The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-14
The Man Who Weeps.

He entered bakery on Grand River
avenue at eleven o'clock yesterday fore
noon. He didn't look like q neat and
tidy old man about ready to join the
angels, but he resembled an old man
who had slept in barn and was about
ready to join big dinner.
Il think" he said, as he looked
around think III take huckleberry
pie"
The woman behind the counter re-
piled that she hadn't seen pie of that
kind for six months.
What is collateral to huckleberrv
pie?" asked the man as he looked into
the showcase.
She didn't know, and he said he
thought pumpkin was, and that he would
take a pumpkin pie. She handed one
down, and, as he took out his knife and
cut into it, she said:
Twenty cents, if you please"
Change bill, s'pose?" he queried,
as he took in a twelfth part of the pie at
one bite.
" Yes, sir"
Have you any objections to putting
your hand in my pocket and pulling out
ten dollar bill:' as he cut the second
piece.
She said she had, and she furthermore
limited that he hadn't seen ten-dollar
bill for the last ten years.
go yes, have" he pleasantly respond
ed as he cleared his mouth. q was
looking into brokers' window yester-
day, and saw over forty such bills"
There was one more mouthful of pie,
and, as he swallowed it, the woman
cried out:
Now l want the twenty centsw
So do J." was his quiet answer; Z" but
haven't got it,"
I'm call my husband and have YOU
whippedm she exclaimed.
- You will call in young and vigo6r-
Gus man and have him beat and bruise an
old man like me, weak in the legs, near
gone with consumption, and only barely
able to stand up! That crushes what
little spirit had left when ! began on
that pier
He sat down by the stove and began
to weep and sob, and after moment
she said:
You should have told me that you
had no money"
More abuse-more recrimination-
boo-hoo" he sobbed, shedding tears as
large as beans.
don't make so much noise" she
chided.
"There you go again, heaping more
anathemas on these gray hairs! Oh! what
cold, cold world is this-boo-hoo
Never mind the pie-go long out
doorsw
"Tll never leave this bakery with
stain on my character-never! l have
no money, but you shall have my coat
Here-take it."
He was peeling it off when she said
she didn't want it-that she wanted him
to get right outdoors.
"plfnever go out till I reQuite this
boo hoo claim boo hoo" he sobbed,
and he pulled off his jacket and flung it
after the coat.
Get out, | say-you can have the pie
get out" she screamed
My character boo.hoo-must be
oo-hoo-and if these are not
enough III leave my boots Here, take
my poor old boots, and I'll go forth in
my bare feet"
olop-stop! was only IN 1un with
you. didn't want no twenty cents of
you any of the timel Here are some
fried-cakes and another pie-take 'em
and 90 outm
Have boo hoo-cleared my char
acter?" he asked
les-yes-You are an honest man."
Well, | will go out. Twill take along
the fried-cakes and custard pie as me-
mentoes of this occasion, and | will 90
out feeling that you appreciate me-"
" Yes, dol do"
He put on his garments, took up his
provisions, and, as the tears flowed afresh,
he went out, saying:
Whenever anyone wants to break my
heart let 'em call me a dishonest migrate.
Good-by ."-DetrOa Free Press.
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