Fair play., 1883-08-18
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r,.>rm lied The grarn g"ur,i~ that It
would have taken 4 yigilant eye to
detect the difference
Thc-" ~our,i> placed in the bottom
OF my cart among papcr-ra%s and tar
locks. If anv one saw AMI spoke %.
| them, | replied that it w;s- a lot that
| had bought 10 CRAFTY q whim.
50 il came 10 pass that Il select circle
of nv customers in the Pinr-Trcr Stat"
received from time Ia time Il ~purdiul
| Of som. thing. which | always noticed
! they were very ANXIOUS about. On re-
I turning the golIrdS to me. they filled
/ them with water or grain Of som. kind,
and carefully restored the stem to it,
| place.
This kind of smuggling went on for
Il long time without interruption. Ny
Gust IIncr- were not iuform"r-. as y"u
may suppose. felt in Ii" danger Of
heinz BETRAYED hi them. They would
have lost :. hand sooner than given the
slightest hint TO the .prohibiionistS.
Nevertheless, | did not make much
| money out of the business. 1t was not
| don: by me for money, nor had | any
idea of turning my cart into Il travelling
rum-shnp. [ never carried more than
| the dozen gourtls at once. and these
more to crafty :, little circle Of genial
old fellows whom | knew, than for any
motive of gain.
One day stopped totra'lc 1t Il house
near the "CornrrS. in the town uf
r, where there had of late been
several ..rum-casc> tried There were,
three or four women Ut this holl>,.. and
rs usual, they came out IL look "vc. NV
Unaware. prints and notions in the cart
| Women always will do that, whether
they want 10 buy or not; W" rNpcc, it,
1t is one OF the things :; prtidl..r must
accept good-naluredly.
VIXEN | first began reddlinr. this
habit of the women made me alimrv: for
| though, they did it i" max. me work
in folding things up AMI putting them
away again i;ut that is n,i e rc.,-
son. They cannot help ii; it * natural
to them And they like to Sc, Il pei.
dlcr fold and replace his GOO Is care
fully. even if il takes him half an hour
You would think. perhaps. that the.
| did not care. or rca.izc. how much work
they make the trader; but they do. and
that is the funniest part Of it; and think
very mitch more of vou if you have un-
bounded patience with them.
\ bright woman always knows thai
she has several wcaknrs ,rS. aud She is
apt to cnntidr in Il man who >il" secs
knows it. and has Il hrarifu! "i Patience.
for her whimS. Ii tool. n. thirty or
forty Years 10 learn even - mach oi
WOMEN nature. L don't pretend t.
know much alnat women vet; and. in
fact. never saw tn" man who d;i
| As have said. there were thrcc %,
four women II the house. one of them
Il very pretty. hlu"-ryri y"unc Lady
about twenty wears old. WHO seemed Ia
| he Il caller or us tor She came To the
back of the cart with the Others. and
while peerin" in. her sharp eyes spicd
one of the gnurd>.
40" said shc. '.do let me look at
that droll. crook-n"ckrd squash" an,l
at once she pulled enc of them from
under the papcr-ra@>.
| 1t Chance IL be one that | hal re-
ccivcd back from IN oil customer only
the day before. full Of b..rlcv-cornS.
He had nc-i ,ctci to glue on the stem
aS carefully rs he should nave done.
While the young lady was holding it,
| the stem came oil ana some of the bar
ley ran ont.
That circumstance | might perhaps
have explained satisfactorily. t. her. II
nothing else except the barley had run
ou'. But something else. NOT p"rcr:,-
tblc t. the eye. but arpre liable by the
nose. also came out 81 the ro.Ir,l
She first shifted. and then put II to
her pretty little nose and >niiri again
Then >he gave mo Il quick little look
out OF III" corners of her blue eyes.
knew in aH instant tha: | was caught.
| though She did not say Il word for :,
moment or two. and then only asked
me- innoc"ntlv enough. To IT,. :" kind u
| To sell her one of those droil little
| wour,i>.
| trlei 10 plead off. | wanted 10
carry them al home. | sail. which was
very true.
But she poutrd and seized another
onc-onc of the riN on s too. as it
happened and said that must, and
that should sell her that one.
WAS now in trouble AS coollv rs
could. replied: No. no: cannot du
ii. But She had the @ouri in her
| hand. and | could not very we'll get ii
without taking it from her by force.
and that wouldn't do.
She offered me fifty cents and held
on 70 the @"urd. | would not take the
money VI knew better than tliat-but
assured her. since she would have il.
that would make her 4 present of H.
Finding that she could not get me to
take pay for il. She ran into the house.
! got her hat. and started OF with the
I mourd a> IA i ;i> she could walk | also
/ started from that locality N once. and
/ drove :i> fa>; a> dared Still. | hoped
that perhaps the girl only wanted the
| liquor for her folks. or 10 rratify some
whim. though | might have known
/ better.
! had not gone more than three miles
! from the Corners. when a wagon in
/ which Were three men came, driving M
behind my cart NJ i great pa. !
constable jumped from the wagon AMI
arrested me for violating tn. law.
Well. they >ann had ne uu,lrr lock
anI KEY: AMI i search az m. ear re-
vcaled ANYTHING save good condition
OF things for me-. Tacy captured every
/ ~oUri five fuli ones.
! What thcy did with them nc5c,
knew: know | never saw tIcm ain.
/ Al NV trial they fail" :" prove
/ though my charming Nnln- lad. ac-
quaintancc tried very hlr;il ,ip>p. she
/ being 4 member of i -'RInd I Tenn.
! perance that | had actually - .:
liquor.
I There was grel, deal ot TN and
laughter ahoI, the go2r,'>. a2d barely
escaped sentence 10 jail. bal hTi 4 r'a.
to pay. an! lost about weeks time
! besides
/ That broke up the ~ourd business
used sometimes 10 meet the yotln
lady afterwards, ana ALWAYS lifted my
I ha- 10 her Iren'iv .neral. fal- m 1.I.,.