The Princeton union., 1884-03-20
A BOLD, BAD MAN.
How ne Won Bet Under Peculiarly De-.
pressing circumstances.

How ne Won q Bet Under Peculiarly De-
pressing circumstances.
It was at church soclabIe. He had
secured entrance on a plea of looking
for friend.
'sI,l be right out if I don't see him,
lie told the door-keeper.
A blooming young damsel dressed in
the oriental style, sided up to him. ask
ing with a smile that slowed her wis
dom teeth:
Buy button-hole bouquet sir 2"
Eyes, miss, have you an orange bios
som ?'
ssOh, no, sir, I have no orange bios
SONS, but / have just the handsomest
pansies that ever you saw, and see
here! What lovely, red geranium! !"
Eyes, that is very pretty, but you
see / want an orange blossom"
sSI am sorry, sir, but I have no orange
blossoms and as he turned away she
related to friend, 81 think he is real
mean, don't you?"
Passing the ice cream and lemonade
corner he was assailed by a bevy of fair
ones with demands that he buy ice
cream, candies, lemonade, nuts, etc.
Looking over the stock in trade he
said, "I'm not hungry, ladies, but if you
had some picked tripe, now, | would
take plate, and a pretzel with it.
The girls looked at one another In
blank amazement, and then one said
shortly:
We have none, sir"
| "Too bad; too bad. I want to help
along the church" !" said he, smilingly
Good bye, girls. +"
| ss'Who IS he?n asked several when he
had gone.
| II think he is no gentleman, don'1
you? No gentleman would eat tripe
| there now; that's what I think of yor
| Mr.. Tripe Eater!"
/ Then the visitor went over to tht
young lady who was arrayed in th'
/ American flag, and who manipulated
the scales at five cents per weigh. HI
dropped anickel on the floor just as b
/ was about to step on the scales, ant
slyly put block of wood under tn
edge Of the platform. Then he stepped
on.
\. why you don't weigh anything a
oil, sir" she exclaimed in amazement
That's funny said he, 81 pulle,
/ down 14S pounds on any other scale. !"
i aJust step off a minute, please, sir,
said the young lady, something mus
be the matter with the scales"
i Then she fumbled with the weight
awhile, asked him to try again, and Q
/ course the result was as before.
& s'N YeH, I guess ne viii have to civ
Lit up" he said, picking up his nicke
/ and kicking out the block.
/ The next customer was weighed al
right, to the great surprise of the youn
i lady, who didn't know but she had give
audience to demon.
| Then he visited the "postofice" ant
asked the attendant if there was a lette
for J ohm Smith.
i "Tll see. SIR" she, sid smiling o
him brightly, and she stepp6a benin
j the screen, directed the envelope an
gave it to him, saying, 1.-THE postage
five cents sir.
All right, he said, sI'm a friend c
Smiths. He's about the hall some
where, and I'll tell him about the lette
and he can call for it.
| The erab-bag young ladies though
he was fair gaze, but he braced him
self up against posi- and said:
Yes, [ know may get the $5 gold
piece, but I have seen the button -hol
bouquet girl, lunched on lemonade, ic
| cream and nuts, have been weighe
| twice, and have just come from th
fpostotfice, and haven't nickel left
| Oh, you bet / patronize the church"
i wish there were more Like him,
| said one of the girls as he passed along
| Most of the men are horrid mean an,
stingy."
i As he passed out of the door hi
| friend hailed him, saying:
well, come now, pony up I saw yol
| at the grab-bag and things. You hay,
lost, sure.
Lost nothingl" said he scornfully
aI've WON'T
What, won!'
4 aYes, won. I've been the whole
rounds and didn't spend copper. Now
I'll just go you bet of $25 You can't d,
lit yourself, and further bet of $25 tha
4 there ism t another living man can accom-
plish the feat"
You must be the devil, said th,
other.