The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-06-27
CUPID AND CUT RATES.
A Now York scalpcrs Romantic
Love story


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D. NOT TAR i'm hA war oirut rAie+ lHH
maJ ID nk ihis Is . Joke II you've got
40, such foolish idea A. that nto Your
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ooiu' mar u7ith Ihs '"H OF inhny
business between tae trunk Inc, YOU
cut my throat and / cat yuu.,. sn 10
spc k-lA mad itli,tly FOR "a, Too
lycls. ~ bc honest with yuu. when we
conn g. hgutt up he profits I'd rather
see less reoplr here IN M, Broadway
oHlre and more money Don . YOU wee
for your.c.f that 20 a, les. wear and tear
on the n.rycs. NOT 10 speak OF the furni.
turc, b. -eiI twenty tickets q day A. a
clean comm ssun OF three dlllnrs a
ticket. than 10 .cll n hundred On A
ffy-cent margin. not 10 speak Of hay.
ine 10 turn Ourselves inside out A. a
un ycr.ai railway guide and bureau of
informal on Tor two bun lrcd more pco.
pie, " o nally 20 10 .ome other follow .
shop to bp their ckct.?
Tie theory Of our SIDE Of the railroad
lu.incs. and the basis Of n success
when We have any--is thgt half The
world want. 20 ct .om th NJ for moth.
inp. som tliup lor le.. tlan 4 vnr,b
sualetling ch apor ;han the marka,
price. 20 you sop, we dom have any
very altitudinons opinion Of the class of
folks who mostly p~atronize Ms. Our
best customers are fellows who could
Just rs well afford TO nav full rates and
never know the difference. OF course.
though. q good many poor people come
here and IN helping them save n dollar
or tive dollars. | fee! ~ though we are
regular out and out, diod.in.the.wool
philanthrupists.
Funny cusiomersp DO We have anyP
Do We have anything clseP would
like 10 ask YOU Some of them are rev.
ular. but mostly transient. I'll tell van
about one Of my regular customers if
you'll keep Il to yourself If Il shoulJ
get out the BOYS would have the Grand
laugh on me, from Canal street 10 the
Aston House. II was about six weeks
ago Just six We, k ago today if Won
arc no particular about dates that a
young woman came in and asked
uWhat does n ticLot ia tLt..n
costp'
"%Seyenleen dollars | said.
Without another word she walked
out-e1crpt. | believe. she did say,
"Thank YOU in "A very low tone.
The next day she came AGAIN and
asked the same question and rot Tho
same answer. The third time she came
which wa, the day following, | noticed
her morc closely. She was very plain.
" drc.sed. but somehow her dry rnoJs
looked better than some thai cnst I iii,
81 n She knew how IN uoar
thngs like a lady. She mich, h,ya
been a saleswoman or a scbool.,each,r
or anything Of that sort that n l,Jv
mighi 10 wbn 60 da,n ta ''Iy
She looked pale and sad but thrrc w"s
something brave In her eycs ,L,t w"J,
n fellow respect her. Al ANY y,te =,
made mo null of nv hal and i.y m
cigar down-and tbrrr NJ, MICH, t'.y
folks | ever do either for IN bn!irass
hours.
"What i the prico of a Ch,e,,, u.l
Ct to-day"
"SiNiecu dollars" I said
Theru was inst n l,tie c,oa .,.,.l
came into her Iir,I f,ce a, H. 'as
a dollar that made me wonder how ,,si
she would lonk h Inc ,mmhIn h nV" E'au
i've times as arc m, ~ nai.. ~
Thank YOU" and walkcj %o,I,,iy
as before. Wondered nj H. ~,
como arain. bu, the next d,y ~
here nj about tho same ,in,, %
had stifcncd an again. and / ,.i, tl's
brute when | had to sav "s,S.nss.a
dollars insisai al "pibo,n = 49, (,
would much rather have al .aITh ;
lieye / should. and nock.,oJ H. -. I,
so man, other pcopIe baJ no, !" vs. =
around ''
She opened her largo b,uo o,o. -,
a. though she tbousb, / M; ~
taken. After she hal rono.,al ~
question 10 make SURF. and Nh raa '"J
Che same answer = hadn', H. $500
10 look her in the f,ce vh.n
~''Scvcniccn, and 20 made belio,a , a"i
terribly busy with SOME letter, wv
walked away more slowly th.n n.,,.I
The next three DAYS running ,he ~
stood still NJ seventeen Jallar, ~
"My Cttstomerr-r 90, IN %csll,n, n.y.,
so IN my mind came and ve,, 49,,
larly NJ the same hour -"
Then early Tho ne.t morr,,r wo -,
news n abg breal Pc. W. =,
at sizes ami seyeus. hut W. stsr,sJ i, a
fourteen doIlars 10 CbIeaso W. ~,
camel snnnos. !, doas -, a.' on'
NOR 10 mi in a c.s,,a, Ira 49, anI