Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-12-23
EVENING STAR.
BUYING OUT A PEppLER.

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| or draw poker, "just for the amusement Of his
| fellow-passengers, nothing else " To those
who know Charley, it is unnecessary TO add
| that he generally succeeds in amusing
| them.
! But to our story One Sweltering Angus,
| day, Charley was travelling On one of the dusty
| thoroughfares known as country roads, In the
| State Of Hoosier. Choked with dust, half
melted with the heat, jaded with hard trot
ting horse, that would insist upon waltzing
around every black stump at the roadside,
and without grocery upon the whole line Of
| the road, our traveller was Of coursefn most
| benevolent humOr.
| Somebody had to he victimized, or Charley
would not be able to sleep that night The
only question was who it should be, and that
| was soon answered.
A short turn on the road brought him sud-
| denly upon Jew pedlar, whose pack of jew.
elry was temptingly displayed at the roadside,
and who was chafering with young Hoosier
| for the sale of breastpin, and assuring his
| customer " bon his Onner," that the article in
| question was the very counterpart of the pin
| worn by Queen Victoria at her coronation
Charley was dressed d la HOOsier, and a
| sharper eye than the Jew might have readily
| taken him for what he seemed to be, an unso-
phisticated denizen of the very ruralest wide
| Webster. next editiOn,) of the rural districts
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glance at the glittering treasures of the pedlar
Why, old teller, you must be right from
| CalifOrny," said Charley. 4" L didn't think
! there was that much real gold in all Hoosier. "
"Dere nowsh, young man, do you hear dat'
Dersh sbentIemRn as know, b golt, hear vot
be saysh
This was addressed to the Hoosier, WHO had
just expressed some vague doubt as 10 the pu-
Iity OF the metal.
Charley got off his horse, it;hei him to a
fence corner, and sitting down by the out
spread pack seemed lost in some abstrus3
mental calculation.
The Hoosier proved rather slow customer.
The truth was, be had not a cent OF money
present or prospective, and the Jew had be-
gan to suspect as much, so he turned his at
tention TO ais new game
"Vot can L sells you to-day, my goot frent-
a pair Of ear rings vor your sweet art, or
nice diamODt ring vor er finger.
Diamond why that's what they cut glass
with, amt it ," said Charley
The Jew entered into heightened history
of the diamond and its uses, embracing some
facts not yet generally known to the scientific
world
"And is all these things pure gOld'" asked
Charley.
"Yesh, yesh, all de very besht-no jewellers
got, but right from CalitOrny
1t was piu of magnificent proportions, "a
oval Of painted glass, about three inches by
four, sec in a fiulsy rim of washed n st2l and
worth for the IIdi u market about Fifty cents.
"Vell, my fTent, seein it's you, Ii teN i,
sheap Zay vive dollars, datsh two dollars
lesh den 1 solt Won to de governor wife for
last week"
Charley stuck it on his shirt bosoT, but
when he spoke Of wearing it to church nCx:
Sunday tho old .IeU Opeped his eyes
slightly, and hinted something about its being
"mOre purposed vor a lady to wear"
Article after article was priced by Charley,
and expatiated upon by the Jew
"Well, old feller " said Charley ut length.
Il" thCm's all very well for retail price; but
how mu,h will you knock eff for Wholesale
"Vat you meansh, ny frent, by Wholesale
81 want to buy you ont and 60 into the
business myself -
The Jew looked at him for full minute be-
fore he answered. He was taking his measure,
and he thought he had it.
Taking Charley confdentially by the arm,
and leading out Of hearing Of the HooSier, he
said TO him:
"Vell, now, my goot trent, will tell you
jusht how it ish. have been in dish business
jusht three yearsh, and l have made all so
much monisli as | want I only want to she'll
out my sbtOck and quit de bishness, and live
upon my farm in Ohio de rest Of my life My
gOot trent, will sell my shewelry to you so
sheap as you cannot buy it n New York.
You shall have it vOr jusht vot il cOsht me in
de old country l shall sharge you nossing
vOr ze carriage, and nOssing for ze duties
"Well, that's fair enough, at any rate"
said Charley, but how AIN l to know what
they did cO.t ?"
''Oh, my goot trent, you will take my wort
vor dat, knOwsh," said the Jew with an air
of half injured innocence.
1t was now Chsrleys turn to take the Jews
measure, and after look, which the latter
sustained with placid smile Of virtuous con-
fdence, he said
"Well, old hoss, you have got an uncom-
mon honest face, that's fact. Give as your
hand L could take your word for load OF
corn, without measurin ii, any day; you'll
hey to do the cslculatin', for | aint got no
lernin'.
The Jew took another long uneasy look at
his customer, but the stolid simplicity with
which the latter met his gaze, was too much
for his penetration, aud he sat down beside
the pack to make an inventory Of its contents.
"Just the cost in the old country, remem-
Der, old feller.'
"Yesh-yesh, jusht de cosht; nossing vOr
10 duties or carriage"
The Jew drew forth a greasy memorandum
book, and and opening at blank page, spread
it upon bis knee preparatory to taking an
account of stock" as the merchants say.
The first thing taken up for appraisement
was a fiashy watch chain, which the Jew ven
tured to value at ten dollars.
Cheap as dirt" said Charley; " couldn't
be made for twice the money in this country"
The Jew WINGED he had evidently lost ave
dollars By not saying fifteen, and he deter
mined to make itupon the next article, which
proved to be a breast pin of even moro i'm
posing proportions than the one which had
boldly put it down at fifteen dollars.
Come, come, old hoss, that's pllin the ago
ny a little too high"
"Bon my onner, my frent, it cost me fifteen
dollarSh in Baris "
"Too much-too much-say ten dollars,
and put it down
my goot trent, you will ruin me-say
twelve d0liars-come now, low me little
profit"
The winning smile with which this was said,
conquered, aud the pin was put down at
twelve dollars.
Two long mortal hours did the Jew perspire
over his task. The sun seemed to have been
gotten up especially for the occasion, and never