Show OF OP A DIME Dare au by Corporations in little Things Kansas KaMu City Star The persistency with which a large p plinn linn fives traces a mistake of a few cents ants InIta in Its Ita accounts is la mo so amazing to ts the aver average age person that it borders borden tm oa the tile ri ridiculous a Only seldom however does doe an individual take the sane same me paiRs paine in an overcharge from a company oy ac as that company would If It the die customer owed the U Aral ai a A i Kansas veth la City Its man maa recently rec had d a with a large corporation about U 11 1 cents eem Ater A some scene two weeks he be recovered his money and besides a as a souvenir This particular mas IRS who shall be re to referred tested fed to as all Mr Gray sent MOt a telegram lion Jut month to a friend Be He paid the t e ebat charges bat but the clerk collected tt 10 ce cents ta loss Una than he be should have Jt n Letters Let t to toe tad t d fro until th the money had beet collected ed ed from trona rom Gray A A short It ort time tb e I later litter ceded Gray sent ent another c message mesas ge and this time tIlDe lma the clerk derk overcharged hunt him 1 10 cento Gray Gray determined to have llave his money and end wrote the company compan to a that effect Now this company comma has a system by which wId h a message m Is k handled by thirty people before it is ill sent Bent and if it there is i any an overcharge the amount is charged c the employee who I last 1 handled the telegram t So of course coune the U It cento ceata was demanded from froma a clerk at the branch station where the De message had been sent seat A state statement I ment Blent of the facts sent to the main of ofa flee a from the branch reads as follows Manager Tel Co This man sent nite mage on skeleton appended Paid 40 e for It 10 1 words wor a while nite rate SOc JOe Demands Investigation IDe and refund of excess ex Bellows The manager sent back this tele tel telegram gram cram Moore Who got t the 10 cents Mgr He got the th answer Mgr Y r Tel Co I I 1 J pea guess did I see It Moore Mo re I Leter Pter came the supplementary ex ox explanation PI tl Mgr Tel i Co CoNf I Nf Kr N being bE Ing ells cashier Ia could I net Bet say Probably the th Ice lee Cream C am Soda i Man Mn Moore I Here at la las v Wi w a bH t to work on en To overcharge ercha a customer and then spend the th money mn for or ice kw cream cram I soda aoda That Tha t was more than the mans man 1 aJ s I ager could stand He Be wired ired the clerk Gamewell What Meat became of this The clerk knew nothing noU ag and said so in his letter e of explanation Aug g L Mgr x Tel Co Ca Know noth Doth nothing ing I about this any more than that I know that t I did not DOt get set it It may be bethe that the ice cream eream soda man did get the dime but he h nt get pt it from me More sometimes eats ice tee cream cram soda Maybe he ate some creme me the I only worked two nights l at the counter and andI I turned in every cent that I 1 took in inI inI inI I would willingly pay for it if I took it but I did not Respectfully Game Gamewell well weli Clerk This was not at t all satisfactory as a this tl l message clearly shows Gamewell You took this message in and the party says you charged him 44 c Send in hi the 10 cents Manager Of course coune the tb clerk to obey or r lose his position He was Wll still angry when he wrote the manager Mgr Tel Co CoHere CoHere CoHere Here Is your dime I am a dime out But Bat I dont kick as I win will get even with the fellow that by rights took it in the first place Gamewell From the manager the dime found its way back to the he sender of the mes message message sage The manager saw the funny side of the affair and aad said so in his let Jet letter Jetter letter ter It reads like Uke this Au 51 J P Gray Esq City Dear Sir Here Is your lOc I also send ead you the correspondence co dence which I believe you will wUl think is worth a dime Yours Tours truly Mgr Tel Co Mr Yr Gray fell feU in is with the spirit of the thins thing He wrote a letter as fol tol lows Iowa Mgr TeL Co Dear Sir I admit now DOW that you will win go to some trouble to refund as 8 well weD as u to collect Return the dime to Gamewell unless you think It was an intentional overcharge which I dont In that case cue turn it into the boys hoys ice cream soda fund With thanks I am yours truly J p Gray In IB due doe time the money was Wll forward forwarded ed to the clerk with a note The clerk wrote Mr JoIr Gray a letter of thanks stating sating emphatically how however however however ever that he be did not spend the t e money for ice cream soda BOda The question que still n is Who got the dime |