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Show HOW D. H. MOFFAT B'jp ; GOT BETTER LIGHT ; , Sometimes Even Great Railrond HS ! 4 ( Builder3 Overlook Thoso Lit- j 1 ; J ; j j ' tlo Duo Bills. jf T GUESS we bettor have somo mora ' i' J! I llKht." Said David H. Moffat-One Hji i J; t ' " Jl day a month aco. - When the fifteen times mllllon- Hjj', ' ) , : I aire builder o railroads and president Hj j J r'i j - of banks "guesses," it's the same as an Hj . ( I lj - order that is. somo times. Hh , 1 , ' There is one incident, however, that Hll ' j ,?.Z was settled last week In Denver that J '! jp "guessing." orders, demands and HJj H ! ij " threats all failed to briny about, ao , j '" cording to the Denver Post. Hlj When Mr. Moffat decided that ho " i wanted moro lltrht and a now connco- HT 1 1 "tion from the sos company he wrote a 2Tletter .rettlnET forth hia wants. 1 i : j ' The letter arrived at the ofilce of tho t i1 j Cgas company, was opened, read and re- j "ferred to tho proper ofllclals. I ') On down the lino tho letter was sent , I '-until It arrived in tho hands of a young ' 1 1 woman ajid there it stayed and has I been staying for just thirty long days. I J1 One week had gone by and the light Hi v, ) had failed to arrive. Mr. Moffat had Hl, .-' .i-hls secretary telephone the company. --- "We want that light at once," was M '"tr-16 message. 1 ,, "Yes, sir, right away," came the an- f ' ewer. Hll 1 f A tracer was started and a train it ' ,- went through tho same channel as the i . letter, arrived at the desk of the young lady. Sho shook her head and mut- tered something about: "He Is pretty - bold." Hl Two weeks gone and the president of ! the First National bank was getting H1 t indignant. He wrote a letter and it i was couched In strong terms. Down the ! ; line the letter went, landed on tho desk of tho young woman and into tho wasto H basket It went. "He has a terrible nerve," sho said H' and went on with her other work. ' .. Other things came up to worry Mr. ' Moffat and ho let the question of light K r xdrop until today. H, "That light has not been put In," ho f I 7sald, "and now I'm going to stop at ) I ; "the gas ofilce and explain my feelings," H' ( j So, brlrht and early. Mr. Moffat ar- Hl ' i rived at the otTlce of the gas company. ' "You are a fine lot of fellows," be- gan Mr. Moffat, and then ho told all J ! his troubles. I "That's a shame, for sure," answered Hll ,j the secretary, "and I am going to mako H) j a personal Investigation at once." H u He went to the first und proper ofll- j! j clal. Ho was told that the order had ; gone through and the light must be in. i On to tho next clerk and the next and H the next. Everything was all right H and Mr. Moffat was becoming intcr-ested intcr-ested In the chase. "Did you get an application for light from David H. Moffat?" the secretary a asked at last of the young woman who ; " had talked about boldness and nerve. 1 "I did." 1 "What did you do with It?" "I turned it down." ' ' "TurnOd it down, and why, pray?" "Why, his credit is bad." ' 'TIs related that Mr. Moffat colored, i shifted from one foot to the other and I drew close to the counter. 1 - "David H, Moffat's credit bad? Why. ; woman, you arc foolish. He owns H, - stock in the company. He's a railroad I ' 1 owner. He's the president of a bank. ' ' Why hG l" ' j i' i "I have the proof," broke in the young lady. Hii ' , I She reached for her list of bad cre- I 1 ; dIts Sho ran down the column and H ! ' 1 ',; -'' then came to the name of David H. i ' Moffat. I li ;, ' "Just glance at that," she said, with Hl ,,1 -a. toss of her head. "I guess that H' 1 ; proves that I am right" ' i j .jl And lol there was the name of David i "l H. Moffat and the record that a year ! . and Ave months ago he had failed to H1' . , Py - ffas bill of $2.05 for ono of his Hr houses in Denver. I ,' i 1 "Are you satisfied now?" the clerk ( ii, v asked the ecrotao" of the company. ' H "It don't make any difference about H I j tho secretary," interrupted Mr. Mof- Hi. J ' fat "I am satisfied. I guess I must HIi t( , i, ' owe that bill, but I trust, my dear 'hi young lady, that j-ou will take my f,;ti word for it that I did not mean to do- H ,' ' !' fraud your company. Here's tho mo- H i ( j: ney. If that will restore my credit." ,H - "Just go to the last window and get II 'a bill," tho clerk answered, and David 'i ' M, H. Moffat did go to the last window, H'i ' -i I "l '"'d It Is said that some two score men H'i j. ii were sent out on the run to break all H'i 1 ' I " records In establishing the new light I i j ' system for David H. Moffat's home. |
