ONCE STUNG.
"There was never but one gtiest-at this here hotel that stung me while I was on the job," "the landlord confided. "Several have beat us, but not while 1 was awake. But tin's ieller certainly got one on me. _ Say, he's livin' here yet, an' he ain't never paid me a cent. Why don't I collect his bill ? How can I. ? Wait till I teli you. "He'd been stoppin' here for near two months when I approached him on the subject of gettin' somethin' on account. He was cheerful, I was polite: Finally I got mad und put it up to him straight. "Young man, says I, you can't leave this hotel till you pay your bill." '
" 'Will you put that in writin' ' says he. And before I knqwed what I was doin' I done it!"
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 120, 18 May 1912, Page 6
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138ONCE STUNG. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 120, 18 May 1912, Page 6
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