The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-08-02
IN tell you how you can keep him.

If your bill amounts to thirty dollars,
make it thirty-three and few odd cents
by increasing some of the items. He will
want this surplus knocked off, which you
can afford to do; then he will pay it-and
think you are just the man for him.'
You lost him then because you wouldn't
| abate any thing from a~rueBfll9
Il did,
'Thank you. But suppose my bill
should be twenty-six, or seven, or eight;
what then? | couldn't knock off the odd
dollars for the purpose of making an even
sum-
Not in that case you must add on until
you get above thirty
And fall back to that?'
Yes. 1t will be knocking off the odd
dollars, which he will think clear gain
That would not be honest
Hardly. But you must do it or loose
his custom some day or other
Il shall have to accommodate him,
suppose. If he viii be cheated, it can't be
helped
On the very first bill that Baker paid to
his new tradesman he obtained an abate-
ment of one dollar and ninety cents, odd
money, but actually paid three dollars
more than was justly due. Still, he was
very well satisfied, imagining that he had
made saving of one dollar and ninety
cents.-The not overscrupulous trades
man laughed in his sleeve and kept his
customer.
Having Withdrawn his support from
Leonard, 1t was the candid opinion of Mr..
Baker that he was going to the dogs as
he expressed it, about as fast as man
could go. He often passed the shop but
rarely saw customer.
No WONDER he would say to himself
"A man like him can't expect and don't de-
serve CUSTOM
In the eyes of Baker, the very grass
seemed to grow upon the pavement before
the door of the declining tradesman. Dust
settled thickly in his window, and the old
sign turned grayer in the bleeching air.
Going to the dogs, and no wonder,'
Baker would say to himself, as he went by.
He appeared TO take strange interest in
watching the gradual decay of the mechan-
les fortunes. One day a mercantile
friend said TO him
DO you know anything about this
Leonardo q.
why? asked Baker.
Because he wants to make pretty
large bill with me-
.On time
Yes, on the usual credit of six months
Don't sell him. Why, the man is GO
ing to. the dogs, at railroad speed
.Indeed!'
Yes. I'm looking every day to see
him close up. lie might have done well,
for he understood his business. BIT he is
SO unaccomodating, and | might say, msul-
ting to his customers, that he drives the
best ones away. ! used to make large
bills with him, but hav'nt dealt at his shop
now for some time
'Ah! | was not aware Of that. I'm glad
lspoke to you, for shouldn't like to loose
SIX or seven hundred dollars
six or seven hundredl Is it possible
that he wants TO buy so recklessly! Take
my advice, and don't think of trusting
him.
Il certainly shall not
When Leonard ordered the goods, the
merchant declined selling, except for cash.
AS you please,' returned the mechanic,
indlferently, and went elsewhere and
made his purchase.
1t so happened that Mr.. Leonard had
very pretty and very interesting daughter,
on whose education the mechanic had be-
slowed great pains; and it also happened
that Baker had son who, in most things,
was 'chip of the old block Particu-
larly was he like his father in his great
love of money; and scarcely had he reach
ed his majority ere he began to look about
hlm with careful eyes to a good matrimo-
NAL arrangement, by which plenty of
money could be secured
Adelaide Leonard, on account of her
beauty and accomplishments was much
carressed. and mingled freely in society.
Young Baker had met her frequently, and
could not help being struck with her beau
ty and grace.
There is chance for you,' said
friend to him one evening.
In Miss Leonardo
Yes
'She is charming girl replied the
young man. i wonder if her father is
worth anything!'
People say So
.Indeed'
Yes. They say that the old fellow has
laid up something quite handsome; and, as
Adelaide is his only child, she will of
course get ALL
4 was not aware of that
1. is all so, believe
After this, young Baker was exceeding