The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-05

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l took the sheet and thrust my hand i
my pocket for the money but without mo
ments thought. You may imagine m
feelings when compelled to return that two
penny bit ofpaper to the boy, with th
muttered excuse that | "had no change,
and the utterly contemptuous expression
Oh the boys face as he received it i'm
mediately stepped into the office of the
Daily Banner and wrote paragraph des'
cripti7e of my recent mishap, taking care
to make it as amusing as possible. When
completed l handed it to the clerk. lie
read it, laughed and took it onto the private
office. Coming back 10 few minutes af.
ter, be told the book keeper to give Inc if.
ty cents 1t was not much, but more than
| expected. Well, 1 continued my walk
until fually reached the end of the stree,
which terminated at the $ River, here
spanned by long bridge. | crossed the
bridge and was surprised to see, upon reach
ing the opposite side, that would be re,
quird to pay toll A young girl came to
the door Of the little toll office as l stepped
up to it and inquired how much I should
pay, drawing forth my solitary shiuplaster
"O,' she said, with smile and slight
blush, "we do not charge ministers any>
thing"
It Tas not bad j9hc, bat I suppressed
the laugh that rose to my lips, and thank
ing her for tie consideration shown to the
clergy, l turned about aud retraced my
steps to The hotel, not without some Slight
twingcs of conclencc for allowing the
mistake to pass, aud taking advantage Of
it. Tie remainder of the day was spen.
very quietly, as was also the evening which
followed. i
Ny first duty the next morning was to
eek some knight of the razor. l had no |
iced pleascut little shop at no great dis
ance from the hotel, IN my walk the PIE.
'ious Gay, and thinking that should do no
'etter by looking further, ! repaired to that.
here was in attendance only boy of about
" el,e years o! age, who stated that his
lther, the proprietor Of the shop, had gone
D a neighboring city and would not return
efore neon. Without any hesitation l
equested the lone Of razor, and proceed.
to operate on myself. While thus em-
loyed, the customers began to present
lemseives, expressing great dissatisfaction
pom learning how matters stood Now,
Though am proud man, am not, thank
-od, cursed with that specious of vanity
hich prevents man from doing certain
lnds OF honest labor simply because they
'e not "gepteel" Here was an opportu
Ity offered for me to. at least, earn the
rice Of my breakfast. l took advantage
it. Told the first man who entered
ter bad completed shaving myself, that
would shave him | did So Others com. s
6 in, shaved them also. In fact, l did {
lite business for couple of hours and :
the unfortunate individuals who came
lder my hand had any 1oubt about my /
ness for the business, they certainly ex. o
essed none. At the expiration Of this Y
ne, began to think that had done suf> t
lent, and feeling rather hungry, having t
d no breakfast, divided the proceeds
tn the boy, and prepared to return to my
tel. But | was not done yet. AS l was Y
ushing my hat, young, ,danifed specimen y
humanity came in, aud resolving that he
ould be :he last, | went to work upon
N. When he came to pay me, was to i,
! the least, somewhat surprised to see him o
liberately paoduce my pocket, book-the "
e had lost Standing upon no ceremo- D
, snatched it from his hand, and de. b
nded, in no gentle tones, how it came in l.
possession Without stopping to reply Il
Ter than by voliey of Impressions as h
reached. the door, he tumbled rather p
Il ran down the stairs into the street, h
aiting for neither hat nor coat, l followed; ii
pocket book in my hand. We meas. C,
ID off considerable ground in a sho,t IL
e. Men, boys, dogs joined in pursuit;
cries OF "stop thiei," and the like, grow h,
louder and increasing. What an up W
there was Suddenly came fash of
1t, sharp and vivid for an instant, then tn
ar darkness. A policeman had hit ME in
the thief had gently tapped me upon
head, as THEN custom is, and with the tn
al result; the thief escaped, and l the ro
i'm, was apprehended. My appearance an
heavily against me but my story be- az
fully coaroborated by the boy at the
lar ShOn | was raleasad -