Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-10-02
How szuss ycu TO loose him 2
III tell EaEl how You can keen hin.

thsssurplls Knocked of. which you can afford
to de- then he will pay il and think you just
the man Tor Rm
4 Youlles Kim, then, because you wouldn't |
abats anything from a true bill
Thank yen But suppose my bill should
bc twenty siI. or seven, or eight what then |
I couldn't kHook cF, the odd dollars for she !
purpose Of making it even
Ne, In tha. case you must edd until you /
get absnt shsty
And faIl hack 10 that
tYcs III viii be Knocking o. the odd
dollars uhiea he will think clear gain
That woaid herdly be honest
Hardly But you must do it, or lose his
custom soma day or ether
II shah have to accommodate him, | sup
pose II hswill DO cheated itcan't be help
ed
On the varysfrst bill that Shaker paid TO-
his new srsaesflan ho obtained an abate-
meat Of ono d.ollar and ninety cents edd
money. batisetually paid three dollars more
than was A,stly due Still he was very well
satisfied, imagining that he had made saw
ing Of one dollar and ninety cents, The not
oYer.scrupdlous tradesman laughed in his
sleeve and kept his customer
Having Withdrawn his support from Leon
ard, il uas she candid opinion Of Mr., Baker
that he was going to the dogs. as he Tex
pressed il. shout as fast as man could 60,
lie often pEssed the shop, but rarely saw 81
i customer,
No wonder no weald say to himself
"A man likd him can't expect and doesn't
deserve custom
In the eyes Of Baker, the very grass seem
ed 10 grow upon the payements before the
door of tkssdoehning tradesman. Dust set
tied thicEfy in his window, and the old sign
turned gfaser and grayorsin the bleaching
air
Going " the dogs, and no wonder, Ba+
ksr would say to himself as he went by
He sppesred to take strange interest IN
watching HE gradual decay Of the mechsu-
ics'foftunas Ono day mercantile friend
said to HIM a.
Why Hacked Baker. s.
Becauge, ho wants to make a pretty large
bill With BE
CON sine p
Yes, Oh the usual credit Of six months. III
Don't sell him. Why, the man is going
10 the dogs at~railroad speed
Endeedg'
les, Fm locking every day to see him
close up. 33e might have done well, for 10
understood his business But he's uaao+
eommodatipg, and may say insulting 70 biz
customers. ahat be drives the best ones away
| used % make large bills with him. Bat
| haga se4sB al BIS shop roT for some tipe1
All / afas not aware Of that lam glad
u spoke To 5ieu, for skoald mt like 10 lose six
Nor seven hHpdrod dollars
X Fsix or seven hundred Is it possible that
hA,Tants 10 buy so rocklessly Take my
advice aud don't think o. trusting him
Hecftainly shall not
WRsn Lsouard ordered the goods the
merchant declined selling except for cash.
I As yop please returned the mechanic in
differently. and went elsewhere and made bis
purchases
II happened that Mr.. Leonard had 4 very
pretty and interesting daughter. On whose
education tie mechanic had bestowed great
pains and II also happened that Baker had
sen who, IN most things, was a schip Of
theold block PaRtioularly vas he like him
in his great love Of money, nd scarcely had
be reached lis majority, ere he began to lock
about him With 4 csreiul eye, to good mat.
riuionial arrangement, by which plenty of
Adelaide Leonard, on account Of her beau
ty and Accomplishments, was much caressed
1 and Mingled free in society. Young Baker
had met HI frequently, and oonld nos help
being strbek with her beauty, intelligence
and graes
! 'There3ia charm for yeu, said friend
to bin one. evening.
/ In Misa LEONARD p
Yes
] She's atharming girl, replied the young
man. wonder if her father is worth any
thing p
i People say SO,
Indeed
Yes. They say the old fellow has laid up
something quite handsome; and as Adelaide
is his Only child, sho will of course get it all
II was not aware Of that
i It is all SO believe
After ibis, Young Baker was exceedingly
attentive to Miss Leonard, and made percept
ible threads upon her heart He even went
SO far a. 70 visit pretty regularly at her house,
and was raaditating an avowal of his attach
4 ment, whoa his father said to him one day
/ What fouag lady was that saw you
/ with in the street yesterday afternoon
Her nane is Leonard2'
The daughter of old Leonard in-
sireet2'
Yes. Sit,
Mr. Baker looked grave and shook his
heaa
20 Jon know anything about her asked
the son.
.soshmk about her; butt know1hat Der
father il going 10 the dogs as fast as ever .
maAIwent
i Indeed thought he was veil off
oh, 40, I've been looking 10 see his shop
shuk. up, or to hear Of his being sold out By
the shsriG every day, for these tWe years
pasts
/ Hiss Leonard is a very lovely girl
She's The daughter Of peer vulgar me
chafse. If ron see anything 50 very lovely
in sast, Henry, yen hare strange taste
/ ghara is no gainsayiDg Adelaiae's per
| sonM attractions, replied the son, but If
her klt1erIis peer, that settles the matter as
far Il aas and | are concerned am glad
/ YOU iatro ineed the subject, for might have.
| couliaisted myself, and, WHEN 20 bate, dir
ooyesed aay error
AudA saA error it would bare been, Hem
~. Ii any future matter Of this kind,
/ hops ysa Eia b perfectly frank with me
/ I haye = Hneh more accurate knowledge Of
the sondisis4 and standing Of people than
you sah possibly have.
| Tie son promised 10 40 as his father wish
| ed Fss9m That time the visits to Miss LeqE-
/ ard snese shasea, and his attontiels Is her.
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