The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-12
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YES. III take those shoes said
corpulent old gentleman to = lowe
Broadway shoe-dealer one day las
week. s.and I'll leave these l have ol
TO be repSired."
Have 'em half-sOleda'' asked tn,
merchant
YES. and heeled. too They ar
worth it. guess"
When viii you call for 1hems" in
/ quired the dealer. as he marked the di
rections in chalk hieroglyphics on ihs
soles.
oh. any time viii do. I'm in nc
hurry FOR them I'll stop in and gei
them some Gme when I'm passing
here
After stopping 4 moment in front oi
. pier-glsSs to admire the shape of his
new purchase. the old gentleman walk
ed ereakily out of the door. and in s
moment later was lost to view in the
crowd Of pedestrians on the street.
DO you think that old gentleman
win ever call for these7n asked the
merchant of q prospective customer
who was warming one end of the sofa
Il guess so. He looks as If he was
able to pay for them when the work is
done
THAT is not the question" contin-
ued the dealer. HE is able to buy
half dozen shoe stores and keep them
for his own custom. He is the presi-
dent of the bank on the next corner.
OF course he can pay for them. but do
you think he will ever remember to call
for them?"
Il don't know. An old business man
IS generally supposed to remember any
thing he orders done"
THAT may be q general rule, but the
shoe-store order is an exception. III
bet ten TO one that he will never men
ton those shoes again"
Then you won't repair them until
after they are called for?"
Indeed will Suppose he should
happen to send for them next week. II
they weren't done should lose his Gus
tom Bankers always expect their tail
ors and shoemakers TO be prompt.
''What viii you doan inquired the
young man, who was now interested in
discovering how the dealer was TO es-
cape from his apparent dilemma.
Il shall do as l have done before
with him three times a year for the past
twenty years. l will repair them as
soon as the cobbler gets spare time.
Then FL put them away until he comes
N 10 buy new pair. If he doesn't
mention them. then l will sell them.
You see they are not half worn out.
and as they were originally made OF
the finest kind of stock they will be
worth fully half-price when they are
once put in tirst-class condition. Come
here, and I'll show you,n continued the
merchant, as he led the customer to
the rear of the store, where a series of
pigeon-holes covered one entire end of
the room. every one of those holes
contains pair of shoes or boots left
here to berepaired. These arc carefully
looked over every few weeks. and those
that have been here six months arc put
into these lower shelves TO be sold
again. A great many times" he con-
tinued, young men leave their boots
and never call for them. Perhaps lbey
can't raise the money, maybe they for
get where they left them, but usually
they don't need them until their new
boots are worn out Then when they
call we tell them it has been so long
they have been sold.n
What proportion of shoes left here
are ever called forPn
''About three-quarters. l can sell
you nice pair of secondhand shoes
for half price that will just suit you.
They were worn by one of the richest
young men in New York. Imade them
myself. and they are as good as new.
What size do you wear?"
But the young man was not proud If
he was poor, and preferred a cheaper
pair of new goods, and thereby proba-
bly, missed the only chance he viii ever
have of stepping into rich mans $
shoes.-Nei0 York Times