Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-20

The Large Price Jim Robinson Paid
for Them and How He Got Rid of

The Large Price Jim Robinson Paid
for Them and How He Got Rid of
Them.
New Yo k Sun.
THE funniest thing ever heard OF in
the way of wooden speculation" said
Charley Stow, the famous circus fgent,
was one that happened once to jim
Roblnson-and I'm sure | don't know
what reminds me of it now, without IT
is the color Of this dark beer that the
waiter persists in bringing to me,
although | order the light every time.
jim, when with circus down in the
West Indies somewhere, reached little
port, whence he was to take passage on q
vessel for Marseilles, France. He had
ur horses with him, valuable trained
animals, that he had to take along 1T his
wit expense but the vessel had Mt
tails aboard and no lumber, and there
wasn't board yard OF q carpenter shop,
or even piecA of purohasIble fcsnthng,
90 far as he or anybody else could lind in
that town. When things looked blacklist
a local merchant, who had taken a liking
to Robinson and hesrd OF the trouble h,
was in, sought him out aud said /; i
have little lumber on baud, and will
ses to four box stalls being built on board
for you at no higher cost than the simple
value of the lumber and the work OF COZ
struetion,
"Wben the stalls were built Robinson
WAS mueh pleased, although he oould not
sees any particular necessity for making
them Of such very large aud thick
timbers aud boards But when he went
to pay the bill aud neaid that the &C .usl
| cost Of the lumber and work amounted to
| s400 he was astounded. He was too
much of gentleman to kick or complain,
ard he paid tue bill, but went away feel
ing that an advantage had been taken Of
him. Just as the vessel reached Mar
settles her stewart approached Robinson
and said to him
"'Sare, would ike to buy of you a.
four box atslis Eat you tsve ON board
"'WhRt will sou give for them p Rob.
inson asked md ff,rently wondering what
the deuoe snybOiy wanted to buy second
hsod stalls for in country where lumber
II US be plenty. -...
| Will give three Thousand france"
SAID the FTeuchman.
"Ruuins1u nOkcG at him is amaze
nent, but pom ty ,nihg to the con.
c'usiou that a. body WHO would offer
$500 Tor iaur Cd tox stalls must be- Q
Innate, aad tlat ia dttn't want 10 RIB a
GRAZ, msu, fepisd Well, Ill thiak
about 1t and let yOu know later, and
walked OF He went up town 10 se4
shout stsbling, and when he got back to
the vessel was met by man who said IL
him
az understand that you have -four
horse stalls on board there p
"'Yes.'
30 yau want to sell them p
" mo OH sctions.'
"'l will give you 4 900 francs fol
them
Jim fairly jumped with establishment
but thinking that bs bad struck another
mania went aboard without taking any
further notice OF the man. The steward
tackled him again as sOou as he reached
the deck with another oti4r Of 3, Isl
francs, aud jim just had patipuc.
enough to tell him SOMEBODY had ALREADY
seen tue' bid and gone better, when tn,
captain Of the vessel stepped up and
Fl .red him 8 .O00 frsucl for his stalls ,auC
tried to c.irch the bargain by threat /
Jun tried to lake them away, jim ilarer
M aud rushed to st his men at worl
g-ttug the horses and stalls ashore.
~ 81 they wrr4 commsucing tb
work neg man came On ,n- scene, VIII
tRid
'''Ara yen the cw ~ II th-ae stalls 7
" " en, M S4s' have you got t
-ay anmlItf
al! Nothiug. only that would lik
10 buy them from YOU
, 80 you've escaped from the sam
asylum, have you exclaimed i'm
." Il don't kuoR what you mean, but
want the stells, and will give 500 franc
tor them
"'You wilt And TAXA I'm as the
stand "
Certainly; l should rrrt-rto do sc
81 / eau have them taken down wit
care
: For minute Inns compassion for tn
q mental wreck who proposed to sqnaudp
? each on old horse stalls almost got tn
. batter of HIM, but hs hardened his hear
y ani responded, 'Tley yours. Cash mp
} The pursh .s-r promptly counted ort III
r sun, UeafIy Il Il , snd it was not nnt
4 uou 5 s.trr, when he told the atory
1 soul- body WIN Aat ssuan about sue
i lhirSs, that hr ld-S got Into Ills min
e that his kind West Indian friend hs
K hult ih"7r -ta!ls ~ mahog4ne or ros.
e VOID or sOnr u;L-r valuable tropics
d wood, aud that th- final buyer OF the,
Il h "a / o doubt rot a II r.t,u ~