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Show Some Satisfaction. "Are you the landlord of this hotel?" asked the guest who had his baggage on the porch. "I guess I be," answered the man with the pale eyes. "Well, I want to hand this little sentiment to you. Your hotel is positively posi-tively the worst I have ever seen in this country, and I've traveled all over it." "I know it," answered the landlord. "And I have a kinder pride in it. Lemme tell you something about it. Every time we get beat outer a board bill it's sure some satisfaction to know that we got the best of the feller that done it." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Half and Half. Ralph A. Cameron, who was defeated defeat-ed for election to the United States senate from Arizona not long ago, one had an office boy whose duty it was every .morning to fill with frash water a big cooler in the ante-room. Cameron was very particular that this water should be fresh every day. One morning he took a drink from the cooler and then glared at the office boy. "Willie," he demanded sternly, "is this water fresh?" "Yes, sir," answered the boy without with-out meeting Cameron's glance. "Willie," insisted the boss, "are you sure the water is fresh?" "Well, sir," qualified Willie, "part of it is." Popular Magazine. |