The Portland daily press., 1872-10-10
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.

et," she said. ''You won't find it here; 90
home. / know the goods, and no one shall
have them but you, even if they do find the
ticket" was the answer she received.
do children mostly come ON these ef-
rands ~ | inquired. Il should be afraid
they would have their money stolen from
theni, especially in this neighborhoOd."
ou NOT Not bit Of it, was the reply. ''They
are quite as well able to take care of them
selves as you or T. The parents send them
anu say 10 me, When Billy or Jenny comes,
treat them as you would u.s. -
now, slf, said tall, lank woman. with
an imperative voice, ''my bed spread-and
let's be In hurry about it, Here's your Old
dirty bit ofpaper." ''Money first ann goods
afterward. Eighty-eight cents is what Won
have to pay" Eighty what? You are innN
ming. It's downright swindle. 1t can't be
but seventy-five cents" "Well, ma'am. see
ing you had eigh.y-five cents paid YOU.
which is written on your ticket.
it seems to me that three cents is little
enough to pay me for my time, rent and trou-
ble." 'Oh! bother with your trouble. It's
swindle. Ii you was to kill me and rip me
up, you couldn't find but seventy-five cents
in me" III you can't talk i'm any other way
but that disputing manner, leave the place.
1t is always the same with you. You are
either dishonest or have lost your brains"
You had better say Pm drunk, and nary a
drop of liquor has passed my lips since last
night. But don't be harl on poor folks. It's
only bit of my fun. You see when the Ii
quor dies out of you, it's so bloody cold, and
it's freezing Of nights now, without a bed
spread. Here's the money, but sorry bit of
meat will the children have tomorrow
"You mean sorry drop of liquor will you
have, which is the best thing that can har-
PEN" said Medicis, with an admOnishing
voice, as the woman took her bundle and left.
You speak about rent, Mr.. Medcis; what
do you pay ?'' asked.
"One thousand dollars. Rents are abso-
lutely higher here than in some of the best
quarters in New York" Just then came i'm
crowd of children, who all redeem pledges.
and there was a lull of a moment, and com
pllment MIR. Medcis on the wonderful aecu-
racy with which he discovers the exact bun
dies wanted. ''Simple practice and routine.
run up to 10000 numbers. Think could
ind most any package in the dark. never
make mistakes; if did L should be ruined
Ii handed cashmere shawl instead of a
pair OF sheets to customer, OF course they
never would say a word, but give them some
thing l9ss in value than that which they have
pledged, and would have to smart for il.
am sorry to say that, doing business here
for the last thirteen years, L haven't met ten
people who are square. Friend of mine i'm
the trade gave an old Irish woman some three
dollars on pair of poor table cloths. He
lost OF mislaid them and couldn't return the
goods. What did that old woman do? Just
swore her affidavit that those very same table
cloths had been the property of the lord lieu
tenant Of ireland, and that she and the duke
stood the quarters of the gorrison; at the
of York used to dine together off them regular:
and he had to pay fifty dollars for what pro-
badly wasn't worth five dollars at flrthest."