Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-06-12
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White engaged in the tobacco an(
cigar business, used to have Tor ;
customer in cheap tigars, one @
those knowing t:llows whose knowl
e1gc serves better to bore bis vic
tlms than advance science. Yol
! could not make hi:r- believe that
., no! Tell him there were regal
ia cigars that cost. forty dollars pei
thousand 1t tlnigE1 do to stuff down
the threats OF them that knew nc
better be was none cfthem, And
soft was with everything, he al
ways knew best. 1t always ap.
pcared to be his delight to draw
'ne=lpto some controversy, no mat
ter what the subject Was, to hear
himself drawn forth. 7 tried every
way I could think nf to circ"nvent
him, at length [ did succeed to lay
him out Is fiat as q founder. It
Was Saturday afternoon he came il,
nude ilis purchase, and seate him
self to deal ont his. 1isuai portion ;
bat was awake for him.
S:SaDt;si',," said 7, II have made
up my mind to 20 t.: California, and
it yon wish to 80 into speculation,
nUH iy your time"
<'Aud how.n said he.
NV hy,- you see these eighteen
boxes ofci CARS we'll, thcrc ar eztr;
hundred asd fifty in each box,
and will let you have the Whole
zig tecn@at d very low rate provi-
3ed You take them al l."
Very we'll " aid NY friend ,=*3let
US hear the coAditions.''
"IQu give me one cent for the
Arst box, two trr the second, four
tor the third, and 50 On, doubling on
cvary=5ez.''
"Done," +" said he, fetch on your
cigars. Suppose you t1;nk | have
not got mo"oy enough-eI1 ~
Mt at all, 80 let us proceed
Here is the first box "
Il : drew from his pocket a 1eatIl--
ern purse, and took out Of it hand
FL oE coin.
land here is your cent? said be
depositing & green, discolor=1 c>p-
per .n the table,
'ILere is your second bo&.''
&'IIcre's you two cents."
>'Very well, here is your third
box .
'SAnd here is YOU four cents, "
said he, c!;uckIing.
s*IIcre is your fourth box.''
t'Exactiy And here your eight
cents l--ha, ha, ha! old fellow, 70
on.n
>'ITere is your fifth box,o said |
handing down another. i
And here your sixteen conts.n
<'IIere is your sixth Eox,''
*sAnd-Iaa, ha, ha! here your
tllirty-two cents,'' /
"iIcre is your seventh boz"
"And here-Ea, ha the jokeszis
getting too rich-here are your SIX
tytoor cents, and half your Gigs7 IS
are g@uc."
Here is your eighth box,'' said
I, assuming 81 cold Indifference that
perfectly surprised the fel ow.
1'And here is your dollar and
1venty-eight cent5,''
'.IIero is your ninth box"
af[4re is your-let me sae--ah ! |
.wo dollars aud fifty six cents.2'
''ILero is Your tenth box"
lie drew his wallet thougl,tfu])y |
and Oh the slate made q small cal
culation.
"And here is your i've dollars
and twelve centso
"IIero is Your eleventh box
"Iere is your-tv:ce five is ten,
;vice twelve is tweI1ty-four-t6n
dollars and twonty-tour conts.' .
At this stage OF the game he got
1uite ducilo, and | continued
Here is your twelfth box: hand |
over twenty dollars and 1orty-eight |
cents" "
Here the globuIes ofpor5rs- iration |
argo as mar. ow-fat peas, stood cut |
n bold relief on his face, but at
ength he do4ed out the sum
'sIIera is your thirteenth box: /
oile out forty dollars and ninty-six |
tents. -