Sharp County record., 1879-12-11
Matching a PATTI,
Thought OF a Dry,er'' Dy,r'
HINTS FOL

1t Is the custom in 4.
from which he has iu,t u Reef soul
to discharge a man I WSos 5
one Of three succd,i roshiish, bak
" Swapping y is the evn,
term by which this faip' siFrs
the dry-goOds business ,oast turkey
universal, but it is by n.
tional in dry-goods ,t', y .,,,o.
unjust it may be, it bs, % Oohee' ''N'
stimulating effect on tSs PIE.
,l1i nt oaii aIionoSie cnoS 10 1t, and P,luapkn
tTo io' Sem o,lst soooS l! Is safe mpkin Is
obdurate, impecunious a Ia'e ua','oonfIlls
young man referred to H. reonfnls of
one Friday morning; H. h 0y g;nger, OIL
customer who entered fl. osnoonfuls
the rule of rotation, his ~, cdrding to
Next morning this priyis flour fly
to the lot of some other g:.wed bum
to the end of the list. M aour, mt
mer i" swapped" him, gJatIthoroug
out without investing c~lk. cream
ond was in an equally INV. fhe MKT
of mind, and retired with mpkin; i
purchase. On the deciSo, ME tins, !
hung his fate. His ampcJf " rich.
as she darkened the doorv.. and of
unlikely purchaser could rq'hankSgi
have been found. An Old ~ light b
was thrown carelessly oy oar. ar one
ders, and partially conces 3 small II
calico, which the palptl (scant)
the clerk instinctively felt5t water.
to have matched. Nrther; ado
is any thing in the dry-g ugh, and
more narrowing than an6e soda an
match goods. The exact dour must
ure has to be found, and lick bate
least, the price must @,slI fBak
feeling of sickening despsl ain. I'm
the heaving breast Of the med rais
clerk as he asked, "Wl brandy
She laid down five yards Ms cake S
calico of an eXcentric pars asst. h
timated that the success Of covered
enterprise hinged on her lad be bab
inc another yard and a hall lighter
material. The eyes Of a .ce for
clerks were upon the doOms Fruit I
felt that the crisis of his pg TX, one
With an appearance Of a slted bu
belied the turmoil of his stoned
dived under the counter and b cups
endless rolls of calico, vaTi Donful
radiant strawberry and i, poul
marked to the SOberest gglrs. \
came not within thirteen sup m' over
colors of the required patter fore sen
rowed in the cavernOuS dept Whippe
shelves, and ranSacked uppaI Iere it '
the top round Of a giddy d whil
but he found it not. An b cream
half had gone by, and his at with
nearly exhausted. The Tipping
the store and the bookkeepg sieve,
had come to witness his deaf ,ough.
Six times had the wearied lsses {
for the door, and six times b d flu
back and resumed his trell SpQmiS
The last calico was unrOIsx Of @,
was abpnt to dror;; his d mill
gracefully step down Il stir
when a happy thought d t,beatt
" Excuse me- madam salal on II
one piece l overlooked Lei len co.
goods" and he took herb ne. d
diving under the counter, h.ringu
yard and a halt with the1 1powd
promptness Of rekindled hop ownIil
'tis, madam; exactly wht i
quired," said he, confdentT, Fruits
out the purloined goods. Sd, zee Of
it attentively for five minutes a deh
look like the pattern, said penss
still | think it's not what Iva Ir-tabl
good deal coarser than mine Apple
get any thing nearer to theFd era
come back and take it. GSnou
ing.n She did come back in % a g
not not to buy the goods. Hcreal
dodge behind the counter, mGrap
keen-sightedness OF womanJage
she spotted him, and he wa lnes,
ously hauled out and arTaS lof
his employer. The worst OIL lsFle a's
the latter, in view of the Y sel
energy shown in his attempt r9'eS
sale, had concluded not 70 pe
him. With the evidence Of lt FINS Y !.
mistakable, however, it von A'''o
to the discipline of the nous ges
him, and he was promPdy ueoan
Until the old lady succeeds ID. Coz
warrant for his arrest, his nalwde " :
itably suppressed .-L0nd0F n'sss's sea !
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