Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-05-30

could Auntila the dmoBey should
come sol determined to make
the most of my voluntary holi-
day. As strolled leisurely up
the main street newsboy darted
out of a paper office, crying -
| DAILY Basaser-extra edition
all about the murder-great
excitement on E--road,' ETC., etc.
Have ali extra?
/ took The sheet ard thrust my
hand inlmy pocket for the money
without a moments thought
You may imagine my, feelings
when compelled to return the
two-penny4 bit ofqpaper to the
boy, with the muttered excuse that
/ had no change, and the utter
contemptuous, expression on, the
boys face as he received it! lin
mediateiy stepped in the office of
the Daily Banner, and wrote a
paragraph of my recent mishap,
taking care, toimake it as amusing
as possible. When completed, /
handed it to the. clerk. He read
it, laughed, and took it TO the
private Office? Coming back affew
minutes. after, he told the book
Keeper to give ME fifty cents. It
was not much, but more than ]
expected Well, I continued my
walk until ] finally reached the
end of theIstreet which terminates
at the Sr+5Tiver, here spanned by
a long covered bridge. | crossed
the bridge and YVES surprised to
see upon reaching the opposite
side that l would be required to
pay toll. "A young girl came up
to the door of the little Office as
stepped up and inquired how
much l should pay, drawing forth
my solitary shinplaster.
"Oh," said she, with a smile
and a'sIight blush, "we do rot
charge ministers anything" ,....
1t was not bad joke, but l
suppressed the laugh that rose to
my lips, and thanking her for the
-..I
consideration shown to the clergy,
| turned about and retraced my
steps to the hotel, not without
slight twinges of conscience for
allowing the mistake to pass and
taking the advantage of it. ". .
My first duty next morning was
to seek some knight of the razor.
l had noticed pleasant little
shop at no great distance from the
hotel in j, my walk the previous
day. Thinking that Ishould do
no better by, looking further | re-
paired to that There was IN at
tendance a 10y abouttwelye years
of age, who stated that his father,
the proprietor of the shop, had
gone to a reighboring city, and
would not return before noon
Without any hesitation / asked
for the loan of q razor, and pro-
ceeded to operate on myself
While thus occupied the custom (
ers began to present 0themselves,
expressing great Dissatisfaction on
learning how matters stood, Now,
although I am proud man, am
not, thank God, cursed with that.
species of vitality which prevents
mans doing certain kinds Of hon
est labor simply because they are
not genteel.s Here was anopportu-
nifty afforded me to at least earn
the price of my breakfast. ] took
advantage of it. Told the first
man who entered after / had COM
pleted shaving myself 4 would.
shave him. Il did so.oo1n,faets l.
did quite a brisk business for a
couple of hours, and if any of
the unfortunate individuals, who
came under my hand had any
doubt of my fitness for the busi-
ness they certainly expressed
none. At the expiration of this
time / began to think | had done
sufficient, and feeling rather hun
gry, having no breakfast, | divid-
ed the proceeds with the boy and
prepared to return to my hotel.
But I was not done yet As |.
was brushing my hat a young
dandiGed specimen of humanity
came in. Resolved that he should
be last, Invent to work upon,him.
When he cane to pay me, ! was,
to say the least, somewhat surprised
to see him deliberately produce my
own pocket-book--the one / had
lost. Standing on no ceremony, |
snatched it from bis hand, and de-
manded in no gentle tone how it
came in his possession. sqs..
Withoutstopping to reply other
than by Q yolley of imprecations
as he reached the door, he tum-
bled rather than ran down the
stairs in the street. Waiting for
neither hat nor coat, | followed
the pocket-book in my hand