He Worked The Boss

A little man with a bald head and an inoffensive blue eye drifted iuto a Main strest saloon and timjw a half dollar on the bar. "Girnme a schoonerof beer, " he said. The schooner was given him Jnst aa he was about to drink it a big man caine in and said: "Hollo, Shorty. Who's buyinR?" "I am," replied Shorty, with dignity. "Yon, " scoffed the big man. "Why, you never had a cent in yonr life. Your wif e gets yonr wages. ' ' "That's all right," said Shorty. "Mebbe she does, bnt I've got money today." "How'dyou get it?" "Well, " replied Shorty, "I don't kuow as I mind tellin. I had a couple of bad teeth, an she giinme enough to get 'em pulled." "Didn't you get 'em pulled?" "Snre, but I worked her for 50 cents