Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-07
Slandering the Ladies'.
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There are women who come 10 this
store regularly almost every week and
isok OYER our stock, ask questions and
bother W. to death, never buy any
thlhg, but they take up our time more
tnhn PAYING customers. There are
women who come in here looking for
things we never had IN stock In the
world, which they are perfectly, posi-
lively sure they saw on our counter Inc
day before. There are women who
como bnck looking for parcels or purses
Which no argument under heaven
could convinee them that they hadn't
lcit lyingOn my counter five minutes
ago they are 80 sure OF Ii that they
eau point out the exact spot where
they deposited them short time ngo.
and they look and act as If thew
Thought II they could only get in be-
hihd the counter they would find the
missing article secretcd among the
hoxes, The only thing for us To do
under this complication of evils IL to
cultivate a hypocrticnl survelliancc, a
bland airand serene countenance.r
Now, the other night ! Was waiting
on some ladies, when u red-iheed and
rNw-lootdng female pranced Ia and
chilled out Young man. | want 10
get train. Can't YOU wait ON me at
onecG' Wei, | left oil To wait on her,
! want one OF them thirty-onc.cent
tishoohs with the plain figure saw In
hero the other day.
~ guess you didn't see them here.
madanl we haven't got them In
stock.
"Ilain'G | s'pose I don't know
what I'm talking about. saw them
here I'm very sure. Can't YOU look
ana see want TO catch my train
down 10 the Eastern depot
But We haven't amy fchu of that
description la stack, madam.
Well, but you don't know. lou
laven' looked, How much nfe those
in that boNgn
haNe there is $780,
Well, hut haven't you got any for
thlrty.scvon ccntsen
p have already told YOU four times
n,adani, that haYcn't.h Andif you'll
believe L, that woman broke down, bp.
gan 60 cry, and said. "rhis Is the tirst
Time I've been insulted today.n IL
she liadu't wanted to catch her train
abe woNid haze complained of me 10
the inanager, / suppose.
Not q very long time AGo Ia one of
0nf dry goods stores there was a young
Fellow waiting on customers, working
hani, standing on his feet nh day,
getting no thanks aud having alto.
gether = deuced hard time OF IT.. One
nI9ht about time for closing M, one OF
these elderly, angular females | speak
81 got hold of him, She was hooking
for q piece OF goods and couldn't find
Whit she wanted. lie knew She
eoNldnt lind what she wanted and
wouldn't tind what She wanted under
any consideration before he had s,ean
showing her the stock for Ave minutes.
Tut she hung on and persisted in look
ihg ~ everything, II was dark; every
body was going home or gone; he
store was al shut up, and still she
Wouldn't 70.
Well he says, madam. don't
think can suit you, anyway
Well, YOU re here 10 walt on folks.
aln't ypnf she Says
Oh, yes he says. sareasticallv.
that's What Ina here Tor. IN wait on
you all night II YOU say 80.
= Can't YOU show me Il remnant OF
thai matcralg' she says.
oh, ycs,f he says, 4 can, bur it's
hot what you want, ] know
How DO you know it's not what
! WANT Perhaps | am better Judge
81 what want than you are. Per-
haps am.
He got out the remnant and un-