The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-05-21
The Crossed Dollar,
THE COUNTRY pEALtR AND Els cLEga.

trs round about, and where every kind Of good
usually needed in he country. is hep,. He wa
sharp featured, shrcwd looking man, somew ha
turned Of fiiy. and a. hard az a dimaned y,
trade. lie could buy the best of produce ~ ID,
lowest rates and he could sell his auction bough
goods c, nlarr,nely high prices. In shot l.,
never faded 10 make a round profit at both enl
Of the bargain. Ho did not hesitate to OVERSIZE,
the bonnds Of honesty when he had fair chance
though he always did it in such a manner tha
his old Rdagr. "A bargain would safely shiel,
him
Lyman" said he to his son one day, youn.
man some twenty years old, aud almost the coun
ter part OF his father save that hc ,howed NOR,
rechlessness of dispo'i,on, did you make trade
with farmer Jones r
Yes"
What did you charge him for that sugar an,
teal,
'Snepence for the sugar, md half dolla
for tie tea Made him believe it was extra, yo,
SEE"
That's right And what did you charge hin
for the coR T.
"Ah, the J had him made the old man be
heye twas extra Old Jaya-charged him fiteer
cents.
Pretty good my son, only you might have pu
on the half cent. You see you can gake great
point out Of that When you comehe half cent
over them they think you are shaving close
down TO cost. But YOU did very well LYMAN
Now what did you allow Jones for his beans |"
Nine an sixpense.'
%, you shouldn't have gwen that dolla
or dollar and nlnepense would have beeI
enough"
But they were nice ones, father, careful,
pick ID aud clean"
You shouldhave made him believe they we,,
poo, er"
Bat howl
"Wh' when you found the old n,n had beans
to exchange for goods vou should have tsk.n
handful Of poorer ones from one Of our barrelr
aud watched your opportunity to scatter then
over the top Of hIs. DON'T you understand
Yes, see now father"
That's right We must live and thrive 20,
see, aud who makes the most comes ont the hes
IA the end Always take advantage of a Gus
toner WHEN you can, but be careful aud keep III,
bigh, side out
lhi, was the way the father taught his son
and, how lis son protited by 1t the sequel vii
show.
by The way, LYMAN" continued the old man
i have Uncovered who it is that has been rob
Urg NV money drawer"
"Ah! uttered the son turnin. at that momen
tonrraugr piece Of calico which didn't need any
fixing atai, and who ia iti'
Wilton Cunningham
II shouldn't wonder IN the least. never like,
the fellow, aud have often wondered what mad,
you keep hlm.'
II nouldu', have kept him. only that he i, sucl
a remarkably smart bn,k keeper and such
b,uutiul winter, too. He nin III to ,rude"
No. YOU eau never make him believe ~ righ
to drryr snug trade. But how did you manag,
To de'rrt tlm T.
IN tell you," returned the old man. Las
week | tonk particular notice of some silver dol
lars lhr w,re in Il Z money drawrr AMI deter
mined that would -rr a trap f,r The thlrf, tool
out four 81 the pircc- ld crossed them yer, care
fully and in such m nnrr that one not a,quin,
ed wish the secret would not be likely to nntic,
It, 'hcu put them back into the drawer Mex
morning one OF them was gone. and all our trad
the day before had been barter or credit, knew
that ii could not have been gwen in change. o
cour-e my su, picions fell up,n Wilton, and a
once began to look about {" see whrre he hd,
spent the money, and found that be had pal,
Mr.. Wiley and a-ked to see ihe money Wiltol
had paid him, and found my crossed d,Hlr. IL
as plain a. day light"
Certainly It is said l.;man.
There CSn ha uo J,.bt Of il aB,Irl ,he q,
man ,,crn6I,,,, ,, a,,i H.. r,',L
spc.r La .,iJ vIIs sor,",,', Eone., III, >,
sult rsG,,r IT., J,r. mn, n,,lc a holI ,r,Ie I'm
he can steal in the dark though"
Just lhen n customer entered, aud while Mr.
Randall was trading with him, Wilton Cunning
twruty and ,hon,lt nnn,or,ics.'n, dsrsi,fl ,s
!, un,ld il, hard w. ~ ~ r,aLs ,,l,sio,,o,,,i. /.
beI.y. ,bat h.. courJ b. i'ieS T%a y,,nr,, cpn,
wen, immcdmtely to hi. Je.k and as soon a. II,
RsmlaI iha,,'. h. ,nI '''" % -
,'yon n.cd no, cnsr voyr hool. ,l;s r,or,,,
sir sid tho t,,dcr
IN. Young man looLsd ,,orrl with .,r,ri,,
"Mr C.uninubpm con,inn.J Randall, 81 h,y
discovered who j, IS ,ho, has, b,,p fnr So lon,
,;'ne ,o,I;r, NJ, monor a,a.os" ''' ''"s
Atw '
"ycs sir rb,ve ,r,r,oa hin, ,od ,o,, ma,
ipd,. of n, snm,i.. r,,rn fr'iin,, - a. b. ""n
h,Sw,i,on C,,n,f;,',,La,tp,"
IN, ynr man ,,a sir +" u,,ored ,bo ro,r,, man
s,c,,,5, J,,n,n c,n,,, IL. s,,I ari ,'In,.7
hs arc,t,.r r'"" ''''' ""' '''''' '1'"
oOf. course 40 ordLove rroorof wlo,Isov
M mar, Mr.. Randall, can produce any proc
of dishonesty in me-
"&o, sorl,t sir Did you not pay to Mr.. Willie,
the money for your mothers rent r.
"l did sir
"And did you not give him this dollar |" aske,
Mr Randall, producing the dollar he had crossed
81 might have done it sir, for paid him sey
ergl silver dollars"
"Ay,' returned the old man, with sort Of
triumphant look, "and tha, collars was stnlr
from my drawer on last Wednesday night Now
how came YOU by il T.