Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-09-11

I Las summer while engaged in the Tobacco and
cigar business, I used TO have a customer in
cheap cigers, of those knowing fellows
whose knowledge serves better how TO bore his
Wctins than advance science. Yon couif,nt
make him believe that--oh. no I Tell Aig, there
wcra re raa cigars that cost forty dollars per
thous md II might do to stuff down the throats of
those who knew no bete-; H. was none of them
A"d 50 it was with everything he always knew
best 1t always appe Ired to b. F1is delight to
draw me into some controversy. na matter what
the subject, In order TO hear himself hold forth
| tried every way conld think Of. to circamvent
him, and at length did succeed iu Iavin- him
out as fiat founder.
II was Oh Saturday afternoon h- came i'm.
made his purchase, and seated himself, To deal
me ont his usual portion; but I was awake for
him.
Captain said 7, Il have made up ny mind 10
go to California, and it you wish 10 90 into a
speculation, now is your tin.e.'
As how said he,
sWhy. yon see them fifteen boxes of eigarss
well there are two hundred and fifty in each sex.
and i'll let you have the whole fifteen at low
rate. p' divided yol take them ALL
.Vcry WELL said rny friend, Tets hear the cos
ditions'
'Yoa give me one cent for the first box. two
cents for the second four cents for the Third, ami
so on, double upon every box -a-..~
'Done = said hr. fetch OIL vour cigars. S-pose
you think haven't money enauEh-ah?s
Not at all, 50 let's proceed; here's the first
box
He drew from his poke: leatheru p1rse, ai4l
cut o. il hanifnll Of coin.
sAnd here's the cent.' said he te7oslti-.t i
green disco,ored copper ON the counter.
Here's yoar second box
'And there's your tlra cents
Very well; here's yoar third box
And here's yoIr foHr cents sail he, cirset-
lirg.
n.
Exactly And here's voJT eishi cents, Ill
ha ha! old felow-go oHr
'Here's your fifth box slid I, handling down
another.
And here's your sirtesn cen!s.'
Here's Your sixth bux.'
'Ant--ha! hE. hG.-here's your tsniy-t~o
cen.S'
Here's your seventh box
And here--ha. by JoTe. the Joke Is getting
too rich--and here's voIr si-ty.fOHr cents, Erri
nearly half ynur cigars are gone already:
Here's your eighth hox.' said |. assaHtin.
cool indifference that perfectly astotrished the
fellow
and here's your dollar and twenty hit cents
sHere's vour ninth hcx!'
and here's your--let me see oh! two dol
lars and lifty-six cents
Here's vour tenth box
Here he drew his wallet thou-htfallr. arrl on
the slate made small calculation:
And here's yoHr five dollars and twelve cents
Here's vnar eleventh box
And here's vour-twice FIVE Is ten. twice
twelve is twenty -four--;en dollars and twenty
four cents.
At this stage of the me he had got quite do
cil,, and continued
Here's vour twelfth box, hand over twenty
dollars and forty eight ceuts.'
Here the globules of perspiration. large as mar
rowfat peas, stood out in bold relief on his face,
hu' at last he doled out the sun.
Here's your thirteenth box-fork over your
forty dollars and niuety-six cents
At this crisis he looked perfectly WILL The
sweat was pouring OFT him IN streams. and the to-
bacco juice was running out Of his mouth.
FORTY n-i-r-e-t-y s-i-r! IL do do, but
if do may be hanged
And rakng his pile into his hat he crushed "
on his head, and made his exit at n rate MI speed
altogether unheard Of; and have never seen
him near enough to speak IN him from tlat day
to this.--TN. y Spirit Of the Times