The Difference.
Captain John I.cale, commodore of the Southern Pacific ferry servico (San Francisco), stood 011 the afterdcck of the Newark the other evening as the passengers embarked. "I say, me map," and a tall tourist with a bundle of walking canes in one hand and a roll of rugs in the o'ther, addressed the skipper. "I say, is this the boat for Oakland?" ' "Yes, sir," replied the captain with a gracious inclination of his graceful figure. "Is this the boat that connects with the overland train?" "It is." And the captain bowed again. With nover a word of acknowledgment
'VI the tall tourist brushed past the captain. ' ■ "If that chap had been in England," said the captain to his friend, John Ein-1 der, who was standing near by, "ho would have said 'thank you.'." "No," ■ replied Kinder. "If it had been in England you're tho one that would have said 'thank you,' every time you answered him."— San Francisco Call."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1629, 21 December 1912, Page 13
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161The Difference. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1629, 21 December 1912, Page 13
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