Show A GRATEFUL lAX His Expressions of Thanks Were Not Well Received I suppose you dont remember me do you he asked of the cashier of a restaurant the other evening while business was a little slack Cant say that I dd was the complacent com-placent reply I was here three years ago tonight Yes I had just got off a train and was ragged hungry and penniless I see lots of such No doubt you do and if you are as kind to them a you were to me heaven will surely reward you I came here from the depot I was dying dy-ing for something to eat but not one blessed penny had I in my pockets Yes I know I stated my case to a waiter and I he ordered me out I went out but returned Your kind and fatherly face attracted my attention and with my heart beating tumultuously I stepped forward and stated my circumstances I You told me to sit down and eat my I fill Aye with your own hands you fled my plate again and again with the very choicest of your viands The I bill was seventy cents You told me to pay i when I could and when I went out you gave me your hand and whispered me Godspeed Yes I know growled the cashier I went away vowing that I would I pay that debt if I lived and thereby prove to you that all human hearts had not lost the feeling of gratitude I am here I have come from Montana on purpose to pay that debt and give vent to my feeling Sir I That will do said the cashier as he raised his finger What do you mean No more talk but skip right out But I want to discharge my debt of gratitude Discharge nothing You have made a mistake I remember you now I am the man who booted you clear across the street while you filled up at a restaurant above The man failed next day and has been dead a yearBut sir I cannot Oh yes you can I you dont skip Ill crack your cpcoanut with this club clubAfter the grateful man had departed I asked the cashier why he had been so brusque with him Why that game is ten years old he laughed The fellow had a bogus bank check for me to cash and he figured on making 10 or 15 After being struck three or four times youl get right on to the fatherly kindness and human gratitude business Cost me about 5100 to learn all the tricks but Ive got em on the toe of my boot now Pish That fellow didnt do half as well as some others who Budget have been in here this weekTroy |