The person who came as my guest was an old acquaintance most forgotten but had a link to my life else where, so was treated by me with all sincerity.
The Chairman and a responsible man who was involved in cheating a merchant who had invested money trusting him.
He was in city as my guest in a hotel.
I got a call that he was ready to go back and would like to come home and catch a bus after visiting us.
My old friend who was a contractor told me after his visit that he had taken loan twice and had not returned the money even after five years.
I had paid his hotel bill as he was my guest and spent very much.
I went to his hotel paid his Hotel Bill and went to his room. He welcomed me and said he will be ready in a few minutes so I waited in the room only. I was thinking he may give the check in the room itself or at home when he visits. He came out of the bath room and after dressing he picked up a hand bag and food pack which he said he got it from the restaurant. I had paid for that also. I coming to my home he met my wife and we all had some snacks and Tea chit chatted and it was time to catch the bus to his home. He said he was very happy that I took his visit as a visit of a person who respected me. He let with out taking out the check from his hand bag. I know it won't be there but money is man's honey.
What ever I did to him would have cost him big sum as it was a e hotel.
I expected that he would come again as he had said he will come to with the edited copy of his book and he would come with the check at that time. Where would he get the money if he had no money now I had asked he said some bank loan was expected he said.
May be a year later he called again and said he had finished his book and wanted to show to his friend and finalise for printing.
I told him to stay in the same hotel as I had guests and we will be going to various places with them as they are interested to see Karnataka and call me if I am available I would come. He didn't say he had brought the check
He never came to our house and perhaps never came to my city. He never phoned again. The contractor told me not to give one paisa to him as he had money and was getting a big pension.
Three years in the first visit and one year after four year when the mill had to be set I had worked.
Contractor was calling me over phone telling the mill is working. The mill is Stopped. The mill will be taken over by a college and now he say's, negotiations are going on.
I took a taxi and went and saw the mill it was pathetic, it was a Sunday no one was present staff or Director. I went to the canteen told the Canteen contractor who recognized me he got a shock on seeing me ran in to the mill and told all the workers. Most of them were happy and wanted me to stay. I just smiled at them told them that I had come to see them and having heavy work in my town it was not possible. I informed the canteen boy to give some snacks and Tea to all the workers and left the place. On my way taking a cup of Tea with out sugar in my hotel where I stayed the waiters were different and no one recognized me. My side Kick was missing, The Spinning Master had Died.
