Show tho man at tho window detroit free rree premi you would have eaid said a as 3 you looked him out that ho be was a it man of fiery temp erand that it take over ewens two sass i worda words to make him peel of his coat and sail fail in for victory or death but you would have been sadly iiii mistaken e n he was writing away in his ledger when a man mail came ill in 6 shoved hia his gas bill into tho the windo wand said Is this where they knock a man down and rob him tho tito man at the window smiled because its no more nor less leas than highway robbery to send roe me a bill like twelve dillars for gas gag for january and the meanest kind of olgaa gas at thail the emilo smile continued continue why V hy people will stand su such eb out treatment is a puzzle to me ut continued tho the man aa as he fie hung flung hid money in after the bill 1 I ginevr Ine nevar vr 86 6 worth of gaillot gaila ot and ill swear to ill the rebato was deducted change made and he the man at the window passed it out with a thank you yes its robbery muttered the other and ill bo be hanged ial if I 1 can t lick any tin e gasmen gas men m detroit tie expected a reli reply ay but nono none wad TUA given the smile faded out to nome ionic extent but perhaps that wa because bc cacao the pen mado a blot on flu led ledger cr te the next comer was a short fat woman with an eye full of brimstone and you could see sho she was aching for a riot can I 1 have my pocket picked in here he lie smiled and robbed of the bread which mv fatherless children arc are crying for he nodded and swindled out of money that chave I 1 havo had lind to work like a slave fo desm Ye sm oh i thought sol here is my gas bill it is over 86 6 he lie nodded do you hear bear lae me over 6 he ile heard and I 1 have but one burner goin going a and nd that was shut aut off for four straight nights and I 1 can call bring twenty witnesses to swear that the gas was so poor that I 1 read the account accounts of the hood flood in p my newspaper ho ile brushed up his ha hair i ir and glanced out of the window ill never pay ill every one of my neighbors have advised me nie to to stand a lawsuit first ho he drummed on oil tho the desk with his fingers but I 1 will pay it this one time as my sister is eick sick and I 1 dont want the lawyers kicking in the door and climbing through the windows he held out his hand but another time ill law y you qu from halifax to haverstraw before ill pay youl you theres the money he made change whistling softly to himself and as ehe she put the bill in lier her pocket she snapped out evena grave grava robber ought to have a little conscience but he lie hear her he ile was figuring at fit the ledger again |