The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-03-30

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can persuade ,}tth,em them to by l,yhat they
would not buy if they had 70. .pay.;the
cash down j, and, where they Il are to
have credit-where the trader; is to, have
the extra labor and expense Of entering
and posting each separate article, ,oaad,
lid the end, of making full bill of
iteihs-the buyer canuot with good
conscience demand reduction from ask ed
prices. -a;u4
George smiled, and said he thought
his wife was mistaken He was sure ne
was doing we'll It would be ipcopr,
venient to pay for each little article, as
he ordered slitl And, Furthermore, it
would beshAndier to settle HE store bills
when his employers rettIcd with him.,
Hattie did not press the matter She
had Brought the subject upon the apis,
and ;she ~ss willing 10 await iii the develop,
hmens of events. r7sn''H 81
BY the way, Mr.. Brown, do you not
want box of these fgs? They are
ftesh,-Ilil warrant them, ,--and BY the
box L viii putthe,n cheap So spoke
Ms. Skidd, the store keeper. 40 80 -
George knew that his wife Wis v, ry
fond of figs and lie loved them himself.
And ho finally consented that box
should be sent to him. ~ ,'
| On another day Mr. Skidd said,- >.
! 'Ah, = Brown, my dear fellow, have
you tried this golden syrup2'
George had not tried the syrup The
best quality of molasses had hitherto
answered him. But he was persuaded
to try it. rt.v .l :,
On another d W
Look here, Brown,-shall send you
up a dozen Of these Msssina oranges !?
A new cargo just in You won't get
'em SO cheap again, Only thirty cents
Only thirty cents! And George knew
how fond. Hattie was 5of.orapges, OF
course be, would have them. a. 7-c.T
And 50 the, days PASSED GU, aud the
month came to, a end. George Brown
was paid BY bis employers, and he set at
once about paying others. On his way
home he stopped in, and got Mr.. Skidd's
bill. a
You can take it aud look it over
said the trader, with patronising smile
You will find it all right .. -
George had intended to pay the bill
then and there; but when he saw the
long column of figures, and glanced his
eye at the sum total, his hear, leaped up
Into his mouth He was astouuded
He had thought to himself, s he haG
come, along, that Skidd's bill would be
about; twelve to. fifteen dollars. After
paying everything else he would have
twenty dollars left, which would satisfy
this last demand, aud leave something
over He had just commenced house
keeping, and did not expect to save
much at first.
But-mercy how his an,icipations
were knocked in pieces as he looked at
this bill. He t"ld Skidl he guessed he
would louk it ovur and on his way
homeward he ex mined it; but he could
ind nothing wrong-uo,hing wrong in
the items,-but the sum total was
poser :--taeenty SIC dollars and forty -ttco
cents So.
For 'Ong time ai>or he had reached
home he tried tn convince Hattie that
nothing was the matter with him y; hut
at length he p!ucked up courage, ami
| drew forth Skidd'= h;n ;!. !! /. :.aa Ca,
pected that his wife would be paralyzed
But, cn tho contrary, she only smiled,
aud said it was all right. otl 4a'
t'Allrght 2 echoed George sI
'All right, so fur us Mr. Skidd is con-
cerned,' said Hattie You lremeniber
what told you once before; and ac,w
let's sit down aud eat supper, aud then
we will look the matter over.'! s.
And after supper they weot at the
work. Hattie took the bill, aud piece
of blank paper, aud followed the items
down with her pencil.
First, she said, lis box of fgs, at
fifteen cents a pound. 1t was very
cheap, no doubt; bntthe eight pounds
came to dollar and twenty cents. Had
you been required ato-"pay cash, you
would not lave bought them You would
ut least, have asked me i'll liked them,
and | should have told you, No. Next
we have o gallo of golden syrup, which