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Show HAD BROKEN NO PROMISE Great Financier Takes Time to Correct Cor-rect Mistake Made by the Zeal, ous Bill Collector. "Here, sir," gaid the collector for Titewad & Squeeze, "I want you to settle thja bill." "But," said the astonished and indignant creditor, "I haven't tho money to do it with." "Well, you get it, and do it right now. It's th boss' orders see?" "I don't have any such optical il. lu8ions, my misguided friend. I shall pay that bill when I get good and completely prepared. Neither your boss nor his polito emissary can hurry me one-millionth part of a second." "But," raged the collector, "didn't you tell th' boss, when you opened your account, that nil tho collector would have to do would be to present pre-sent tho bill tho first of every month? And haven't I been hero six time3?" "My dear man, your understanding understand-ing of such things narrowly escapes being classifiable ns human wisdom. Those v "0 my exact words that you have quoted so dramatically. I said all you would have to do would be to present the bill. That was all you had to do. You didn't have to carry any money away with you. You didn't have to collect the bill. All you had to do was to present it. Understand present it only. Hay I suggest that I have broken no promises and that you are working overtime?" Then the great financier stalked moodily away to catch a train. Chicago Daily rNews. |