vi,
ciCus little sign board wh.ca stated
that the distance to Pierre was about
sixty miles, nonetheless, wishing TO
reach the capital, tackled those on
miles and was lucky enough to rlde
the last so miles of the way. but Il
WIS a tired hiker who reached Pierre
late that night.
thereupon spent two days in rest
inc and admiring the hills, the Mis-
souri. and whatever else seemed al
mirable, after which / started canvas
sing. During the first days, however
sold almost nothing and met with
dozen varieties Of discouragemen,I'
The people here were not the friendly
sort | had been accusto21ed to meet,
mo. thus far, and in a day or TWO
felt that | must have managed 70
meet nearly all the misers and mis-
andthropists in South Dakota. Iheh
Dame Fortune made just such vote,
face as she sometimes does make, ana
7 oot along famously during the re-
mainder of my stay in the city.
Ore experience in particular stung
me more than all the others. IN the
interval before my luck changed
Granted that was not exactly VS.
fling potentate, | still cannot think
that the person whom am now about
10 describe had any justification for
euch extreme discourtesy as-she show
ed. 49,.
had been strolling around town
until noon, and was dusty and hungry.
Walking into Welch's Cafe on Pierre
street / freshened up as to face and
hands, and then propelled my hundre',
seventy-five pounds, every pound
warming for nourishment, to one OF
the tables in the house. Enter this
female william, employed as waitress.
Bv the corrugations on her exalted
brow | could see that she hated her
self. | tossed my card on the table
a habit | had which often led to
pleasant conversations but which
have now discontinued-she picked Il
up. There was no menu and | sug'
gested that | could use little infor
nation regarding the varieties, mum
Der and quality of the dishes served
in the place. / judged, because o.
the general appearance of the estab
lishment, that this was what / wa
expected to do. Meanwhile she had
with infinite travail, thought the mat
ter over and decided that she like
herself even less than she had at frs
realized. This decision was extremel,
unfortunate since it forced me to seel
another restaurant and it must hav
had a terrible psychological effect Of
herself. She considered me search
ingly for perhaps three seconds, an
then observed loftily that / had com
to the wrong place. No doubt. N
, doubt she was right. AS an after
thought, born of an agonizing convul
sion in the cerebral region, she added
"But I'll take ten cents from you 70
the use of our soap and towels"
! assume that my jaw dropped
: though / was so dazed that | do nc
remember a mere detail. At any rat
paid her and departed, and it did nc
occur TO me until half an hour late
that she had mistaken me for a beg
gar. AS ! recall, it was about the
that I invented two naughty words.
Next week Mr.. Stahlberg is entel
g tanned by the GOvernOr-visits Il
Z scenic places Of the city and TAX,
: pictures from the Capitol dome.