Pay In Advance

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 March 1914, Page 3

Pay In Advance

(By Walt Mason.)

1 went to an inn when I'd finished my work, possessed of no goods but the clothes on my back. 1 wrote down my name and requested the clerk to give me the niftiest room in the siiack. The clerk sized ine up with an indolent eye, nor withered away in my arlogant glance; he smiled at my orders, and-said in reply: "All guests without baggage must pay ,in advance.'' 1 started to argue the matter at length, said 1 was insulted by such a demand; '' unless there's retraction I'll use all my strength to hoodoo your tavern through all the broad land. The clerk gave a wink to the janitor bold, who gathered me up by the slack of the pants, and sighed,, as around on the sidewalk 1 rolled. "All guests without baggage must pay in advance.'' bonie people can travel around on their gall, though why they should do it is not understood; the man who is welcome in tavern or hall has visible assets to show he is good. Although we have pity for fellows of worth, knocked out by the buffets of fell circumstance, this rule's holding good in all parts of the earth: "The guest without baggage must pay in advance."